Latin American Responses to Globalization in the 21st Century

1. Introduction
Manuela Nilsson, Jan Gustafsson

2. Latin America’s Political and Economic Responses to the Process of Globalization
Raúl Bernal-Meza, Steen Fryba Christensen

3. Energy Policy and Twenty-First Century Globalization: The Responses of Brazil and Venezuela, and Opportunities for Renewable Energy Development in the Americas
Erik Brand, Matthew Schewel

4. Remittances and Social Development: The Latin American Experience
Manuel Orozco

5. Globalization and the Formation of the Political Left in Latin America
Martin Nilsson

6. Global Discourses, Local Meanings: Indigenous and Nationalistic Responses to Neoliberal Globalization in Bolivia
Anne Marie Ejdesgaard Jeppesen

7. Between God and the State: Globalization and Human Insecurity in Latin America
Andrés Pérez-Baltodano

8. Unintended Exports: The Globalization of the Mara Salvatrucha
Thomas Shannon Stiles

9. Globalization, Transition, and Insecurity in Mexico
Patricia Olney

10. New Patterns of Violence in Latin America
Dirk Kruijt

11. Latin American and European Relations in an Age of Uncertainty and Opportunity
Guy Edwards, Enrique Mendizabal

12. China and Latin America: What Sort of Future?
William Ratliff

13. South-South Relations in Brazil’s Response to the Challenges of Globalization
Steen Fryba Christensen

14. Conclusions: Latin America and Globalization—Challenges, Responses, and Perspectives in the Twenty-First Century
Jan Gustafsson, Manuela Nilsson

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, International Relations, Latin American Politics, Political Economy, Sociology, general, Globalization