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



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Autore: DeHart Monica C (Monica Christine) Visualizza persona
Titolo: Ethnic entrepreneurs : identity and development politics in Latin America / / Monica C. DeHart Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Stanford, CA, : Stanford University Press, c2010
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (210 p.)
Disciplina: 305.80098
Soggetto topico: Ethnicity - Latin America
Economic development - Social aspects - Latin America
Entrepreneurship - Social aspects - Latin America
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Ethnic entrepreneurs  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8047-7378-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910815924803321
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