Verso Transnational Conflicts: Central America, Social Change, and Globalization

Contemporary capitalism has disrupted the conventional pattern of revolutionary upheaval, civil wars and pacification in Central America. This study maps the transnational processes that have shaped the region's past and its possible futures. Review "This book operates at multiple levels. It is a detailed and original contribution to the study of Central America. And by positioning Central America in a broader historical and structural framing, Robinson also makes a major contribution to our understanding of global capitalism. Through it all, the narrative never loses track of the human actors involved. Complex and brilliant!"--Saskia Sassen"Since independence, Central America has been caught between competing external influences. Now globalization is sucking the region into its web in a dramatic way. William I. Robinson, in this momentous book, analyses these trends in great detail while offering the reader a bold and distinctive interpretation of globalization. The result is a fine piece of scholarship that deserves careful study."--Professor Victor Bulmer-Thomas About the Author William Robinson is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of several books, including "David and Goliath: The US War Against Nicaragua" and "A Theory of Global Capitalism."