Leftovers : tales of the Latin American left / edited by Jorge G. Castañeda and Marco A. Morales.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Castañeda, Jorge G., 1953-

Morales, Marco A., 1976-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin America--Politics and government--1980-.

Latin America.

Politics and government.

Right and left (Political science).

Physical Description:

xii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2008.

Contents:

Part I Revisiting the Utopia 1

1 The current state of the Utopia / Jorge G. Castaneda, Marco A. Morales 3

2 Have Latin Americans turned left? / Marco A. Morales 19

Part II What has the left done right (or wrong)? 43

3 A tale of ecumenism and diversity: economic and trade policies of the new left / Diana Tussie, Pablo Heidrich 45

4 No such thing as a social advantage for the left? / Jose Merinoi 66

5 Resilient nationalism in the Latin American left / Jorge G. Castaneda, Marco A. Morales, Patricio Navia 92

6 The New and the Old in Brazil's PT / Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Sofia Checa 105

7 The successful Chilean left: neo-liberal and socialist / Patricio Navia 129

8 Uruguay: a role model for the left? / DAvid Altman, Rossana Castiglioni, Juan Pablo Luna 151

9 Venezuela, turning further left? / Raul A. Sanchez Urribarri 174

10 The left in Peru: plenty of wagons and no locomotion / Martin Tanaka 193

11 The evolution of the Mexican left / Kathleen Bruhn 213

Part IV Prognosis 229.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [244]-255) and index.

ISBN:

9780415956703

0415956706

9780415956710

0415956714

9780203926734

0203926730

OCLC:

182779413

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