Latin America After the Neoliberal Debacle - Another Region Is Possible

Informationen zum Autor By Ximena de la Barra and Richard A. Dello Buono Klappentext Latin America after the Neoliberal Debacle looks at the sharply declining legitimacy of liberal democracies in the region and the new array of popular forces working for social transformation. In particular, the authors analyze the failure of neoliberal policies and the growing demand for expanding participatory democracy and achieving more genuine regional cooperation. This interdisciplinary study will be useful for students, scholars, and general readers concerned with how past and present policies shape the future of this important region of the world. Inhaltsverzeichnis ForewordIntroductionNeoliberal Crises and the Declining Legitimacy of Representative DemocracyFragilities of Representative Democracy in the Washington Consensus EraThe Triple Debt of Neoliberal GlobalizationSocial Movements and Renewed Demands for Social TransformationSocial Movements Take the OffensiveThe Re-emergence of an Emancipatory AgendaChallenging the Existing Legality21st Century Strategies for Sovereignty and Regional TransformationChallenging the Financial Trap Under Neoliberal GlobalizationInterventionism and the Military TrapChallenging Neoliberal Ideology and Latin America's "One-dimensional Thought"Regional Integration and the Emancipatory AgendaAfterword: What's "Left" After Neoliberalism?List of AuthoritiesReferencesIndex

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• Authors: de La Barra, Ximena de la Barra, Ximena De La Dello Buono Barra, Ximena De La Barra, Ximena Dello Buono De La Barra, de la Barra Ximena, Richard A Dello Buono, Richard A. Dello Buono
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.01.2009
• EAN: 9780742566064
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-6606-4
• No. of pages: 348
• Series: Another World Is Necessary: Hu; Another World is Necessary: Human Rights, Environmental Rights, and Popular Democracy
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Regional Studies, Sociology & anthropology, Development Studies, Latin American studies