..., and forestry ( Gudynas 2018 ; Klubock 2014 ; Veltmeyer and Petras 2014 ), oriented toward the export of “cheap nature” (Patel and Moore 2017:53ff.). This reflects a colonial continuity of Latin America’s integration into the world economy as a supplier of barely processed commodities, which is termed...

... that national populations rank inequality, labor, and crime among the top social problems affecting their nations today. These findings help close a gap in the literature on the current status of Latin America after the neoliberal period and allow us to identify several likely trends for the future...

... to these political elites. © 2020 by the Regents of the University of California 2020 development globalization U.S. Empire Latin America political sociology Since the end of World War II, the United States has unofficially headed the global economy. In the war’s immediate aftermath, the U.S...

.... world-systems global capitalism nationalism water policy social movements Latin America The end of the twentieth century marked a moment of turmoil in the world-system. The globalization of capital and the rapid advancement and spread of communication and information technologies has resulted...

... and land, such as around the question of allocating water for irrigation or maintaining a rural water users’ association, may be activated to support mobilization. environment mining mobilization Latin America To test whether these hypotheses hold for opposition to mining projects...

...Shiri Noy; Patricia A. McManus Are health care systems converging in developing nations? We use the case of health care financing in Latin America between 1995 and 2009 to assess the predictions of modernization theory, competing strands of globalization theory, and accounts of persistent cross...

...Shiri Noy; Patricia A. McManus Are health care systems converging in developing nations? We use the case of health care financing in Latin America between 1995 and 2009 to assess the predictions of modernization theory, competing strands of globalization theory, and accounts of persistent cross...

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