Moving beyond the Washington consensus: the resurgence of the left in Latin America

Rovira Kaltwasser, Cristobal (2010) Moving beyond the Washington consensus: the resurgence of the left in Latin America. Internationale Politik und Gesellschaft (3). pp. 52-62. ISSN 0945-2419

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Abstract

Since the late 1990s, neoliberalism has been losing support in Latin America. In fact, almost two-thirds of Latin Americans are currently governed by leaders who consider themselves to be to the left of the political spectrum (Roberts 2008: 328). How can we explain this fact? Even though this question has been answered in many different ways, most scholars apply a bottom-up perspective,explaining the electoral victories of left-of-center governments as the result of the patient construction of the organizational and coalitional capacities needed to confront neoliberal ideas and policy reforms (Silva 2009: 1).

Item Type: Article
Schools and Departments: School of Law, Politics and Sociology > Politics
Depositing User: Cristobal Rovira Kaltwasser
Date Deposited: 06 Feb 2012 20:37
Last Modified: 26 Jun 2012 09:20
URI: http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/27029
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