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Globalization and Uncertainty in Latin America / edited by D. Johnson, F. López-Alves.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
López-Alves, Fernando.
Johnson, Diane E. (Diane Elizabeth), 1958-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Economic development.
Ethnology--Latin America.
Ethnology.
Culture.
International relations.
Sociology.
Globalization.
Development Studies.
Latin American Culture.
International Relations.
Local Subjects:
Development Studies.
Latin American Culture.
International Relations.
Sociology.
Globalization.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (253 p.)
Edition:
1st ed. 2007.
Place of Publication:
New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This balanced and innovative collection uses different methodologies to approach the common theme of a region transformed in recent years by neoliberalism. Most of the contributors suggest that Latin America is experiencing rapid and unexpected change: its future looks much different than ever predicted, with high levels of uncertainty resulting in counterintuitive and, at times, innovative political outcomes.
Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: Uncertainty and Globalization; Part 1 The Uncertainties of Liberalism and Neoliberalism, Past and Present; 1 Victorian Globalization in Microcosm: The Rise and Fall of Jabez Spencer Balfour; 2 Uncertainty, the Construction of the Future, and the Divorce Between Citizens and the State in Latin America; 3 Isomorphic Neoliberalism and the Creation of Inevitability; 4 Can the Backlash Against Globalization Be Contained?; Part 2 Uncertain Relations between the State and Civil Society
5 Globalization and Public Policy in the Americas: Are We Heading Toward Convergence?6 Development Assistance, the Environment, and Stakeholder Participation: Toward a New Conditionality?; Part 3 Uncertainties about Human Rights and Justice; 7 Globalization and the Modern Conception of Human Rights; 8 Generating Uncertainty: Globalized Punishment and Crime; Conclusion; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9786611362874
9781281362872
1281362875
9780230603554
0230603556
OCLC:
560496169

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