Latin American Social Movements in the Twenty-First Century: Resistance, Power, and Democracy

by Harry E. Vanden, Glen David Kuecker, Richard Stahler-Sholk

Book Overview

When elected civilians replaced military authoritarian regimes in Latin America in the 1980s, democracy seemed at hand. Yet those nominally democratic regimes implemented widely unpopular neoliberal policies, opening the economies to global market forces with devastating impact on the poor. This clearly written and comprehensive text examines the uprising of politically and economically marginalized groups in Latin American societies. Specialists...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742556476
• ISBN13: 9780742556478
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"