Capital, Power, and Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean.

By:

Harris, Richard L

Contributor(s):

Nef, Jorge

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Critical currents in Latin American perspectivePublication details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (361 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780742572508
0742572501
0742555232
9780742555235
1299788858
9781299788855

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Capital, Power, and Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean.DDC classification:

330.98

LOC classification:

HC125 .C32 2008

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Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Acknowledgment of Support; Maps; Preface Richard L. Harris and Jorge Nef; 1 Capital, Power, and Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean Richard L. Harris and Jorge Nef; 2 Latin America's Rural Transformation: Unequal Development and Persistent Poverty Cristobal Kay; 3 Dependency, Underdevelopment, and Neoliberalism Richard L. Harris; 4 Economic Restructuring, Neoliberalism, and the Working Class Viviana Patroni; 5 Insecurity, Development, and Democracy: A Pan-American Perspective Jorge Nef.

6 The Riddle of New Social Movements: Who They Are and What They Do Judith Adler Hellman7 Women in the Social, Political, and Economic Transformation of Latin America and the Caribbean Francesca Miller; 8 Indigenous Peoples: Changing Identities and Forms of Resistance Michael Kearney and Stefano Varese; 9 Liberation Theology, Christian Base Communities, and Solidarity Movements: A Historical Reflection Wilder Robles; 10 Ecological Crisis, Sustainable Development, and Capitalism Guido Pascual Galafassi; 11 Globalization and Regionalization in the Americas Richard L. Harris and Jorge Nef; Index.

Summary: Comprehensive and interdisciplinary, the thoroughly updated and revised second edition of Capital, Power, and Inequality in Latin America is an engaging critical analysis of the major political, economic, social, and ecological conditions in Latin America and the Caribbean. Expert chapter authors describe and analyze the economies and trading relations, politics and state policies, social inequalities and social injustices, indigenous communities, gender relations, influence of religion, wide array of social movements, and social ecology of the societies in this important region of the world.

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Comprehensive and interdisciplinary, the thoroughly updated and revised second edition of Capital, Power, and Inequality in Latin America is an engaging critical analysis of the major political, economic, social, and ecological conditions in Latin America and the Caribbean. Expert chapter authors describe and analyze the economies and trading relations, politics and state policies, social inequalities and social injustices, indigenous communities, gender relations, influence of religion, wide array of social movements, and social ecology of the societies in this important region of the world.