Latin America and the Caribbean

The Spaces of Neoliberalism: Land, Place and Family in Latin America

Author: 
Chase, Jacquelyn (ed.)
Publisher: 
Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press, 2002 ISBN 1 56549 144 0, 244pp
Reviewed by or other comment: 

Reviewed by Rosalind Eyben

Fellow in Poverty and Social Policy, IDS, University of Sussex, Brighton

In English only

The Politics of Market Reform in Fragile Democracies: Argentina, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela

Author: 
Weyland, Kurt
Publisher: 
Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 2002, ISBN: 0 691 09643 0, 336 pp.
Reviewed by or other comment: 

Reviewed by

Francisco E. Gonzalez

British Academy Research Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford, Oxford

In English only

Presidents Without Parties: the Politics of Economic Reform in Argentina and Venezuela in the 1990’s

Author: 
Corrales, Javier
Publisher: 
University Park PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2002, ISBN: 0 271 02194 2, 364 pp
Reviewed by or other comment: 

reviewed by

Francisco E. Gonzalez

British Academy Research Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford, Oxford

In English only

The Struggle for Water in Peru: Comedy and Tragedy in the Andean Commons

Author: 
Trawick, Paul B.
Publisher: 
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2003, ISBN: 0 8047 3138 1, 351 pp.
Reviewed by or other comment: 

reviewed by

John Crabtree

Centre for Latin American Studies, University of Oxford, Oxford

In English only

Models of Capitalism: Lessons for Latin America

Author: 
Huber, Evelyne (ed.)
Publisher: 
University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 2003, ISBN: 0 271 02176 4, 492 pp.
Reviewed by or other comment: 

reviewed by

Philip Oxhorn

Department of Political Science, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec

In English only

Here to Help: NGOs Combating Poverty in Latin America

Author: 
Eversole, Robyn (ed.)
Publisher: 
Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 2003, ISBN: 0 7656 1107 4, 252 pp.
Reviewed by or other comment: 

reviewed by

Morna Macleod

National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City

In English only

Alfabetização Cultural: a luta íntima por uma nova humanidade

Author: 
Baron, Dan
Publisher: 
São Paulo: Alfarrabio Editora (editora@alfarrabio.com.br), 2004, ISBN: 85 89147 02 9 431 pp.
Reviewed by or other comment: 

reviewed by

Mike Powell, Management Consultant, UK

In English only

Leadership and Innovation in Subnational Government: Case Studies from Latin America

Author: 
Campbell, Tim and Harald Fuhr (eds.)
Publisher: 
Washington, DC: The World Bank Institute, 2004, ISBN: 0 8213 5707 7, 450 pp.
Reviewed by or other comment: 

reviewed by

Henry Dietz

Department of Government, University of Texas, Austin, USA

In English only

Confronting the Coffee Crisis: Fair Trade, Sustainable Livelihoods and Ecosystems in Mexico and Central America

Author: 
Bacon, Christopher M., V. Ernesto Mendez, Stephe R. Gliessman, David Goodman, and Jonathan A. Fox (eds.)
Publisher: 
The MIT Press, 2008, ISBN: 978-0-262-52480-3, 390pp
Reviewed by or other comment: 

Reviewed by Pablo Gutman Senior Economist WWF - Macroeconomics for Sustainable Development Programme

In English only

Accountability Politics: Power and Voice in Rural Mexico

Author: 
Fox, Jonathan
Publisher: 
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007, ISBN: 978-0-19-920885-2, 438pp
Reviewed by or other comment: 

Reviewed by Tim Trench Universidad Autonoma Chapingo San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas Mexico

In English only

Syndicate content