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This book provides an overview of the transformations that have taken place in Latin America over the past several decades. It discusses the region's relationship with globalization and how this has affected the way the people live their lives. The book also looks at the ways in which these transformations are affecting the political, social, and cultural aspects of life in the region.
Latin America Transformed, Second Edition explains the region's economic, political, social and cultural transformations, its association with globalization and search for modernity, and how these transformations are affecting the people of the region. Using a political economy approach to unravel these concepts, the emphasis is placed on interpreting the macro-level structures that frame the transformations taking place. The book also investigates the dynamics of people's livelihoods as they make sense of, rework and live out these structural transformations.
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