Post-Neoliberalism in the Americas (International Political Economy Series)

This collection brings together a diverse range of analyses to interrogate policy changes and to grapple with the on-going transformations of neoliberalism in both North America and various Latin American states. Dramatic changes have occurred in recent years in countries throughout the Americas. Neoliberal policy prescriptions promoted by international financial agencies have failed to deliver significant growth, and have led to rising levels of poverty and inequality. This collection brings together a diverse range of analyses to interrogate these changes occurring in the Americas, from Canada to Venezuela to Chile. Authors debate the reasons for the election of a large number of New Left governments in Latin America, and discuss the significance of the policies they have adopted. Do these policies represent a radical shift in direction towards a post-neoliberal era, or only a kinder and gentler form of neoliberalism? How do New Left governments differ from each other? At the same time, some governments in the Americas, particularly in North America, continue to cling to neoliberal policy prescriptions despite their problems. However, authors in this collection argue that transformations have occurred even in these neo-liberal holdouts. The book offers an essential overview of recent changes in the hemisphere, highlighting both the continuities and discontinuities in neoliberal practice Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgments......Page 8 List of Abbreviations......Page 9 Notes on Contributors......Page 13 Post-Neoliberalism in the Americas: An Introduction......Page 18 Section I: Theoretical and Conceptual Issues......Page 36 1 The Contradictions and Transformations of Neoliberalism in Latin America: From Structural Adjustment to "Empowering the Poor"......Page 38 2 Post-Neoliberalism and the New Left in the Americas: The Pathways of Economic and Trade Policies......Page 54 3 Struggling between Autonomy and Institutional Transformations: Social Movements in Latin America and the Move toward Post-Neoliberalism......Page 71 4 Post-Neoliberalism and the Emergence of Human Rights Politics in International Finance......Page 88 Section II: Post-Neoliberalism in Latin America......Page 104 5 Hugo Chávez and the Search for Post-Neoliberal Policy Alternatives in Venezuela......Page 106 6 From Naked Barbarism to Barbarism with Benefits: Neoliberal Capitalism, Natural Gas Policy, and the Evo Morales Government in Bolivia......Page 122 7 Is There a Post-Neoliberal Policy toward Foreign Direct Investment in Argentina and Chile?......Page 137 8 The World Bank and the Poverty Reduction Strategy of Nicaragua: Toward a Post-Neoliberal World Development Order?......Page 152 9 The "Re-Branding" of Neoliberalism: Competing Hegemonies and Systemic Dilemmas Impacting Educational Development in Heavily Indebted Latin American States......Page 168 Section III: Transformations of Neoliberalism in the Americas......Page 182 10 Neoliberalism and the Micropolitics of Domination in the United States......Page 184 11 Poverty Policy and Politics in Canada and Mexico: "Inclusive" Liberalism?......Page 201 12 The Shaping of Motherhood through Social Investment in Children: Examples from Canada and Mexico......Page 216 13 Neoliberalism's Agnosticism: Domestic and Immigration Policies and the Model Family in Canada and the United States......Page 232 14 Colombia's Neoliberal Regime of Governance: Securitization by Dispossession......Page 248 15 Afterword: Post-Neoliberal Politics and Pathways......Page 263 Bibliography......Page 267 B......Page 297 C......Page 298 D......Page 300 E......Page 301 G......Page 302 H......Page 303 I......Page 304 M......Page 305 O......Page 307 P......Page 308 R......Page 309 S......Page 310 T......Page 311 V......Page 312 Z......Page 313 "[A] provocative edited volume, which will appeal to academic audiences but also to the informed reader ... Perhaps the most innovative feature of the collection is its geographic reach, encompassing Canada and the US as well as Latin America, and combining comparative thematic chapters with country case studies."--Times Higher Education