Combining thematic analysis with country case studies including Mexico, Bolivia, and Brazil, an international group of scholars discuss the expectations, threats and responses to globalization in Latin America. They look at a variety of new research areas connected to globalization, such as the creation of informal citizens, the impact of remittances, the dangers of transnational crime, indigenous responses to economic globalization and its impact on human security. Moreover, they identify the pitfalls of democracy in a globalizing Latin America, as well as the hopes connected with energy politics. Finally, they consider the relationship with China and South-South cooperation as alternatives to long-term historical alliances.
Latin Americas Political and Economic Responses to the Process of Globalization; R.Bernal-Meza & S.Fryba Christensen Energy Policy and 21st Century Globalization: The Responses of Brazil and Venezuela, and Opportunities for Renewable Energy Development in the Americas; E.Brand & M.Schewel Remittances and Social Development: The Latin American Experience; M.Orozco Globalization and the Formation of the Political Left in Latin America; M.Nilsson Global discourses, Local Meanings; Indigenous and Nationalistic Responses to Neoliberal Globalization in Bolivia; A.Jeppesen Between God and the State: Globalization and Human Insecurity in Latin America; A.Perez-Baltodano Unintended Exports: The Globalization of the Mara Salvatrucha; T.Stiles Globalization, Transition, and Insecurity in Mexico; P.Olney New Patterns of Violence in Latin America; D.Kruijt Latin American and European Relations in an Age of Uncertainty and Opportunity; G.Edwards & E.Mendizabal China and Latin America: What Sort of Future?; W.Ratliff South-South Relations in Brazils Response to the Challenges of Globalization; S.Christensen Conclusions: Latin America and Globalization - Challenges, Responses and Perspectives in the 21st Century; J.Gustafsson & M.Nilsson