The new Latin American left : Utopia reborn /
edited by Patrick Barrett, Daniel Chavez and César Rodriguez-Garavito.
- London : Pluto Press, 2008.
- xviii, 302 pages ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-288) and index.
Utopia reborn? : introduction to the study of the new Latin American left / César Rodríguez-Garavito, Patrick Barrett and Daniel Chavez -- Brazil : Lula's government, a critical appraisal / Félix Sánchez, João Machado Borges Neto and Rosa Maria Marques -- Venezuela : populism and the left : alternatives to neo-liberalism / Edgardo Lander -- Uruguay : the left in government : between continuity and change / Daniel Chavez -- Colombia : the new left : origins, trajectory and prospects / César Rodríguez-Garavita -- Argentina : the left, parties and movements : strategies and prospects / Federico L. Schuster -- Mexico : yearnings and utopias : the left in the third millennium / Armando Bartra -- Bolivia : the left and the social movements / Luis Tapia -- Promises and challenges : the Latin American left at the start of the twenty-first century / Atilio A. Boron -- Depolarised pluralities : a left with a future / Boaventura de Sousa Santos.
A comprehensive guide to the various leftist governments and movements in the region, including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay and Venezuela.
New Left--Latin America. Nueva izquierda --América Latina Political parties--Latin America. Partidos políticos --América Latina Social movements--Latin America. Movimientos sociales--América Latina
Latin America--Politics and government--1980- América Latina--Política y gobierno--1980-