LEADER 00000cam a2200637Ia 4500 001 ocn659563319 003 OCoLC 005 20190405013912.2 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 100830s2010 nyua ob 001 0 eng d 019 781286435 020 9780511776809|q(electronic book) 020 0511776802|q(electronic book) 020 9786612724909 020 6612724900 035 (OCoLC)659563319|z(OCoLC)781286435 040 N$T|beng|epn|cN$T|dOCLCQ|dYDXCP|dOCLCQ|dMHA|dOCLCF|dOCLCO |dOCL|dAU@|dOCLCQ|dPIFAG|dUEJ|dOCLCQ|dWY@|dLUE|dOCLCQ 043 cl----- 049 RIDW 050 4 JL960|b.L43 2010eb 072 7 POL|x042030|2bisacsh 082 04 320.53098|222 090 JL960|b.L43 2010eb 245 00 Leftist governments in Latin America :|bsuccesses and shortcomings /|cedited by Kurt Weyland, Raúl L. Madrid, Wendy Hunter. 264 1 New York :|bCambridge University Press,|c2010. 300 1 online resource (xv, 216 pages) :|billustrations 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 |tPerformance of leftist governments in Latin America : conceptual and theoretical issues /|rKurt Weyland -- |tRepeating revolution : Chávez's new politics and old economics /|rJavier Corrales --|tChallenge of progressive change under Evo Morales /|rGeorge Gray Molina --|tChilean left in power : achievements, failures, and omissions / |rEvelyne Huber, Jennifer Pribble, and John D. Stephens -- |tFrom Cardoso to Lula : the triumph of pragmatism in Brazil /|rPeter R. Kingstone and Aldo F. Ponce --|tLula's administration at a crossroads : the difficult combination of stability and development in Brazil /|rPedro Luiz Barros Silva, José Carlos de Souza Braga, and Vera Lúcia Cabral Costa --|tPolicies and performance of the contestatory and moderate left /|rRaúl Madrid, Wendy Hunter, and Kurt Weyland. 520 "Can Latin America's "new left" stimulate economic development, enhance social equity, and deepen democracy in spite of the economic and political constraints it faces? This is the first book to systematically examine the policies and performance of the left-wing governments that have risen to power in Latin America during the last decade. Featuring thorough studies of Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, and Venezuela by renowned experts, the volume argues that moderate leftist governments have attained greater, more sustainable success than their more radical, contestatory counterparts. Moderate governments in Brazil and Chile have generated solid economic growth, reduced poverty and inequality, and created innovative and fiscally sound social programs, while respecting the fundamental principles of market economics and liberal democracy. By contrast, more radical governments, exemplified by Hugo Chv̀ez in Venezuela, have expanded state intervention and popular participation and attained some short-term economic and social successes, but they have provoked severe conflict, undermined democracy, and failed to ensure the economic and institutional sustainability of their policy projects"--Provided by publisher. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 648 7 1980-|2fast 648 7 Since 1980|2fast 650 0 Socialism|zLatin America.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh2008111945 650 7 Politics and government.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/ fast/1919741 650 7 Socialism.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1123637 651 0 Latin America|xPolitics and government|y1980-|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87000854 651 7 Latin America.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1245945 655 4 Electronic books. 700 1 Weyland, Kurt Gerhard.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ names/nr92039690 700 1 Madrid, Raúl L.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n86121149 700 1 Hunter, Wendy.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n96052625 776 08 |iPrint version:|tLeftist governments in Latin America. |dNew York : Cambridge University Press, 2010 |z9780521762205|w(DLC) 2010000987|w(OCoLC)501320833 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=324129|zOnline eBook via EBSCO. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading the EBSCO version of this eBook|uhttp://guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d20190507|cEBSCO|tEBSCOebooksacademic NEW 4-5-19 7552 |lridw 994 92|bRID