Latin America's Radical Left in Power
Complexities and Challenges in the Twenty-first Century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4499713 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steve Ellner (0000-0001-9969-3350, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 5-25 |
| Publication date | 2013-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-582X • E-ISSN: 1552-678X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0094582x13478398 |
| OpenAlex | W2141503213 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 38 |
The democratic, peaceful road to socialism, which has been pursued by the governments of Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador and serves as an inspiration for much of the Latin American left, hardly represents a new approach. Social democratic movements worldwide grouped in the Socialist International were the foremost advocates of socialism by pacific means from the organization’s founding in 1951. However, whereas the social democrats favored moderate policies designed to avoid discord and achieve broad consensus, the three Latin American nations have been subject to intense political conflict and class and political polarization. In this sense, they resemble the communist experiences in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, China, and Cuba, which were characterized by head-on confrontations with the opponents of far-reaching change and with institutions representing the old order. In contrast to that of Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador, however, the official discourse of the communist parties in power dismissed the possibility of the peaceful democratic transition to socialism in accordance with orthodox Marxist thinking on the inevitability of class warfare (Regalado, 2007: 232). 1 The three Latin American leftist governments also resemble two experiences of the Latin American left in power in the latter part of the twentieth century. Salvador Allende’s Unidad Popular in Chile and the Sandinistas in Nicaragua attempted to combine a radical transition to socialism with multiparty democracy and adherence to civil liberties. However, in the cold war environment of the period, both were defeated by the combined forces of U.S. and domestic opposition at great social cost. In general, the experience of the governments of Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador contrasts with that of communist, social democratic, and Latin American leftist ones in the twentieth century as well as with moderate leftist ones in the twenty-first. The term “twenty-first-century Latin American radical left” as used here applies primarily to the governments of Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador and
Communism · Democracy · Economic history · Latin Americans · Left-wing politics · Marxist philosophy · New Left · Opposition (politics) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Socialism · Sociology · History · Law · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America · Political theory and Gramsci · Politics and Society in Latin America
Four facets of Latin America
The Cuban and Other Revolutions
Particularidades del Populismo Latinoamericano de Izquierda en la política económica de los Gobiernos de Hugo Chávez y Rafael Correa
Introduction to ‘Pink Tides, Right Turns in Latin America’ special issue
Ni crisis ni panaceas. Dinámicas y transformaciones de los sistemas partidarios en América Latina
Ecuador's dual populisms
Introduction
The Media and Power in Postliberal Venezuela
Party-Base Linkages and Contestatory Mobilization in Bolivia's El Alto
Changing the Channel
Left Populism, State Building, Class Compromise, and Social Conflict in Ecuador's Citizens' Revolution
From System Collapse to Chavista Hegemony
Extractivism, Transnational Capital, and Subaltern Struggles in Latin America
Collective Action and Political Change
China Rising
The Political Economy of the New Left
Política y sociedad en una época de transición
New social movements and the state in Latin America
What Kind of Democracy? What Kind of Market?
Latin America’s Left Turns
The Resurgence of the Latin American Left
The Informal Economy
The other path
On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People
We Created Chavez
Rebuilding the Left
Challenging Neoliberalism in Latin America
The Wretched of the Earth
Latin America Unity Takes Center Stage at Cartagena Summit
Two conceptual approaches to Latin American social movements from the perspective of activists and scholars
From Syndicalism to Seattle
The Rightward Drift of a Latin American Social Democrat
Leftist Goals and the Debate over Anti-Neoliberal Strategy in Latin America
Another Perspective, Another Democracy
Latin America & Twenty-First Century Socialism
Women and Social Change in Latin America
The Distinguishing Features of Latin America's New Left in Power
The State in Transition
Venezuela's Social-Based Democratic Model
Critical Perspectives on Mao Zedong's Thought
Latin America at the Crossroads
| Unique citing works | 16 |
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| Citations per year | 1,45 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2024 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |