Latin America

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Latin America

In attempting to establish the current state of development in Latin America,
historical chronology serves as the foundation necessary for a comprehensively
logical position. Latin American development has evolved in distinct phases,
which lead to the present day standings of the politics and peoples throughout
the region. The culmination of distinct historical attributes: conquest,
colonialism, mercantilism, captalism, industrialism, and globalism, serve as the
developmental path from the past, to allow an understanding of the current state
of development. In overview of this, as perceived by Latin American governments,
the four primary areas of concern as reported from the 1994, “Summit of the
Americas” held by heads of 34 countries, were as follows: (1) preserving and
strengthening the community of democracies of the Americas, (2) free trade area
of the Americas (FTAA), (3) eradicating poverty and discrimination in the
hemisphere, (4) education (Americas Net). Each issue examined by members of the
summit involves aspects of politics and economics. The desired changes in Latin
American society can be shown connected to these two subject areas, as held by
authors Skidmore and Smith, “From modernization theory we take the casual
premise that economic transformations induce social changes which, in turn, have
political consequences.”(Skidmore and Smith, 10) The understanding of
historical background, an awareness of current political goals, and the
incorporation of modern political and social theory allow an increasingly
accurate depiction of the state of development in Latin America to be
constructed. Development, largely defined as bringing to a more advanced or
effective state, stands often as the product of the successful management and
collaboration of economic, social, and political areas. The current state of
development should therefore gauge today’s level of success in creating a more
advanced and effective state. In considering these criteria, development in
Latin America may best be described as progressively transitional, continually
improving, yet still lacking stability and permanence in structure. This
apparent lack is causing disfunctionalism of governmental bodies to be
successfully consistent in altering the povertized sectors of society. The
ultimate pattern perpetuates the social stratifications of Latin America, which
only continue to erode the workings of development at large. To break such a
cycle, successful structural...

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