Social Movements and Leftist Governments in Latin America: Confrontation or Co-Optation?

by Harry Vanden and Gary Prevost

In recent years, the simultaneous development of prominent social movements and the election of left and centre-left governments has radically altered the political landscape in Latin America. These social movements have ranged from the community based 'piqueteros' of Argentina that brought down three governments in the space of a month in 2001 to the indigenous movements in Ecuador and Bolivia that were instrumental in toppling five governments...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780321848
• ISBN13: 9781780321844
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.8"