Latin American Responses to Globalization in the 21st Century [Hardcover]

Written by a diverse group of scholars and practitioners from Latin America, the US and Europe and taking into consideration the recent global financial crisis,the book offers a multifaceted insight into the expectations as well as the possible threats related to Latin America's incorporation into the sphere of global interconnectedness.Latin America's Political and Economic Responses to the Process of Globalization; R.Bernal-Meza & S.Fryba Christensen Energy Policy and 21st Century Globalization: The Responses of Brazil and Venezuela, and Opportunities for Renewable Energy Development in the Americas; E.Brand & M.Schewel Remittances and Social Development: The Latin American Experience; M.Orozco Globalization and the Formation of the Political Left in Latin America; M.Nilsson Global discourses, Local Meanings; Indigenous and Nationalistic Responses to Neoliberal Globalization in Bolivia; A.Jeppesen Between God and the State: Globalization and Human Insecurity in Latin America; A.P?rez-Baltodano Unintended Exports: The Globalization of the Mara Salvatrucha; T.Stiles Globalization, Transition, and Insecurity in Mexico; P.Olney New Patterns of Violence in Latin America; D.Kruijt Latin American and European Relations in an Age of Uncertainty and Opportunity; G.Edwards & E.Mendizabal China and Latin America: What Sort of Future?; W.Ratliff South-South Relations in Brazil's Response to the Challenges of Globalization; S.Christensen Conclusions: Latin America and Globalization  Challenges, Responses and Perspectives in the 21st Century; J.Gustafsson & M.NilssonANDR?S P?REZ BALTODANO Professor of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario, Canada RAUL BERNAL-MEZA Professor of International Relations at National University of the Centre of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina ERIK BRAND publishes the daily Latin America Advisor at the Inter-American Dialogue in Washington DC, USA STEEN FRYBA CHRISTENSEN Associate Professor at ?lborg University, Denl£_