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Book Synopsis The last quarter of the twentieth century was a period of economic crises, increasing indebtedness as well as financial instability for Latin America and most other developing countries; in contrast, China showed amazingly high growth rates during this time and has since become the third largest economy in the world. Based on several case studies, this volume assesses how China’s rise – one of the most important recent changes in the global economy – is affecting Latin America’s national politics, political economy and regional and international relations. Several Latin American countries benefit from China’s economic growth, and China’s new role in international politics has been helpful to many leftist governments’ efforts in Latin America to end the Washington Consensus. The contributors to this thought provoking volume examine these and the other causes, effects and prospects of Latin America’s experiences with China’s global expansion from a South - South perspective.
Trade Review[A] crucial contribution to Latin American Studies on a subject of ever increasing urgency. From a political economy perspective this sophisticated yet accessible volume covers the waterfront of major domestic and international relations issues raised by China's growing influence in the region. The focus on the longer-term development implications of the relationship for Latin America raise a critical question that cuts to the core of Latin America's perennial dilemma. How will the region wean itself off raw materials exports as the principal engine of economic growth? The relationship with China, in any case, does not seem to be the path.A" * Eduardo Silva, University of Missouri at St. Louis
Table of Contents List of Tables
List of Figures
Preface
Alex E. Fernández Jilberto and Barbara Hogenboom
Chapter 1. Latin America and China: South-South Relations in a New Era
Alex E. Fernández Jilberto and Barbara Hogenboom
Chapter 2. Brazil and China: From South-South Cooperation to Competition?
Henrique Altemani de Oliveira
Chapter 3. Mexico vs. China: The Troublesome Politics of Competitiveness
Barbara Hogenboom
Chapter 4. Neoliberalized South-South Relations: Free Trade between Chile and China
Alex E. Fernández Jilberto
Chapter 5. Argentina’s Relations with China: Opportunities and Challenges
Carla V. Oliva
Chapter 6. China and Venezuela’s Search for Oil Markets
Javier Corrales
Chapter 7. Bridging the Pacific: Peru’s Search for Closer Economic Ties with China
Rubén Berríos
Chapter 8. Bolivia and China: Indirect Relations in a Global Market
Pablo Poveda
Chapter 9. Central America between two Dragoons: Relations with the two Chinas
Gabriel Aguilera Peralta
Chapter 10. Latin America from Washington Consensus to Beijing Consensus?
Alex E. Fernández Jilberto and Barbara Hogenboom
Notes on Contributors
Bibliography
Index
