04256nam 22008053u 450 991046387270332120210114090100.01-4422-2950-0(CKB)2670000000546775(EBL)1647459(SSID)ssj0001132476(PQKBManifestationID)11735692(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001132476(PQKBWorkID)11147955(PQKB)10369594(MiAaPQ)EBC1647459(EXLCZ)99267000000054677520140324d2014|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrLatin America's Radical Left[electronic resource] Challenges and Complexities of Political Power in the Twenty-first CenturyLanham Rowman & Littlefield Publishers20141 online resource (307 p.)Latin American Perspectives in the ClassroomDescription based upon print version of record.1-4422-2948-9 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 EcuadorIII: Influences of the Twenty-First-Century Radical Left in Nicaragua, El 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 ContributorsThis 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.Latin American Perspectives in the ClassroomLatin America -- Politics and government -- 21st centuryLatin America -- Social conditions -- 21st centuryNew Left -- Latin AmericaPower (Social sciences) -- Latin AmericaRadicalism -- Latin AmericaSocial movements -- Latin AmericaRadicalismLatin AmericaNew LeftLatin AmericaPower (Social sciences)Latin AmericaSocial movementsLatin AmericaSociology & Social HistoryHILCCSocial SciencesHILCCSocial ConditionsHILCCElectronic books.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.RadicalismNew LeftPower (Social sciences)Social movementsSociology & Social HistorySocial SciencesSocial Conditions320.53Ellner Steve752109Ellner SteveAU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910463872703321Latin America's Radical Left2070534UNINA