The Dynamics of Social Change in Latin America (International Political Economy Series)

This study examines fundamental theoretical and conceptual issues of social change in Latin America in the context of detailed empirical analysis. It challenges the major assumptions and propositions that underlie globalization theory, reworking and fine tuning the concepts of imperialism and social class as relevant to understanding the 'new world order'. The study centers on the structural features of Latin America and the state policies reconcentrating power in the capitalist class at the expense of labor. The study surveys the contradictory tendencies of concentrated wealth and power and the emergence of new socio-political movements and alternative development strategies to the dominant paradigm. This Book Challenges The Notion Of An Inevitable And Irreversible Globalization In Which Free Marketeers And Their Political Spokespeople Are The Only Protagonists Of History. Beginning With A Wide-ranging Elaboration Of The Reconcentration Of Wealth, Power And Property, The Study Focuses On The Underlying Imperial And Class Relations That Define Latin America's Place In The New World Order.--jacket. 1. Development In The New Imperial Context Of Globalization -- 2. Neoliberalism And The Search For Another Development -- 3. The Restructuring Of Labour -- 4. The Politics Of Community-based Participatory Development -- 5. The Dynamics Of Neoliberal Electoral Politics -- 6. New Social Movements In Latin America: The Dynamics Of Class And Identity -- 7. Neoliberalism And The Latin American Left: The Search For A Socialist Project. Henry Veltmeyer And James Petras. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Development in the New Imperial Context of Globalization....Pages 1-20 Neoliberalism and the Search for Another Development....Pages 21-44 The Restructuring of Labour....Pages 45-59 The Politics of Community-based Participatory Development....Pages 60-76 The Dynamics of Neoliberal Electoral Politics....Pages 77-98 New Social Movements in Latin America: The Dynamics of Class and Identity....Pages 99-121 Neoliberalism and the Latin American Left: The Search for a Socialist Project....Pages 122-144 Back Matter....Pages 145-210 Challenges the notion of an inevitable globalization in which free marketers and their political spokespeople are the only protagonists. Examines the reconcentration of wealth, poverty, and power, and focuses on the underlying imperial and class relations that define Latin America's place in the new world order. Veltmeyer is professor of sociology and international development studies at Saint Mary's University, Halifax. Petras is professor of sociology and Latin American studies at Binghamton University. "This book challenges the notion of an inevitable and irreversible globalization in which free marketeers and their political spokespeople are the only protagonists of history. Beginning with a wide-ranging elaboration of the reconcentration of wealth, power and property, the study focuses on the underlying imperial and class relations that define Latin America's place in the new world order."--BOOK JACKET.