Political Economy of Space in the Americas - The New Pax Americana

Informationen zum Autor Alejandra Roncallo is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Bucknell University, USA. Klappentext This text presents a novel and cutting-edge interpretation of the evolving political economy of the Americas. Through a combination of qualitiatve research and theory! Alejandra Roncallo presents an examination of the new Pax Americana! emerging since the 1982 crisis. Zusammenfassung This book presents a novel and cutting-edge interpretation of the evolving political economy of the Americas. Through a combination of qualitative research and theory, it considers the reconstruction of American-led hegemony in the Americas since the 1982 debt crisis and presents an examination of the new Pax Americana. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction PART I: WEAVING THE AMERICAS TOGETHER: THE FOUR ‘STAGES’ OF A NEW DARWINIAN TALE 1. The 1980s: Development as ‘Free Markets’, The Demolition of the Old and the Rise of the New 2. The 1990s: Development as ‘Good Governance’ and the Consolidation of Hegemony 3. The New Millennium: Development as ‘Poverty Reduction’ and the Commodification of Livelihood 4. Obama, "Change" and the Disembedding of Security in Latin America. The Tension between Polyarchy and Democracy PART II: TRANSNATIONAL MINING CORPORATIONS: SEARCHING FOR 'EL DORADO' AT THE TURN OF THE MILLENNIUM. THE BOLIVIAN CASE 5. The Amayapampa and Capasirca Gold Mines: Double Movement and State Repression 6. Multilateralism, Population Displacement and Resettlement in San Cristóbal Silver Mines 7. President Evo Morales’ Pachakutik . Re-founding Bolivia as an Indigenous Nation 8. Conclusion

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• Authors: Alejandra Roncallo, Roncallo Alejandra
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2013
• EAN: 9780415671545
• ISBN: 978-0-415-67154-5
• No. of pages: 212
• Series: Routledge Advances in International Political Economy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; Latin America, Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Politics & government, Political Economy, Politics and government