Bücher der Reihe Routledge Studies in Latin American Development

This book looks back over the last forty years of change and development in Ecuador, showing how macro level changes have impacted families and workplaces on the local level.

This book analyses how social protection systems and welfare regimes are applied in contemporary Latin America, and how they can help promote development, and reduce poverty and inequality. This interdisciplinary volume will interest economists, political scientists, sociologists, anthropologists and historians working on social protection.

This book investigates demobilisation, disarmament and reintegration (DDR) in Colombia during the 20th and 21st century.

This book explores what development banks, governments, and communities have learned in the last decade of careful negotiation between social and environmental protections in the Andean Amazon, and the pressures of a surging infrastructure and development boom.

As the world considers what the ultimate legacy of Morales¿s left-wing social experiment will be, this book will be of great interest to researchers across the fields of Latin American Studies, Development, Politics, and Economics, as well as to professionals active in the promotion of development in the country and the region.

This book investigates why Chile suddenly confronted a violent social revolt in October 2019, after almost thirty years of political stability, during which time the country was broadly regarded as Latin America's most successful nation. It will be an important read for scholars of Latin American politics and development.

As Bolivia reels from the collapse of the government in November 2019, a wave of social protests, and now the impact of Covid-19, this book asks: where next for Bolivia?After almost 14 years in power, the government of Bolivia's first indigenous president collapsed in 2019 amidst widescale protest and allegations of electoral fraud. The contested transitional government that emerged was quickly struck by the impacts of the Covid-19 public health crisis. This book reflects on this critical moment in Bolivia's development from the perspectives of politics, the economy, the judiciary and the environment. It asks what key issues emerged during Evo Morales's administration and what are the main challenges awaiting the next government in order to steer the country through a new and uncertain road ahead.As the world considers what the ultimate legacy of Morales's left-wing social experiment will be, this book will be of great interest to researchers across the fields of Latin American studies, development, politics, and economics, as well as to professionals active in the promotion of development in the country and the region.