Obstacles to change in Latin America.
By: Edited by Claudio Véliz.
Contributors: Véliz, Claudio, ed.; Royal Institute of International Affairs.; St. Antony's College (University of Oxford)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1965
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
Subjects: Latin America -- Social conditions -- 1945-1982 -- Congresses; Latin America -- Politics and government -- 1948-  -- Congresses; Latin America -- Economic conditions -- 1945-  -- Congresses
Description: A collection of essays by leading Latin Americans who, apart from being academically distinguished, are placed near the sources of political power in their respective countries and have on occasion advised either their governments or international organizations on specialized problems. Although the authors work in different disciplines and start from different sets of premises, these essays reflect a remarkable coincidence of views which may be described as a civilized impatience with the attempt to use foreign models to interpret Latin American situations. Latin America has a pre-industrial urban civilization that has remained largely untouched by the changes traditionally associated with industrialization.
Notes: Bibliographical footnotes.
Sponsored by the Royal Institute of International Affairs and St. Antony's College, Oxford.