The New Latin America. Manuel Castells

      1  Cover

      2  Front Matter

      3  Preface to the English Edition

      4  Introduction: The New Latin America

      5  1 The Globalization of Latin America: From the Crisis of Neoliberalism to the Crisis of Neo-Developmentalism Socioeconomic Changes The Rise and Fall of Neoliberalism Social Resistance and Political Change as Sources of Neo-Developmentalism Charismatic Leaders, State, and Society The Neo-Developmentalist Model and the New Globalization: China and the Global South The Crisis of Neo-Developmentalism Notes

      6  2 A New System of Production: Informational Extractivism and the Globalization of Markets Informational Extractivism Territories Three Cases: Lithium in Jujuy, Soy in Carlos Casares in the Humid Pampa in Buenos Aires Province, and Unconventional Hydrocarbons in the Vaca Muerta The Environmental Limits of Informational Extractivism Notes

      7  3 The Global Criminal Economy The Structure of the Criminal Economy Transformations in the Criminal Economy Drugs, Culture, and Society Why Have Drugs Played Such a Prominent Role in Latin America? Coca, Identity, and Social Movements The Criminal Economy and Latin American Societies Notes

      8  4 Human Development, Urbanization, and Inhuman Development Human Development in Latin America Metropolitanization and Inhuman Development Notes

      9  5 A Network Society: Individualization, Techno-Sociability, and the Culture of Diaspora The Emergence of Hegemonic Individualism and Consumption: The Centrality of New Media as Vectors of Cultural Construction The “Culture of Techno-Sociability”: A Culture Centered on Individual Autonomy and as the Nucleus of an Emergent Youth Culture Migrations and the Culture of Diaspora General Tendencies The Labor Market, Feminization, and Informality Migration and Information and Communications Technologies The Culture of Diaspora Notes

      10  6 Patriarchy in Question Changes in the Family and the Crisis of Patriarchy

      11  7 The Crisis of the Catholic Church and the New Religiosity Notes

      12  8 The Power of Identity: Multiculturalism and Social Movements The Force of Cultural Diversity: Indigenous and Afro-Brazilian Movements Zapatismo 2.0 The Intercultural Peasants of Chapare The Mapuche Movement The Afro-Brazilian Movement Conclusions Notes

      13  9 Digital Communication and the New Public Space Introduction What Is a Public Sphere?: Transformations in the Information Age New Forms of Communication: The Dynamics of Consumption, the Frustration of Expectations, the Generation of Techno-Sociability, and the Power of Media The Politics of Media Social Networks and the Construction of Political Power Charisma, Communication, and the Web Some Tendencies in the Reconfiguration of Public Space The State and the Shaping of a New Public Space A Novel Challenge: Public Space and Democracy Notes

      14  10 Conflicts and Social Movements The Dynamics of Social Conflicts Conflicts over Social Reproduction Institutional