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UNINA9910463872703321 |
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Autore |
Ellner Steve |
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Titolo |
Latin America's Radical Left [[electronic resource] ] : Challenges and Complexities of Political Power in the Twenty-first Century |
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Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (307 p.) |
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Collana |
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Latin American Perspectives in the Classroom |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Latin America -- Politics and government -- 21st century |
Latin America -- Social conditions -- 21st century |
New Left -- Latin America |
Power (Social sciences) -- Latin America |
Radicalism -- Latin America |
Social movements -- Latin America |
Radicalism - Latin America |
New Left - Latin America |
Power (Social sciences) - Latin America |
Social movements - Latin America |
Sociology & Social History |
Social Sciences |
Social Conditions |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; I: Theoretical, Historical, and International Background; 1 The Radical Left's Turbulent Transitions; 2 Brief Hypotheses on the State, Democracy, and Revolution in Latin America Today; 3 Institutional Conflict and the Bolivarian Revolution; II: The Twenty-First-Century Radical Left in Power in Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador; 4 Social and Political Diversity and the Democratic Road to Change in Venezuela; 5 "Bad Left Government" versus "Good Left Social Movements"?; 6 Rafael Correa and Social Movements in Ecuador |
III: Influences of the Twenty-First-Century Radical Left in Nicaragua, El |
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Salvador, and Cuba7 The Twenty-First-Century Road to Socialism in El Salvador and Nicaragua; 8 Cuba's New Socialism; IV: Economy, Society, and Media; 9 The Political Economy of Social Production Companies in Venezuela; 10 Constituent Moments, Constitutional Processes; 11 The Good, the Bad, and the Benevolent Interventionist; 12 Concluding Observations; Index; About the Contributors |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This timely book explores the unique challenges facing the left in Latin America today. The contributors offer clear and comprehensive assessments of the difficult conditions and conflicting forces that have brought to power the current leftist regimes in Latin American and the Caribbean and are shaping their development. With its balanced and thorough assessment, this study will provide readers with a deep and nuanced understanding of the complexity of the political, economic, and sociocultural reality of contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean. |
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