Challenges and prospects for change in Latin America : a foresight perspective / Ronaldo Munck -- Whither Latin america : outcomes of the progressive cycle / Claudio Katz -- Extractivism : tendencies and consequences / Eduardo Gudynas -- The social economy in Latin America : alter- or...

Despite the importance attributed to the effects of diversity on the stability and prosperity of nations, the origins of the uneven distribution of ethnic and cultural fragmentation across countries have been underexplored. Building on the role of deeply-rooted biogeographical forces in...

This research argues that variations in the interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion have played a significant role in giving rise to differential patterns of economic development across the globe. Societies that were geographically less vulnerable to cultural diffusion,...