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Leftovers Jorge G. Castaneda

Leftovers By Jorge G. Castaneda

Leftovers by Jorge G. Castaneda


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Written by specialists on the region, this book provides a comprehensive account of the left across Latin America.

Leftovers Summary

Leftovers: Tales of the Latin American Left by Jorge G. Castaneda

Over a decade ago, Jorge Castaneda wrote the classic Utopia Unarmed, which offered a penetrating and comprehensive account of the Latin American left's fate at the end of the Cold War. Since then, the left across Latin America has travelled in paths no one could have predicted. Latin American nations from Mexico to Argentina wavered for years between leftism and American-supported neoliberalism, but in recent years the left has experienced a tremendous resurgence throughout the region. However, the left is not unified, and as Castaneda, Morales, and their contributors show, it has followed two distinct paths - a more cosmopolitan style leftism, exemplified by Brazil and Chile, and a left fuelled by populist nationalism that has clear debts to Peron or Cardenas, and is most evident in Venezuela, Mexico's PRD, Bolivia, and Argentina. Leftovers comprehensively updates this very important story, with country and area specialists contributing.

Leftovers Reviews

Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate, graduate, and research collections. - CHOICE, April 2009 Vol. 46 No. 08

This book will surely not be the last word written on the new Latin American left. But it offers several important contributions for those who want to understand the most recent set of surprises and puzzles that Latin America has offered the scholarly community. - Matthew R. Cleary, Syracuse University, USA

About Jorge G. Castaneda

Jorge G. Castaneda, Mexico's Foreign Minister from 2000-2003, is Global Distinguished Professor of Politics and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University.

Marco A. Morales is a doctoral student in political science at New York University.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Revisting the Utopia 1. The Current State of the Utopia Jorge G. Castaneda and Marco A. Morales 2. Have Latin Americans Turned Left? Marco A. Morales Part 2: What Has the Left Done Right (or Wrong)? 3. Ecumenism and Diversity: A Tale of Economic and Trade Policies of the New Left Diana Tussie and Pablo Heidrich 4. Social Policy Jose Merino 5. Nationalism Jorge G. Castaneda, Marco A. Morales and Patricio Navia Part 3: Case Studies 6. The New and the Old in Brazil's PT Gianpaolo Baiocchi and Sofia Checa 7. The Successful Chilean Left: Neo-Liberal and Socialist Patricio Navia 8. Uruguay, a Role Model for the Left? David Altman, Juan Pablo Luna and Rosana Castiglioni 9. Venezuela: The Left Turning Further Left? Raul Sanchez-Urribarri 10. The Left in Peru: Wagons that Lack an Engine Martin Tanaka 11. The Evolution of the Mexican Left Kathleen Bruhn Part 4: Prognosis 12. Where Do We Go Now? Jorge G. Castaneda

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NLS9780415956710
9780415956710
0415956714
Leftovers: Tales of the Latin American Left by Jorge G. Castaneda
New
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2008-07-07
282
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