The Social and Political Life of Latin American Infrastructures: Meanings, Value

Description: The Social and Political Life of Latin American Infrastructures by Jonathan Alderman, Geoff Goodwin Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description From houses to roads, infrastructures offer a unique lens through whichto explore social and political change. Serving as an important conduit betweenstates and citizens, infrastructures provide governments with a powerful toolto mould subjects and control populations. Yet, at the same time they also giveindividuals, communities, and movements a platform to challenge the state andforge alternative forms of citizenship and politics. Infrastructures thereforeshape social and political relations in unexpected ways and never dutifullyfollow the scripts of politicians, bureaucrats, and engineers. Latin America provides fertile terrain to explore these issues. Theregion has been subject to extensive foreign intervention for centuries andmuch of its infrastructure has primarily been constructed to benefit colonialand imperial powers. Yet Latin America has also seen widespread resistance tocolonial-capitalist expansion, and infrastructures have been central to thesediverse struggles. Drawing on recent empirical research, thiscross-disciplinary book demonstrates the value of analysing social andpolitical change through infrastructure. The authors explore a diverserange of Latin American infrastructures, from a sparkling new tram network in Ecuadorto a crumbling old nuclear plant in Cuba. Building on the empirical chapters,the editors demonstrate the value of conceptualising infrastructure as arelational and experimental process. In addition to making a novel contributionto global infrastructure debates, the volume offers important new insights intoLatin American history, society, and politics. Author Biography Jonathan Alderman is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany Geoff Goodwin is a Lecturer in Global Political Economy, University of Leeds, UK Details ISBN 1908857951 ISBN-13 9781908857958 Title The Social and Political Life of Latin American Infrastructures Author Jonathan Alderman, Geoff Goodwin Format Paperback Year 2022 Pages 278 Publisher University of London GE_Item_ID:139329671; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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