James Petras

The Left Strikes Back

Class And Conflict In The Age Of Neoliberalism

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is about the opposition to neoliberalism¿a significant political movement that has influence, particularly among the popular classes. It analyzes the emergence of a new Left in Latin America grounded in the new social forces in the countryside and in the urban slums.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Dezember 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9780813338927
• ISBN-10: 0813338921
• Artikelnr.: 22259882

Autorenporträt

James Petras is professor of sociology at SUNY-Binghamton. He is the coauthor of Democracy and Poverty in Chile: The Limits to Electoral Politics (Westview, 1994).

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Introduction: Ten Theses on Latin America
Resistance, Pragmatism, and Alternatives
Latin America: The Left Strikes Back
Intellectuals: A Marxist Critique of Post
Marxists
Pragmatism Unarmed
Perspectives for Liberation: The Ambiguous Legacy
Elections and Extraparliamentary Politics
Alternatives to Neoliberalism
Neoliberal Political Cycles
The United States and Latin America
Liberalization and U.S. Global Strategy
Clinton's Cuba Policy
Mexico and the United States: Cures That Kill the Patient
Globaloney and the State
Beyond the Free Market: The Resurgence of the Left