Due to its electoral performance in the 2012 general elections, SYRIZA, a previously unknown Greek political formation of the radical left, gained unprecedented visibility within …
A primary commodities boom fueled by the demands of industry and the growing middle class in Asia (especially China) for energy, industrial minerals and metals, agro-food …
J Grugel, P Riggirozzi - Development and change, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The idea that states should take on an enhanced role in the pursuit of development is once again becoming increasingly pronounced in the global South. In Latin America, the 'return of …
In the wake of the global financial crisis, new forms of social organization are beginning to take shape. Disparate groups of people are coming together in order to resist corporate …
S Stoessel - Polis. Revista Latinoamericana, 2014 - journals.openedition.org
El “giro a la izquierda” de gran parte de los gobiernos latinoamericanos durante el siglo XXI colocó a las ciencias sociales frente al desafío de analizar las especificidades que …
S Waisbord - Communication Culture & Critique, 2018 - academic.oup.com
In this article, I argue that populism has a troubling relationship with democratic communication. As illustrated by contemporary Latin American cases, populism's illiberalism …
H Veltmeyer - Canadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
This paper explores the conditions that gave rise to the “new extractivism”, its policy dynamics and development implications in Latin America. It focuses on the global political …
The authors trace out the development of capitalism and US imperialism in Latin America in the latest phase of this development, from the installation of the new world order of …
While leftist governments have been elected across Latin America, this' Pink Tide'has so far failed to reach Peru. Instead, the corporate elite remains firmly entrenched, and the left …