{"product_id":"the-triumph-of-politics-the-return-of-the-left-in-venezuela-bolivia-and-ecuador-9780745647487","title":"The Triumph of Politics  The Return of the Left","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffers an historical interpretation of Venezuela's Chavez, Bolivia's Morales and Ecuador's Correa - South America's most prominent '21st century socialists'. This book shows how the consensual market oriented policymaking that characterized almost all of South America in the 1990s has now given way to something quite different.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An immense contribution to understanding what is most distinctive about the rise of the new left in the region.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEuropean Review of Latin American and Carribean Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Brings the region's leftist politics into a fresh and serious light. A middle ground for a more objective assessment of socialist politics in Latin America was missing - until now.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGlobal Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Philip and Panizza's highly accessible opus takes a far more nuanced approach to the question of plebiscitary democracy than do US political scientists.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eInternational Affairs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"In their highly detailed and perceptive work of comparative political science, Philip and Panizza make it clear that it is time to begin thinking seriously about a democratic future that looks nothing like we once thought it would.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe European Legacy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"This book carefully dissects the politics and policies of the three most prominent radical regimes in Latin America. It is informative, perceptive and balanced and makes a major contribution to the debate on the nature of the Left in Latin America.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAlan Angell, St Antony's College, Oxford\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\"George Philip and Francisco Panizza are to be congratulated on writing this timely and much needed analysis of contemporary Latin American politics. With their focus on the '21st century socialism' of Chavez, Morales and Correa, the authors locate the return of populism, economic nationalism and anti-imperialism within the history of the region and within a comparative overview of the 'Pink Tide' of left-of-centre governments of recent decades. This book will be essential reading for all those interested in radical democratic politics.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMaxine Molyneux, Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Triumph of Politics in Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Military and the Rise of the Left 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Politics of Mass Protests 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Populism and the Return of the Political 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Personalism, Plebiscites and Institutions 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Politics of Oil and Gas: Twenty-First Century\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocialism in Practice 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Fault Lines of Latin American Integration 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 215\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404391031127,"sku":"9780745647487","price":49.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745647487.jpg?v=1730486315","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-triumph-of-politics-the-return-of-the-left-in-venezuela-bolivia-and-ecuador-9780745647487","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}