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61. Global Economy Contested

    Power and Conflict across the International Division of Labour

    Edited by Marcus Taylor

    Series: Rethinking Globalizations

    Although much has been written on the topic of economic globalization, few volumes examine the social foundations of the global economy in a way that puts power and contestation at the forefront of the analysis. This book addresses this gap by emphasizing the contested social processes that...

    Published May 7th 2008 by Routledge
62. International Trade and Neoliberal Globalism

    Towards Re-peripheralisation in Australia, Canada and Mexico?

    Edited by Paul Bowles, Ray Broomhill, Teresa Gutiérrez-Haces, Stephen McBride

    Series: Routledge Studies in Governance and Change in the Global Era

    International trade must be analysed within the historical context within which it occurs. Behind the statistics on trade flows lie power structures, class interests and international hierarchies. These change over time and how countries respond to them has critical implications for their citizen’s...

    Published May 1st 2008 by Routledge
63. The United States and Central America

    Geopolitical Realities and Regional Fragility

    By Mark B. Rosenberg, Luis G. Solis

    Series: Contemporary Inter-American Relations

    This book is a concise overview of the recent history of U.S.-Central American relations. Part of the Contemporary Inter-American Relations series edited by Jorge Dominguez and Rafael Fernandez de Castro, it focuses on the relations between the U.S. and this region since the end of the...

    Published May 29th 2007 by Routledge
64. Rural Chiapas Ten Years after the Zapatista Uprising

    Edited by Sarah Washbrook

    Considered the most significant recent agrarian movement in Mexico, the 1994 EZLN uprising by the indigenous peasantry of Chiapas attracted world attention. Timed to coincide with the signing of the NAFTA agreement, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation reasserted the value of indigenous...

    Published December 20th 2006 by Routledge
65. Islam and Globalization

    Edited by Shahram Akbarzadeh

    Series: Critical Concepts in Islamic Studies

    Globalization has opened up non-Western societies to forces of economic, political and cultural liberalism for the first time, and this process has had a profound effect upon Islamic societies, causing unease and concern among many Muslims. Moreover, this apprehension has been exacerbated by the...

    Published June 29th 2006 by Routledge
66. Globalization and Cross-Border Labor Solidarity in the Americas

    The Anti-Sweatshop Movement and the Struggle for Social Justice

    By Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval

    Published November 19th 2004 by Routledge
67. The State of Democracy in Latin America

    Post-Transitional Conflicts in Argentina and Chile

    By Jonathan R. Barton, Laura Tedesco

    The State of Democracy in Latin America presents a critical analysis of the contemporary democratic state in Latin America.In a shift away from the more typical analyses of Latin American political change during the 1990s, this book presents a more state-centric perspective that seeks to explain...

    Published November 3rd 2004 by Routledge
68. The Southern Cone Model

    The Political Economy of Regional Capitalist Development in Latin America

    By Nicola Phillips

    Series: Routledge/RIPE Studies in Global Political Economy

    Developing an original blend of perspectives from the fields of international and comparative political economy, this book presents an innovative and in-depth account of the contemporary political economy of the southern cone of Latin America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.It...

    Published March 17th 2004 by Routledge