The Spaces of Neoliberalism: Land, Place, and Family in Latin America

by Jacquelyn Chase (Editor)

Overview

* For students and researchers in Latin American studies, international development, geography, and anthropology
* A contemporary exploration of people’s responses to neoliberal market reforms in everyday life in Latin America

Readers will learn how local communities, ethnic groups, and women react to market power and see how state policy affects people in their daily lives. The Spaces of Neoliberalism looks at several aspects of sociopolitical tensions including the politics of land and land reform, and the family as a place of negotiation between the roles of men and women.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781565491458
Publisher:	Kumarian Press, Inc.
Publication date:	05/28/2002
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Jacquelyn Chase is Chair and Associate Professor, Geography and Planning, at California State University, Chico.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Arturo Escobar; 1) Introduction: The Spaces of Neoliberalism in Latin America - Jacquelyn Chase; AGRARIAN AND TERRITORIAL RIGHTS; 2) Agrarian Reform and the Neo-Liberal Counter-Reform in Latin America - Cristóbal Kay; 3) Individual Versus Collective Land Rights: Tensions Between Women’s and Indigenous Rights Under Neoliberalism - Carmen Diana Deere and Magdalena León; 4) Beyond Indigenous Titling: Democratizing Civil Society in the Peruvian Amazon - Søren Hvalkof; PRIVATE LIVES AND NEOLIBERALISM; 5) Privatization and Private Lives: Gender, Reproduction and Neoliberal Reforms in a Brazilian Company Town - Jacquelyn Chase; 6) Women and Globalization: Lessons from the Dominican Republic - Helen I. Safa; ON THE EDGE OF NEOLIBERALISM; 7) Neither Duck Nor Rabbit: Sustainability, Political Economy, and the Dialectics of Economy - Stephen Gudeman and Alberto Rivera-Gutiérrez; 8)The Restructuring of Labor Markets, International Migration and Household Economies in Urban Mexico - Agustín Escobar Latapí and Mercedes González de la Rocha; 9) Space, Power and Representation in Yucatán - Oriol Pi-Sunyer

Editorial Reviews

Explores how markets and market ideology affect the lives of Latin American people through their communities, culture, resource base, local labor markets, and households. Among the topics of the eight papers are tensions between women's and indigenous groups over land rights, gender and reproduction in a Brazilian company town, and the restructuring of labor markets and household economies in urban Mexico. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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