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Rethinking development from a Latin American perspective
Canadian Journal of Development Studies / Revue canadienne d'études du développement, 2018
Latin American contributions to development theory have given the field of development studies a more critical edge. These contributions relate not only to the vibrant debates on the development question but also to the activism of the social movements and a history of experimentation with diverse forms and models of development. This article traces out that history, with a focus on scholarship in the neoliberal era. The key ideas and theories range from a recovery of indigenous values of social solidarity and harmony with nature to envisioning new communal systems of production and consumption and ways to protect the global commons. RÉSUMÉ Les contributions latino-américaines à la théorie du développement ont donné une perspective critique au champ des études du développement. Ces contributions concernent non seulement les débats dynamiques sur la question du développement, mais aussi l'activisme des mouvements sociaux et une histoire d'expérimentations avec des formes et modèles de développement divers. Cet article retrace cette histoire, en portant une attention particulière aux écrits de l'ère néolibérale. Les idées et théories clés vont de la réappropriation des valeurs autochtones de solidarité sociale et d'harmonie avec la nature à la conception de nouveaux systèmes communautaires de production et de consommation, ainsi qu'à de nouvelles manières de protéger des biens communs de l'humanité.
The Routledge Handbook of Latin American Development
2018
The Routledge Handbook of Latin American Development seeks to engage with comprehensive, contemporary and critical theoretical debates on Latin American development. The volume draws on contributions from across the humanities and social sciences and, unlike earlier volumes of this kind, explicitly highlights the disruptions to the field being brought by a range of anti-capitalist, decolonial, feminist, and ontological intellectual contributions. The chapters consider in depth the harms and suffering caused by various oppressive forces, as well as the creative and often revolutionary ways in which ordinary Latin Americans resist, fight back, and work to construct development defined broadly as the struggle for a better and more dignified life. The book covers many key themes including development policy and practice, neoliberalism and its aftermath, the role played by social movements in cities and rural areas, the politics of water, oil and other environmental resources, indigenous and Afro-descendant rights and the struggles for gender equality. With contributions from authors working in Latin America, the US and Canada, Europe, and New Zealand at a range of universities and other organizations, the handbook is an invaluable resource for students and lecturers in development studies, Latin American studies, cultural studies, human geography, anthropology, sociology, political science and economics, as well as activists and development practitioners.
Dispatches from Latin America: On the frontlines against neoliberalism
2006
Description From the laboratory of neoliberalism—popularly known as" globalization"—Latin America has transformed itself into a launching pad for resistance. As globalization began to spread its devastation, robust and thoughtful opposition emerged in response—in the recovered factory movement of Argentina, in the presidential elections of indigenous leaders and radicals like Hugo Chavez and Evo Morales, against the privatization of water in Bolivia. Across Latin America, people are building social movements to take back control of their ...
Development and social change in Latin America
In book: HANDBOOK ON DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL CHANGEEdition: firstChapter: 12Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing LimitedEditors: Ronaldo Munck & Honor Fagan, 2018
Latin American contributions to development theory have left an indelible mark on the field of development studies, giving it a more critical edge. These contributions relate not just to the vibrant debates on the development question, but to the activism of social movements and a history of experimentation with diverse forms and models of development. The Cuban Revolution had a momentous impact on the development project which was launched in 1948 by Harry Truman in the form of a programme of development assistance and international cooperation. This programme was designed – and the associated idea of development was ‘invented’ – as a means of ensuring that the economically ‘backward’ countries of the Third World would not fall prey to the siren of communism, and would continue to follow the capitalist path towards national development. In many ways, Latin American thinkers and practitioners have been rebels to the Northern, occidental, mainstream development route boosted by the US and its imperialist institutional arms: The World Bank (WB), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the World Trade Organization (WTO). Since the post-war period, development and social change in the region have followed a distinctive and critical path in search of avenues to overcome – and transcend – Latin America’s asymmetrical and subordinated integration into the world capitalist system. The aim of this chapter is to assess that process from a critical perspective, in an attempt to envision what could be regarded as the Latin American legacy in the field.
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Latin American Perspectives, 2007
The role of ideas has been neglected, in comparison with the role of interests and institutions, in the literature on neoliberal reform in Latin America. While ideas were not the primary cause of neoliberal reform, their development, articulation, and dissemination are a significant part of the story of the rise and fall of the "Washington Consensus." The neoliberalism of the 1980s and 1990s lost credibility and capacity to provide politically feasible policy guidelines because it was based on an elitist, exclusionary pact among small groups of experts and elites representing the interests of transnational capital. Only by understanding the origins and limitations of the ideas behind neoliberal reform can a new, more inclusive economic model for Latin America be created.
The Political Economy of Latin America. Reflections on Neoliberalism and Development
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Beyond development. Alternative visions from Latin America
Latin America is at the forefront of thinking on how to build a new sustainable economy that rejects consumerism and extractivism. An exciting compilation on new ideas such as Buen Vivir that are reshaping the global debate on how to live in harmony with each other and nature.
Development and Change, 2019
This virtual issue reviews the post-neoliberalism literature published in Development and Change between 2012 and 2018. It reflects on recent and ongoing, multiple experiences of resistance to speculative, extractive, in-equitable and unsustainable development and the demands for alternatives that emerged in Latin America. The argument is developed through an analysis of the 18 most relevant articles published in this journal, that make a major contribution to three key interrelated debates, namely: the meaning and policies associated with post-neoliberalism; challenges of citizenship and democracy; and the sustainability agenda. Collectively, the selected articles provide a detailed and much-needed discussion about the key achievements, limitations and legacies of post-neoliberalism.