TY - BOOK AU - Roncallo,Alejandra TI - The political economy of space in the Americas: the new Pax Americana T2 - Routledge advances in international political economy SN - 9780415671545 (hbk) AV - HC 125 R769p 2014 U1 - 330.98 PY - 2014/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - 20150900 KW - Latin America KW - Economic policy KW - 20th century KW - 21st century KW - Politics and government KW - América Latina KW - Política económica KW - Siglo XX KW - Siglo XXI N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-199) and index; Introduction -- Part I. Weaving the Americas together : the four "stages" of a new Darwinian tale -- The 1980s : development as "free markets", the demolition of the old and the rise of the new -- The 1990s : development as "good governance" and the consolidation of hegemony -- The new millennium : development as "poverty reduction" and the commodification of livelihood -- Obama, "change" and the disembedding of security in Latin America : the tension between polyarchy and democracy -- Part II. Transnational mining corporations : searching for "El Dorado" at the turn of the millennium : the Bolivian case -- The Amayapampa and Capasirca gold mines : double movement and state repression -- Multilateralism, population displacement and resettlement in San Cristóbal silver mines -- President Evo Morales' pachakutik : re-founding Bolivia as an indigenous nation -- Conclusion ER -