Dispatches from Latin America: On the Frontlines Against Neoliberalism - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 0896087689 ISBN 13 : 9780896087682

Editeur : South End Pr, 2006

Synopsis

"Dispatches """charts Latin America's aspirations and challenges. From the laboratory of neoliberalism--popularly known as "globalization" --Latin America has transformed itself into a launching pad for resistance. As globalization began to spread its devastation, robust and thoughtful opposition emerged in response--in the recovered factory movement of Argentina, in the presidential elections of indigenous leaders and radicals like Hugo Chavez and Evo Morales, against the privatization of water in Bolivia. Across Latin America, people are building social movements to take back control of their countries and their lives."Dispatches from Latin America" reports on countries from Mexico to Argentina to map the contemporary political and social territory. Drawn from the pages of the well-respected "NACLA Report, "this collection offers a riveting series of accounts that bring new insight into the region's struggles and victories.With shrewd analysis rendered in accessible language, "Dispatches "lays plain the complex and vitally important conditions unfolding in 21st-century Latin America.Praise for Dispatches"After suffering half a century of vicious military dictatorship and state terror, and the disaster of rigid adherence to the neoliberal doctrines of the "Washington consensus," Latin America has undergone remarkable changes that offer real hope for a better future. Among the most promising signs are the dynamic mass movements that have engaged the traditionally marginalized and repressed majorities in political and social life as nowhere else, with popular assemblies, worker-run factories, participatory budgets, grassroots political activism, and much more. The informed and penetrating in-depth studies that appear in "Dispatches" explore the complex variety of popular initiatives that are taking shape, their achievements and prospects, in what has become perhaps the most exciting region of the world." NOAM CHOMSKY --author of "Failed States" and "Turning the Tide"

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: South End Pr
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0896087689
• ISBN 13: 9780896087682
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 375
• Éditeur: Ballve Teo, Prashad Vijay
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible