Latin American Perspectives On Global Development

Author : Samuel Ernest Harrington,Mahmoud Masaeli,Rico Sneller
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781527526037

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Latin American Perspectives on Global Development by Samuel Ernest Harrington,Mahmoud Masaeli,Rico Sneller Pdf

Although as a vast subcontinent, Latin America reflects diverse perspectives of life, senses of identity, cultural and spiritual outlooks, its constituting countries share a specific history of resistance against the prevalent patterns of global development. However, Latin America presents newer accounts of development understood as genuine views on human well-being derived from a sense of its own specific identity. In an emerging renaissance emphasizing human flourishing as the ultimate goal, Latin America is shifting gears towards an ethical perspective on global development. Distinct here is an emphasis on philosophy, theology, literature, arts, music, and cinema as fertile terrains depicting how the subcontinent must draw its own unique picture of development. Today, it is undergoing a diverse cultural, philosophical and spiritual growth, and holds exciting potential to be aligned with, and contribute to, the contemporary debates around the ethics of global development. This book discusses Latin American perspectives against the backdrop of the mainstream view of development, which portrays economic growth as development. It also looks at historical context, cultural diversity, cultural richness and the complex philosophy of life in the Latin American perspective to address the subcontinent’s deep cultural heritage, the depiction of its identity, and its philosophy of life. Additionally, this book discusses how the causes of inequality and malaises such as social crime can be eliminated, and more importantly, how the prosperity and economic, social, and human development of the subcontinent (and the world in general) may be improved.

Author : Mahmoud Masaeli,Rico Sneller
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781527526563

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African Perspectives on Global Development by Mahmoud Masaeli,Rico Sneller Pdf

Africa is not merely an invention with a modern, imperial or colonial background. Nor is it simply a continent in need of foreign aid from the richer, more affluent societies. Africa might be economically needy, politically unstable, and, in part, socially chaotic and suffering from civil wars and social unrest. However, the continent and its peoples are certainly different from the negative image portrayed in the mass media. Africa had been the cradle of civilization in the pre-colonial era, and is today undergoing a diverse cultural, philosophical, and spiritual development with great potential, contributing to contemporary debates around the ethics of globality. The novelty of this book derives from its multidisciplinary approach. Although the authors generally come from the fields of development and economics, global studies, political science, philosophy and ethics, and sociology, they present Africa’s alternative view of human wellbeing in order to provide theories and policy recommendations which inspire the specific developmental patterns for the growth of the continent. The volume discusses the meaning of development for the continent by drawing on culture, identity, ethnicity, and philosophy of nature. The contributors examine a variety of issues and themes directly related to the opportunities provided by globality to promote the development of the continent. They also discuss solutions for underdevelopment and poverty, and how those perspectives might be effectively integrated into the global agenda for the development of Africa.

Author : Hernan Galperin,Judith Mariscal
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781552503423

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Digital Poverty by Hernan Galperin,Judith Mariscal Pdf

Examines the problem of inedequate access to information and communication technology (ICT) and the need to develop appropriate pro-poor ICT policies. Shows how market reforms have failed to ensure that the benefits of the Information Society have spread across the region.

Author : Jose Antonio Ocampo,Juan Martin
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2003-09-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821383704

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Globalization and Development by Jose Antonio Ocampo,Juan Martin Pdf

Award winning title! 'Globalization and Development' was selected as a 2003 'Notable Government Document' by the American Librarian Association (ALA) and GODORT (Government Documents Round Table). In this book, the UNECLAC (United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean) draws upon the Latin American and Caribbean region's experience in order to formulate a historical and multidimensional assessment of the globalization process from the perspectives of developing countries.

Author : Vittorio Corbo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822015521735

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Development Strategies and Policies in Latin America by Vittorio Corbo Pdf

Author : Julie Cupples
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136775437

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Latin American Development by Julie Cupples Pdf

Latin America’s diverse political and economic struggles and triumphs have captured the global imagination. The region has been a site of brutal dictators, revolutionary heroes, the Cold War struggle and as a place in which the global debt crisis has had some of its most lasting and devastating impacts. Latin America continues to undergo rapid transformation, demonstrating both inspirational change and frustrating continuities. This text provides a comprehensive introduction to Latin American development in the twenty-first century, emphasizing political, economic, social, cultural and environmental dimensions of development. It considers key challenges facing the region and the diverse ways in which its people are responding, as well as providing analysis of the ways in which such challenges and responses can be theorized. This book also explores the region’s historical trajectory, the implementation and rejection of the neoliberal model and the role played by diverse social movements. Relations of gender, class and race are considered, as well as the ways in which media and popular culture are forging new global imaginaries of the continent. The text also considers the increasing difficulties that Latin America faces in confronting climate change and environmental degradation. This accessible text gives an overarching historical and geographical analysis of the region and critical analysis of recent developments. It is accompanied by a diverse range of critical historical and contemporary case studies from all parts of the continent, providing readers with the conceptual tools required to analyse theories on Latin American development. Each chapter ends with a summary section, discussion topics, suggestions for further reading, websites and media resources. This is an indispensable resource for scholars, students and practitioners.

