Veltmeyer, Henry Petras, James F

Social movements and state power ; Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador text James Petras and Henry Veltmeyer - London, Ann Arbor Pluto Press 2005 - 274p. Pbk

Includes bibliographical references and index.



US imperialism and the neoliberal offensive -- Capitalist development, labour and the rural poor: the politics of adjustment (non-resistance) -- Dynamics of agrarian transformation and resistance -- Neoliberalism and the social movements: mobilizing the resistance -- Turning the social movements: civil society to the rescue -- A turn of the tide: the centre-left comes to power -- Social movements in a time of crisis -- Latin America in the vortex of social change.

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Economic development - Political aspects - Latin America
Anti-imperialist movements - Latin America
Neoliberalism - Latin America
Latin America - Social conditions - 21st century
Latin America - Politics and government - 21st century
Social movements - Latin America
Anti-globalization movement - Latin America

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