Social movements in Latin America: neoliberalism and popular resistance

The authors trace out the development of capitalism and U.S. imperialism in Latin America in the latest phase of this development, from the installation ofthe new world order of neoliberal globalization in the early 1980s to the present when U.S. imperialism is held at bay, neoliberalism is in decline, and capitalism is in crisis. JAMES PETRAS is Professor Emeritus in Sociology at Binghamton University in New York and Adjunct Professor in International Development Studies at SaintMary's University, Canada. HENRY VELTMEYER is Professor of Development Studies at the Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas (UAZ) in Mexico and Professor of Sociology and International Development Studies at St. Mary's University, Canada. INDICE: - US Imperialism and the Neoliberal Offensive - Capitalist Development, Labour and the Rural Poor: The Politics of Adjustment (Non-Resistance) -Dynamics of Agrarian Transformation and Resistance - Neoliberalism and the Social Movements: Mobilizing the Resistance - Turning the Social Movements: Civil Society to the Rescue - A Turning of the Tide: The Centre-Left Comes to Power - Social Movements in a Time of Crisis - Latin America in the Vortex of Social Change

• ISBN: 978-0-230-10411-2
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 286
• Fecha Publicación: 26/01/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido