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UNINA9910811636903321 |
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Right-wing politics in the new Latin America : reaction and revolt / / edited by Francisco Domínguez, Geraldine Lievesley, and Steve Ludlam |
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London : , : Zed Books, , 2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 270 pages) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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DominguezFrancisco <1950-> |
LievesleyGeraldine |
LudlamSteve <1951-> |
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Soggetti |
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Conservatism - Latin America |
Political parties - Latin America |
Right and left (Political science) - Latin America |
Latin America Politics and government 21st century |
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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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About the editors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: reaction and revolt; The challenge from the left; Elements of right-wing advantage; The structure of the book; Part One | The continental right; 1 | The South American right after 'the end of history'; Defining the right; The rise of representative democracy and markets in South America; The South American right and the post-2000 turn to the left; The right in power: Colombia and Mexico; The right with influence on government: Brazil and Peru; The right as 'loyal opposition': Chile, Uruguay and Argentina |
The 'problematic' right in opposition: Paraguay, Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador; Conclusion; 2 | The United States of America and the Latin American right; New challenges to US hegemonic strategy; Obama, Venezuela and Honduras; Conflict over US military bases; Figure 2.1 The US military presence in Latin America; ALBA and US subversion; Colombia, Mexico and the 'war on drugs'; Prospects of sympathetic relations in the Southern Cone and Brazil; Conclusion; 3 | Unearthing the real subversives: the US state, right-wing think tanks and political |
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intervention in contemporary Latin America |
The New American Century; Preaching counter-revolution: the role of the think tanks; Multiple forms of intervention; Concluding thoughts; Part Two | The right in office; 4 | PAN Para Todos: elections, democracy and the right in contemporary Mexico; Democratization and the right; The right in power; Breaking down the election; Conclusion: a PAN for All?; 5 | Colombia as the linchpin of US hegemony in Latin America; Colombia and the US: a history of complicity; Paramilitarism and mafia control of politics; The political and human cost of the Colombian model; The Colombian right and Latin America |
6 | A right for all seasons? Right-wing politics in contemporary Peru; Peru in comparative perspective; The New Right emerges (and fails); The gradual growth of conservative power; Self-doubt on the right; Final thoughts; Part Three | The right in opposition; 7 | Venezuela's opposition: desperately seeking to overthrow Chávez; The Fourth Republic: a rotten regime; The insurrection of the bourgeoisie; Conclusions; 8 | Multilateral lines of conflict in contemporary Bolivia; Contextualizing contemporary changes in Bolivia's foreign relations |
The MAS, the 'plebeian mass' and the conservative opposition; US interference; TNCs, the donor community and the ALBA: multilateral lines of conflict; ALBA; Conclusions; 9 | Right-wing opposition as counter-revolution: the Cuban case; Empires and dictators; Right-wing hegemony in 'Exilio City'; Enforcing hegemony by terror; Tolerated terrorism; Invading the Hill; Cracks in the monolith; Conclusions; 10 | Right-wing politics in contemporary Brazil; The military dictatorship and the politics of transition; The right after the transition; The Lula government and the Brazilian right; The 2010 election: a resounding defeat for the right |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Based on original fieldwork, this volume addresses the current trajectories of right-wing politics in Latin America in the face of leftist governments, the discrediting of neoliberalism and the decline of US hegemony. Featuring country-specific chapters covering both the right in government and the right in opposition, Right-wing Politics in the New Latin America is a revealing and important book for anyone interested in contemporary Latin American politics. |
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