Latin American Perspectives is a theoretical and scholarly journal for discussion and debate on the political economy of capitalism, imperialism, and socialism in the Americas. Most issues focus on a single problem, nation, or region, providing an in-depth look from participants and scholars throughout the Americas. A VALUABLE RESOURCE In six thematic issues per year, Latin American Perspectives provides Critical analysis and discussion of Latin America's political economy—capitalism, imperialism, and socialism In-depth articles about the movements, ideas, and conflicts shaping the course of events in the region Access to the voices of Latin America's critical intellectuals and leading activists A MULTIDISCIPLINARY VIEW Latin American Perspectives offers a vital multidisciplinary view of the powerful forces that shape the Americas. Disciplines covered include: ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY: Neoliberalism and the struggle for alternatives, the internationalization of capital and production, the informal sector, fair trade INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: U.S. hegemony and Latin American challenges, grassroots globalization, regional integration, and international solidarity HISTORY: The trajectory of social and political movements, exile, Latin American and the international Left SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS: Class, migration, labor organization, new social movements, human rights GEOGRAPHY AND ECOLOGY: Struggles over the privatization of natural resources, the fate of the rainforests, tourism and ecotourism, shanty-towns and the urban environment ANTHROPOLOGY: Indigenous and Afro-Latin American movements and resistance, migration and transnational communities, ethnogenesis and borders WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES: National feminisms, sexual identity movements, women in social movements, migration and gender, transforming family and domestic relations LITERATURE AND CULTURE: Manifestos and chronicles by leaders and participants in social movements, memory, mass and alternative media, censorship and the free movement of scholars, artists, and ideas CRITICAL THEORY: Testimonio reconsidered, cultural hybridity, critical pedagogy POLITICAL SCIENCE: Democratization, popular versus liberal democracy, civil society and the state, military regimes, and repression Submit your manuscript today at lap@ucr.edu .
