Rethinking development in Latin America

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Rethinking development in Latin America

edited by Charles H. Wood, Bryan R. Roberts

Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005

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Papers of a conference entitled "Latin American sociology and the sociology of Latin America" held in April 2001 at the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Florida, Gainesville

Bibliography: p. [313]-355

Includes index

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ISBN 9780271025155

Description

Understanding development in Latin America today requires both an awareness of the major political and economic changes that have produced a new agenda for social policy in the region and an appreciation of the need to devise better conceptual and methodological tools for analyzing the social impacts of these changes. Using as a reference point the issues and theories that dominated social science research on Latin America in the period 1960-80, this volume contributes to ""rethinking development"" by examining the historical events that accounted for the erosion or demise of once-dominant paradigms and by assessing the new directions of research that have emerged in their place.Following the editors' overview of the new conceptual and social agendas in their Introduction, the book proceeds with a review of previous broad conceptual approaches by Alejandro Portes, who emphasizes by contrast the advantages of newer ""middle-range"" theories.Subsequent chapters focus on changes in different arenas and the concepts and methods used to interpret them: ""Globalization, Neoliberalism, and Social Policy""; ""Citizenship, Politics, and the State""; ""Work, Families, and Reproduction""; and ""Urban Settlements, Marginality, and Social Exclusion. "" Contributors, besides the editors, are Marina Ariza and Orlandina de Oliveira, Diane Davis, Vilmar Faria, Joe Foweraker, Elizabeth Jelin, Alejandro Portes, Joe Potter and Rudolfo Tuiran, Juan Pablo Perez Sainz, Osvaldo Sunkel, and Peter Ward.

Table of Contents

Contents Acronyms Figures and Tables Preface Introduction: Rethinking Development in Latin America Bryan R. Roberts and Charles H. Wood Part I Sociology in the Hemisphere: Old Issues and New Directions 1. Sociology in the Hemisphere: Past Convergencies and a New Middle-Range Agenda Alejandro Portes Part II: Globalization, Neoliberalism, and Social Policy 2. The Unbearable Lightness of Neoliberalism Osvaldo Sunkel 3. Social Science and Academic Sociology in Brazil Vilmar E. Faria Part III Citizenship, Politics, and the State 4. Toward a Political Sociology of Social Mobilization in Latin America Joe Foweraker 5. Citizenship, Rights, and Social Policy Bryan R. Roberts 6. The State of the State in Latin American Sociology Diane E. Davis 7. Human Rights and the Memory of Political Violence and Repression: Constructing a New Field in Social Science Elizabeth Jelin Part IV Work, Families, and Reproduction 8. Exclusion and Employability: The New Labor Force Dynamics in Latin America Juan Pablo Perez Sainz 9. Families in Transition Marian Ariza and Orlandina de Oliveira 10. Population and Development: Then and Now Joseph E. Potter and Rodolfo A. Tuiran Gutierrez Part V Urban Settlements, Marginality, and Social Exclusion 11. The Lack of "Cursive Thinking" Within Social Theory and Public Policy: Four Decades of Marginality and Rationality in the So-called Slum Peter M. Ward 12. Social Exclusion Charles H. Wood References Contributors Index
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: paper ISBN 9780271028941

Description

Understanding development in Latin America today requires both an awareness of the major political and economic changes that have produced a new agenda for social policy in the region and an appreciation of the need to devise better conceptual and methodological tools for analyzing the social impact of these changes. Using as a reference point the issues and theories that dominated social science research on Latin America in the period 1960-80, this volume contributes to "rethinking development" by examining the historical events that accounted for the erosion or demise of once-dominant paradigms and by assessing the new directions of research that have emerged in their place. Following the editors' overview of the new conceptual and social agendas in their Introduction, the book proceeds with a review of previous broad conceptual approaches by Alejandro Portes, who emphasizes by contrast the advantages of newer "middle-range" theories. Subsequent chapters focus on changes in different arenas and the concepts and methods used to interpret them: "Globalization, Neoliberalism, and Social Policy"; "Citizenship, Politics, and the State"; "Work, Families, and Reproduction"; and "Urban Settlements, Marginality, and Social Exclusion." Contributors, besides the editors, are Marina Ariza and Orlandina de Oliveira, Diane Davis, Vilmar Faria, Joe Foweraker, Elizabeth Jelin, Alejandro Portes, Joe Potter and Rudolfo Tuiran, Juan Pablo Perez Sainz, Osvaldo Sunkel, and Peter Ward.

Table of Contents

Contents Acronyms Figures and Tables Preface Introduction: Rethinking Development in Latin America Bryan R. Roberts and Charles H. Wood Part I Sociology in the Hemisphere: Old Issues and New Directions 1. Sociology in the Hemisphere: Past Convergencies and a New Middle-Range Agenda Alejandro Portes Part II: Globalization, Neoliberalism, and Social Policy 2. The Unbearable Lightness of Neoliberalism Osvaldo Sunkel 3. Social Science and Academic Sociology in Brazil Vilmar E. Faria Part III Citizenship, Politics, and the State 4. Toward a Political Sociology of Social Mobilization in Latin America Joe Foweraker 5. Citizenship, Rights, and Social Policy Bryan R. Roberts 6. The State of the State in Latin American Sociology Diane E. Davis 7. Human Rights and the Memory of Political Violence and Repression: Constructing a New Field in Social Science Elizabeth Jelin Part IV Work, Families, and Reproduction 8. Exclusion and Employability: The New Labor Force Dynamics in Latin America Juan Pablo Perez Sainz 9. Families in Transition Marian Ariza and Orlandina de Oliveira 10. Population and Development: Then and Now Joseph E. Potter and Rodolfo A. Tuiran Gutierrez Part V Urban Settlements, Marginality, and Social Exclusion 11. The Lack of "Cursive Thinking" Within Social Theory and Public Policy: Four Decades of Marginality and Rationality in the So-called Slum Peter M. Ward 12. Social Exclusion Charles H. Wood References Contributors Index

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