Transnational Conflicts: Central America, Social Change, and Globalization
Description
In this timely and provocative study, William I. Robinson challenges received wisdom on Central America. He starts with an exposition on the new global capitalism. Then, drawing on a wide range of historical documentation, interviews, and social science research, he proceeds to show how capitalist globalization has thoroughly transformed the region, disrupting the conventional pattern of revolutionary upheaval, civil wars, and pacification, and ushering in instead a new transnational model of economy and society.Beyond his focus on Central America, Robinson provides a critical framework for...
ISBN(s)
1859844391, 9781859844397
