Challenging neoliberalism in Latin America /

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,...

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Main Author: Silva, Eduardo, 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Series:Cambridge studies in contentious politics.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • The inconvenient fact of anti-neoliberal mass mobilization
  • Contentious politics, contemporary market society, and power
  • The argument : explaining episodes of anti-neoliberal contention in Latin America
  • Argentina
  • Bolivia
  • Ecuador
  • Venezuela
  • Peru and Chile
  • Conclusion.