Capital, Power, And Inequality In Latin America (Latin American Perspectives Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813321174 ISBN 13: 9780813321172

Publisher: Westview Press, 1995

Synopsis

Over the last two decades, economic, political, and social life in Latin America has been transformed by the region’s accelerated integration into the global economy. Although this transformation has tended to exacerbate various inequities, new forms of popular expression and action challenging the contemporary structures of capital and power have also developed. This volume is a comprehensive, genuinely comparative text on contemporary Latin America. In it, an international group of contributors offer multidimensional analyses of the historical context, contemporary character, and future direction of rural transformation, urbanization, economic restructuring, and the transition to political democracy. In addition, individual essays address the changing role of women, the influence of religion, the growth of new social movements, the struggles of indigenous peoples, and ecological issues. Finally, the book examines the influence of U.S. policy and of regionalization and globalization on the Latin American states. Sandor Halebsky is professor of sociology at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He coedited Cuba in Transition: Crisis and Transformation (Westview, 1992). Richard L. Harris is chair of the faculty at Golden Gate University in Monterey, California. He is one of the coordinating editors of the journal Latin American Perspectives and the author of Marxism, Socialism, and Democracy in Latin America (Westview, 1992).

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About the Author:

Sandor Halebsky is professor emeritus of sociology at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He co-edited Cuba in Transition: Crisis and Transformation (Westview Press 1992). Richard L. Harris is Professor Emeritus of Global Studies at California State University, Monterey Bay. He has a Ph.D. in Political Science and a Masters of Public Administration from the University of California, Los Angeles. He is currently an independent lecturer, researcher, consultant, writer and editor. He is the managing editor of the international Journal of Developing Societies (published by SAGE India) and a coordinating editor of the well known periodical Latin American Perspectives. He is the author and editor of many publications on politics, economics, history and revolutionary change in Africa, Asia and Latin America. He lives on the Big Island of Hawai'i and travels extensively.

About this edition

• Publisher: Westview Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0813321174
• ISBN 13: 9780813321172
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Sandor Halebsky, Richard L Harris