Globalization And Development In Latin America

by Gotts, David

• ISBN13: 9781897160022
• ISBN10: 189716002X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-03-01
• Publisher: de Sitter Publications

Summary

This volume critically examines the effects of globalization and neoliberal development policies on economic, social, and political conditions in contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean. The contributors provide a series of complementary perspectives on some of the most important trends and issues in this important region of the world. In general, they provide multiple view points and extensive evidence of profound transformations in the economic, social, and political systems as well as in the international relations of the societies in the region.

Table of Contents

Introduction Globalization and Development in Latin America: Economic Integration, Health, Labor and Popular Mobilization
Richard L. Harris	1	(23)
Chapter 1 The Free Trade Area of the Americas in the Context of U.S.-Latin American Relations
Gary Prevost and Robert Weber	24	(22)
Chapter 2 The FTAA: Health Hazard For The Americas?
Joseph E. Brenner, Ellen R. Shaffer, and Alicia Yamin	46	(35)
Chapter 3 Health Security and Insecurity in Latin America and The Caribbean
Jorge Nef	81	(54)
Chapter 4 Social Aspects of Labor Organizing: Maquiladora Workers in a Grass-Roots Development Effort
Robert Huesca	135	(41)
Chapter 5 Harnessing Globalization: Rio Grande Do Sul's Successful Effort to Attract Dell Computer Corporation
Roy C. Nelson	176	(40)
Chapter 6 Globalization in a Time of Neoliberalism: Politicized Social Movements and the Latin American Response
Harry E. Vanden	216	(26)
Chapter 7 The Concept of Sem Terra and the Peasantry in Brazil
Luca Fanelli and Sarah Sarzynski	242	(31)
Chapter 8 Popular Resistance to Globalization and Neoliberalism in Latin America
Richard L. Harris	273	(61)
About the Authors	334	(6)
Index	340