Reshaping the political arena in Latin America : from resisting neoliberalism to the second incorporation / edited by Eduardo Silva and Federico M. Rossi.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Reshaping the political arena in Latin America / Federico M. Rossi and Eduardo Silva -- Social movements. Introduction to part I : social movements and the second wave of (territorial) incorporation in Latin America / Federico M. Rossi -- Social movements and the second incorporation in Bolivia and Ecuador / Eduardo Silva -- The incorporation of popular sectors and social movements in Venezuelan twenty-first century socialism / María Pilar García-Guadilla -- Social movements, the new "social question," and the second incorporation of the popular sectors in Argentina and Brazil / Federico M. Rossi -- Trade unions. Introduction to part II : labor unions in Latin America : incorporation and reincorporation under the New Left / Ruth Berins Collier -- Socialism without workers? Trade unions and the New Left in Bolivia and Ecuador / Jorge León Trujillo and Susan Spronk -- Conflicting currents within the pro-Chávez labor movement and the dynamics of decision making / Steve Ellner -- The labor movement and the erosion of neoliberal hegemony : Brazil and Argentina / Julián Gindin and Adalberto Cardoso -- Political parties. Introduction to part III : political parties in Latin America's second wave of incorporation / Kenneth M. Roberts -- From movements to governments : comparing Bolivia's MAS and Ecuador's PAIS / Catherine Conaghan -- The second wave of incorporation and political parties in the Venezuelan petrostate / Daniel Hellinger -- The politics of incorporation : party systems, political leaders, and the state in Argentina and Brazil / Pierre Ostiguy and Aaron Schneider -- Conclusion : reflections on the second wave of popular incorporation for a post-neoliberal era / Eduardo Silva.

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Neoliberalism changed the face of Latin America and left average citizens struggling to cope in many ways. Popular sectors were especially hard hit as wages declined and unemployment increased. The backlash to neoliberalism in the form of popular protest and electoral mobilization opened space for leftist governments to emerge. The turn to left governments raised popular expectations for a second wave of incorporation. Although a growing literature has analyzed many aspects of left governments, there is no study of how the redefinition of the organized popular sectors, their allies, and their struggles have reshaped the political arena to include their interests--until now. This volume examines the role played in the second wave of incorporation by political parties, trade unions, and social movements in five cases: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Venezuela. The cases shed new light on a subject critical to understanding the change in the distribution of political power related to popular sectors and their interests--a key issue in the study of postneoliberalism.

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