IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/bla/devchg/v29y1998i3p467-497.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

(Mal)Development in Central America: Globalization and Social Change

Author

Listed:
  • William I. Robinson

Abstract

This article develops a globalization framework and a model of transnational processes for analysing social change and development, and then applies the model to Central America. The analysis emphasizes determinacy, in the last instance, of social forces in historic developmental outcomes, and documents how social forces in struggles in an emergent transnational environment have shaped Central America's changing profile within the global economy and society. Revolutionary movements, a new class structure, US geo‐political considerations, and the internationalization of East Asian economies, have all contributed to a new model of development; from the 1960s into the 1990s the national model of development is being replaced by a transnational model. Maquiladora garment production, tourism, non‐traditional agricultural exports, and remittances from emigrant workers are coming to eclipse traditional agro‐exports as the most dynamic economic sectors linking the region to globalized circuits of production and distribution. The article also examines Central American migration to the US and gender dimensions of the new transnational model of development.

Suggested Citation

  • William I. Robinson, 1998. "(Mal)Development in Central America: Globalization and Social Change," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 29(3), pages 467-497, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:devchg:v:29:y:1998:i:3:p:467-497
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-7660.00086
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-7660.00086
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1111/1467-7660.00086?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bla:devchg:v:29:y:1998:i:3:p:467-497. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Wiley Content Delivery (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0012-155X .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.