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Barry Cannon - Civil Society and the State in Left-Led Latin America: Challenges and Limitations to Democratization - 9781780322049 - V9781780322049
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Civil Society and the State in Left-Led Latin America: Challenges and Limitations to Democratization

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Description for Civil Society and the State in Left-Led Latin America: Challenges and Limitations to Democratization Paperback. Timely and unique, this innovative volume provides a critical examination of the role of civil society and its relation to the state throughout left-led Latin America. Editor(s): Cannon, Barry; Kirby, Peadar. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures, graphs. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPB; JPFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 141 x 215 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
Timely and unique, this innovative volume provides a critical examination of the role of civil society and its relation to the state throughout left-led Latin America. Featuring a broad range of case studies from across the region, from the Bolivian Constitution to participative budgeting in Brazil to the communal councils in Venezuela, the book examines to what extent these new initiatives are redefining state-civil society relations. Does the return of an active state in Latin America imply the incorporation of civil society representatives in decision-making processes? Is the new left delivering on the promise of participatory democracy and a redefinition ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
320g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780322049
SKU
V9781780322049
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About Barry Cannon
Barry Cannon is a lecturer in the sociology department of Maynooth University. His books include Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution: Populism and Democracy in a Globalised Age (2009). Peadar Kirby is professor emeritus of international politics and public policy and former director of the Institute for the Study of Knowledge in Society (ISKS) at the University ... Read more

Reviews for Civil Society and the State in Left-Led Latin America: Challenges and Limitations to Democratization
'The editors are to be congratulated for making an important contribution to the literature on the new left in Latin America. The collection brings together an impressive set of case studies in participatory democracy, popular protest and resistance politics, all framed nicely through the lens of state-civil society relations. All are good, but the section on extractivism is particularly novel.' ... Read more

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