Llamado a publicar, Beyond neoliberalism

*Latin America and the Caribbean: Beyond Neoliberalism?*

University of Groningen, The Netherlands, November 18th and 19th , 2010.


Deadline for submission: JUNE 1, 2010

International Conference organized by the Netherlands Association of
Latin American and Caribbean Studies (NALACS), in collaboration with the
Centre for Development Studies (CDS) and the Centre for Mexico Studies
(CEM) of the University of Groningen, and the Centre for Latin American
Research and Documentation (CEDLA).

The past three decades in Latin America and the Caribbean can be called
the age of neoliberalism. The region went through a profound and
multifaceted process of social transformation triggered by the adoption
of neoliberalism, a worldview that privileges market solutions and
individualism for a great variety of problems and challenges. As a
consequence, the relationships between state, market and civil society
have drastically changed. In the cultural domain, Latin America and the
Caribbean have become more fully integrated into a globalized
US-dominated consumerist culture, while also managing to export their
share of cultural products.

However, these transformations have not eliminated some of the region’s
long standing features, such as the rigid class and racial
stratification, the personalist and clientelist political culture, nor
has it meant an end to political currents like nationalism, populism,
socialism and indigenismo. At a time when the global financial and
economic crisis is questioning the neoliberal paradigm, it seems
appropriate to ask questions about the meaning and significance of the
last three decades of neoliberalism in Latin America and the Caribbean.

This conference seeks to explore the current neoliberal conjuncture in
Latin America and the Caribbean in the light of its historical legacies
and contemporary trends. We invite interdisciplinary panel and
individual paper proposals on the following three clusters:


1. Neoliberal sectoral reforms, public policy and state restructuring
2. Responses and resistances to neoliberalism
3. Artistic, cultural and ideological transformations in the era of
(or beyond) neoliberalism

To submit a proposal, please go to http://www.rug.nl/cds/index, download the
form for paper or panel proposal, fill it, and send it to the coordinator of
the organizing committee: Dr. Leandro Vergara-Camus, Centre for Development
Studies, University of Groningen, l.a.vergara@rug.nl *before June 1st , 2010*.