Neoliberalism, interrupted : social change and contested governance in contemporary Latin America / edited by Mark Goodale and Nancy Postero.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goodale, Mark, Author.

Contributor:

Goodale, Mark.

Postero, Nancy Grey.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neoliberalism--Latin America.

Neoliberalism.

Social change--Latin America.

Social change.

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

Latin America.

Latin America--Social conditions--1982-.

Latin America--Economic policy.

Physical Description:

xvi, 317 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the 1980's and 1990's, neoliberal forms of governance largely dominated Latin American political and social life. Neoliberalism, Interrupted examines the recent and diverse proliferation of responses to neoliberalism's hegemony. In so doing, this vanguard collection of case studies undermines the conventional dichotomies used to understand transformation in this region, such as neoliberalism vs. socialism, right vs. left, indigenous vs. mestizo, and national vs. transnational. Deploying both ethnographic research and more synthetic reflections on meaning, consequence, and possibility, the essays focus on the ways in which a range of unresolved contradictions interconnect various projects for change and resistance to change in Latin America. Useful to students and scholars across disciplines, this groundbreaking volume reorients how sociopolitical change has been understood and practiced in Latin America. It also carries important lessons for other parts of the world with similar histories and structural conditions.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS

chapter 1. REVOLUTION AND RETRENCHMENT

chapter 2. BOLIVIA’S CHALLENGE TO “COLONIAL NEOLIBERALISM”

chapter 3. CULTURE AND NEOLIBERAL RATIONALITIES IN POSTNEOLIBERAL VENEZUELA

chapter 4. “EN MINGA POR EL CAUCA”

chapter 5. NEOLIBERAL REFORMS AND PROTEST IN BUENOS AIRES

chapter 6. “TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT” Democratic Change and Contradiction in Mexico’s Third Sector

chapter 7. NEOLIBERAL RECKONING

chapter 8. CARE AND PUNISHMENT IN LATIN AMERICA

chapter 9. “YES, WE DID! ” “¡SÍ SE PUDO!”

POSTSCRIPT: INSURGENT IMAGINARIES AND POSTNEOLIBERALISM IN LATIN AMERICA

NOTES

REFERENCES

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804786447

0804786445

OCLC:

847609638