List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Theorizing "Global-Local" Relations; 2 Constructing the Cultural-Historical Matrix of Cane Production; 3 The Cultural Construction of Cane Production in Puruarán; 4 The Neoliberal Turn & Privatization of Mexico's Sugar Industry; 5 NAFTA and the Neo-Globalization of Sugar; 6 Reclaiming Power and Forging Alternatives; 7 The Legal Interlude and Regeneration of the Social Movement; 8 The Precarious Fate of Ingenio Puruarán; 9 Resistance under Circumstances Not of Their Own Choosing.
10 "Like an Ox Yoke:" The Myth of Intrinsically Virtuous Social MovementsChronology of the Social Movement; Acronyms and Spanish Terms; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.
Summary
Neoliberalism, Social Exclusion, and Social Movements critically examines struggles for social justice in an era of neoliberal globalization. Its framework makes significant connections between debt restructuring, privatizations, free-market policies, and grassroots efforts to create alternatives to social and economic exclusion.