Social Movements in Latin America [electronic resource] : Neoliberalism and Popular Resistance /
Petras, J.author.
Veltmeyer, Henry.
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 of the 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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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 of the 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.
Ethnicity.
Sociology, Urban.
Economic sociology.
Cultural studies.
Social structure.
Social inequality.
Area studies.
Ethnicity Studies.
Urban Studies/Sociology.
Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.
Cultural Studies.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.
Area Studies.