The New Latin American Left
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The New Latin American Left

Cracks in the Empire

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The New Latin American Left

Cracks in the Empire

About this book

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 cases highlighting key movements, successes, and failures. Its theoretical scope covers socialist strategy, working-class formation, peasant social movements, the role of women in popular politics, and the response of outside powers. These themes provide the foundation for rich country studies of the new Left in Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Too often, the book argues, the rise of the new Left has been the subject of caricature, either through conservative defamation or populist romanticism. 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 consider the contemporary relevance of the Left, it will be central to any understanding of Latin American politics and society today.

Contributions by: Ricardo Antunes, Marc Becker, Jared Bibler, Barry Carr, Emilia Castorina, Todd Gordon, Sujatha Fernandes, Claudio Katz, Fernando Leiva, Marco Mojica, Héctor Perla Jr., Richard Roman, Susan Spronk, Edur Velasco Arregui, Henry Veltmeyer, Leandro Vergara-Camus, Jeffery R. Webber, and Gregory Wilpert.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Chapter 1: Introduction
  3. Part I: Theoretical Issues
  4. Chapter 2: Socialist Strategies in Latin America
  5. Chapter 3: The Latin American Left in the Face of the New Imperialism
  6. Chapter 4: Neoliberal Class Formation(s)
  7. Chapter 5: Revolution in Times of Neoliberal Hegemony
  8. Chapter 6: Barrio Women and Popular Politics in Chávez’s Venezuela
  9. Part II: Case Studies of the New Latin American Left
  10. Chapter 7: From Left-Indigenous Insurrection to Reconstituted Neoliberalism in Bolivia
  11. Chapter 8: Venezuela
  12. Chapter 9: Ecuador
  13. Chapter 10: Crisis and Recomposition in Argentina
  14. Chapter 11: Trade Unions, Social Conflict, and the Political Left in Present-Day Brazil
  15. Chapter 12: Neoliberal Authoritarianism, the “Democratic Transition,” and the Mexican Left
  16. Chapter 13: The Chilean Left after 1990
  17. Chapter 14: From Guerrillas to Government
  18. Chapter 15: The Overthrow of a Moderate and the Birth of a Radicalizing Resistance