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Titolo |
The new Latin American left [[electronic resource] ] : cracks in the empire / / edited by Jeffery R. Webber and Barry Carr |
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Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-62901-1 |
0-7425-5759-6 |
9786613941466 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (403 p.) |
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Collana |
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Critical currents in Latin American perspective series |
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Classificazione |
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POL042020POL009000SOC053000 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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WebberJeffery R |
CarrBarry |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social movements - Latin America |
Social change - Latin America |
Social conflict - Latin America |
Latin America Politics and government |
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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 bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction: The Latin American Left inTheory and Practice; Part I. THEORETICAL ISSUES; Chapter 2. Socialist Strategies in Latin America; Chapter 3. The Latin American Left in the Face of the New Imperialism; Chapter 4. Neoliberal Class Formation(s): The Informal Proletariat and "New" Workers' Organizations in Latin America; Chapter 5. Revolution in Times of Neoliberal Hegemony: The Political Strategy of the MST in Brazil and the EZLN in Mexico; Chapter 6. Barrio Women and Popular Politics in Chávez's Venezuela; Part II. CASE STUDIES OF THE NEW LATIN AMERICAN LEFT |
Chapter 7. From Left-Indigenous Insurrection to Reconstituted Neoliberalism in Bolivia: Political Economy, Indigenous Liberation, and Class Struggle, 2000-2011Chapter 8. Venezuela: An Electoral Road to Twenty-First-Century Socialism?; Chapter 9. Ecuador: Indigenous Struggles and the Ambiguities of Electoral Power; Chapter 10. Crisis and Recomposition in Argentina; Chapter 11. Trade Unions, Social Conflict, and the Political Left in Present-Day Brazil: Between Breach and Compromise; Chapter 12. Neoliberal Authoritarianism, the |
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"Democratic Transition," and the Mexican Left |
Chapter 13. The Chilean Left after 1990: An Izquierda Permitida Championing Transnational Capital, a Historical Left Ensnared in the Past, and a New Radical Left in GestationChapter 14. From Guerrillas to Government: The Continued Relevance of the Central American Left; Chapter 15. The Overthrow of a Moderate and the Birth of a Radicalizing Resistance: The Coup against Manuel Zelaya and the History of Imperialism and Popular Struggle in Honduras; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This provocative, multidisciplinary work explores the dramatic resurgence of the Left in Latin America since the late 1990s. Offering a comprehensive account of the complexities and nuances of the shifting political tides in the region, the book provides both a theoretical framework for assessing the state of the Left and a set of country case studies highlighting key movements, successes, and failures. Working from a range of critical perspectives, the contributors consider the Left's hopes, aims, and prospects, as well as its contradictions and fissures. As the first book to systematically c |
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