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Challenging Neoliberalism in Latin America
Contributor(s): Silva, Eduardo (Author)

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ISBN: 052170572X     ISBN-13: 9780521705721
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: August 2009
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Annotation: Eduardo Silva offers the first comprehensive comparative study of anti-free market movements in Latin America and a resulting shift in governmental intervention in the economy and society.

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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Comparative Politics
- Political Science | World - General
Dewey: 320.51
LCCN: 2009011590
Series: Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" L (1.00 lbs) 338 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Latin America
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Choice 05/01/2010
 
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Publisher Description:
At the turn of the twentieth century, a concatenation of diverse social movements arose unexpectedly in Latin America, culminating in massive anti-free market demonstrations. These events ushered in governments in Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that advocated socialization and planning, challenging the consensus over neoliberal hegemony and the weakness of movements to oppose it. Eduardo Silva offers the first comprehensive comparative account of these extraordinary events, arguing that the shift was influenced by favorable political associational space, a reformist orientation to demands, economic crisis, and mechanisms that facilitated horizontal linkages among a wide variety of social movement organizations. His analysis applies Karl Polanyi's theory of the double movement of market society to these events, predicting the dawning of an era more supportive of government intervention in the economy and society.

Contributor Bio(s): Silva, Eduardo: - "Eduardo Silva is Professor of Political Science and a Fellow of the Center for International Studies at the University of Missouri - St. Louis. He is the author of The State and Capital in Chile and coeditor of Organized Business, Economic Change, and Democracy in Latin America and Elections and Democratization in Latin America, 1980-85. His articles have appeared in World Politics, Comparative Politics, Development and Change, Latin American Research Review, Journal of Latin American Studies, Latin American Politics and Society, and European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, among others."
 
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