Rethinking Latin America's left turn : a historical and theoretical approach / Paul W. Posner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Posner, Paul W., Author.

Series:

Pitt Latin American series

Pitt Latin American series, 2644-1187

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Right and left (Political science)--Latin America.

Right and left (Political science).

Populism--Latin America.

Populism.

Socialism--Latin America.

Socialism.

Democracy--Latin America.

Democracy.

Rentier state--Latin America.

Rentier state.

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

Latin America.

Physical Description:

xiii, 273 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, PA : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2026]

Summary:

"Around the turn of the century, a wave of leftist governments spread across Latin America. Paul W. Posner revisits this movement and diagnoses the reasons for its failure to achieve traditional leftist goals, such as reducing inequality, increasing inclusion of marginalized groups, and strengthening social solidarity. He investigates two sets of paired comparisons of paradigmatic cases: the moderate leftist regimes of Chile and Uruguay and the radical leftist regimes of Ecuador and Venezuela. He then compares their rhetoric with their actual practices and policies. Too often, these governments betrayed their self-avowed principles. Posner identifies the shortcomings in the conceptualizations used to understand this pink tide, provides the conceptual and empirical basis for challenging the established thinking regarding leftist governance in Latin America, and constructs the foundation for rethinking what an authentic left turn in Latin America might look like"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Rethinking Latin America's left turn

The contradictions between participatory democracy and populism

Venezuela under Chávez : populism for the twenty-first century

Correa's Buen Vivir : the rhetoric of participatory democracy, the reality of rentier populism

Comparative analysis : rentier populism, not radical leftism, under Chávez and Correa

Distinguishing social from neoliberal democracy

Chile's neoliberal democracy

Uruguay's pursuit of social democracy under the Frente Amplio

Uruguay's FA and Chile's Center-left compared : social versus neoliberal democracy

Conclusion: A new framework for assessing the left in Latin America

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version Posner, Paul W. Rethinking Latin America's left turn

ISBN:

9780822948865

0822948869

9780822968009

0822968002

OCLC:

1534117348

Publisher Number:

CIPO000373199