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Latin America's Radical Left - Challenges and Complexities of Political Power in the Twenty-first Century (Hardcover)
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Latin America's Radical Left - Challenges and Complexities of Political Power in the Twenty-first Century (Hardcover)
Series: Latin American Perspectives in the Classroom
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This timely book explores the unique challenges facing the left in
Latin America today. The contributors offer clear and comprehensive
assessments of the difficult conditions and conflicting forces that
have brought to power the current leftist regimes in Latin American
and the Caribbean and are shaping their development. Avoiding the
widely accepted but simplistic dichotomy of "good" and "bad" left
or democratic and antidemocratic left, the book first sets the
theoretical and historical context for understanding the rise of
the left in the region. It then provides case studies of the
radical left in power in Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador and its
influence in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Cuba. Thematic chapters
consider social and labor movements and debates over problems
arising from the democratic transition to socialism. The book
points to concrete circumstances in which theoretical issues
related to reform and change have played out in nations where the
left is in power. These include prioritization of social over
economic objectives, the role of the state in the democratic road
to socialism, and ecological as opposed to developmentalist
strategies. Finally, the book examines the opposition to radical
governments in power coming not only from the right but also from
movements to their left. With its balanced and thorough assessment,
this study will provide readers with a deep and nuanced
understanding of the complexity of the political, economic, and
sociocultural reality of contemporary Latin America and the
Caribbean. Contributions by: Marc Becker, Roger Burbach, George
Ciccariello-Maher, Hector M. Cruz-Feliciano, Steve Ellner, Federico
Fuentes, Marcel Nelson, Hector Perla Jr., Camila Pineiro Harnecker,
Thomas Purcell, Diana Raby, William I. Robinson, and Kevin Young
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