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Latin American Structuralism, Cepal, and Economic Sociology in Historical and Contemporary Perspective
Latin American Structuralism, Cepal, and Economic Sociology in Historical and Contemporary Perspective
Abstract Submissions Closed
Tuesday, 23 February 2021: 10:45-12:15
Location:
RC02 Economy and Society (host committee)
Language: English and Spanish
Session Type: Oral
Invited Session
This invited session is an early excavation to begin to better understand the influence of Dependency Theory and Latin American Structuralism on contemporary Economic Sociology. Specifically, this invited session explores the influence of ECLA/CEPAL (the Economic Commission for Latin America / La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL). Torres from CEPAL begins the conversation by looking backward and looking forward. He proposes three broad historical structural methods that CEPAL has contributed to Latin American (if not world) sociology and contemplates how neo-structuralism can understand the hyperglobalization of the 21st century. Kluger, Wanderley and Barbosa continues the conversation by investigating how CEPAL was forced to create comparative national frameworks for analysis in its short-lived partnership with the Brazilian National Bank for Economic Development. We conclude with Almeida reflecting on the intellectual contributions of CEPAL, based in part on her own experiences with CEPAL as a young researcher.
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