The new politics of inequality in Latin America : rethinking participation and representation / / edited by Douglas A. Chalmers ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (663 pages)
• Disciplina: 323/.042/098
• Soggetto topico: Political participation - Latin America; Representative government and representation - Latin America; Poor - Latin America - Political activity; Equality - Latin America; Democracy - Latin America; Social change - Latin America
• Altri autori: ChalmersDouglas A
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [583]-634) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""1. Participation, Inequality, and the Whereabouts of Democracy""; ""PART I. TRADITIONAL ACTORS, NEW SETTINGS""; ""2. Beyond Corporatism: New Patterns of Representation in the Brazilian Auto Industry""; ""3. Union Politics, Market-Oriented Reforms, and the Reshaping of Argentine Corporatism""; ""4. The Crisis of Developmentalism and the Rural Labor Movement in North-East Brazil""; ""PART II. SEARCHING FOR NEW FORMS OF PARTICIPATION""; ""5. The Rise of Causa R in Venezuela"" ; ""6. The Seven-Month Itch? Neoliberal Politics, Popular Movements, and the Left in Mexico""""7. The Politics of Identity Reconstruction: Indians and Democracy in Ecuador""; ""8. The Evolution of the Brazilian Environmental Movement and Its Political Roles""; ""9. The Authoritarian Alternative: 'Anti-Politics' in the Popular Sectors of Lima""; ""PART III. THE STUBBORNNESS OF VIOLENCE""; ""10. The Quetzal is Red: Military States, Popular Movements, and Political Violence in Guatemala""; ""11. Popular Responses to State-Sponsored Violence in Brazil"" ; ""12. Political Violence and the Grassroots in Lima, Peru""""PART IV. DILEMMAS OF A SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PROJECT""; ""13. Rethinking Economic Alternatives: Left Parties and the Articulation of Popular Demands in Chile and Peru""; ""14. Market-Oriented Development Strategies and Stateâ€?Society Relations in New Democracies: Lessons from Contemporary Chile and Spain""; ""15. Putting Conservatism to Good Use? Long Crisis and Vetoed Alternatives in Uruguay""; ""PART V. RECONSTRUCTING REPRESENTATION""; ""16. The Difficult Transition from Clientelism to Citizenship: Lessons from Mexico"" ; ""17. Reconstructing the Workers' Party (PT): Lessons from North-Eastern Brazil""""18. Can a Leftist Government Make a Difference? The Frente Amplio Administration of Montevideo, 1990â€?1994""; ""19. Targeting the Poor: The Politics of Social Policy Reforms in Mexico""; ""20. Redefining the Public/Private Mix: NGOs and the Emergency Social Investment Fund in Ecuador""; ""21. Regional Integration and Transnational Politics: Popular Sector Strategies in the NAFTA Era""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""22. Associative Networks: New Structures of Representation for the Popular Sectors?""; ""References"" ; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: Against a broader backdrop of globalization and worldwide moves toward political democracy, The New Politics of Inequality in Latin America examines the unfolding relationships among social change, equity, and the democratic representation of the poor in Latin America. Recent Latin American governments have turned away from redistributive policies; at the same time, popular political and social organizations have been generally weakened, inequality has increased, and the gap between rich and poor has grown. Hanging in the balance is the consolidation and the quality of new or would-be democracies; this volume suggests that governments must find not just short-term programmes to alleviate poverty, but long-term means to ensure the effective integration of the poor into political life. The New Politics of Inequality in Latin America bridges the intellectual chasm between, on the one hand, studies of grassroots politics, and on the other, explorations of elite politics and formal institution-building. It will be of interest to students and scholars of contemporary Latin American politics and society and, more generally, in the vicissitudes of democracy and citizenship in the late twentieth-century global system.
• Titolo autorizzato: The new politics of inequality in Latin America
• ISBN: 1-281-97840-X; 9786611978402
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910967218603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford studies in democratization.