James Petras is Professor Emeritus in Sociology at Binghamton University, New York. He is the author of numerous works on Latin America and global development, including Revolutionary Social Change in Colombia (Pluto, 2009) and Social Movements and State Power (Pluto, 2005).Henry Veltmeyer is Professor of Sociology and International Development Studies at Saint Mary's University, Nova Scotia, Canada and Adjunct Professor of Development Studies at Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas, Mexico. He is the co-author of Social Movements and State Power (Pluto, 2005) and The Critical Development Studies Handbook (Pluto, 2011).

Petras and Veltmeyer in their study of recent economic and political developments in four other South American countries considers the political and economic developments in each country in the light of the increasing prominence of the left and the extent to which challenges to the neo-liberalism of the International Monetary Fund had been successful. Using Chavez's victory in Venezuela to set the context, the American based academics review the presidencies of Kirchner in Argentina, as well as developments in Bolivia. The book assumes considerable knowledge of the contemporary economics and politics of each country. The conclusion to their analysis is that 'a radical politics of mass mobilization is an indispensable condition for advancing the struggle for social change - to bring a new world of social justice and real development based on popular power. In practice it is necessary to combine both electoral and mass revolutionary politics. -- Duncan Bowie, Chartist

• PrefaceIntroduction1. Bad Government, Good Governance: Civil Society versus Social Movements2. From Popular Rebellion to ‘Normal Capitalism’ in Argentina3. Lula and the Dynamics of a Neoliberal Regime4. Social Movements and State Power in Ecuador5. The Politics of Adjustment, Reform and Revolution in Bolivia6. Political Power Dynamics in Latin AmericaBibliographyIndex

James Petras is Professor Emeritus in Sociology at Binghamton University, New York. He is the author of numerous works on Latin America and global development, including Revolutionary Social Change in Colombia (Pluto, 2009) and Social Movements and State Power (Pluto, 2005).Henry Veltmeyer is Professor of Sociology and International Development Studies at Saint Mary's University, Nova Scotia, Canada and Adjunct Professor of Development Studies at Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas, Mexico. He is the co-author of Social Movements and State Power (Pluto, 2005) and The Critical Development Studies Handbook (Pluto, 2011).

Petras and Veltmeyer in their study of recent economic and political developments in four other South American countries considers the political and economic developments in each country in the light of the increasing prominence of the left and the extent to which challenges to the neo-liberalism of the International Monetary Fund had been successful. Using Chavez's victory in Venezuela to set the context, the American based academics review the presidencies of Kirchner in Argentina, as well as developments in Bolivia. The book assumes considerable knowledge of the contemporary economics and politics of each country. The conclusion to their analysis is that 'a radical politics of mass mobilization is an indispensable condition for advancing the struggle for social change - to bring a new world of social justice and real development based on popular power. In practice it is necessary to combine both electoral and mass revolutionary politics. -- Duncan Bowie, Chartist

• PrefaceIntroduction1. Bad Government, Good Governance: Civil Society versus Social Movements2. From Popular Rebellion to ‘Normal Capitalism’ in Argentina3. Lula and the Dynamics of a Neoliberal Regime4. Social Movements and State Power in Ecuador5. The Politics of Adjustment, Reform and Revolution in Bolivia6. Political Power Dynamics in Latin AmericaBibliographyIndex

James Petras is Professor Emeritus in Sociology at Binghamton University, New York. He is the author of numerous works on Latin America and global development, including Revolutionary Social Change in Colombia (Pluto, 2009) and Social Movements and State Power (Pluto, 2005).Henry Veltmeyer is Professor of Sociology and International Development Studies at Saint Mary's University, Nova Scotia, Canada and Adjunct Professor of Development Studies at Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas, Mexico. He is the co-author of Social Movements and State Power (Pluto, 2005) and The Critical Development Studies Handbook (Pluto, 2011).

Petras and Veltmeyer in their study of recent economic and political developments in four other South American countries considers the political and economic developments in each country in the light of the increasing prominence of the left and the extent to which challenges to the neo-liberalism of the International Monetary Fund had been successful. Using Chavez's victory in Venezuela to set the context, the American based academics review the presidencies of Kirchner in Argentina, as well as developments in Bolivia. The book assumes considerable knowledge of the contemporary economics and politics of each country. The conclusion to their analysis is that 'a radical politics of mass mobilization is an indispensable condition for advancing the struggle for social change - to bring a new world of social justice and real development based on popular power. In practice it is necessary to combine both electoral and mass revolutionary politics. -- Duncan Bowie, Chartist

• PrefaceIntroduction1. Bad Government, Good Governance: Civil Society versus Social Movements2. From Popular Rebellion to ‘Normal Capitalism’ in Argentina3. Lula and the Dynamics of a Neoliberal Regime4. Social Movements and State Power in Ecuador5. The Politics of Adjustment, Reform and Revolution in Bolivia6. Political Power Dynamics in Latin AmericaBibliographyIndex