Central America, Social Chance, and Globalization. Beyond his focus on Central america, Robinson provides a critical framework for understanding development and social change in other regions in the age of globalization. Demonstrating how the very forces of capitalism have broutgh into being new social agents and political actors unlikely to acquiesce in the face of the emerging order, this book shows why the Isthmus, along with other regions, is likely to return to the headlines in the near future.