Latin America Facing China : : South-South Relations beyond the Washington Consensus / / ed. by Alex E. Fernández Jilberto, Barbara Hogenboom.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Aguilera Peralta, Gabriel,; Altemani de Oliveira, Henrique,; Berríos, Rubén,; Corrales, Javier,; Fernández Jilberto, Alex E.,; Hogenboom, Barbara,; Oliva, Carla V.,; Poveda, Pablo,
• HerausgeberIn: Hogenboom, Barbara,; Jilberto, Alex E. Fernández,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: CEDLA Latin America Studies ; 98
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (216 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Abbreviations -- In Memoriam -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Latin America and China: South-South Relations in a New Era -- Chapter 2. Brazil and China: From South-South Cooperation to Competition? -- Chapter 3. Mexico vs. China: The Troublesome Politics of Competitiveness -- Chapter 4. Neoliberalised South-South Relations: Free Trade between Chile and China -- Chapter 5. Argentina’s Relations with China: Opportunities and Challenges -- Chapter 6. China and Venezuela’s Search for Oil Markets -- Chapter 7. Bridging the Pacific: Peru’s Search for Closer Economic Ties with China -- Chapter 8. Bolivia and China: Indirect Relations in a Global Market -- Chapter 9. Central America between Two Dragons: Relations with the Two Chinas -- Chapter 10. Latin America – from Washington Consensus to Beijing Consensus? -- Contributors -- Index