Latin America in the World-Economy
Edited by Roberto Patricio Korzeniewicz and William C.
Smith Praeger Paperback. Westport, Conn.
1996. 296 pages LC 96-5794. ISBN 0-275-95423-4.
B5423 $27.95 Available (Status Information Updated 3/1/2001) A cloth
bound edition is available: 0-313-29814-9,
$69.95
** Description **
Latin America is in the midst of dramatic
transformations. Stabilization and structural adjustment programs are
dismantling state regulation of the economy. Democratic transitions are pointing
toward the emergence of new institutional arrangements. Democratization and
market-oriented economic restructuring pose major questions concerning new
social configurations combining rising levels of poverty, "low intensity"
citizenship, environmental degradation, and enduring legacies of elite privilege
and authoritarianism. Analyzing these and related issues, this volume
contributes to a world-system perspective suggesting that the region is
experiencing a "great transformation" characterized by a deepening
differentiation between state, enterprises, and households. Emergent patterns of
competition and organizational change are discussed along with the social
consequences of restructuring and the potential for political transformation.
** Table of Contents **
-- Preface -- A Great Transformation by
Roberto Patricio Korzeniewicz and William C. Smith -- The Cocaine Commodity
Chain and Development Paths in Peru and Bolivia by Amy Bellone --
Uncertainty and Innovation by Miguel E. Korzeniewicz -- Small Firms, Social
Capital, and Global Commodity Chains: Some Lessons from the Tex-Mex Border in
the Era of Free Trade by David Spener -- Globalization, the State, and the
Informal Economy: The Limits to Peripheralization in the Latin American
Periphery by Jose Itzigsohn -- Transnational Realities and Anti-Immigrant
State Policies: Issues Raised by the Experiences of Central American Immigrants
and Refugees in a Trinational Region by Susanne Jonas -- Women, Households,
and Transnational Migration Networks: The Garifuna and Global Economic
Restructuring by Linda Miller Matthei and David A. Smith -- Transnational
Communities: Their Emergence and Significance in the Contemporary World System
by Alejandro Portes -- Revolutionary Terrorism in the Periphery: A
Comparative Analysis of the Shining Path and the Khmer Rouge by Bruce M.
Podobnik -- Global Restructuring and the Environment in Latin America by J.
Timmons Roberts -- Disorderly Democracy: Redefining Public Security in Latin
America by A. Douglas Kincaid and Eduardo A. Gamarra -- Rebuilding State
Capacity in Contemporary Latin America: The Politics of Taxation in Argentina
and Mexico by Sergio Berensztein -- Economic Dynamism and Institutional
Rigidity in Chile: Risks and Opportunities at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
by Alvaro Diaz -- Index
** Authors **
ROBERTO PATRICIO KORZENIEWICZ is Assistant Professor of
Sociology at the University of Maryland.
WILLIAM C. SMITH is Professor
of Political Science at the Graduate School of International Studies and Senior
Research Associate of the North-South Center, both at the University of Miami.
