Introduction to the political economy of Latin America, 1. -- Latin America transformed : Changing paradigms, debetes and alternatives, 2. -- Political transformations, 31. -- Authoritarianism, democracy and development, 32. -- The new political order in Latin America : Towards technocratic democracies?, 51. -- Globalization and economic transformations, 67. -- Globalization, neoliberalism and economic change in South America and Mexico, 68. -- Globalization, neoliberalism and economic change in Central America and the Caribbean, 98. -- Globalization and environmental change, 127. -- Natural resources the global economy and sustainability, 128. -- The political economic of sustainable development, 153. -- Cultural change and modernity, 181. -- Modernity and identity : Cutural change in Latin America, 182. -- Civil society, social difference and politics : Issues of identity and representation, 203. -- The context of social change, 225. -- Population, migration, employment and gender, 226. -- Rural and urban transformations, 271. -- Rural development : From agrarian reform to neoliberalism and beyond, 271. -- Cities capitalism and neoliberal regimes, 305