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Political Economy

Calles de la Resistencia: Pathways to Empowerment in Puerto Rico

May 2020 Issue Editor: Jean Hostetler-Díaz Calles de Resistencia: Pathways to Empowerment in Puerto Rico reveals a level of consciousness, experience, and resoluteness that is the result of  an historic and protracted struggle to attain a liberated nation.  This outstanding collection of well-developed economic analyses, policy proposals, political, perspectives and analyses of last summer’s remarkable mobilization, plus photo documentation, provides valuable insights about the historical and contemporary conditions that define the Puerto Rican experience.   TABLE OF CONTENTS | PURCHASE THIS ISSUE

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The Nature of the PT Governments: A Variety of Neoliberalism? Part 2

March 2020 Issue Editors: Alfredo Saad-Filho, Juan Grigera, and Ana Paula Colombi Part II of this issue discusses the nature, strengths, achievements, contradictions, and limitations of the administrations led by the PT in federal government, questioning whether they can be characterized as a variety of neoliberalism. Besides macroeconomic policies and political alliances, this volume directs its attention to specific aspects of the PT policies. This includes foreign policy, Brazil’s external economic constraint, and the government’s regional, distributive, social and labor market policies; this volume also traces the emerging forms of collective action and the new forms of resistance of the working class.   TABLE OF CONTENTS | PURCHASE THIS ISSUE

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The Nature of the PT Governments: A Variety of Neoliberalism? Part 1

Jan. 2020 Issue Editors: Alfredo Saad-Filho, Juan Grigera and Ana Paula Colombi The articles in this two-part special issue discuss the nature, strengths, achieve-ments, contradictions, and limitations of the administrations led by the PT in federal government, questioning whether they can be characterized as a variety of neoliberalism. The almost 20 articles cover a variety of topics such as macroeconomic policies, political alliances, foreign policy, labor reforms, regional development and social policy. The special issue was edited under the principle that understanding the PT governments and their achievements and limitations is essential not only for academic reasons or for coming to terms with history but to contribute to a reorganization from the paralysis of the progressive camp in Brazil.   TABLE OF CONTENTS | PURCHASE THIS ISSUE

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Neoliberalism and the Challenges Facing Popular Sectors

Nov. 2019 Issue editor: Steve Ellner The articles in this issue explore specific negative aspects of the policies and strategies followed by the champions of globalization and neoliberalism as well as proposals and actions associated with their critics. Topics include the proposal to assign matters of internal security to the armed forces in Argentina; the labor policy of four pro-and anti-neoliberal governments; how racial and class discriminatory policies of U.S. immigration officials have mold the attitudes of their Mexican counterparts; the potential of constituent assemblies for far-reaching change; the relationship between mental health and income inequality; and the anti-neoliberalism of the hemispheric labor movement.   TABLE OF CONTENTS | PURCHASE THIS ISSUE

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Politics, Society, and Culture in Postconflict Peru

Sept 2019 Issue editor: Kristi M. Wilson This issue of Latin American Perspectives focuses on the post-conflict period from Alberto Fujimori’s resignation in 2000 to the present, thus, challenging some of the popular notions of Peru as an exemplar of post-conflict reconstruction. The essays herein addresses important contributing factors to the Peruvian post-conflict landscape such as: questions of democracy and authoritarianism; extractivism, neo-extractivism and inequality among Peruvian indigenous communities; post-conflict development programs and initiatives; post-conflict reparations programs, the legacy of family planning programs in Peru; and the relationship between indigenous communities and the Peruvian state.   TABLE OF CONTENTS | PURCHASE THIS ISSUE

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Issue #227 July 1 2019 Volume 46-4

  This issue is devoted to Brazil and examines how the last few years have brought significant transformations to the government and society, which defy earlier expectations, both positive and negative.  Articles focus on political and economic subjects ranging from public demonstrations and labor unionization, the results of the PT administrations’ policies of land reform and healthcare management, to the difficulties brought on by the international recession, as well as questions of historical formation, cultural construction, self-identity, self-definition and criticism, and the conservative backlashes which have led to the rise of the rightist regime now in power.   TABLE OF CONTENTS | PURCHASE THIS ISSUE

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Issue #225 May 1 2019 Volume 46-3

  This issue of LAP represents a step toward a better understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a Latin American context. The articles cover a range of historical and current topics and show that Arab and Jewish histories are an integral part of Latin American history, that Latin America has been an important actor in the conflict over Palestine, and that the issue is being played out today in ever-changing circumstances.  Historical topics address how specific Latin American countries dealt with the creation of Israel and the Six-Day War while other articles consider more recent topics including the role and treatment of the Palestinian diaspora and Israeli marketing of urban security expertise.     TABLE OF CONTENTS | PURCHASE THIS ISSUE

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Issue #225 Mar 1 2019 Volume 46-2

  This issue continues the examination of the economic, social, and political impacts of expanded extractivism in Latin America and the perpetuation of the region’s role as a raw materials supplier for foreign markets that was started in the September 2018 issue (LAP 45 [5]).  With a broad geographic scope and consideration of a wide range of extractive industries from mining and hydrocarbons to soy, it combines critical theoretical insights with rich empirical research into the changing national and transnational structural relationships among governments, resource extracting and financial corporations, and the affected populations. Several articles critically assess the limitations of the extractivist policies of progressive governments. Others analyze the role of China and the actual experience of South-South cooperation.  Environmental justice issues and grass roots resistance are also considered  with attention to the roles of women, indigenous and Afro-descendent communities.     TABLE OF CONTENTS | PURCHASE THIS ISSUE

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Issue #224 Jan 1 2019 Volume 46-1

  This issue sheds light on positive and negatives sides of progressive or “Pink Tide” governments which it places in political and economic contexts, specifically destabilizing efforts by a “disloyal opposition” and disinvestment by the private sector.     TABLE OF CONTENTS | PURCHASE THIS ISSUE

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Latin American Perspectives, founded in 1974, is a theoretical and scholarly journal for discussion and debate on the political economy of capitalism, imperialism, and socialism in the Americas. Most issues focus on a single problem, nation, or region, providing an in-depth look from participants and scholars throughout the Americas.

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