Social Transformation and the Global Economy by Ronaldo Munck - 9781032678641

Social Transformation and the Global EconomyLabour, Latin America, and the Lefts\nAuthor(s): Ronaldo Munck\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032678641, 978-1032678641\nSynopsis\nThe overall context of this book is set by the decline of the globalization paradigms ability to grasp the complexity and uncertainty of the current era. It takes a new approach based on the frame of \""transformation\"" viewed as a catalyst to understand the complex interconnected nature of the world around us from a concrete, grounded perspective. Labour or work is still what makes the world go round, and Latin America offers a unique laboratory of social transformation since the \""pink tide\"" of the 2000s. The left it refers to is a new non-dogmatic version that does not just recycle old debates but, rather, opens up new perspectives. The book is at once global in its ambition while grounded in labour and Latin American realities. Theore.