Routledge Handbook to the Political Economy and Governance of the Americas

Olaf Kaltmeier is Professor for Ibero-American History at Bielefeld University. Anne Tittor holds a PhD and is a research associate at the Department of Sociology at Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena. Daniel Hawkins is the Director of Research at the National Union School of Colombia (ENS). Eleonora Rohland is Professor for Entangled History in the Americas at Bielefeld University.

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• General Introduction Part I Political Economy in the Americas Chapter 1 – Introduction: Political Economy in the Americas Chapter 2 – Capitalism Chapter 3 – Class Struggle Chapter 4 – Crisis Chapter 5 – Deindustrialization Chapter 6 – Development Chapter 7 – Energy Chapter 8 – Environmental Justice Chapter 9 – Extractivism Chapter 10 – Fordism Chapter 11 – Gender and Work Chapter 12 – Global Commodity Chains Chapter 13 – Informality Chapter 14 – Labor Representation Chapter 15 – Land Chapter 16 – Neoliberalism Chapter 17 – Privatization Chapter 18 – Regional Integration Chapter 19 – Remittances Chapter 20 – Social Inequality Chapter 21 – State Transformation Chapter 22 – Taxation Chapter 23 – Transnational Corporations Part II Geopolitics and Governance in the Americas Chapter 24 – Introduction: Geopolitics and Governance: Inter-American Spaces of Entanglement Chapter 25 – Authoritarianism Chapter 26 – Borderlands Chapter 27 – Citizenship Chapter 28 – Civil Society Chapter 29 – Clientelism Chapter 30 – Climate Change Chapter 31 – Commons Chapter 32 – Democracy Chapter 33 – Disaster Chapter 34 – Geopolitics Chapter 35 – Human Rights Chapter 36 – Interventionism Chapter 37 – Military Chapter 38 – Nation State Chapter 39 – Nature Chapter 40 – Pan-Americanism Chapter 41 – Participation Chapter 42 – Political Communication Chapter 43 – Populism Chapter 44 – Revolution Chapter 45 – Security