LEADER 04220nam 22008053u 450 001 9910825072203321 005 20240402075128.0 010 $a1-4422-2950-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000546775 035 $a(EBL)1647459 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001132476 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11735692 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001132476 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11147955 035 $a(PQKB)10369594 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1647459 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000546775 100 $a20140324d2014|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLatin America's Radical Left $eChallenges and Complexities of Political Power in the Twenty-first Century 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLanham $cRowman & Littlefield Publishers$d2014 215 $a1 online resource (307 p.) 225 1 $aLatin American Perspectives in the Classroom 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4422-2948-9 327 $aContents; 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 Ecuador 327 $aIII: 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 Contributors 330 $aThis timely book explores the unique challenges facing the left in Latin America today. The contributors offer clear and comprehensive assessments of the difficult conditions and conflicting forces that have brought to power the current leftist regimes in Latin American and the Caribbean and are shaping their development. With its balanced and thorough assessment, this study will provide readers with a deep and nuanced understanding of the complexity of the political, economic, and sociocultural reality of contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean. 410 0$aLatin American Perspectives in the Classroom 606 $aLatin America -- Politics and government -- 21st century 606 $aLatin America -- Social conditions -- 21st century 606 $aNew Left -- Latin America 606 $aPower (Social sciences) -- Latin America 606 $aRadicalism -- Latin America 606 $aSocial movements -- Latin America 606 $aRadicalism$zLatin America 606 $aNew Left$zLatin America 606 $aPower (Social sciences)$zLatin America 606 $aSocial movements$zLatin America 606 $aSociology & Social History$2HILCC 606 $aSocial Sciences$2HILCC 606 $aSocial Conditions$2HILCC 615 4$aLatin America -- Politics and government -- 21st century. 615 4$aLatin America -- Social conditions -- 21st century. 615 4$aNew Left -- Latin America. 615 4$aPower (Social sciences) -- Latin America. 615 4$aRadicalism -- Latin America. 615 4$aSocial movements -- Latin America. 615 0$aRadicalism 615 0$aNew Left 615 0$aPower (Social sciences) 615 0$aSocial movements 615 7$aSociology & Social History 615 7$aSocial Sciences 615 7$aSocial Conditions 676 $a320.53 700 $aEllner$b Steve$0752109 702 $aEllner$b Steve 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825072203321 996 $aLatin America's Radical Left$94037621 997 $aUNINA