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The last quarter of the twentieth century was a period of economic crises, increasing indebtedness as well as financial instability for Latin America and most other developing countries; in contrast, China showed amazingly high growth rates during this time and has since become the third largest economy in the world. Based on several case studies, this volume assesses how China's rise - one of the most important recent changes in the global economy - is affecting Latin America's national politics, political economy and regional and international relations. Several Latin American countries benefit from China's economic growth, and China's new role in international politics has been helpful to many leftist governments' efforts in Latin America to end the Washington Consensus. The contributors to this thought provoking volume examine these and the other causes, effects and prospects of Latin America's experiences with China's global expansion from a South - South perspective.
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List of Figures
Preface
Alex E. Fernández Jilberto and
Barbara Hogenboom Chapter 1. Latin America and China: South-South Relations in a New Era
Alex E. Fernández Jilberto and
Barbara Hogenboom Chapter 2. Brazil and China: From South-South Cooperation to Competition?
Henrique Altemani de Oliveira Chapter 3. Mexico vs. China: The Troublesome Politics of Competitiveness
Barbara Hogenboom Chapter 4. Neoliberalized South-South Relations: Free Trade between Chile and China
Alex E. Fernández Jilberto Chapter 5. Argentina's Relations with China: Opportunities and Challenges
Carla V. Oliva Chapter 6. China and Venezuela's Search for Oil Markets
Javier Corrales Chapter 7. Bridging the Pacific: Peru's Search for Closer Economic Ties with China
Rubén Berríos Chapter 8. Bolivia and China: Indirect Relations in a Global Market
Pablo Poveda Chapter 9. Central America between two Dragoons: Relations with the two Chinas
Gabriel Aguilera Peralta Chapter 10. Latin America from Washington Consensus to Beijing Consensus?
Alex E. Fernández Jilberto and
Barbara Hogenboom Notes on Contributors
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Alex E. Fernández Jilberto was Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Amsterdam until his death in 2010.
Barbara Hogenboom is Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the Centre for Latin American Research and Documentation (CEDLA) in Amsterdam. Together they have published several edited volumes, including Big Business and Economic Development - Conglomerates and Economic Groups in Developing Countries and Transition Economies (Routledge, 2008).
Summary
The last quarter of the twentieth century was a period of economic crises, increasing indebtedness as well as financial instability for Latin America and most other developing countries; in contrast, China showed amazingly high growth rates during this time and has since become the third largest economy in the world.
