Globalization and Uncertainty in Latin America

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Group Author: Johnson, Diane E.; Lopez-Alves, Fernando.
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Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230603554
Item Description: Ebook.
Originally published in: 2007.
Carrier Form: 252 p.
ISBN: 9781403978936
9780230603554 :
0230603556 :
CLC: C91
Contents: Introduction: Globalization and Uncertainty in Latin America - Fernando Lopez-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 Lopez-Alves * Isomorphic Neoliberalism and the Creation of Inevitability - Miguel ngel 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 LopezA-Alves.