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Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 1 An Epochal Shift in World Capitalism -- 2 Global Economy and Latin America, I: Nontraditional Agricultural Exports and Agro-Industry -- 3 Global Economy and Latin America, II: Industrial Subcontracting, Transnational Services, Tourism, and the Export of Labor -- 4 Transnational Processes in Latin America: Class, State, and Migration -- 5 The Antinomies of Global Capitalism and the Twilight of Neoliberalism -- 6 A New Cycle of Resistance: The Future of Latin America and Global Society -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Illustrations.

"Sociologist William I. Robinson summarizes his theory of globalization and discusses how Latin America's political economy has changed as the states integrate into the new global production and financial system, focusing specifically on the rise of nontraditional agricultural exports, the explosion of maquiladoras, transnational tourism, and the export of labor and the import of remittances. He follows with an overview of the clash among global capitalist forces, neoliheralism, and the new left in Latin America, looking closely at the challenges and dilemmas resistance movements face and their prospects for success." "Based on years of fieldwork and empirical research, this study elucidates the tensions that globalization has created and shows why Latin America is a battleground for those seeking to shape the twenty-first century's world order."--Jacket