What's Left in Latin America?: Regime Change in New Times

by Henry Veltmeyer, James Petras

Overview

This book concerns recent and current political developments in Latin America related to the emergence of left-leaning regimes riding the waves of anti-neoliberalism and a primary commodities boom. Based on five years of field research and a critical engagement with social movements in the region, the book documents the short-term advances and strategic weaknesses of these left-leaning regimes, highlighting their failure to take advantage of favourable economic and political conditions. The authors profile four cases of recent and current political developments, and the prospects for socialism, in Argentina, Bolivia, Cuba and Venezuela.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781409499145
Publisher:	Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	03/28/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

James Petras is Emeritus Bartle Professor, Binghampton University, New York, USA. Henry Veltmeyer is Adjunct Professor, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction; Paradoxes of Latin American development; Latin America at the crossroads: in the vortex of change; Argentina: from crisis and rebellion to growth and pragmatic neoliberalism; Bolivia: class dynamics and regime politics; Cuba: continuing revolution and new contradictions; Venezuela: democracy, socialism and imperialism; Back to the future or fastforward to the past?; Bibliography; Index.