Socio-Political Dynamics within the Crisis of the Left: Argentina and Brazil [Hardcover]

Has the left turn come to a definite end? What have been the legacies of the left turn and how can they be measured? Who are the key actors shaping the new anti-populist discourse and in what sense are they different from the social movements supporting progressive governments? How do these forms of identification relate to the dominant forms of subjectivisation in a globalized neoliberal world? Does the development of a new socio-political dynamic in the region strengthen or undermine the struggles for equality, democracy and more cohesive societies?

This collection studies the gestation of the crisis of the left turn consensus dominant in Argentina and Brazil for the past 15 years and the emerging socio-political dynamics developing in this particular context of change. The volume identifies the traditional and emerging actors which have been influential in the socio-political arena for the past six to ten years. It also traces major episodes of protests between 2011-2015 in Brazil and Argentina.

Juan Pablo Ferrero is Associate Professor of Latin American Studies in the Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies of the University of Bath, UK.

Luciana Tatagiba is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Campinas in S?o Paulo, Brazil.

Ana Natalucci is associate researcher in the Sociology and Demography Department at the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient?ficas y T?cnicas of Argentina (CONICET).

This edited volume was written after the ouster of reformist, neodevelopmentalist governments in Brazil and Argentina and the reestablishment of conservative neoliberal regimes. By means of extensive in-depth interviews with a variety of sources, the authors examine the strengths and weaknesses of the social mobilization policies of Workers' Party (PT) presidents Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff in Brazil and Peronista presidents Nestor Kirchner and Cristina Kirchner in Argentina. After cominlÓ(