This balanced and innovative collection uses different methodologies to approach the common theme of a region transformed in recent years by neoliberalism. Most of the contributors suggest that Latin America is experiencing rapid and unexpected change: its future looks much different than ever predicted, with high levels of uncertainty resulting in counterintuitive and, at times, innovative political outcomes.
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Introduction: Globalization and Uncertainty in Latin America — Fernando López-Alves and Diane E. Johnson * PART I: THE UNCERTAINTIES OF LIBERALISM AND NEOLIBERALISM * Victorian Globalization in Microcosm: The Rise and Fall of Jabez Spencer Balfour — David Rock * Uncertainty, the Construction of the Future, and the Divorce between Citizens and the State — Fernando López-Alves * Isomorphic Neoliberalism and the Creation of Inevitability — Miguel Ángel Centeno * Can the Backlash against Globalization Be Contained? — Benjamin J. Cohen * PART II: UNCERTAIN RELATIONS BETWEEN THE STATE AND CIVIL SOCIETY * Globalization and Public Policy in the Americas: Are We Heading toward Convergence? — Diane E. Johnson * Development Assistance, the Environment, and Stakeholder Participation: Toward a New Conditionality? — Jonathan Rosenberg * PART III: UNCERTAINTIES ABOUT JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS * Globalization and the Modern Conception of Human Rights — Steven Cassedy * Generating Uncertainty: Globalized Punishment and Crime — Thomas Siemsen * Conclusions — Diane E. Johnson& Fernando López–Alves
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Fernando López–Alves is Professor of Sociology and Political Science, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Diane E. Johnson is Assistant Professor of Political Science, Lebanon Valley College.
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