| Rethinking Development in Latin America Contributor(s): Wood, Charles H. (Editor), Roberts, Bryan R. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0271028947 ISBN-13: 9780271028941 Publisher: Penn State University Press OUR PRICE: $30.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2005 Annotation: Understanding development in Latin America today requires both an awareness of the major political and economic changes that have produced a new agenda for social policy in the region and an appreciation of the need to devise better conceptual and methodological tools for analyzing the social impacts of these changes. Using as a reference point the issues and theories that dominated social science research on Latin America in the period 1960-80, this volume contributes to "rethinking development" by examining the historical events that accounted for the erosion or demise of once-dominant paradigms and by assessing the new directions of research that have emerged in their place. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Developing & Emerging Countries - Business & Economics | Development - General - Political Science | Political Economy |
| Dewey: 301.098 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.15 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Developing World - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Understanding development in Latin America today requires both an awareness of the major political and economic changes that have produced a new agenda for social policy in the region and an appreciation of the need to devise better conceptual and methodological tools for analyzing the social impact of these changes. Using as a reference point the issues and theories that dominated social science research on Latin America in the period 1960-80, this volume contributes to "rethinking development" by examining the historical events that accounted for the erosion or demise of once-dominant paradigms and by assessing the new directions of research that have emerged in their place. Following the editors' overview of the new conceptual and social agendas in their Introduction, the book proceeds with a review of previous broad conceptual approaches by Alejandro Portes, who emphasizes by contrast the advantages of newer "middle-range" theories. Subsequent chapters focus on changes in different arenas and the concepts and methods used to interpret them: "Globalization, Neoliberalism, and Social Policy"; "Citizenship, Politics, and the State"; "Work, Families, and Reproduction"; and "Urban Settlements, Marginality, and Social Exclusion." Contributors, besides the editors, are Marina Ariza and Orlandina de Oliveira, Diane Davis, Vilmar Faria, Joe Foweraker, Elizabeth Jelin, Alejandro Portes, Joe Potter and Rudolfo Tuir n, Juan Pablo P rez S inz, Osvaldo Sunkel, and Peter Ward. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wood, Charles H.: - Charles H. Wood is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Florida.Roberts, Bryan R.: - Bryan R. Roberts is C. B. Smith Centennial Chair in U.S.-Mexican Relations and Professor of Sociology at the University of Texas. |