Author : Suranjit Kumar Saha,David Parker
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822032162760

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Globalisation and Sustainable Development in Latin America by Suranjit Kumar Saha,David Parker Pdf

Many of the contributing social scientists are Latin American, and their ideas are presented in English for the first time here. They combine the two paradigms of sustainable development and globalization to explore how the latter impacts prospects for the former, and consider how best to build partnerships between the state and other agencies of civil society at the national, subnational, and local levels. Among the topics are lessons from the European experience of privatization and neoliberalism, regionalism and globalism as alternative models for Latin American integration, the consequences of privatization in Chile, and case studies of three regions in Brazil. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Rodolfo Stavenhagen
Publisher : Abhinav Publications
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Land reform
ISBN : 9788170171393

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Between Underdevelopment and Revolution by Rodolfo Stavenhagen Pdf

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Author : Ronaldo Munck
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3031543335

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Coloniality of Power and Progressive Politics in Latin America by Ronaldo Munck Pdf

This book makes the powerful argument that Latin America needs to be a more central part of the discourse on emerging globalities and in the pursuit of an inter-civilizational focus to avoid West-centric perspectives. It deploys a cultural political economy approach that sees the global political economy as inescapably cultural and allows us to avoid the hyper-rational analysis of economics. It explores various aspects of contemporary Latin America from the revival of dependency theory, the ‘pink tide’ governments since 2000 and, in particular, the potential of the Andean Buen Vivir political philosophy, to offer a distinctive paradigm for sustainable global development. The book provides a de-colonial frame and shows how many recent and new social science perspectives emerging globally are connected with Latin American scholars and Latin American social experiments: namely, dependency, decolonial and post-colonial epistemologies, post-neoliberalism, and the notion ofPluriverse. The book focuses on the cultural, the ethical, the economic and the political, and environmental dimensions of this transformation, which represents a reaction and alternative to the Western cultural, including ethical, economic, political, environmental crises. The readership for this book includes all who are fascinated by the globalization lens on the one hand, and the experience and lessons of Latin America on the other hand.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264113152

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Perspectives on Global Development 2012 Social Cohesion in a Shifting World by OECD Pdf

This report analyses the impact of “Shifting wealth” on social cohesion, largely focusing on high-growth converging countries.

Author : David A. Preston
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317892090

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Latin American Development by David A. Preston Pdf

Provides an up-to-date analysis of many aspects of Latin America through a series of short essays, written by experienced geographers.

Author : OECD,Inter-American Development Bank
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2000-03-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9264181091

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Development Centre Seminars Global Finance from a Latin American Viewpoint by OECD,Inter-American Development Bank Pdf

The Inter-American Development Bank and the OECD Development Centre created the International Forum on Latin American Perspectives as an annual meeting place of ideas and strategies from Latin America and from the OECD region. The tenth meeting of ...

Author : Nora Anton
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2008-02-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783638006538

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Cardoso and Faletto's "Dependency and development in Latin America" - A Bolivian perspective by Nora Anton Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject Politics - Region: Middle and South America, grade: 2,0, University of Münster (Politikwissenschaft), language: English, abstract: “Dependence is dead, long live dependence and the class struggle” thus the title of an article by the dependency theorist André Gunder Frank, published in 1974 in Latin American Perspectives. Indeed, it has often been stated that dependency theory has lost its significance in explaining underdevelopment and has thus been “relegated to footnote status in the field of development studies”. Yet, in recent years, a lot of scholars have attempted to refute this statement, claiming that dependency theory still has its use in development studies, even though they have identified a number of flaws. Emerging in parallel with other development theories in the 1950s, dependency theory mainly focuses on Latin America, the most important authors being Prebisch, Furtado, dos Santos, Frank and finally Cardoso and Faletto, whose theory this paper concentrates on. Most of the different approaches within dependency theory share several Marxist core assumptions, such as the construction of base (means and relations of production) and superstructure (the political, cultural and social consequences of these means and relations of production). On the international level, all politics, whether external or domestic, takes place within the framework of the capitalist world economy which determines the behavior of actors as well as patterns of interaction between them. In this paper, the question of whether dependency theory as presented by Fernando Henrique Cardoso and Enzo Faletto is still useful in explaining underdevelopment will be examined considering as example the events occurring in a typical example of an underdeveloped Latin American economy – Bolivia. The election of the left-wing populist Evo Morales potentially represents a paradigm shift for one of the poorest Latin American countries – a shift away from the neoliberal ideology towards a still capitalist regime with a socialist flavor to it (if one is to believe the declarations of Morales’s vice president Alvaro García Linera). Applying Cardoso and Faletto’s approach to the case of Bolivia reveals its strengths, but also some methodological as well as textual weaknesses. In order to show this, the first section will present their theory as exhibited in their publication Dependency and Development in Latin America and in an article published by Cardoso in the New Left Review in 1972. The second section focuses on the events in Bolivia, pointing at strong and weak points of the approach. Section four concludes.

Author : Ronald H. Chilcote
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0742523934

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Development in Theory and Practice by Ronald H. Chilcote Pdf

This definitive reader brings together seminal articles on development in Latin America. Tracing the concepts and major debates surrounding the issue, the text focuses on development theory through three contrasting historical perspectives: imperialism, underdevelopment and dependency, and globalization. By offering a rich array of essays from Latin American Perspectives, the book allows students to sample all the important trends in the field. A new general introduction and conclusion, along with part introductions, contextualize each selection. One of the leading figures in development studies, Ronald Chilcote shows in this text why work on imperialism dating to the turn of the twentieth century informs the controversies on dependency and underdevelopment during the 1960s and 1970s as well as the globalization debates of the past decade. If students are to understand development in Latin America, they must not only be familiar with historical examples and recognize that various theoretical perspectives affect our interpretation of events, they must be willing to keep an open mind. Thus, rather than setting out established premises, this reader offers different points of view, raising provocative questions about Latin America that remain largely unanswered even today. Students will come away from this rewarding collection ready to pursue new understanding through critical inquiry and thinking.

Author : Gary McMahon,Felix Remy
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0821350021

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Large Mines and the Community by Gary McMahon,Felix Remy Pdf

"International Development Research Centre."