Reshaping the political arena in Latin America : from resisting neoliberalism to the second incorporation / edited by Eduardo Silva and Federico M. Rossi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Silva, Eduardo, editor.

Rossi, Federico, editor.

Series:

Pitt Latin American series.

Pitt Latin American series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin America--Politics and government.

Latin America.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 PDF (xi, 403 pages).)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018]

Summary:

Neoliberalism changed the face of Latin America and left average citizens struggling to cope in many ways. Popular sectors were especially hard hit as wages declined and unemployment increased. The backlash to neoliberalism in the form of popular protest and electoral mobilization opened space for leftist governments to emerge. The turn to left governments raised popular expectations for a second wave of incorporation. Although a growing literature has analyzed many aspects of left governments, there is no study of how the redefinition of the organized popular sectors, their allies, and their struggles have reshaped the political arena to include their interests--until now. This volume examines the role played in the second wave of incorporation by political parties, trade unions, and social movements in five cases: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Venezuela. The cases shed new light on a subject critical to understanding the change in the distribution of political power related to popular sectors and their interests--a key issue in the study of postneoliberalism.

Contents:

Introduction : Reshaping the political arena in Latin America / Federico M. Rossi and Eduardo Silva

Social movements. Introduction to part I : social movements and the second wave of (territorial) incorporation in Latin America / Federico M. Rossi

Social movements and the second incorporation in Bolivia and Ecuador / Eduardo Silva

The incorporation of popular sectors and social movements in Venezuelan twenty-first century socialism / María Pilar García-Guadilla

Social movements, the new "social question," and the second incorporation of the popular sectors in Argentina and Brazil / Federico M. Rossi

Trade unions. Introduction to part II : labor unions in Latin America : incorporation and reincorporation under the New Left / Ruth Berins Collier

Socialism without workers? Trade unions and the New Left in Bolivia and Ecuador / Jorge León Trujillo and Susan Spronk

Conflicting currents within the pro-Chávez labor movement and the dynamics of decision making / Steve Ellner

The labor movement and the erosion of neoliberal hegemony : Brazil and Argentina / Julián Gindin and Adalberto Cardoso

Political parties. Introduction to part III : political parties in Latin America's second wave of incorporation / Kenneth M. Roberts

From movements to governments : comparing Bolivia's MAS and Ecuador's PAIS / Catherine Conaghan

The second wave of incorporation and political parties in the Venezuelan petrostate / Daniel Hellinger

The politics of incorporation : party systems, political leaders, and the state in Argentina and Brazil / Pierre Ostiguy and Aaron Schneider

Conclusion : reflections on the second wave of popular incorporation for a post-neoliberal era / Eduardo Silva.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-372) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780822983101

0822983109

OCLC:

1037273108