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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Until recently, Australia and Latin America were considered irrelevant to one another. The prevailing perception in Australia had been that Latin America was too remote, disconnected, and politically irrelevant to warrant serious scholarly or public attention. In recent years, this perception has rapidly changed, with Australian universities seeking to attract Latin American students, new diplomatic relations emerging, investment in mining and other business sectors expanding, and a growing fascination in Australia with Latin American food, music, dance and other forms of popular culture. These rapid developments can only properly be understood within the context of broader global transformations underway, including shifts in power relations between the 'Global North' and 'Global South', the rise of key Latin American economies, major technological developments, and ever-increasing global interconnectivity. This pioneering interdisciplinary book ventures into the new space of Australian-Latin American relations, exploring multiple dimensions of the rapidly changing landscape within a global context.
Keywords
- Australia
- Latin America
- globalization
- globalisation
- global studies
- globality
- Asia-Pacific
- trade
- trade relations
- migration
- international education
- cultural studies
- big science
- Mexico
- Brazil
- diaspora
- Latin American diaspora
- Australasia
- South-South
- Australia-Latin America
- Cultural Studies
- culture
- innovation
- transformation
Reviews
"This pathbreaking book takes the important step of exploring Australia’s long-standing relations with Latin America, a topic of increasing importance amid the changing global order. Until now, however, it has remained conspicuously under-researched. Spanning a range of cultural, economic and social themes, Australian-Latin American Relations is a must read for those interested in Latin America, Australia, and the new regional and bilateral relations emerging across the Pacific." - Michael Woolcock, Lead Social Development Specialist, World Bank, and Lecturer in Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA
"Bringing together a wide variety of perspectives across different aspects of the relationship between Australia and Latin America, this is an indispensable guide for all of those with an interest in deepening these links. It is the most up-to-date and serious study of connections which have growing importance for both regions." - John Minns, Director, Australian National Centre for Latin American Studies, Australian National University
"This is a pioneering book that gives timely attention to the increased engagement between Latin America and Australia over recent years. The book is a welcome recognition of our similarities in geography, and our common strengths and interests." - Telmo Languiller, Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Australia
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About the authors
Elizabeth Kath is a Lecturer at the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University, Australia. She has a political science background and now works within the interdisciplinary field of global studies. Her work, reflecting a long-standing regional interest in Latin America and the Caribbean, has appeared in numerous journal articles, international conferences and books, including Social Relations and the Cuban Health Miracle (2010), The SAGE Handbook of Globalization (2014), and Narratives of Globalization: Reflections on the Global Condition (2015).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Australian-Latin American Relations
Book Subtitle: New Links in A Changing Global Landscape
Editors: Elizabeth Kath
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137501929
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-50191-2Published: 22 February 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-50192-9Published: 14 June 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 239
Topics: Globalization, Latin American Culture, Migration, International Relations, Political Science, Human Geography