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Poverty and Inequality in the Latin American-U.S. Borderlands: Implications of U.S. Interventions - Hardcover
Gain new, unique insights for poverty reduction throughout Latin America
Poverty and Inequality in the Latin American-U.S. Borderlands: Implications of U.S. Interventions shows the implications of direct and indirect involvement by the United States in the borderlands of Latin America, including Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Guatemala. Recognized authorities give expert analysis of the implications of United States’ intervention on entrenched socioeconomic problems, while offering unique insights into poverty reduction.
Poverty and Inequality in the Latin American-U.S. Borderlands: Implications of U.S. Interventions focuses on:
Poverty and Inequality in the Latin American-U.S. Borderlands: Implications of U.S. Interventions shows the implications of direct and indirect involvement by the United States in the borderlands of Latin America, including Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Guatemala. Recognized authorities give expert analysis of the implications of United States’ intervention on entrenched socioeconomic problems, while offering unique insights into poverty reduction.
Poverty and Inequality in the Latin American-U.S. Borderlands: Implications of U.S. Interventions focuses on:
- the lasting effects of counterinsurgency-fuelled social change in Guatemala
- the true effects of Progresa, Mexico’s Program for Education, Health and Nutrition
- the anti-military struggle of the people of Vieques, Puerto Rico against the United States Navy
- the survival strategies that Cuban women have developed to survive in hard economic times
- the reinforcement of rural poverty through subsidy programs in South Mexico
- powerful stories detailing personal experiences with poverty and inequality
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Review:
"Presents compelling arguments regarding the failed attempts by the government of Mexico to address the growing poverty of its people." -- Mario De La Rosa, Phd, Associate Professor and Director, Center for Research on US Latino HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse, School of Social Work, Florida International University
"This is a powerful book that increases the sensitivity of those who study and work with Latin American populations." -- Tony Tripodi, DSW, Dean and Professor, College of Social Work, The Ohio State University
"This is a powerful book that increases the sensitivity of those who study and work with Latin American populations." -- Tony Tripodi, DSW, Dean and Professor, College of Social Work, The Ohio State University
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- PublisherRoutledge
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0789027518
- ISBN 13 9780789027511
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages148
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