Latin American Perspectives

Impact Factor: 0.7

Editor In Chief: Ronald Chilcote

Society Affiliation: Latin American Perspectives, Inc.

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Discipline: Political Science, International Relations

Description:

Latin American Perspectives is a theoretical and scholarly journal for discussion and debate on the political economy of capitalism, imperialism, and socialism in the Americas. Most issues focus on a single problem, nation, or region, providing an in-depth look from participants and scholars throughout the Americas.A VALUABLE RESOURCEIn six thematic issues per year, Latin American Perspectives providesCritical analysis and discussion of Latin America’s political economy—capitalism, imperialism, and socialismIn-depth articles about the movements, ideas, and conflicts shaping the course of events in the regionAccess to the voices of Latin America’s critical intellectuals and leading activistsA MULTIDISCIPLINARY VIEWLatin American Perspectives offers a vital multidisciplinary view of the powerful forces that shape the Americas. Disciplines covered include:ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY: Neoliberalism and the struggle for alternatives, the internationalization of capital and production, the informal sector, fair tradeINTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: U.S. hegemony and Latin American challenges, grassroots globalization, regional integration, and international solidarityHISTORY: The trajectory of social and political movements, exile, Latin American and the international LeftSOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS: Class, migration, labor organization, new social movements, human rightsGEOGRAPHY AND ECOLOGY: Struggles over the privatization of natural resources, the fate of the rainforests, tourism and ecotourism, shanty-towns and the urban environmentANTHROPOLOGY: Indigenous and Afro-Latin American movements and resistance, migration and transnational communities, ethnogenesis and bordersWOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES: National feminisms, sexual identity movements, women in social movements, migration and gender, transforming family and domestic relationsLITERATURE AND CULTURE: Manifestos and chronicles by leaders and participants in social movements, memory, mass and alternative media, censorship and the free movement of scholars, artists, and ideasCRITICAL THEORY: Testimonio reconsidered, cultural hybridity, critical pedagogyPOLITICAL SCIENCE: Democratization, popular versus liberal democracy, civil society and the state, military regimes, and repressionSubmit your manuscript today at lap@ucr.edu.