On the Move : The Politics of Social Change in Latin America / Henry Veltmeyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Veltmeyer, Henry, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social change--Latin America.

Social change.

Neoliberalism.

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

Latin America.

Latin America--Economic conditions--1982-.

Latin America--Social conditions--1982-.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Will social change in Latin America lead to a kinder, gentler form of globalization or a model that offers a radical rethinking of how we produce and distribute wealth? What are the effects on social movements and their ability to push for change when progressive governments are elected? Does democratic participation mean greater economic equality? On the Move addresses these questions by providing an up-to-date, continent-wide account of political and social change in Latin America. Globalization has, over the last two decades, structurally adjusted local communities to conform to a new world order. It is no surprise then that social discontent is widespread in those countries where large portions of the population have not shared in the gains of economic development. Nowhere is this more evident than in Latin America where social discontent has totally transformed the political landscape in recent years. Whether it is local communities writing their own budgets in Brazil, landless workers organizing in the fields of Bolivia or a new leftist government taking hold in Ecuador, change has been dramatic. The question now is whether this change will lead to a milder form of neo-liberal globalization, or whether these social movements will continue to push for a development alternative that aims not just for greater political participation but greater economic equality as well. Veltmeyer explores these forces of political change offering a critical analysis of the most recent research by political and economic sociologists, development economists, and political scientists.

Contents:

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1: NEO-LIBERALISM AND US IMPERIALISM

Neo-liberalism in Theory and Practice

Neo-liberal Policy and Politics: Socio-economic Impacts and Political Responses

The Economics and Politics of US Imperialism

Conclusion

CHAPTER 2: A NEW PARADIGM?

Structural Adjustment with a Human Face: The Appeal to Social Liberalism

The War against Poverty and the New Social Policy

The Search for Alternative Development: A New Paradigm?

The Neo-structuralist Pivot of Alternative Development

International Co-operation for Development and the NGO: Civil Society to the Rescue?Conclusion

CHAPTER 3: SOCIAL CAPITAL AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT

The Local and the Social in the New Paradigm

Making Democracy Work: Putnam on Social Capital

Social Capital and Its Critics: Unrealistic Expectations or Political Demobilization?

Social Capital, Poverty, and Development

CHAPTER 4: PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Setting the Stage for Participatory Development: From the Old to the New Republic

Decentralization and Local DevelopmentDecentralization in Practice: Municipalizing Development

Porto Alegre: A Model of Participatory Development?

Transforming Local Governance: The Challenge of Local Power

The Workers' Party in Porto Alegre: The Participatory Budget Process

CHAPTER 5: THE DEVELOPMENT DYNAMICS OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION

Neo-liberalism and the Offensive against Labour

Capitalist Development and the Search for Alternatives

CHAPTER 6: RURAL STRUGGLES AND THE LAND QUESTION

Landlessness and Rural Poverty: The Peasantry and the StateThree Paths to Reform

Social Movements in Latin America�Old and New

CHAPTER 7: FROM THE BARRICADES TO THE BALLOT BOX

Social Movements on the Rise

NGOs and Participatory Development: Solidarity from Below

New Class Movements in the Countryside

CHAPTER 8: MOVEMENT IN THE COUNTRYSIDE AND CITIES

The Road to State Power: Electoral Politics or Mass Mobilization?

The Dynamics of Social Mobilization and Electoral Politics

The Development Path to Change

ConclusionGLOSSARY

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9781442603325

1442603321

OCLC:

427681249