Intellectuals and Left Politics in Uruguay, 1958-2006

by Stephen Gregory

Beginning in the year Uruguayans elected a different party into government for the first time in nearly a century, the author examines intellectuals' role in the Uruguayan left's drive toward unity and effectiveness. Discussion focuses on fragmentation and impotence on the left; frustrated attempts at left unity in the 1960s; the creation of the centre-left Broad Front in 1971; and the defeat of all left endeavours and all dialogue in the 1973 military...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845192656
• ISBN13: 9781845192655
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"