Transnational Conflicts: Central America, Social Change, and Globalization (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781859844397)

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 understanding development and social change in other regions of the world in the age of globalization. Demonstrating how the very forces of capitalism have brought into being new social agents and political actors unlikely to acquiesce in the face of the emerging order, Transnational Conflicts shows why the Isthmus, along with other regions, is likely to return to the headlines in the near future.

Author: William I. Robinson
ISBN-10: 1859844391
ISBN-13: 9781859844397
Publisher: Verso
Language: English
Published: 10/16/2003
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.38lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.03w x 1.23d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2004 pg. 2118