Rethinking Latin America’s Left Turn: A Historical and Theoretical Approach - Couverture rigide

Paul Posner

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0822948869 ISBN 13 : 9780822948865

Editeur : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2026

Synopsis

Around the turn of the century, a wave of leftist governments spread across Latin America. Much has been written about this left turn. Posner revisits this movement and diagnoses the reasons for its failure to achieve traditional leftist goals, such as reducing inequality, increasing inclusion of marginalized groups, and strengthening social solidarity. He looks at two sets of paired comparisons of paradigmatic cases: the moderate leftist regimes of Chile and Uruguay and the radical leftist regimes of Ecuador and Venezuela. He then compares their rhetoric with their actual practice and policies. Too often, these governments betrayed their self-avowed principles. Posner identifies the shortcomings in the conceptualizations used to understand this pink tide, provides the conceptual and empirical basis for challenging the established thinking regarding leftist governance in Latin America, and constructs the foundation for rethinking what an authentic left turn in Latin America might look like.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Paul W. Posner is associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Clark University. He directs the Latin American and Latinx Studies program and teaches courses on Latin American politics, U.S. - Latin American relations, comparative environmental politics, and democratic theory.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0822948869
• ISBN 13: 9780822948865
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
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