James Wilkie

Field of Study

Latin America

Research

Latin America and Globalization since the 20th Century:

(a) impact of technology & communications to foster the rise of civic and civil society;
(b) rise of free trade blocs to break the negative heritage unmanageable state power;
(c) measurement of economic and social change in the 20 countries of Latin America;
(d) oral history of leaders;
(e) analyis of elitelore at all levels of society (e.g. presidents, governors, mayors, peasant leaders)
–oral memoirs of leaders in Mexico, Bolivia,
Costa Rica, & Venezuela
Elitelore
Special Methods: oral history and historical statistics.