In this perceptive book, David Keeling analyzes Argentinas changing position in the modern world economy against the backdrop of the countrys 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 recent census data as well as on material from the Menem government, Keeling also explores whether Argentinas participation in the new world government has adversely affected environmental, labor, and social conditions. Since 1989, Argentina has experienced perhaps its most significant period of change since federation in 1880. Under the leadership of Carlos Menem and the Justicialista political party, contemporary Argentina is emerging from the chaos of long-term instability to reassert itself as a viable player in both regional and global systems.

Argentina In The Global System; Key Geographical Trends; The Development of Regional and International Relationships; * Restructuring Argentinas Pillars Of Development; Society and Place; Capital, Labor, and Production; Transport and Communication; * The Geographical Impact: Local And Regional Development Issues; The Megacity; Prosperous Agroindustrial Provinces; The Challenge of Transition Areas; The Problem of Submerging Rural Areas; * Argentina In The Twenty-First Century; Future Argentina