Latin America in the Vortex of Social Change: Development and Resistance Dynamics

ISBN-13: 9780367144432 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 168 str.

Henry Veltmeyer; James Petras

Opis

This book explores the dynamics of the ‘progressive cycle’ in Latin American politics, and examines the transition from a progressive cycle of regimes towards what appears to be another swing in the pendulum of electoral politics towards the far right and a return to neoliberal orthodoxy.

Spis treści

Introduction  Part 1: Capitalism at Work: Economic and Social Dynamics  1. Monopoly Capital and the Agrarian Question: Contemporary Dynamics  2. Capitalism on the Extractive Frontier  3. Dynamics of Narco-Capitalism  Part 2: The Politics of Development and Resistance  4. Cycles of Development and Resistance  5. Development from Below: Constructing a Social and Solidarity Economy  6. In the Crosshairs of US Imperialism  7. The End of the Progressive Cycle  8. A Right-Wing Interlude or the Death-Rattle of Neoliberalism?  9. The Politics of Neoliberal Authoritarianism  Conclusion  References