"In this timely and provocative study, William I. Robinson challenges received wisdom on Central America.  He starts with an exposition of the 
new global capitalism.  Then, drawing on a wide range of historical documentation, interviews, and social science research, he proceeds to show how capitalist globalization has thoroughly transformed the region, 
disrupting the conventional pattern of revolutionary upheaval, civil wars, and pacification, ushering in instead a new transnational model of economy 
and society." 

"Beyond his focus on Central America, Robinson provides a critical framework for understanding development and social change in other regions of the world in the age of globalization.  Demonstrating how the very forces of capitalism have brought into being new social agents and political actors unlikely to acquiesce in the face of the emerging order, Transnational Conflicts shows why the Isthmus is likely to return to the headlines in the near future." 


"This book operates at multiple levels.  It is a detailed and original contribution to the study of Central America.  And by positioning Central America in a broader historical and structural framing, Robinson also makes a major contribution to our understanding of global capitalism. Through it all, the narrative never loses track of human actors involved. Complex and brilliant!" 

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Saskia Sassen,
Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology,University of Chicago,
and author of The Global City 

"Since independence, Central America has been caught between competing external infuences.  Now globalization is sucking the region into its web 
in a dramatic new way.  William I. Robinson, in     this ambitious book, analyses these trends in great detail while offering the reader a bold and 
distinctive interpretation of globalization.  The result is a fine piece of scholarship that deserves careful study." 

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Professor Victor Bulmer-Thomas,
Director, Royal Institute of International Affairs