Latin America at the Crossroads

by Regalado, Roberto

• ISBN13: 9781920888718
• ISBN10: 1920888713
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-03-30
• Publisher: Ocean Pr

Summary

Cuban intellectual Roberto Regalado provides a critical analysis of the issues facing Latin America today and the significance of the recent election of leftist governments in several countries. He examines the political crises and the emerging social movements on the continent that are spearheading international resistance to neo-liberalism - from the water struggles in Bolivia to the landless movement in Brazil - and considers alternative options for development.

Table of Contents

Glossary	p. vii
Preface to the English Edition	p. 1
Author's Note	p. 6
Reform or Revolution?
The Cycles of Capitalist Development	p. 17
The State, Political Power, and Capitalist Accumulation Between the 16th and 19th Centuries	p. 27
Bourgeois Democracy and Political Parties	p. 32
The Origins of the Socialist Movement	p. 37
Reform and Revolution to the 1970s	p. 43
US Imperialism's Counteroffensive	p. 64
Consequences of the Collapse of the Soviet Union	p. 73
Neoliberalism in the United States and Western Europe	p. 78
"Post-Neoliberal" Social Democracy and the Doctrines of the Third Way and Global Progress	p. 84
Domination, Crisis, and Popular Resistance in Latin America
The Rise of Capitalism in Latin America	p. 101
From Colonialism to Neocolonialism	p. 111
Pan-Americanism	p. 123
Developmentalism and its Consequences	p. 129
Revolution and Counterrevolution in the 1960s	p. 140
The Impact of the Nixon Government and the Vacillations of the Carter Administration	p. 146
Ronald Reagan's Strategy of Force	p. 152
Latin America in the New World Order	p. 159
Latin America Between the Centuries	p. 213
Concluding Remarks	p. 231
Endnotes	p. 233
Bibliography	p. 251
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