This volume examines the social, political, economic and cultural legacies of the last three colonies of the Spanish Empire: Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines. The three former colonies offer an ideal setting for applying a comparative framework of analysis, in that they coincide in that their long-term colonial experiences …
Climate change, species extinction, massive exploitation of resources, environmental pollution, the consumption of non-renewable but vital elements – all these are symptoms of a planetary crisis that is currently threatening the very existence of ecosystems – and thus also of human beings. Despite its global dimensions, this crisis has very …
In the wake of high world market prices, many commodity states experienced an economic boom at the beginning of the 21st century. In this context, Latin America attracted a great deal of international attention with its development model of neo-extactivism. It succeeded in combining (relative) economic prosperity with considerable social …
The Cuban labor market has been undergoing far-reaching structural change for several years, which is of central importance for the future development of the island. Despite the high relevance of the changes in labor policy, there have been hardly any social science analyses to date that reflect these recent dynamics …
Here, you will find an overview over all our articles and chapters in edited volumes published in 2021-2022. Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Burchardt Burchardt, H.-J. & Leinius, J. (2022): Of Archipelagic Connections and Postcolonial Divides. In Burchardt, H.-J. & Leinius, J. (Eds.). (Post-)colonial Archipelagos: Comparing the Legacies of Spanish Colonialism in …
This book combines Hartmut Elsenhans’ ideas on the laws of motion of capitalism and his approach to world system analysis and rent theory, his thoughts on development theory and finally, international relations and the past, present, and future dynamics of the international system. Hartmut Elsenhans shows that capitalist growth depends …
Here, you will find an overview over all our articles and chapters in edited volumes published in 2020. Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Burchardt Burchardt, H.-J. (2020). Lateinamerikas Rechtsruck. Zur Verantwortung der progressiven Regierungen. In Eser, P. & J.-H. Witthaus (Eds.). Rechtswende in Lateinamerika. Politische Pendelbewegungen, sozio-öko nomische Umbrüche und kulturelle Imaginarien …
Here, you will find an overview over all our articles and chapters in edited volumes published in 2019. Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Burchardt Burchardt, H.-J. (2019). Well-Being: A Latin American Response to the Socio-Ecological Crisis. Mother Pelican: A Journal of Solidarity and Sustainability 15(5). Dr. Kristina Dietz Dietz, K. (2019). Contesting …
Here, you will find an overview over all our articles and chapters in edited volumes published in 2018. Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Burchardt Burchardt, H.-J. (2018). How Spinoza and Elias Help to Decenter Our Understanding of Development: A Methodical Research Proposal on the Pluriverse. In Reiter, B. (Ed.). Constructing the Pluriverse: …
Where do the Americas begin, and where do they end? What is the relationship between the spatial constructions of «area» and «continent»? How were the Americas imagined by different actors in different historical periods, and how were these imaginations – as continent, nation, region – guided by changing agendas and …