Overview

Latin America is in the midst of dramatic transformations. Stabilization and structural adjustment programs are dismantling state regulation of the economy. Democratic transitions are pointing toward the emergence of new institutional arrangements. Democratization and market-oriented economic restructuring pose major questions concerning new social configurations combining rising levels of poverty, low intensity citizenship, environmental degradation, and enduring legacies of elite privilege and authoritarianism. Analyzing these and related issues, this volume contributes to a world-system perspective suggesting that the region is experiencing a great transformation characterized by a deepening differentiation between state, enterprises, and households. Emergent patterns of competition and organizational change are discussed along with the social consequences of restructuring and the potential for political transformation.

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Author:   Roberto Korzeniewicz ,  William C. Smith
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Volume:   No. 181
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.438kg
ISBN:  

9780275954239

ISBN 10:   0275954234
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   25 November 1996
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface A Great Transformation by Roberto Patricio Korzeniewicz and William C. Smith The Cocaine Commodity Chain and Development Paths in Peru and Bolivia by Amy Bellone Uncertainty and Innovation by Miguel E. Korzeniewicz Small Firms, Social Capital, and Global Commodity Chains: Some Lessons from the Tex-Mex Border in the Era of Free Trade by David Spener Globalization, the State, and the Informal Economy: The Limits to Peripheralization in the Latin American Periphery by José Itzigsohn Transnational Realities and Anti-Immigrant State Policies: Issues Raised by the Experiences of Central American Immigrants and Refugees in a Trinational Region by Susanne Jonas Women, Households, and Transnational Migration Networks: The Garifuna and Global Economic Restructuring by Linda Miller Matthei and David A. Smith Transnational Communities: Their Emergence and Significance in the Contemporary World System by Alejandro Portes Revolutionary Terrorism in the Periphery: A Comparative Analysis of the Shining Path and the Khmer Rouge by Bruce M. Podobnik Global Restructuring and the Environment in Latin America by J. Timmons Roberts Disorderly Democracy: Redefining Public Security in Latin America by A. Douglas Kincaid and Eduardo A. Gamarra Rebuilding State Capacity in Contemporary Latin America: The Politics of Taxation in Argentina and Mexico by Sergio Berensztein Economic Dynamism and Institutional Rigidity in Chile: Risks and Opportunities at the Turn of the Twentieth Century by Alvaro Diaz Index

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ROBERTO PATRICIO KORZENIEWICZ is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland. His main areas of interest include world-systems theory and social movements in the world-economy. WILLIAM C. SMITH is Professor of Political Science at the Graduate School of International Studies and Senior Research Associate of the North-South Center, both at the University of Miami./e His main areas of interest are democratization and economic restructuring and the political economy of arms production and civil-military relations in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile.

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