05122nam 22005533u 450 991046270430332120210106223246.01-84813-814-8(CKB)2670000000342538(EBL)795494(OCoLC)760055360(MiAaPQ)EBC795494(EXLCZ)99267000000034253820130418d2011|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||Right-wing Politics in the New Latin America[electronic resource] Reaction and RevoltLondon Zed Books20111 online resource (282 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84813-811-3 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 ArgentinaThe 'problematic' right in opposition: Paraguay, Venezuela, Bolivia and EcuadorConclusion; 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 intervention in contemporary Latin AmericaThe New American CenturyPreaching 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 America6 | A right for all seasons? Right-wing politics in contemporary PeruPeru 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 relationsThe MAS, the 'plebeian mass' and the conservative oppositionUS 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 rightThe 2010 election: a resounding defeat for the rightBased 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.Conservatism -- Latin AmericaLatin America -- Politics and government -- 21st centuryPolitical parties -- Latin AmericaRight and left (Political science) -- Latin AmericaElectronic books.Conservatism -- Latin America.Latin America -- Politics and government -- 21st century.Political parties -- Latin America.Right and left (Political science) -- Latin America.320.52098324.2Dominguez Francisco1950-910890Lievesley Geraldine572294Ludlam Steve1951-800774AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910462704303321Right-wing Politics in the New Latin America2039059UNINA