Latin America Since the Left Turn

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2018

Latin America Since the Left Turn

Edited by: Tulia G. Falleti and Emilio A. Parrado

In the series Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812294552

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About this book

Latin America Since the Left Turn frames the tensions and contradictions that currently characterize Latin American societies and politics in the early decades of the twenty-first century, when many countries elected left-wing governments in an attempt to reverse the neoliberal agenda while others continued and even extended it.

Author / Editor information

Tulia G. Falleti is the Class of 1965 Term Associate Professor of Political Science, Director of the Latin American and Latino Studies Program, and a Senior Fellow in the Leonard Davis Center for Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania. Emilio A. Parrado is the Dorothy Swaine Thomas Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania.

Reviews

"Latin America Since the Left Turn is an excellent collection of essays. It provides a unique contribution to the understanding of post-neoliberalism and brings together a wide array of research approaches, epistemologies, and perspectives."—Maria Victoria Murillo, Columbia University

"A very interesting and well-timed book, Latin America Since the Left Turn features an impressive roster of accomplished Latin Americanists and corrects many widespread perceptions about the political and economic changes that have occurred over the last fifteen years."—Ernesto Calvo, University of Maryland-College Park

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Introduction Tulia G. Falleti and Emilio A. Parrado Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I. NATIONAL AND REGIONAL MODELS OF DEVELOPMENT
1. Latin American Development: Perspectives and Debates Maristella Svampa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
2. Fiscal Policy, Income Re distribution, and Poverty Reduction in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay: An Overview Nora Lustig and Claudiney Pereira Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
3. Social Investment in Latin America Evelyne Huber and John D. Stephens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
4. Debt, Democracy, and Post-Neoliberalism: Thirty Years of Regional Integration in Latin America Isabella Alcañiz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
5. Mercosur and Regional Migration: A Human Rights Approach Marcela Cerrutti Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
PART II. DEMOCRACY AND ITS DISCONTENTS
6. Venezuela Between Two States George Ciccariello-Maher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
7. From Partial to Full Conflict Theory: A Neo-Weberian Portrait of the Battle for Venezuela David Smilde Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
8. Populism or Democracy? Reexamining the Role of “the People” in Twenty- First-Century Latin American Politics Paulina Ochoa Espejo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
PART III. CITIZENSHIP, CONSTITUTIONALISM, AND PARTICIPATION
9. Constitutional Changes and Judicial Power in Latin America Roberto Gargarella Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
10. Agents of Neoliberalism? High Courts, Legal Preferences, and Rights in Latin America Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	214
11. Experimenting with Participation and Deliberation in Latin America: Is Democracy Turning Pragmatic? Thamy Pogrebinschi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
12. The Gattopardo Era: Innovation and Representation in Mexico in Post-Neoliberal Times Gisela Zaremberg, Ernesto Isunza Vera and Adrian Gurza Lavalle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	264
PART IV. RACE, DECOLONIZATION, AND VIO LENCE
13. Anti- imperial, But Not Decolonial? Vasconcelos on Race and Latin American Identity Juliet Hooker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
14. Decolonization and Plurinationality Oscar Vega Camacho Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	308
15. Postwar El Salvador: Entangled Aftermaths Irina Carlota Silber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	326
CONTRIBUTORS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	353
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	357
ACKNOWL EDGMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	375

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 384
Illustrations
- Other: 9 illus.
Keywords: Political Science; Latin American Studies; Caribbean Studies; Public Policy

eBook

Published: November 10, 2017
ISBN: 9780812294552