"With irony, insight, and elegant simplicity, Veltmeyer shows us how the power of money and the power of collective commitment interact in the sweepstakes of social history." - Jan Knippers Black, Monterey Institute for International Studies

Introduction

1. Neo-liberalism and US Imperialism 
2. A New Paradigm?
3. Social Capital and Local Development
4. Participatory Budgeting and Local Government
5. The Development Dynamics of Social Exclusion  
6. Rural Struggles and the Land Question 
7. From the Barricades to the Ballot Box
8. Movement in the Countryside and Cities

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Henry Veltmeyer is Professor of International Development Studies at Saint Mary's University and adjunct professor of Political Science at the Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas (Mexico). He is the author of numerous publications on the political economy of global and regional developments, including, most recently, System in Crisis (2003) and The Dynamics of Globalization/Antiglobalization (2004).