Name: The Resurgence of the Latin American Left
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Author: Steven Levitsky
ISBN: 9781421401102

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The Resurgence of the Latin American Left

Type

Physical Book

Author

Steven Levitsky

Publisher

Johns Hopkins University Press

Year

2011

Language

English

Pages

496

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781421401102

Edition No.

Synopsis "The Resurgence of the Latin American Left "

Latin America experienced an unprecedented wave of left-leaning governments between 1998 and 2010. This volume examines the causes of this leftward turn and the consequences it carries for the region in the twenty-first century.The Resurgence of the Latin American Left asks three central questions: Why have left-wing parties and candidates flourished in Latin America? How have these leftist parties governed, particularly in terms of social and economic policy? What effects has the rise of the Left had on democracy and development in the region? The book addresses these questions through two sections. The first looks at several major themes regarding the contemporary Latin American Left, including whether Latin American public opinion actually shifted leftward in the 2000s, why the Left won in some countries but not in others, and how the left turn has affected market economies, social welfare, popular participation in politics, and citizenship rights. The second section examines social and economic policy and regime trajectories in eight cases: those of leftist governments in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Uruguay, and Venezuela, as well as that of a historically populist party that governed on the right in Peru. Featuring a new typology of Left parties in Latin America, an original framework for identifying and categorizing variation among these governments, and contributions from prominent and influential scholars of Latin American politics, this historical-institutional approach to understanding the region’s left turn―and variation within it―is the most comprehensive explanation to date on the topic.

Steven Levitsky

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Steven Levitsky is an American political scientist born in 1968 in Ithaca, New York. He is a professor of Government and Latin American Studies at Harvard University and director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. His research focuses on comparative democracy, authoritarian regimes, and political institutions, with a special emphasis on Latin America. Levitsky is known for his work on competitive authoritarian regimes and his analysis of informal institutions in politics

Among his most notable works is How Democracies Die (2018), co-written with Daniel Ziblatt, which examines how elected leaders can gradually undermine democratic institutions. This book was awarded the NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis in 2018 and the Goldsmith Book Prize in 2019.

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