Tendencias de cambio en la estructura social de América Latina y el Caribe hoy. Un debate interrumpido

Abstract

The present article has been developed to show the mayor trends of structural change in Latin America and the Caribbean in the recent period. The structural transformation occurred in this region has generated significant changes in the social structure of these countries. Perhaps, it has been recovered a line of research and reflection on the subject, but it seems to be insufficient. The problem would be given by the difficulty of inquiring an heterogeneous type of modernization, that has generated changes in the traditional social groups, while these changes are becoming to constitute new social groups, according to every single characteristic that the process assumes in every Latin American country.