Henry Veltmeyer

On the Move

The Politics of Social Change in Latin America

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"With irony, insight, and elegant simplicity, Veltmeyer shows us how the power of money and the power of collective commitment interact in the sweepstakes of social history." - Jan Knippers Black, Monterey Institute for International Studies

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 153mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 299g
• ISBN-13: 9781551118727
• ISBN-10: 1551118726
• Artikelnr.: 35662991

Autorenporträt

Henry Veltmeyer is Professor of International Development Studies at Saint Mary's University and adjunct professor of Political Science at the Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas (Mexico). He is the author of numerous publications on the political economy of global and regional developments, including, most recently, System in Crisis (2003) and The Dynamics of Globalization/Antiglobalization (2004).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Neo-liberalism and US Imperialism 
2. A New Paradigm?
3. Social Capital and Local Development
4. Participatory Budgeting and Local Government
5. The Development Dynamics of Social Exclusion  
6. Rural Struggles and the Land Question 
7. From the Barricades to the Ballot Box
8. Movement in the Countryside and Cities
Glossary
Bibliography
Index