Feeding the World chronicles the rise of Brazil as a world agricultural powerhouse during the second half of the twentieth century. Tracing the history of Brazilian agricultural development, Herbert S. Klein and Francisco Vidal Luna focus specifically on how Brazil came to be the largest net...

Einleitung -- Theoretische Debatten um strukturelle Heterogenität und Verflechtung -- Forschungsdesign und Methode -- Peripher-extraktivistischer Kapitalismus und sozialökologische Konflikte in Chile -- Grenzkämpfe im Süden Chiles -- Sozialökologische Konflikte der »Überflüssigen«:...

This volume uses the study of firm dynamics to investigate the factors preventing faster productivity growth in Latin America and the Caribbean, pushing past the limits of traditional macroeconomic analyses. Each chapter is dedicated to an examination of a different factor affecting firm...