Planning and development in Latin American thought

Latin American historical structuralism. State, macroeconomic policy and development strategies. Productive, occupational, and social structures. Process of industrialization and regional expansion. Dependency school. Center-periphery relations in globalization. Differentiated diffusion of technical progress. The role of geopolitics and geo-economics in the Latin American scenario. Neo-structuralism, neo-extractivism, global networks and the new regional agenda (macroeconomics, finance, productive development, international trade, social development, and sustainability).