Why do some parties formed by social movements develop top-down structures while others
stay more open and responsive to their social bases? The first rigorous comparative study of …

Systems of social protection can provide crucial assistance to the poorest and most
vulnerable groups in society, but not all systems are created equally. In Latin America, social …

Absi, Pascale. 2010.“La parte ideal de la crisis: Los mineros cooperativistas de Bolivia frente
a la recesión.” Cuadernos de Antropología Social 31 (1): 33–54. Achtenberg, Emily …

Widespread neoliberal-era privatizations in South America's extractive economies rekindled
longstanding social movement demands for nationalist control of non-renewable resources …

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 …

The Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) emerged in Bolivia's Chapare region in the 1990s.
Born of a rural social movement of coca growers, it spread to the cities and became the …

The study of institutions, a core concept in comparative politics, has produced many rich and
influential theories on the economic and political effects of institutions, yet it has been less …

Over the past decade, leftist presidents in Latin America have sought to recentralize
authority by reversing the decentralizing reforms that swept the region in the 1980s and …

The impact of popular mobilization and social movements against the advance of neoliberal
policies has been well documented and theorized. Their concrete impact on the process of …

Recent political changes across Latin America that challenge mainstream conceptions of
liberal democracy have led to speculation about some kind of post-liberal democracy …