Introduction to Latin America

`An essential buy for serious students of Latin America' - Anne Boran, Chester College, University of Liverpool`This is an outstanding textbook which will appeal to a wide audience but especially those wishing to understand contemporary Latin America.... I have been studying Latin America for over 40 years and wish I could have written such a lucid and engaging book' - Dr Crist[ac]obal Kay, Institute of Social Studies, The HagueIntroduction to Latin America provides a completely new introduction to the political, social and economic forces shaping this essential region of undergraduate study today.It is the first textbook to place Latin America within a genuinely global context and introduce the debates and impact of globalization, neoliberalism, democratization, and the environment. Encorporating maps, case study boxes, summary exhibits, and guides to further reading, Introduction to Latin America will be an essential text for all students of Latin America across politics, international studies, geography, sociology and development studies.

Klappentext `An essential buy for serious students of Latin America' - Anne Boran, Chester College, University of Liverpool`This is an outstanding textbook which will appeal to a wide audience but especially those wishing to understand contemporary Latin America.... I have been studying Latin America for over 40 years and wish I could have written such a lucid and engaging book' - Dr Crist[ac]obal Kay, Institute of Social Studies, The HagueIntroduction to Latin America provides a completely new introduction to the political, social and economic forces shaping this essential region of undergraduate study today.It is the first textbook to place Latin America within a genuinely global context and introduce the debates and impact of globalization, neoliberalism, democratization, and the environment. Encorporating maps, case study boxes, summary exhibits, and guides to further reading, Introduction to Latin America will be an essential text for all students of Latin America across politics, international studies, geography, sociology and development studies. Zusammenfassung Places Latin America within a global context and introduces the debates and impact of globalization! neoliberalism! democratization! and the environment. This book reviews the traditional literature in the postwar period (such as modernization or dependency theory) to demonstrate the way in which Latin America has often been misunderstood. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Understanding Latin America PART ONE: LEGACIES Diversity amid Unity Towards Development PART TWO: NEO-LIBERAL REFORMATION Liberating the Market Resituating the State Regionalization The Human Impact Interlude Cuba: Uncertain Transition PART THREE: POPULAR RESPONSES Political Strains New Social Actors PART FOUR: PROSPECTS Latin America in the Twenty-First Century

Zusammenfassung
Places Latin America within a global context and introduces the debates and impact of globalization, neoliberalism, democratization, and the environment. This book reviews the traditional literature in the postwar period (such as modernization or dependency theory) to demonstrate the way in which Latin America has often been misunderstood.

Inhalt
Introduction
Understanding Latin America
PART ONE: LEGACIES
Diversity amid Unity
Towards Development
PART TWO: NEO-LIBERAL REFORMATION
Liberating the Market
Resituating the State
Regionalization
The Human Impact
Interlude
Cuba: Uncertain Transition
PART THREE: POPULAR RESPONSES
Political Strains
New Social Actors
PART FOUR: PROSPECTS
Latin America in the Twenty-First Century

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