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The dynamics of social change in Latin America / Henry Veltmeyer and James Petras.
Van Pelt Library HN110.5.A8 V42 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Veltmeyer, Henry.
- Series:
- International political economy series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social change--Latin America.
- Social change.
- Free enterprise.
- Latin America.
- Free enterprise--Latin America.
- Social movements--Latin America.
- Social movements.
- Latin America--Economic conditions--1982-.
- Economic conditions.
- Latin America--Social conditions--1982-.
- Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 210 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- This study examines fundamental theoretical and conceptual issues of social change in Latin America in the context of detailed empirical analysis. It challenges the major assumptions and propositions that underlie globalization theory, reworking and fine tuning the concepts of imperialism and social class as relevant to understanding the "new world order." The study centers on the structural features of Latin America and the state policies reconcentrating power in the capitalist class at the expense of labor. It also critically surveys the contradictory tendencies of concentrated wealth and power and the emergence of new socio-political movements and alternative development strategies to the dominant paradigm.
- Contents:
- 1 Development in the New Imperial Context of Globalization 1
- Critical Issues in the Globalization/Imperialism Debate 3
- The Dynamics of Change 3
- The Economic Benefits of Globalization and their Distribution 12
- The Political Dimension of Economic Restructuring and Globalization: the Question of Governance 15
- Labour in the World Economy 17
- Forces of Opposition and Resistance 18
- The Dynamics of Change in Latin America 19
- 2 Neoliberalism and the Search for Another Development 21
- Neoliberalism in Theory and Practice 21
- The Neoliberal Project 21
- Neoliberal Policy and Politics: Socioeconomic Impacts and Political Responses 24
- Structural Adjustment with a Human Face: The Model of Social Liberalism 28
- The War against Poverty: the NSP in Practice 31
- The Search for Alternative Development 36
- A New Paradigm? 36
- Forms of Alternative Development 37
- ECLAC and the Neostructuralist Model 41
- 3 The Restructuring of Labour 45
- Latin American Labour in a Global Context 46
- Labour Market Reform: A New Regime of Accumulation 48
- The Capital-Labour Relation in the Organization of Production 49
- Productive Transformation 49
- Production and Income Shares of Capital and Labour 50
- By Way of a Conclusion: Forms of Exploitation in the Production Process 55
- 4 The Politics of Community-based Participatory Development 60
- The Itinerary of a Concept 61
- The Latin American Experience of Decentralization: The Dynamics of a Democratization Process 65
- The Context of Decentralization 65
- Development 'from Above' 67
- Development 'from Below' 69
- The Limits of Community-based Participatory Development and Local Democracy 72
- 5 The Dynamics of Neoliberal Electoral Politics 77
- The Neoliberal Political Cycle: First-Wave Regimes 77
- The Neoliberal Political Cycle: Second-Wave Regimes 80
- The Neoliberal Political Cycle: Third-Wave Regimes 85
- From Critics to Celebrants: Entrenching the Neoliberal Agenda 91
- Impoverishing Societies: The Crisis Multiplier in Neoliberalism 94
- 6 New Social Movements in Latin America: The Dynamics of Class and Identity 99
- The Postmodern Agenda: A New Pivot of Social Analysis 101
- Postmodernism and New Social Movements in Latin America 105
- New Social Movements in Latin America: The Construction of Social Identity versus the Politics of Class 106
- Postmodernism in Perspective 110
- Counterpoints of Class: Fragments of an Alternative Form of Analysis 111
- The Latin American Peasantry: The Emergence of a New Force for Social Change 115
- 7 Neoliberalism and the Latin American Left: The Search for a Socialist Project 122
- The Itinerary of the Political Class: From the Barricades to the Ballot Box 123
- Social Organizations and Movements 126
- NGOs and Participatory Development: Solidarity from Below 128
- New Class Movements in the Countryside 132
- The Zapatista Challenge: The Dynamics of an Indigenous Movement 134
- The Formation of the EZLN and the Question of Ideology 136
- The 1 January 1994 Uprising: a People Under Arms 138
- Negotiations and the Appeal to Civil Society: The Transmutation of the EZLN into a Force for Democracy 139
- Transmutation of the EZLN and the Unity of Opposition Forces 140
- What is to be done in the Current Context? The Bases of a Socialist Alternative 141
- What are the Options Available to the Left? 143.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-205) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0312222777
- OCLC:
- 40954136
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