Australian-Latin American Relations: New Links in a Changing Global Landscape

ISBN-13: 9781137501912 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 239 str.

Raul A. Sanchez Urribarri; Elizabeth Kath

Opis

This pioneering interdisciplinary book explores the new economic, cultural, and political ties between Australia and Latin America, situating them within the context of broader global transformations, Australia's place in the Global South, and Latin America's increased strategic and economic relevance to the Asia-Pacific region.

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Preface

Paul James

Chapter 1: Australia and Latin America in a Global Era 

Elizabeth Kath

Chapter 2: A Tale of Two Waves: Latin American Migration to Australia

Raul Sanchez Urribarri, John Sinclair, Mara Favoretto, Elizabeth Kath, Vicente Perez de Leon, & Annie Fergusson

Chapter 3: From ‘Latin Americans’ to Country-based Distinctions: A Case Study of the Migratory Motivations and Adaptation Experiences of Mexicans in Australia'. 

M. Laura Vazquez Maggio

Chapter 4: The ‘Tequila Effect’ or ‘How the Taco Won Australia’: The Appropriation of Mexican and Latin American Culture in Australia. 

Barry Carr and John Sinclair

Chapter 5: Towards a Hybrid Latin American-Australian Music Scene 

Mara Favoretto

Chapter 6: Rediscovering El Dorado: Past and Future Trade Relations with Latin America.

Alexis S. Esposto and John Fien

Chapter 7: Australia and Brazil: Common Experiences of the China Challenge 

Adrian H. Hearn

Chapter 8: The Changing Nature of Australian-Latin American Trade Relations in Educational Services 

Angel Calderon

Chapter 9: The Magic of Big Science in Forging Collaborative Relationships: Australia, Latin America and the Australian Synchrotron Initiative. 

Victor Del Rio 

O autorze

Elizabeth Kath is a Lecturer at the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University, Australia. She has a political science background and now works within the interdisciplinary field of global studies. Her work, reflecting a long-standing regional interest in Latin America and the Caribbean, has appeared in numerous journal articles, international conferences and books, including Social Relations and the Cuban Health Miracle (2010), The SAGE Handbook of Globalization (2014), and Narratives of Globalization: Reflections on the Global Condition (2015).

Blurb

Until recently, Australia and Latin America were considered irrelevant to one another. The prevailing perception in Australia had been that Latin America was too remote, disconnected, and politically irrelevant to warrant serious scholarly or public attention. In recent years, this perception has rapidly changed, with Australian universities seeking to attract Latin American students, new diplomatic relations emerging, investment in mining and other business sectors expanding, and a growing fascination in Australia with Latin American food, music, dance and other forms of popular culture. These rapid developments can only properly be understood within the context of broader global transformations underway, including shifts in power relations between the 'Global North' and 'Global South', the rise of key Latin American economies, major technological developments, and ever-increasing global interconnectivity. This pioneering interdisciplinary book ventures into the new space of Australian-Latin American relations, exploring multiple dimensions of the rapidly changing landscape within a global context.