Reshaping the Political Arena in Latin America: From Resisting Neoliberalism to the Second Incorporation (Pitt Latin American Series)

Market affirming economic, social, and political reforms in the last quarter of the 20th century reopened the "social question" in Latin America as expanding waves of popular sectors resistance to their exclusionary effects gripped the region. The resurgence of the left pushed the issue to the forefront. How were politically activated popular sectors to be reincorporated in the political arena? Following Ruth Berins Collier's and David Collier's classic Shaping the Political Arena (Princeton University Press, 1991) and Federico M. Rossi ́s approach elaborated in The Poor ́s Struggle for Political Incorporation (Cambridge University Press, 2017), this volume examines the question of the role played in the second wave of incorporation by political parties, trade unions and social movements in five paradigmatic cases: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Venezuela. The book analyzes the various forms of incorporation and posits the emergence of different types of popular sector interest intermediation between state and society. INTRODUCTION Chapter 1. Introduction: Reshaping the Political Arena in Latin America by Federico M. Rossi and Eduardo Silva PART I: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS Chapter 2. Introduction to Part I: Social Movements and the Second Wave of (Territorial) Incorporation in Latin America by Federico M. Rossi Chapter 3. Social Movements and the Second Incorporation in Bolivia and Ecuador by Eduardo Silva Chapter 4. The Incorporation of Popular Sectors and Social Movements in Venezuelan Twenty-First-Century Socialism by María Pilar García-Guadilla Chapter 5. Social Movements, the New “Social Question,” and the Second Incorporation of the Popular Sectors in Argentina and Brazil by Federico M. Rossi PART II: TRADE UNIONS Chapter 6. Introduction to Part II: Labor Unions in Latin America: Incorporation and Reincorporation under the New Left by Ruth Berins Collier Chapter 7. Socialism without Workers? Trade Unions and the New Left in Bolivia and Ecuador by Jorge León Trujillo and Susan Spronk Chapter 8. Conflicting Currents within the Pro-Chávez Labor Movement and the Dynamics of Decision Making by Steve Ellner Chapter 9. The Labor Movement and the Erosion of Neoliberal Hegemony: Brazil and Argentina by Julián Gindin and Adalberto Cardoso PART III: POLITICAL PARTIES Chapter 10. Introduction to Part III: Political Parties in Latin America’s Second Wave of Incorporation by Kenneth M. Roberts Chapter 11. From Movements to Governments: Comparing Bolivia’s MAS and Ecuador’s PAIS by Catherine Conaghan Chapter 12. The Second Wave of Incorporation and Political Parties in the Venezuelan Petrostate by Daniel Hellinger Chapter 13. The Politics of Incorporation: Party Systems, Political Leaders, and the State in Argentina and Brazil by Pierre Ostiguy and Aaron Schneider CONCLUSION Chapter 14. Conclusion: Reflections on the Second Wave of Popular Incorporation for a Post-Neoliberal Era by Eduardo Silva "Neoliberalism changed the face of Latin America and left average citizens struggling to cope in many ways. Popular sectors were especially hard hit as wages declined and unemployment increased. The backlash to neoliberalism in the form of popular protest and electoral mobilization opened space for leftist governments to emerge. The turn to left governments raised popular expectations for a second wave of incorporation. Although a growing literature has analyzed many aspects of left governments, there is no study of how the redefinition of the organized popular sectors, their allies, and their struggles have reshaped the political arena to include their interests—until now. This volume examines the role played in the second wave of incorporation by political parties, trade unions, and social movements in five cases: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Venezuela. The cases shed new light on a subject critical to understanding the change in the distribution of political power related to popular sectors and their interests—a key issue in the study of postneoliberalism." -- Publisher's description "Neoliberalism changed the face of Latin America and left average citizens struggling to cope in many ways. Popular sectors were especially hard hit as wages declined and unemployment increased. The backlash to neoliberalism in the form of popular protest and electoral mobilization opened space for leftist governments to emerge. The turn to left governments raised popular expectations for a second wave of incorporation. Although a growing literature has analyzed many aspects of left governments, there is no study of how the redefinition of the organized popular sectors, their allies, and their struggles have reshaped the political arena to include their interests--until now. This volume examines the role played in the second wave of incorporation by political parties, trade unions, and social movements in five cases: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Venezuela. The cases shed new light on a subject critical to understanding the change in the distribution of political power related to popular sectors and their interests--a key issue in the study of postneoliberalism." --Descripción del editor

Neoliberalism changed the face of Latin America and left average citizens struggling to cope in many ways. Popular sectors were especially hard hit as wages declined and unemployment increased. The backlash to neoliberalism in the form of popular protest and electoral mobilization opened space for leftist governments to emerge. The turn to left governments raised popular expectations for a second wave of incorporation. Although a growing literature has analyzed many aspects of left governments, there is no study of how the redefinition of the organized popular sectors, their allies, and their struggles have reshaped the political arena to include their interests—until now. This volume examines the role played in the second wave of incorporation by political parties, trade unions, and social movements in five cases: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Venezuela. The cases shed new light on a subject critical to understanding the change in the distribution of political power related to popular sectors and their interests—a key issue in the study of postneoliberalism.