Call for Chapters: Contemporary Examination of Latin America and the Caribbean: Economy, Education, and Technology

Editors

Dale Mathews, University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
Bryan Christiansen, Soluvex, LLC, United States

Call for Chapters

Proposals Submission Deadline: May 25, 2024
Full Chapters Due: June 30, 2024
Submission Date: June 30, 2024

Introduction

Latin America has a rich and diverse history of indigenous cultures, European colonization, African slavery, and global immigration that makes it complex and difficult to describe its people with a single ethnic category or identifier. The region is generally understood to consist of the entire continent of South America in addition to Mexico, Central America, and the islands of the Caribbean whose inhabitants speak a Romance language. Comprised of 33 sovereign states according to the United Nations, Latin America and the Caribbean is sometimes referred to as a “region separated by a common language” (generally Spanish). As of late December, 2023, the current population of Latin America and the Caribbean is 667,387,475 based on the latest United Nations estimates. Therefore, the Latin American/Caribbean populations are equivalent to 8.28% of the total world population and represent 7.38% of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) according to Statista. This is equivalent to the global GDP of another key region of the world--the Middle East/Central Asia--and is significantly greater than the ASEAN-5 nations of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. As such, the Latin American region cannot be ignored for its potential contribution to the global economic (and cultural) scene.

Objective

The primary objective of this publication is to provide a single volume containing a variety of topics relevant particularly to the economic, educational, and technological advancements of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Target Audience

Examining the contemporary environment and past of Latin America and the Caribbean will provide scholars, graduate students, and practitioners with the most recent research in a single volume to guide their respective activities effectively using authoritative material based on empirical data and theoretical discourse.

Recommended Topics

  • Technology adoption in economic development
  • Consumer research of Latin America
  • Latin American management practices
  • Tax evasion and bribery
  • Integration and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
  • Innovation
  • Business ethics and governance
  • Geopolitical concerns of the region
  • Internationalization of Multilatina firms
  • Macroeconomic and microeconomic policies of the region
  • Chinese investment in Latin America
  • The Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM)
  • Education in Latin America and the Caribbean
  • National case studies (e.g., Chile, Mexico)
  • CAFTA-DR Free Trade Agreement
  • Latin American populism
  • Anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Sustainable economic growth
  • Geography of the region
  • Major literary works
  • Latin American & Caribbean history
  • Gender equality
  • Public health
  • Energy resources
  • U.S. Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Famous personalities and their accomplishments
  • Socioeconomic issues
  • Transnational organized crime
  • Regional music
  • Indigenous natives of the region
  • Ethnographic insights
  • The Transatlantic slave trade
  • Culture and customs
  • Regional security
  • Public finance expenditures
  • National infrastructures
  • Capital development
  • Regional democracy
  • Human resources and job development


Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before April 20, 2024, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by May 25, 2024 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by June 30, 2024, and all interested authors must consult the guidelines for manuscript submissions at https://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/ prior to submission. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication, Contemporary Examination of Latin America and the Caribbean: Economy, Education, and Technology. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-blind peer review editorial process.

All proposals should be submitted through the eEditorial Discovery® online submission manager.



Publisher

This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), an international academic publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference," "Business Science Reference," and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. IGI Global specializes in publishing reference books, scholarly journals, and electronic databases featuring academic research on a variety of innovative topic areas including, but not limited to, education, social science, medicine and healthcare, business and management, information science and technology, engineering, public administration, library and information science, media and communication studies, and environmental science. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit https://www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2025.



Important Dates

May 25, 2024: Proposal Submission Deadline
June 12, 2024: Notification of Acceptance
June 30, 2024: Full Chapter Submission
August 14, 2024: Review Results Returned
September 15, 2024: Final Acceptance Notification
September 29, 2024: Final Chapter Submission



Inquiries

Dale Mathews University of Puerto Rico dale.mathews1@upr.edu Bryan Christiansen Soluvex, LLC soluvex@proton.me

Classifications


Business and Management; Computer Science and Information Technology; Education
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