The New Politics of Inequality in Latin America: Rethinking Participation and Representation / Edition 1

by Douglas A. Chalmers, Carlos M. Vilas, Katherine Hite, Scott B. Martin, Kerianne Piester

Overview

Against a broad backdrop of globalization and worldwide movement toward democracy, the essays in this important new collection examine the unfolding relationships among such phenomena as social change, equity, and democratic representation of the poor in nine different Latin American countries and Spain. Recent shifts in the composition of inequality and increases in overall disparities of wealth have coincided with governments turning away from historic redistributive politics, and also with the general weakening of political and social organizations traditionally identified with the "popular sectors." The contributors here suggest that the region must find not just short-term programs to alleviate poverty but long-term means to ensure the effective integration of the poor into political life. The book bridges the intellectual gap between studies of grassroots politics and explorations of elite politics and formal institution-building.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198781837
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	03/06/1997
Series:	Oxford Studies in Democratization
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	662
Product dimensions:	9.19(w) x 6.13(h) x 1.41(d)
Lexile:	1600L (what's this?)

About the Author

Columbia University

Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

Columbia University

Columbia University

Columbia University

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Table of Contents

Introduction1. Participation, Inequality, and the Whereabouts of Democracy, Carlos M. VilasSection I: Traditional Actors, New Settings2. Beyond Corporatism: New Patterns of Representation in the Brazilian Auto Industry, Scott B. Martin3. Union Politics, Market-Orientated Reforms and the Reshaping of Argentine Corporatism, M. Victoria Murillo4. The Crisis of Developmentalism and the Rural Labor Movement in Northeast Brazil, Anthony W. PereiraSection II: Searching for New Forms of Participation5. The Rise of Causa R in Venezuela, Margarita Lopez-Maya6. The Seven-Month Itch?: Neoliberal Politics, Popular Movements, and the Left in Mexico, Kathleen Bruhn7. The Politics of Identity Reconstruction: Indians and Democracy in Ecuador, Melina Selverston8. The Evolution of the Brazilian Environmental Movement and Its Political Roles, Kathryn Hochstetler9. The Authoritarian Alternative: Anti-Politics Among the Popular Sectors of Lima, Aldo PanfichiSection III: The Stubbornness of Violence10. The Quetzal is Red: Military States, Popular Movements, and Political Violence in Guatemala, Deborah J. Yashar11. Popular Responses to State-Sponsored Violence in Brazil, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro12. Political Violence and the Grassroots in Lima, Peru, Jo-Marie BurtSection IV: Dilemmas of a Social Democratic Project13. Rethinking Economic Alternatives: Left Parties and the Articulation of Popular Demands in Chile and Peru, Kenneth M. Roberts14. Market-Orientated Development Strategies and State-Society Relations in New Democracies: Lessons from Contemporary Chile and Spain, Eric Hershberg15. Putting Conservatism to Good Use?: Long Crisis and Vetoed Alternatives in Uruguay, Fernando Fildueira and Jorge PapadopulosSection V: Reconstructing Representation16. The Difficult Transition from Clientelism to Citizenship: Lessons from Mexico, Jonathan Fox17. Reconstructing the Workers Party (PT): Lessons from Northeastern Brazil, William R. Nylen18. Can a Leftist Government Make a Difference?: The Frente Amplio Administration of Montevideo, 1990-1994, Peter Winn and Lilia Ferro-Clerico19. Targeting the Poor: The Politics of Social Policy Reforms in Mexico, Kerianne Piester20. Redefining the Public/Private Mix: NGOs and the Emergency Social Investment Fund in Ecuador, Monique Segarra21. Regional Integration and Transnational Politics: Popular Sector Strategies in the NAFTA Era, Maria Lorena CookConclusion22. Associative Networks: New Structures of Representation for the Popular Sectors?, Douglas A. ChalmersContributors ListBibliography