TY - BOOK AU - V eliz, Claudio, ED - London Conference on Obstacles to Change in Latin America ED - Royal Institute of International Affairs. ED - St. Antony's College (University of Oxford) TI - Obstacles to change in Latin America AV - HN110.5.A8 L6 1965 U1 - 309.18 PY - 1965/// CY - London, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Desenvolvimento econ omico KW - Am erica Latina KW - Condi c oes econ omicas KW - Investimento estrangeiro KW - Economic history KW - fast KW - Politics and government KW - Social conditions KW - Wirtschaftsentwicklung KW - gnd KW - Politieke situatie KW - gtt KW - Economische situatie KW - Social change KW - Conferences and congresses KW - ltcsh KW - Latin America KW - Land tenure KW - Violence movements KW - swd KW - 1945-1982 KW - Congresses KW - 1948- KW - Economic conditions KW - 1945- KW - Am erique latine KW - Conditions sociales KW - Congr es KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - 1948-1980 KW - Conditions economiques KW - Conference papers and proceedings KW - lcgft N1 - Sponsored by the Royal Institute of International Affairs and St. Antony's College, Oxford; Includes bibliographical references; Political aspects of economic development in Latin America / A nbal Pinto -- Populism and reform in Latin America / Torcuato Di Tella -- Land tenure and development in Latin America / Jacques Chonchol -- The implications of foreign investment in Latin America / Vctor Urquidi -- Change and frustration in Chile / Osvaldo Sunkel -- Political obstacles to economic development of Brazil / Celso Furtado -- The dynamics of Brazilian nationalism / Hlio Jaguaribe -- Violence and the break-up of tradition in Colombia / Orlando Fals Borda -- Mexico : the lop-sided revolution / Moi ss Gonzalez Navarro -- Disunity as an obstacle to change / Felipe Herrera; Sponsored by the Royal Institute of International Affairs and St. Antony's College, Oxford; Issued under the auspices of the Royal Institute of International Affairs N2 - A collection of essays by leading Latin Americans who, apart from being academically distinguished, are placed near the sources of political power in their respective countries and have on occasion advised either their governments or international organizations on specialized problems. Although the authors work in different disciplines and start from different sets of premises, these essays reflect a remarkable coincidence of views which may be described as a civilized impatience with the attempt to use foreign models to interpret Latin American situations. Latin America has a pre-industrial urban civilization that has remained largely untouched by the changes traditionally associated with industrialization ER -