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Latin American Social Movements and Progressive Governments

Creative Tensions between Resistance and Convergence
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This book examines the tensions and convergences between social movements and twenty-first century progressive Latin American governments. Focusing on feminist, indigenous, environmental, rural, and labor movements, leading scholars present a well-rounded picture on a controversial topic and argue against the accepted view that robust Latin American social movements are independent of the state. This cutting-edge book will be an invaluable supplement for Latin American studies and beyond for courses on democracy, peace studies, labor studies, gender studies, and ethnic studies.
Steve Ellner is a retired professor at the Universidad de Oriente, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela, and is currently associate managing editor of Latin American Perspectives. His books include Rethinking Venezuelan Politics and his edited Latin American Extractivism, Latin America's Pink Tide, Latin America's Radical Left, and (coedited) Venezuela: Hugo Chavez and the Decline of an "Exceptional Democracy." Ronaldo Munck is a professor of sociology and director of the Centre for Engaged Research at Dublin City University and a senior researcher at the Instituto Interdisciplinario de Estudios e Investigaciones de America Latina of the Universidad de Buenos Aires. He is the author of Rethinking Global Labour: After Neoliberalism and Social Movements in Latin America: Mapping the Mosaic. Kyla Sankey teaches in the School of Business and Management at Queen Mary, University of London. Her work focuses on the history and politics of land struggles in Colombia, Latin American development, and social and labor movements in Latin America. Her publications include articles in the Journal of Agrarian Change, Journal of Developing Societies, Critical Sociology, and Latin American Perspectives.
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