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Provides a critical analysis of the major political, economic, social, and ecological conditions in Latin America and the Caribbean. This work describes and analyzes their economies and trading relations, politics and state policies, social inequalities and social injustices, indigenous communities, gender relations, and influence of religion.

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Offering a systematic, critical analysis of the presidency of Fernando Cardoso, this ambitious case study assesses government policies within the framework of the new economic model of globalization and structural adjustment.

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Written by two leading scholars, this book provides a detailed analysis of Mexico's political economy. James M. Cypher and Ral Delgado Wise begin with an examination of Mexico's pivotal economic crisis of the 1980s and the consequent turn toward an export-led economy, later a...

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A theoretical, historical, and contemporary analysis. The book encompasses the institution of the Organs of the People's power in 1976 to the present.

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Offers a historical examination of church-state relations and case study of the Dominican Republic, which leads into important regional comparisons that broaden our understanding of the Catholic Church in the whole of Latin America.

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Presents seminal exploration of Che Guevara's contributions to Marxist thinking. This title traces Che's ideas about Marxism both as they related to Latin America and to more general philosophical, political, and economic issues. It captures his views on humanity, his contributions to the theory of revolutionary warfare, and more.

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This provocative, multidisciplinary work explores the dramatic resurgence of the Left in Latin America since the late 1990s. Offering a comprehensive account of the complexities and nuances of the shifting political tides in the region, the book provides both a theoretical fra...

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Traces the rise and fall of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, twice removed president of Haiti, one time priest and champion of the poor, and exiled authoritarian leader whose failed claim to power galvanized world politics. Centered on his political career, this book explores power and hierarchy in the capitalist world-system.