Social Movements in Latin America : Neoliberalism and Popular Resistance

The authors trace out the development of capitalism and U.S. imperialism in Latin America in the latest phase of this development, from the installation of the new world order of neoliberal globalization in the early 1980s to the present when U.S. imperialism is held at bay, neoliberalism is in decline, and capitalism is in crisis. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Introduction....Pages 1-8 US Imperialism and the Neoliberal Offensive....Pages 9-32 Capitalist Development, Labor, and the Rural Poor: The Politics of Adjustment (Nonresistance)....Pages 33-52 Dynamics of Agrarian Transformation and Resistance....Pages 53-78 Neoliberalism and the Social Movements: Mobilizing the Resistance....Pages 79-117 Turning the Social Movements: Civil Society to the Rescue....Pages 119-144 A Turn of the Tide: The Center-Left Comes to Power....Pages 145-161 Social Movements in a Time of Crisis....Pages 163-193 Latin America in the Vortex of Social Change....Pages 195-219 Conclusion....Pages 221-224 Back Matter....Pages 225-274