Latin America in the Vortex of Social Change: Development and Resistance Dynamics, Henry Veltmeyer, James Petras

Автор: Henry Veltmeyer; J. Petras
Название: The Dynamics of Social Change in Latin America
ISBN: 1349411760 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349411764
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Описание: This study examines fundamental theoretical and conceptual issues of social change in Latin America in the context of detailed empirical analysis. 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.

Автор: Henry Veltmeyer; J. Petras
Название: The Dynamics of Social Change in Latin America
ISBN: 0333749375 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333749371
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Описание: This study examines fundamental theoretical and conceptual issues of social change in Latin America in the context of detailed empirical analysis. 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.

Автор: Buckley Eve E.
Название: Technocrats and the Politics of Drought and Development in Twentieth-Century Brazil
ISBN: 1469634295 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781469634296
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: Eve E. Buckley's study of twentieth-century Brazil examines the nation's hard social realities through the history of science, focusing on the use of technology and engineering as vexed instruments of reform and economic development. Nowhere was the tension between technocratic optimism and entrenched inequality more evident than in the drought-ridden Northeast sertao, plagued by chronic poverty, recurrent famine, and mass migrations. Buckley reveals how the physicians, engineers, agronomists, and mid-level technocrats working for federal agencies to combat drought were pressured by politicians to seek out a technological magic bullet that would both end poverty and obviate the need for land redistribution to redress longstanding injustices. Scientists planned and oversaw huge projects including dam construction, irrigation for small farmers, and public health initiatives. They were, Buckley shows, sincerely determined to solve the drought crisis and improve the lot of poor people in the sertao. Over time, however, they came to the frustrating realization that, despite technology's tantalizing promise of an apolitical means to end poverty, political collisions among competing stakeholders were inevitable. Buckley's revelations about technocratic hubris, the unexpected consequences of environmental engineering, and constraints on scientists as agents of social change resonate with today's hopes that science and technology can solve society's most pressing dilemmas, including climate change.

Автор: Philip McMichael
Название: Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective
ISBN: 1452275904 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781452275901
Издательство: Sage Publications
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Описание: Philip McMichael describes a world undergoing profound social, political, and economic transformations, from the post-World War II era through the present. He tells a story of development in four parts - colonialism, developmentalism, globalization, and sustainability - that shows how the global development “project” has  taken different forms from one historical period to the next.  Throughout the text, the underlying conceptual framework is that development is a political construct, created by dominant actors (states, multilateral institutions, corporations and economic coalitions) and based on unequal power arrangements. While rooted in ideas about progress and prosperity, development also produces crises that threaten the health and well-being of millions of people, and sparks organized resistance to its goals and policies. Frequent case studies make the intricacies of globalization concrete, meaningful, and clear.

Автор: Henry Veltmeyer; J. Petras
Название: The Dynamics of Social Change in Latin America
ISBN: 0312222777 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780312222772
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Описание: This study examines fundamental theoretical and conceptual issues of social change in Latin America in the context of detailed empirical analysis. 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.

Автор: Fern?ndez
Название: Development in Latin America
ISBN: 3319921827 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319921822
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Описание: This edited volume discusses the development theory advanced by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in the 1940s, and its transformations through the second half of the twentieth century.

Автор: Christopher Abel; Colin M. Lewis
Название: Welfare, Poverty and Development in Latin America
ISBN: 0333517377 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333517376
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Описание: Analyzing the social consequences of recent development strategies in Latin America, this volume introduces readers to official strategies, private initiatives and individual responses to issues of welfare and poverty during the 20th century. These issues are addressed from several disciplines.

Автор: Buckley Eve
Название: Technocrats and the Politics of Drought and Development in T
ISBN: 1469634309 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781469634302
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: Eve E. Buckley's study of twentieth-century Brazil examines the nation's hard social realities through the history of science, focusing on the use of technology and engineering as vexed instruments of reform and economic development. Nowhere was the tension between technocratic optimism and entrenched inequality more evident than in the drought-ridden Northeast sertao, plagued by chronic poverty, recurrent famine, and mass migrations. Buckley reveals how the physicians, engineers, agronomists, and mid-level technocrats working for federal agencies to combat drought were pressured by politicians to seek out a technological magic bullet that would both end poverty and obviate the need for land redistribution to redress longstanding injustices. Scientists planned and oversaw huge projects including dam construction, irrigation for small farmers, and public health initiatives. They were, Buckley shows, sincerely determined to solve the drought crisis and improve the lot of poor people in the sertao. Over time, however, they came to the frustrating realization that, despite technology's tantalizing promise of an apolitical means to end poverty, political collisions among competing stakeholders were inevitable. Buckley's revelations about technocratic hubris, the unexpected consequences of environmental engineering, and constraints on scientists as agents of social change resonate with today's hopes that science and technology can solve society's most pressing dilemmas, including climate change.

Автор: United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Название: Youth: Realities and Challenges for Achieving Development with Equality
ISBN: 9213290314 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789213290316
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: This book offers a portrayal of the opportunities for social inclusion afforded to young people in Latin America and the Caribbean, with a view to building stronger youth policies in the region. The youth population must be included in development processes if progress is to be made towards more egalitarian societies because of what they mean in relation to dependency rates and the needs and issues particular to this stage of life. ECLAC construes the process of inclusion in society from a rights based perspective that transcends the basic pillars of education and employment to encompass other dimensions of social inclusion that are crucial for young people to progress not only in the objective parameters of inclusion, but also in subjective ones, so that they can feel part of a society they help to build. It examines education and the transition towards employment, access to health and important health-related considerations for this age group, the increasingly violent contexts facing youth, the cultural sphere —with particular attention to digital culture— and political participation by young people, all from the perspective of coordinated sectoral policies.

Автор: Rubens Sawaya
Название: Subordinated Development: Transnational Capital in the Process of Accumulation of Latin America and Brazil
ISBN: 9004366458 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789004366459
Издательство: Brill
Цена: 162050.00 T
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Описание: Focusing on the processes of accumulation, concentration and centralisation of capital, this book explains the transnationalisation of capital and its impact on Latin America and Brazil. The first chapter addresses the logic of these processes from a Marxian perspective. The second chapter shows how this movement of capital expands into some Latin American countries, and how it subsequently retracts in the 1990s process of global centralisation. The third chapter evaluates Latin American strategies to attract capital by taking a subordinate position to capital’s global movement. The last two chapters focus on Brazil's development strategy in the face of the alternating expansion and contraction of capital, and point out the vulnerability of Latin American countries when their development is subordinate to transnational capital. First published in Portuguese as Subordinac?a?o consentida: capital multinacional no processo de acumulac?a?o da Ame?rica Latina e Brasil by Annablume Editora/Fapesp in 2006.

Автор: World Bank Group, Vegas Emiliana, Santibanez Lucrecia
Название: The Promise of Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
ISBN: 0821377590 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780821377598
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
Цена: 33440.00 T
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Описание: Early childhood development (ECD) outcomes affect one`s income-earning capacity and productivity, longevity, health, and cognitive ability. This book takes stock of ECD indicators in the region and explores access to ECD services for children of different backgrounds. It reviews the evidence on the impact of ECD interventions in the region.

Автор: Jonakin, Jon
Название: Market liberalizations and emigration from latin america
ISBN: 1138569283 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138569287
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: Market Liberalizations and Labor Emigration From Latin America provides a comprehensive analysis of the impact of the era of liberalization in Latin America, focusing in particular on labor markets and emigration from the region. This book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of economics and development in Latin America.