The New Latin American Left

'A very welcome publication that will help to promote a new vision of Latin America, breaking away from colonialist nostalgia or intellectual inertia' -- Miguel Angel Villena, El Pais

Patrick Barrett is Administrative Director of the A. E. Havens Center for the Study of Social Structure and Social Change at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of several articles on Chilean and US politics and co-editor of The New Latin American Left (Pluto, 2008). Daniel Chavez is a Uruguayan anthropologist specialising in Latin American politics, urban, social and political movements. Based in Amsterdam, he co-ordinates the New Politics Programme at TNI. He is co-editor of The New Latin American Left (Pluto, 2008). Cesar Rodriguez-Garavito is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Law at the University of the Andes (Bogota, Colombia) and Fellow of the Institute for Legal Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is co-editor of The New Latin American Left (Pluto, 2008).

1. Hope Reborn: Introduction to the Study of the New Latin American Left Cesar Rodriguez-Garavito, Patrick Barrett, Daniel Chavez 2. Brazil. Lula's Government: A Critical Appraisal Felix Sanchez, Joao Machado Borges Neto, Rosa Maria Marques 3. Venezuela. Populism and the Left: Alternatives to Neo-liberalism Edgardo Lander 4.Uruguay. The Left in Government: Between Continuity and Change Daniel Chavez 5. Colombia. The New Left: Origins, Trajectory, and Prospects Cesar Rodriguez-Garavito 6.Argentina. The Left, Parties and Movements: Strategies and Prospects Federico L. Schuster 7. Mexico. Yearnings and Utopias: The Left in the Third Millennium Armando Bartra 8. Bolivia. The Left and the Social Movements Luis Tapia 9. Promises and Challenges: The Latin American Left at the Start of the Twenty-first Century Atilio A. Boron 10. Depolarised Pluralities: A Left with a Future Boaventura de Sousa Santos Bibliography Notes on contributors Index