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1 online resource (307 pages) |
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Latin American Perspectives in the Classroom |
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Latin American perspectives in the classroom.
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Foreword; Preface; Introduction; I: Theoretical, Historical, and International Background; 1 The Radical Left's Turbulent Transitions; 2 Brief Hypotheses on the State, Democracy, and Revolution in Latin America Today; 3 Institutional Conflict and the Bolivarian Revolution; II: The Twenty-First-Century Radical Left in Power in Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador; 4 Social and Political Diversity and the Democratic Road to Change in Venezuela; 5 "Bad Left Government" versus "Good Left Social Movements"?; 6 Rafael Correa and Social Movements in Ecuador |
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III: Influences of the Twenty-First-Century Radical Left in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Cuba; 7 The Twenty-First-Century Road to Socialism in El Salvador and Nicaragua; 8 Cuba's New Socialism; IV: Economy, Society, and Media; 9 The Political Economy of Social Production Companies in Venezuela; 10 Constituent Moments, Constitutional Processes; 11 The Good, the Bad, and the Benevolent Interventionist; 12 Concluding Observations; Index; About the Contributors |
| Summary |
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. 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 |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Radicalism -- Latin America
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New Left -- Latin America
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Power (Social sciences) -- Latin America
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Social movements -- Latin America
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
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New Left
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Politics and government
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Power (Social sciences)
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Radicalism
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Social conditions
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Social movements
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Latin America -- Politics and government -- 21st century
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Latin America -- Social conditions -- 21st century
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Latin America
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781316822968 |
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1316822966 |
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9781442229501 |
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1442229500 |
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9781306537285 |
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1306537282 |
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