Since the mid-2000s, extortion has impacted social and economic development in El Salvador significantly. Against the grain of the extant literature, which predominantly takes for granted that extorted businesses are passive victims, we leverage business surveys and 103 interviews, primarily...

"Based on case-studies in eight Latin American countries, this book investigates the extent to which there have been elite shifts, how new governments have related to old elites, and how that has impacted on environmental governance and the management of natural resources. New groups are...

Introduction : the emergence and evolution of business groups in Central America -- Between hierarchies and networks : understanding business group strategies in a global capitalism -- Regional shifts and national trajectories : differences in the context and strategies of business groups --...