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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815924803321

Autore

DeHart Monica C (Monica Christine)

Titolo

Ethnic entrepreneurs : identity and development politics in Latin America / / Monica C. DeHart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, CA, : Stanford University Press, c2010

ISBN

0-8047-7378-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 p.)

Disciplina

305.80098

Soggetti

Ethnicity - Latin America

Economic development - Social aspects - Latin America

Entrepreneurship - Social aspects - Latin America

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Emergent Ethnic Landscapes -- 2 Pop or Fried Chicken: Redefining Development and Ethnicity -- 3 Remapping and Remitting Development -- 4 “Hermano Entrepreneur!” Constructing a Latino Diaspora across the Digital Divide -- 5 Welcome to Walmart! Corn and the New Community Business Model -- 6 Accounting for Development: Debates over Knowledge and Authority -- 7 Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Indigenous groups are not often recognized as driving forces in the push for economic development. However, in development efforts across Latin America, governments and corporations have begun to see ethnic cultural difference as an advantage. Ethnic Entrepreneurs explores how diverse groups historically seen as obstacles to development have become valuable to state and regional development initiatives. From collaboration between a Maya organization and Walmart to a UN-sponsored program that recruits diasporic Latinos, states and corporations are pursuing strategies that complement regional neoliberal shifts. This book examines how ethnic difference is produced through development policy, breaking down the micropolitics of identity and development. It uncovers surprising convergences between ethnic community businesses and corporate social



responsibility practices and illuminates how formulations of ethnic difference influence not only changing cultural identifications, but also the political and moral projects that shape Latin America.