Praise for the first edition: 'Accomplishes its task to provide readers with a broad multi-disciplinary view on globalization's many impacts on Latin America ...the organization of the collection is logical and thoughtful, and the structural perspectives offered are convincing and powerful. I recommend it to other Latin American social scientists.' Growth and Change 'An impressive, timely and lively volume, which is especially valuable for teaching purposes.' Journal of Latin American Studies 'Authoritatively written by leading scholars in their respective fields.' Area Latin America Transformed, 2nd Edition explains the region's economic, political, social and cultural transformations, its association with globalization and the search for modernity, and contributes to a greater understanding of how these transformations are affecting the people of Latin America. Using a political economy approach to unravel the concepts of globalization and modernity within Latin America, emphasis is placed on interpreting the macro-level structures that frame the transformations taking place. The book also investigates the dynamics of people's livelihoods as they make sense of, rework and live out these structural transformations. The international team of authors involved with the successful first edition have updated their focus and substantially rewritten their material to examine the challenges facing Latin America in the twenty-first century. Three completely new chapters have also been added. Latin America Transformed, 2nd Edition is now even more useful for undergraduate and postgraduate courses that examine economic, political, social and cultural change in Latin America.
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Preface
Pt. 1 Globalization and modernity 1
1 Latin America transformed : globalization and neoliberalism by Robert N. Gwynne and Cristobal Kay 3
2 Modernity and identity : cultural change in Latin America by Jorge Larrain 22
3 Structural reforming in South America and Mexico : economic and regional perspectives by Robert N. Gwynne 39
4 Globalization, neoliberalism and economic change in Central America and the Caribbean by Thomas Klak 67
5 The urban revolution by Alan Gilbert 93
6 The political economy of sustainable development by Warwick E. Murray and Eduardo Silva 117
Pt. 2 Political transformations 139
7 Authoritarianism, democracy and development by Eduardo Silva 141
8 The new political order : towards technocratic democracies? by Patricio Silva 157
Pt. 3 Space, society and livelihoods 171
9 Livelihood transitions, place transformations : grounding globalization and modernity by Anthony Bebbington 173
10 Civil society, grassroots politics and livelihoods by Sarah A. Radcliffe 193
11 Urban livelihoods, employment and gender by Sylvia Chant 210
12 Rural livelihoods and peasant futures by Cristobal Kay 232
Pt. 4 Latin American futures 251
13 The alternatives to neoliberalism by Robert N. Gwynne and Cristobal Kay 253
Bibliography 268
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