Contemporary Argentina : a geographical perspective / by David J. Keeling.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-342) and index.

1. Key Geographical Trends. Uneven Regional Development. A Theoretical Framework. Restructuring Argentina's Pillars of Development. Argentina's Spatial Dichotomies -- 2. The Development of Regional and International Relationships. On the Margins of Empire (1536-1852). Integration into the World Economy (1852-1930). Disengagement from the World Economy (1930-1990). Globalization and the New Argentina -- 3. Society and Place. Key Demographic Trends. Social Indicators of Uneven Development -- 4. Capital, Labor, and Production. Recapitalizing Argentina. Restructuring the Labor Market. Restructuring Patterns of Production and Trade -- 5. Transport and Communication. Global Links to Global Cities. Hemispheric Connectivity. National Transport Networks. Future Transport and Communication Strategies -- 6. The Megacity. Megacephalous Urban Growth. Contemporary Buenos Aires -- 7. Prosperous Agroindustrial Provinces. The Pampeana Region. Future Problems and Prospects --

8. The Challenge of Transition Areas. Agroindustrial Oases of the Cuyo. Future Development. Patagonia: An Underdeveloped Frontier? Future Development Prospects -- 9. The Problem of Submerging Rural Areas. The Northeast. The Northwest -- 10. Future Argentina. Argentina's Five Fundamental Myths. Future Directions and Policy Issues.

In this perceptive book, David Keeling analyzes Argentina's emergence within the modern world economy against the backdrop of the country's regional development processes. Combining systematic and area-based approaches, he discusses international and national trends that have shaped the social and economic geography of Argentina in profound and fundamental ways.

Drawing on new material from recent demographic and economic censuses and on the Menem government's privatization and deregulation policies, Keeling asks whether participation in the new world economy has forced workers, communities, and cities in Argentina to downgrade environmental, labor, and social conditions. He also traces national economic and societal trends by region, showing how these trends will continue to affect regions and localities to the end of the decade and into the twenty-first century.

Keeling concludes by assessing how changes in Argentina - a semi-peripheral country and emerging regional power - could affect the restructuring of its role in the new regional and world economies.