Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Latin America’s Political and Economic Responses to the Process of Globalization

Chapter 3 Energy Policy and Twenty-First Century Globalization: The Responses of Brazil and Venezuela, and Opportunities for Renewable Energy Development in the Americas

Chapter 4 Remittances and Social Development: The Latin American Experience

Chapter 5 Globalization and the Formation of the Political Left in Latin America

Chapter 6 Global Discourses, Local Meanings: Indigenous and Nationalistic Responses to Neoliberal Globalization in Bolivia

Chapter 7 Between God and the State: Globalization and Human Insecurity in Latin America

Chapter 8 Unintended Exports: The Globalization of the Mara Salvatrucha

Chapter 9 Globalization, Transition, and Insecurity in Mexico

Chapter 10 New Patterns of Violence in Latin America

Chapter 11 Latin American and European Relations in an Age of Uncertainty and Opportunity

Chapter 13 South-South Relations in Brazil’s Response to the Challenges of Globalization

Chapter 14 Conclusions: Latin America and Globalization—Challenges, Responses, and Perspectives in the Twenty-First Century