The new Latin American left [[electronic resource] ] : cracks in the empire / / edited by Jeffery R. Webber and Barry Carr

• Pubblicazione: Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (403 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.48/4
• Soggetto topico: Social movements - Latin America; Social change - Latin America; Social conflict - Latin America
• Soggetto geografico: Latin America Politics and government
• Classificazione: POL042020POL009000SOC053000
• Altri autori: WebberJeffery R CarrBarry
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 LEFT ; Chapter 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 Left ; Chapter 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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 c
• Titolo autorizzato: The new Latin American left
• ISBN: 1-283-62901-1; 0-7425-5759-6; 9786613941466
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910788529503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Critical Currents in Latin American Perspective Series