
The Last Day of Oppression, and the First Day of the Same
The Politics and Economics of the New Latin American Left
Jeffery R. Webber(Author)
Haymarket Books (Publisher)
Published on 14. February 2017
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Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-1-60846-715-0 (ISBN)
Description
Throughout the 2000s Latin America formed the leading edge of antineoliberal resistance. But what is left of the "pink tide" today? How have governments established in its wake related to a changing global economy and a right-wing resurgence? In this penetrating volume, Jeffery Webber traces evolving, often contradictory relationships between left-wing governments and the social movements that propelled them to power.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
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Paperback (trade)
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Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
503 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60846-715-0 (9781608467150)
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The Last Day of Oppression, and the First Day of the Same
The Politics and Economics of the New Latin American Left
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Jeffery R. Webber is Senior Lecturer, School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London. He is the author of Red October and From Rebellion to Reform in Bolivia. With Todd Gordon, he is co-author of Blood of Extraction: Canadian Imperialism in Latin America.
Content
- Chapter One - Introduction
- Chapter Two - The End of a Cycle? Crisis and Class, Advance and Retreat
- Chapter Three - Contemporary Latin American Inequality: Class Struggle, Decolonization, and the Limits of Liberal Citizenship
- Chapter Four - The Indigenous Community as "Living Organism": José Carlos Mariátegui, Romantic Marxism, and Extractive Capitalism in the Andes
- Chapter Five - Evo Morales and the Political Economy of Passive Revolution in Bolivia, 2006-2015
- Chapter Six - Dual Powers, Class Compositions, and the Venezuelan People: Reflections onWe Created Chávez