Latin America's radical left [Texte imprimé] : challenges and complexities of political power in the twenty-first century / edited by Steve Ellner

Notes bibliogr.

Introduction: Complexities of the twenty-first century radical Left in power / Steve Ellner -- Part I. Theoretical, historical and international background -- The radical Left's turbulent transitions : an overview / Roger Burbach -- Brief hypotheses on the state, democracy and revolution in Latin America today / Diana Raby -- Institutional conflict and the Bolivarian Revolution : Venezuela's negotiation of the free trade area of the Americas / Marcel Nelson -- Part II. The twenty-first century radical Left in power in Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador -- Social and political diversity and the democratic road to change in Venezuela / Steve Ellner -- "Bad Left government" versus "good Left social movements" : creative tensions within Bolivia's process of change / Federico Fuentes -- Rafael Correa and social movements in Ecuador / Marc Becker -- Part III. Influences of the twenty-first century radical Left in Nicaragua, El Salvador and Cuba -- Social and political diversity and the democratic road to change in Venezuela / Héctor Perla and Héctor Cruz-Feliciano -- Cuba's new socialism : different visions shaping current changes / Camila Piñeiro -- Part IV. Economy, society and media -- The political economy of social production companies in Venezuela / Thomas Purcell -- Constituent moments, constitutional processes : social movements and the new Latin American Left / George Ciccariello-Mahera -- The good, the bad, and the benevolent interventionist : U.S press and intellectual distortions of the Latin American Left / Kevin Young -- Concluding observations: The twenty-first century radical Left and the Latin American road to change / Steve Ellner