LEADER 04116nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910782022503321 005 20230613172357.0 010 $a1-84964-284-2 010 $a1-281-75086-7 010 $a9786611750862 010 $a1-4356-6258-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000533637 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH22933572 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000247541 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11237267 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000247541 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10200110 035 $a(PQKB)11414224 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3386194 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3386194 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10479673 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL175086 035 $a(OCoLC)655867903 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000533637 100 $a20050222d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSocial movements and state power $eArgentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador /$fJames Petras, Henry Veltmeyer 210 1$aLondon ;$aAnn Arbor, Mich. :$cPluto Press,$d2005. 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 274 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-7453-2422-3 311 0 $a0-7453-2423-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBad government, good governance : civil society versus social movements -- From popular rebellion to 'normal capitalism' in Argentina -- Lula and the dynamics of a neoliberal regime -- Social movements and state power in Ecuador -- The politics of adjustment, reform, and revolution in Bolivia -- Social movements and the state : political power dynamics in Latin America. 330 $bThe 2003 electoral victory of Lucio Gutierrez in Ecuador was met with the same sense of optimism that greeted the election of Ignacio 'Lula' da Silva in Brazil, and Hugo Chavez in Venezuela. Gutierrez's victory was viewed as a major advance for the country in its 500 year-long struggle for freedom and democracy. In Bolivia, Evo Morales similarly came within an electoral whisker of achieving state power in 2002, and in 2003 Nestor Kirchner became President of Argentina. Many journalists , academics and politicians speak of a "left-turn" in Latin America, characterizing these regimes as "center -left";. They came to power on the promise of delivering a fundamental change of direction that would steer their countries away from neo-liberal economic policies, and towards greater social equity. Their success awakened major hopes on the Left for a new dawn in Latin American politics. This book challenges these assumptions. It critically examines their agreements with the IMF, their social and economic policies, and the economic ties of leading policy makers, as well as the beneficiaries and losers under these regimes. Latin America is unique in that it has experienced two decades of popular resistance to neo-liberal policies: each of the four countries examined here has a rich history of diverse indigenous and working class movements coming together to promote radical political change. The authors examine the political dynamics between the state and its agenda, and the strategy of mass mobilisation taken by the mass movements. They explore the intensifying conflicts between the movements and their former allies in the state. 606 $aPolitical participation$zLatin America$vCase studies 606 $aSocial movements$zLatin America$vCase studies 607 $aArgentina$xPolitics and government$y2002- 607 $aBrazil$xPolitics and government$y1985-2002 607 $aBolivia$xPolitics and government$y1982-2006 607 $aEcuador$xPolitics and government$y1984- 615 0$aPolitical participation 615 0$aSocial movements 676 $a322.4/098 700 $aPetras$b James F.$f1937-$0267474 701 $aVeltmeyer$b Henry$0267475 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782022503321 996 $aSocial movements and state power$93806631 997 $aUNINA