The new Latin American left : cracks in the empire / edited by Jeffery R. Webber and Barry Carr.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction: The Latin American Left in Theory and Practice / Jeffery R. Webber and Barry Carr -- 2. Socialist Strategies in Latin America / Claudio Katz -- 3. The Latin American Left in the Face of the New Imperialism / Henry Veltmeyer -- 4. Neoliberal Class Formation(s): The Informal Proletariat and "New" Workers' Organizations in Latin America / Susan Spronk -- 5. Revolution in Times of Neoliberal Hegemony: The Political Strategy of the MST in Brazil and the EZLN in Mexico / Leandro Vergara-Camus -- 6. Barrio Women and Popular Politics in Chávez's Venezuela / Sujatha Fernandes -- 7. From Left-Indigenous Insurrection to Reconstituted Neoliberalism in Bolivia: Political Economy, Indigenous Liberation, and Class Struggle, 2000-2011 / Jeffery R. Webber -- 8. Venezuela: An Electoral Road to Twenty-First-Century Socialism? / Gregory Wilpert -- 9. Ecuador: Indigenous Struggles and the Ambiguities of Electoral Power / Marc Becker -- 10. Crisis and Recomposition in Argentina / Emilia Castorina -- 11. Trade Unions, Social Conflict, and the Political Left in Present-Day Brazil: Between Breach and Compromise / Ricardo Antunes -- 12. Neoliberal Authoritarianism, the "Democratic Transition," and the Mexican Left / Richard Roman and Edur Velasco Arregui -- 13. The Chilean Left after 1990: An Izquierda Permitida Championing Transnational Capital, a Historical Left Ensnared in the Past, and a New Radical Left in Gestation / Fernando Leiva -- 14. From Guerrillas to Government: The Continued Relevance of the Central American Left / Hector Perla Jr., Marco Mojica, and Jared Bibler -- 15. The Overthrow of a Moderate and the Birth of a Radicalizing Resistance: The Coup against Manuel Zelaya and the History of Imperialism and Popular Struggle in Honduras / Todd Gordon and Jeffery R. Webber.

"This anthology--bringing together political scientists, anthropologists, historians, sociologists, economists, and journalists--provides a serious and sophisticated theoretical and historical analysis of the state of the Latin American Left. The central thematic issues are addressed, followed by a number of case studies written by the most astute radical Left observers of the contemporary setting"--Provided by publisher.