This book explores the dynamics of the recent 'progressive cycle' in Latin American politics, associated with a red and pink tide of regime change. With this cycle of centre-left regimes oriented towards an alternative post neoliberal form of development now coming to an end, coinciding with the end
The Dynamics of Social Change in Latin America
β Scribed by Henry Veltmeyer, James Petras (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 222
- Series
- International Political Economy Series
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Development in the New Imperial Context of Globalization....Pages 1-20
Neoliberalism and the Search for Another Development....Pages 21-44
The Restructuring of Labour....Pages 45-59
The Politics of Community-based Participatory Development....Pages 60-76
The Dynamics of Neoliberal Electoral Politics....Pages 77-98
New Social Movements in Latin America: The Dynamics of Class and Identity....Pages 99-121
Neoliberalism and the Latin American Left: The Search for a Socialist Project....Pages 122-144
Back Matter....Pages 145-210
β¦ Subjects
Regional/Spatial Science; Labor Economics; Sociology, general; Political Theory; Political Science; Development and Social Change
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