Handbook of South American Governance

Introduction: governance in South America / Pia Riggirozzi and Chris Wylde -- Governance and development in South America -- South American governance in the colonial period / José Briceño Ruiz -- Post-colonial South America: 19th century laissez-faire governance / Colin M. Lewis -- Dependency theory and South American governance in post-neoliberal times / Miguel A. Rivera- Quiñones -- Neoliberal governance in South America / Laura Macdonald -- The concept and practice of post-neoliberal governance in South America / Christopher Wylde -- Inter-American relations in historical perspective / Thomas O'Brien -- The institutionalization of governance in South America -- Governing security in south america: from the inter-American treaty of reciprocal assistance to the South American defence council / Jorge Battaglino -- The organization of American states: promise and limitations as a hub institution / Andrew F. Cooper -- Governing debt : south america and the IMF / Pablo Nemiña -- Governing development in South America: between old and new challenges / José Fernández Alonso -- Governance as regional integration: ALADI, CAN and MERCOSUR / Laura Gómez-Mera -- Regional governance in South America: supporting states, dealing with markets and reworking hegemonies / Pia Riggirozzi and Diana Tussie -- The new minilateralism in regional economic governance: cross-regionalism and the Pacific alliance / Jorge Garzón and Detlef Nolte -- South-south cooperation and the governance of development aid in South America / Alejandra Kern and Gino Pauselli -- China's spin on governing its relatIonship with South America / Carol Wise -- Placing actors in South American governance -- The place of the military in South American governance / Orlando J. Pérez -- Beyond states and markets in South America : lessons of labour-centred development from Chile and Argentina / Adam Fishwick and Benjamin Selwyn -- A foot on each side of the picket-line : the contradictory role of labour unions in South American governance / Daniel Ozarow -- Business interest groups and policymaking in South America / Néstor Castañeda -- Democracy, pluralism and the media in South America / Carolina Matos -- Human rights activists and advocacy in South America / Francesca Lessa and Cara levey -- Indigenous rights and resource governance / Roberta Rice -- The South American right: powerful elites and weak states / Barry Cannon -- Emerging issues/old dilemmas -- Shaking up governance and inequality in South America: a political-economy account / Jeff Dayton-Johnson -- Social movements and governance in South America / Sofia Donoso -- Extractivism and citizenship / Juan Grigera -- Governing natural resources / Jewellord Nem Singh -- Transboundary water governance in South America / Marcelo Saguier -- The drugs trade grace livingstone -- Creating space for autonomous governance : South America and the global governance structural power game / Sean W. Burges -- International migration in South America: emerging forms of governance / Ana Margheritis -- Scaling up citizenship in South america through MERCOSUR / Marcelo Mondelli -- Possibilities and prospects in the study of South American governance -- Institutions, actors and the practice of governance in South America : conclusion and directions for further research / Pia Riggirozzi and Christopher Wylde.

"This cutting-edge collection examines South America's rich history in the study of global political economy and governance. It engages with current discussions in comparative studies and international political economy, offering new theoretical analysis and critically treated empirical evidence of what defines governance in South America" --