Regionalism, Development and the Post-Commodities Boom in South America

Regionalism, Development and the Post-Commodities Boom in South America
Author: Ernesto Vivares
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2017-11-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3319625519

This book is a critical and multidisciplinary IPE of the unequal structures of South American development and uneven insertions in the global order following the decline of the commodities boom. The work explores the extent to which regional development issues are related to merely a decline of commodities ́ prices and/or to the resilience of the historical structures within an unequal world order. Thus, the authors seek first to analytically explore the regional issues beyond the formal limitations of North American and Eurocentric approaches. Secondly, they empirically scrutinize the complex dimensions of regional inequality and global insertions. Aspects analysed include economic reprimarization, the impact of China, development finance, trade and regional value chains, knowledge and technology, regional and transnational organised crime, cities, economic integration and the Global South.

Uncertain Regional Urbanism in Venezuela

Uncertain Regional Urbanism in Venezuela
Author: Fabio Capra Ribeiro
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2020-11-02
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1000203301

Uncertain Regional Urbanism in Venezuela explores the changes cities face when they become metropolises, forming expanding regions which create both potential and problems within settlements. To do so, it focuses on three metropolitan areas located in Venezuela’s Center-North region: Caracas, Maracay and Valencia, designated as "Camava." Considering three core topics, government and territorial administration, infrastructure and environment, as well as looking at the reciprocal impact, this book describes and analyzes the determinant variables that characterize the phenomenon of regional urbanization in this area and in the wider Global South. It includes documentary research, semi-structured interviews and Delphi methodology, involving a total of forty experts from different disciplines to build a comprehensive outlook on the situation. This book presents a broader understanding of the region to encourage a more sustainable and knowledge-based development plan, moving away from the exploitation of natural resources, with six future-oriented scenarios to consider. This is a much-needed study in the urban regions of Venezuela, which will be of interest to academics and researchers in Latin American studies, the Global South, architecture and planning.

Practicing Memory in Central American Literature

Practicing Memory in Central American Literature
Author: N. Caso
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2010-03-29
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0230106250

Through penetrating analysis of twentieth-century historical fiction from Central America this book asks: why do so many literary texts in the region address historical issues? What kinds of stories are told about the past when authors choose the fictional realm to represent history? Why access memory through fiction and poetry? Nicole Caso traces the active interplay between language, space, and memory in the continuous process of defining local identities through literature. Ultimately, this book looks to the dynamic between form and content to identify potential maps that are suggested in each of these texts in order to imagine possibilities of action in the future.

ILO Activities in the Americas, 2003-2006

ILO Activities in the Americas, 2003-2006
Author: International Labour Office. Director-General
Publisher: International Labour Organization
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2006
Genre: Labor laws and legislation
ISBN: 9221185079

Summarizes the principal outcome of ILO work in the region. Includes listings of technical cooperation projects and of books, reports, CD-ROMs, videos, and CINTERFOR publications issued.

The Struggle for Memory in Latin America

The Struggle for Memory in Latin America
Author: Eugenia Allier-Montaño
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2016-01-12
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 113752734X

This book examines the struggles that unfolded in Latin America over the memory of the pasts of political violence experienced by the countries of the continent in the second half of the twentieth century: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, the United States, Guatemala, El Salvador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.