Real World Latin America

Date of publication:November 2013

ISBN:978-1-939402-11-0

Pages:313

Price:$35.95

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Real World Latin America brings together the best recent reporting on the region from Dollars & Sense and NACLA Report on the Americas. This timely anthology offers diverse perspectives on the profound economic and social transformations taking place in Latin America in recent years.

In its well-researched and accessible articles, Real World Latin America provides a thorough introduction to Latin American economic policies, the region's changing place in the global economy, the dilemmas of development and sustainability, democracy and dictatorship, labor relations, migration, relations with the United States, and resistance and rebellion.

Praise for Real World Latin America:

The editors of Dollars & Sense and NACLA Report on the Americas have done us a great service. This is a timely collection of essays, sophisticated yet highly readable analysis of the most pressing issues facing Latin America today. The book is ideally suited for undergraduate courses on the region, and will be of interest to a broader readership as well.
—Eric Hershberg, Director, Center for Latin American and Latino Studies, American University

Real World Latin America is an ideal survey text for introductory Latin American studies courses. It covers the vital issues of the region, including democratization, the rise of the Left, economic reform, US-Latin American relations, and migration and its political consequences. Moreover, the volume's breadth takes into account the region's vast diversity and deep-seated inequalities along the lines of class, race/ethnicity, and gender. The two well-respected publications from which the collection is drawn, Dollars & Sense and the NACLA Report on the Americas, offer critical perspectives informed by their long-standing expertise in the region.
—Elisabeth Jay Friedman, Chair, Latin American Studies, University of San Francisco

Latin America is on the move, finding its way towards new approaches to economic development with social justice. Real World Latin America provides a compelling picture of change, political conflict, and the real stakes involved in the region. It is a valuable guide to the contemporary history of the present, inviting readers to stay tuned for more to come.
—Michael A Cohen, Director of the International Affairs Program, New School University

Real World Latin America is an excellent collection of articles, providing students with insightful critiques of Latin American political, economic and social issues. As Latin America continues to undergo dramatic changes and as the relations between the region and the United States continue to be of great importance, students need to hear alternative voices. This collection provides those voices, presenting the issues in an accessible and engaging manner. Real World Latin America will be extremely valuable for students in Latin American studies courses, but also for students with broad interests in international affairs.
—Arthur MacEwan, Professor of Economics (Emeritus), University of Massachusetts, Boston

• Contents
• IntroductionAlejandro Reuss
• Section One: Latin America in the Global Economy
• Chapter One: The Region Under Neoliberalism
  • Latin America in the New Global CapitalismWilliam I. Robinson
  • The Colombia FTA: Only Corporations WinMatias Vernengo
  • Mexico: Prosperous, Competitive, Undergoing an Economic Renaissance?James M. Cypher
  • Chile: A Schizophrenic CountryXimena de la Barra
  • Disaster Capitalism to the Rescue: The International Community and Haiti After the EarthquakeAlex Dupuy
• Chapter Two: The Region Emerging from Neoliberalism?
  • Beyond the World Creditors' CartelDariush Sokolov
  • What Accounts for South America�s Resilience?Oscar Ugarteche
  • Brazil's "Big Push"James M. Cypher
  • China and India: Latin America�s New Friends From the EastHe Li
• Section Two: Development and Sustainability
• Chapter Three: Development and Extraction
  • Amid Gas, Where Is the Revolution?Bret Gustafson
  • Commodifying Water in Times of Global WarmingAstrid Bredholt Stensrud
  • The Global Pesticide Pushers in Latin AmericaJimmy Langman
  • Is Biotechnology the Answer? The Evidence from NAFTAGerardo Otero and Gabriela Pechlaner
• Chapter Four: Development and Conservation
  • Keep It in the GroundElissa Dennis
  • Carbon-Offset Conservation in the ChocoAutumn Spanne
  • A Mining Ban in El Salvador?Emily Achtenberg
  • A Most-People's Climate Movement?Daniel Aldana Cohen
• Section Three: Power and Conflict
• Chapter Five: Latin America and the United States
  • Beyond Supply and Demand: Obama�s Drug Wars in Latin AmericaSuzanna Reiss
  • Retreat to Colombia: The Pentagon Adapts Its Latin America StrategyJohn Lindsay-Poland
  • The Costs of the Cuban EmbargoMargot Pepper
  • Haiti's Fault Lines: Made in the U.S.AMarie Kennedy and Chris Tilly
  • 'A New Chapter of Engagement': Obama and the Honduran CoupAlexander Main
• Chapter Six: Democracy, Dictatorship, and Armed Force
  • Contested Development: The Geopolitics of Bolivia�s TIPNIS ConflictEmily Achtenberg
  • Palm Oil OppressionSarah Blaskey and Jesse Chapman
  • Drugs and Business: Central America Faces Another Round of ViolenceAnnie Bird
  • The Other Colombia: Economics and Politics of DepropriationPatricia Rodriguez
  • The 2009 Coup and the Struggle for Democracy in HondurasRodolfo Pastor Fasquelle
• Section Four: Labor in the Americas
• Chapter Seven: Wage Labor and Capital
  • The Assault on Labor in Cananea, MexicoAnne Fischel and Lin Nelson
  • Refusing to Hear: Press Coverage of the Chilean MinersSteven S. Volk
  • After Sweatshops? Apparel Politics in the Circum-CaribbeanMarion Werner and Jennifer Bair
  • Florida Tomato Pickers Demand "Fair Food"Dan Schneider
  • A House Still Divided: Mexico�s Labor MovementDan La Botz
  • Solidarity: The Only Effective Labor PolicyDan La Botz
• Chapter Eight: Migrations
  • Immigrants and the Labor MarketEsther Cervantes
  • Follow the Money: The University of Arizona's Border WarTodd Miller
  • The Border: Funneling Migrants to Their DoomOscar Martinez
  • Migrante Mobilization in El Nuevo SouthChris Zepeda-Millan
  • Made in Argentina: Bolivian Migrant Workers Fight Neoliberal FashionMarie Trigona
  • The Right to Stay HomeDavid Bacon
• Section Five: Rethinking Resistance and Revolution
• Chapter Nine: Legacies of 20th Century Resistance and Revolution
  • Mexico�s Unspent Revolutionary Legacies: An Interview With Historian Alan KnightFred Rosen
  • Changes From Below: New Dynamics, Spaces, and Attitudes in Cuban SocietyKatrin Hansing
  • Et Tu, Daniel? The Sandinista Revolution BetrayedRoger Burbach
  • Fifty Years of Caribbean Independence: Real and ImaginedKevin Edmonds
  • The Politics of Memory and the Memory of PoliticsSteven S. Volk
• Chapter Ten: Resistance and Revolution in the 21st Century?
  • Horizontalism: From Argentina to Wall StreetMarina Sitrin
  • The Communal State: Communal Councils, Communes, and Workplace DemocracyDario Azzellini
  • Chavez in the AmericasStephanie Pearce
  • The Promise Besieged: Participation and Autonomy in CubaArmando Chaguaceda
  • Hope and Exhaustion at the Hotel BAUENElissa Dennis
  • Monse�or Romero's Resurrection: Transnational Salvadoran OrganizingHector Perla, Jr.
  • A New Politics for a New ChileJoshua Frens-String
  • A New Indigenous-Left in Ecuador?Jeffery R. Weber