Poverty or Development - Global Restructuring and Regional Transformation in the US South and the Mexican South

This book offers a unique look at world inequality, by comparing the development problems and prospects of these two regions in the context of global restructuring and NAFTA.

List of contents

Acknowledgments INTRODUCTION 1. Two Souths in the New Global Order-Richard Tardanico and Mark B. Rosenberg 2. From Free Market Rhetoric to Free Market Reality: The Future of the U.S. South in an Era of Globalization-Amy K. Glasmeier and Robin Leichenko 3. The Impact of NAFTA and the WTO on Southern Mexico: Hypotheses and Preliminary Evidence-Michael E. Conroy and Sarah Elizabeth West SECTORAL AND GEOGRAPHIC CASE STUDIES 4. The Mexico-U.S. Apparel Connection: Economic Dualism and Transnational Networks-Gary Gereffi 5. Local Economic Development and Transnational Restructuring: The Case of Export-Assembly Manufacturing in Yucatán-Patricia A. Wilson and Thea Kayne 6. Politico-Economic Restructuring and Mexico's Small Coffee Farmers-Robert Porter 7. Work and Immigration: Winter Vegetable Production in South Florida-David Griffith 8. Politics of Decentralization and Rural Poverty: Municipal Solidarity Funds and Community Participation in Oaxaca-Jonathan Fox and Josefina Aranda 9. The Local Matters: The Port of New Orleans Responds to Global Restructuring-Alma H. Young 10. Employment Transformations in Mexican and U.S. Gulf Cities-Bryan Roberts and Richard Tardanico CONCLUSION 11. Poverty or Development?-Richard Tardanico

About the author

Richard Tardanico is Associate Professor of Sociology at Florida International University. Mark B. Rosenberg is Provost and Professor of Political Science at Florida International University and founding director of the university's Latin American and Caribbean Center.

Summary

This book offers a unique look at world inequality, by comparing the development problems and prospects of these two regions in the context of global restructuring and NAFTA.

Product details

• Assisted by: Mark Rosenberg (Editor), Rosenberg Mark (Editor), Richard Tardanico (Editor), Tardanico Richard (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.11.1999
• EAN: 9780415924313
• ISBN: 978-0-415-92431-3
• No. of pages: 312
• Weight: 674 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Mexico, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Macroeconomics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, macroeconomics, Poverty & unemployment, Development Studies, Central Southern States, US South, Poverty and precarity