Latin American responses to globalization in the 21st century

Written by a diverse group of scholars and practitioners from Latin America, the US and Europe and taking into consideration the recent global financial crisis, the bookoffers a multifaceted insight into the expectations as well as the possible threats related to Latin America's incorporation into the sphere of global interconnectedness. MANUELA NILSSON Head of the Departmentof Peace and Development Studies at Linnaeus University, Sweden. During her fifteen years in Nicaragua, she taughtuniversity courses in negotiation and conflict resolution and was actively involved in the post-conflict peace building process. Her research interests evolve around reconciliation, alternative conflict transformation and security issues in post-conflict societies. JAN GUSTAFSSON Associate Professor in SpanishPhilology at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.He has a particular interestin Cuba and the national and transnational construction of Cuban identities and has also written on the subject of utopian political thinking in Latin America. INDICE: Latin America's Political and Economic Responses to the Process ofGlobalization; 'R.Bernal-Meza' &' S.Fryba Christensen - 'Energy Policy and 21st Century Globalization: The Responses of Brazil and Venezuela, and Opportunities for Renewable Energy Development in the Americas; 'E.Brand' &' M.Schewel - 'Remittances and Social Development: The Latin American Experience; 'M.Orozco - 'Globalization and the Formation of the Political Left in Latin America; 'M.Nilsson - 'Global discourses, Local Meanings; Indigenous and Nationalistic Responses to Neoliberal Globalization in Bolivia; 'A.Jeppesen - 'Between God and the State: Globalization and Human Insecurity in Latin America; 'A.Pérez-Baltodano - 'Unintended Exports: The Globalization of the Mara Salvatrucha; 'T.Stiles - 'Globalization, Transition, and Insecurity in Mexico; 'P.Olney - 'New Patterns of Violence in Latin America; 'D.Kruijt - 'Latin American and EuropeanRelations in an Age of Uncertainty and Opportunity; 'G.Edwards' &' E.Mendizabal - 'China and Latin America: What Sort of Future?; 'W.Ratliff - 'South-SouthRelations in Brazil's Response to the Challenges of Globalization; 'S.Christensen - 'Conclusions: Latin America and Globalization b Challenges, Responses and Perspectives in the 21st Century; 'J.Gustafsson' & 'M.Nilsson'

• ISBN: 978-0-230-34774-8
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 304
• Fecha Publicación: 23/03/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés