Richard Snyder is a former intelligence officer. He and his wife live in Florida and have a son who lives in Amsterdam as an advertising executive. Defector in Paradise is the author's second novel in a trilogy involving Owen Roberts' adventures as a spy. It is the sequel to The Clandestine Education of Owen Roberts.
Part I. The Framework and Comparative Analysis: 1. Rethinking the
consequences of Neoliberalism; 2. From deregulation to regulation in the
Mexican coffee sector; Part II. The Cases: 3. Remaking corporatism from
below: a participatory policy framework in Oaxaca; 4. When corporatism and
democracy collide: an exclusionary policy framework in Guerrero; 5.
Peasants and oligarchs: stalemate and transition to a participatory policy
framework in Chiapas; 6. Oligarchs as the dominant force: an exclusionary
policy framework in Puebla; Part III. The Conclusion: 7. After
neoliberalism: what next?