ABSTRACT
The Routledge Handbook of Latin American Development seeks to engage with comprehensive, contemporary, and critical theoretical debates on Latin American development. The volume draws on contributions from across the humanities and social sciences and, unlike earlier volumes of this kind, explicitly highlights the disruptions to the field being brought by a range of anti-capitalist, decolonial, feminist, and ontological intellectual contributions.
The chapters consider in depth the harms and suffering caused by various oppressive forces, as well as the creative and often revolutionary ways in which ordinary Latin Americans resist, fight back, and work to construct development defined broadly as the struggle for a better and more dignified life. The book covers many key themes including development policy and practice; neoliberalism and its aftermath; the role played by social movements in cities and rural areas; the politics of water, oil, and other environmental resources; indigenous and Afro-descendant rights; and the struggles for gender equality.
With contributions from authors working in Latin America, the US and Canada, Europe, and New Zealand at a range of universities and other organizations, the handbook is an invaluable resource for students and teachers in development studies, Latin American studies, cultural studies, human geography, anthropology, sociology, political science, and economics, as well as for activists and development practitioners.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|95 pages
Debates and provocations
part II|94 pages
Globalization, international relations, and development
part III|70 pages
Political and cultural struggles and decolonial interventions
part IV|46 pages
Gender and sexuality, cultural politics and policy
chapter 23|11 pages
Gender, poverty, and anti-poverty policy
chapter 24|11 pages
Gender, health, and religion in a neoliberal context
part V|67 pages
Labour and campesino movements
chapter 32|12 pages
Fairtrade certification in Latin America
part VI|113 pages
Land, resources, and environmental struggles
chapter 41|20 pages
Adapting to climate change in the Andes
part VII|69 pages
Latin American cities