04330nam 2200685Ia 450 991078852950332120230126211526.01-283-62901-10-7425-5759-69786613941466(CKB)3360000000435637(EBL)1034722(SSID)ssj0000759775(PQKBManifestationID)12361044(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000759775(PQKBWorkID)10801436(PQKB)11468486(MiAaPQ)EBC1034722(Au-PeEL)EBL1034722(CaPaEBR)ebr10607477(CaONFJC)MIL394146(OCoLC)817817067(EXLCZ)99336000000043563720120822d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe new Latin American left[electronic resource] cracks in the empire /edited by Jeffery R. Webber and Barry CarrLanham Rowman & Littlefield Publishers20121 online resource (403 p.)Critical currents in Latin American perspective seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-7425-5757-X 0-7425-5758-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 LEFTChapter 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 "Democratic Transition," and the Mexican LeftChapter 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; IndexThis 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 cCritical Currents in Latin American Perspective SeriesSocial movementsLatin AmericaSocial changeLatin AmericaSocial conflictLatin AmericaLatin AmericaPolitics and governmentSocial movementsSocial changeSocial conflict303.48/4POL042020POL009000SOC053000bisacshWebber Jeffery R867948Carr Barry802905MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788529503321The new Latin American left3717200UNINA