Post-Neoliberalism in the Americas [Hardcover]

This collection brings together a diverse range of analyses to interrogate policy changes?and to grapple with the on-going transformations of neoliberalism in both North America and various Latin American states.Introduction: Post-Neoliberalism in the Americas, An Introduction;? L.Macdonald? & A.Ruckert PART I: CONCEPTUAL AND THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO POST-NEOLIBERALISM The Contradictions of Neoliberalism in Latin America: From Structural Adjustment to 'Empowering the Poor'; M.Taylor Post-Neoliberalism and the New Left in the Americas: The Pathways of Economic and Trade Policies;? P.Heidrich ?& ?D.Tussie Struggling between Autonomy and Institutional Transformations: Social Movements in Latin America and the Move towards Post-Neoliberalism;? U.Brand ?& N.Sekler Post-Neoliberalism and the Emergence of Human Rights Politics in International Finance;? E.Friesen PART II: POST-NEOLIBERALISM IN LATIN AMERICA Hugo Chavez and the Search for Post-Neoliberal Policy Alternatives in Venezuela;? J.Meltzer From Naked Barbarism to Barbarism with Benefits: Neoliberal Capitalism, Natural Gas Policy and the Evo Morales Government in Bolivia;? J.R.Webber Is There a Post-Neoliberal Policy towards Foreign Direct Investment in Argentina and Chile?;? P.Alexander Haslam The World Bank and the Poverty Reduction Strategy of Nicaragua: Towards a Post-Neoliberal World Development Order?;? A.Ruckert The 'Re-branding' of Neoliberalism: Competing Hegemonies and Systemic Dilemmas Impacting Educational Development in Heavily-Indebted Latin American States;? A.Davidson-Harden PART III: TRANSFORMATIONS OF NEOLIBERALISM IN THE AMERICAS Neoliberalism and the Micropolitics of Domination in the United States;? M.Hawkesworth Poverty Policy and Politics in Canada and Mexico: `Inclusive' Liberalism?;? R.Mahon? & L.Macdonald The Shaping of Motherhood through Social Investment in Children: Examples from Canada and Mexico;? L.Luccisano ?& G.Wall Neoliberalism's Agnosticism: Domestic and ImmilÃo