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Titolo: | The new Latin American left : cracks in the empire / / edited by Jeffery R. Webber and Barry Carr |
Pubblicazione: | Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
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.: | 9910811637803321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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