New Democratic Initiatives in Authoritarian Twenty-First Century Latin America

This book rethinks traditional divisions between democracy and authoritarianism by providing a series of case studies and theoretical reflections on social movements, and democratic innovations in Latin America in the context of growing political polarization and the emergence of new right-wing politics.

Charmain Levy is professor in the Department of Social Sciences at the Université de l'Outaouais. Manuel Larrabure is assistant professor in the Department of International Relations at Bucknell University. Dan Furukawa Marques is associate professor in the Department of Sociology at Université Laval.

Introduction Charmain Levy, Dan Furukawa Marques, and Manuel Larrabure Chapter 1. Latin America's Second Pink Tide at a Crossroads: Between Democratic Backsliding and Democratic Innovations Gonzalo Galindo Delgado & Daniel Schugurensky Chapter 2. The Hegemony of Counter-Hegemony: Effects of the Paradoxes of the 2019 Social Protests in Chile and Ecuador Thomas Chiasson-LeBel & Pablo Ospina Peralta Chapter 3. Feminist Interventions in Barrios Populares in Latin America: Local Politics around Care and Social Services Ana Laura Rodríguez Gustá, Charmain Levy, Natalia Czytajlo, Marisol Dalmazzo Peillard, Liliana Rainero, Jill Wigle, Lorena Zárate Chapter 4. The Challenges of Indigenous Autonomy Richard Stahler-Sholk Chapter 5. Searching for Intersectional Activism: Women with Disabilities Navigating Legal Violence in Bolivia Iblin Edelweiss Murillo Lafuente Chapter 6. Gender Diversity Activism and Expansion of Rights in Argentina: Within the Movements, the Political Parties and the State Juan Grandinetti Chapter 7. Collective Mandates in Brazil: The "Gabinetona" Case Ricardo Alves rCavalheiro , Leonardo Secchi , Willian Quadros da Silva Chapter 8. Transient Coalition: The Resistance Movement of Workers in the Brazilian Cultural Sector João Roque da Silva Júnior Chapter 9. Social Movements in Porto Alegre Facing the De-Democratization of Participatory Budgeting Jonas Lefebvre Chapter 10. Neo-Ordoliberalism and the Left. Prospects for Strengthening Democracy and Overcoming the Contemporary Crises of Latin American Capitalism Fernando Leiva Letelier Chapter 11. On the Contradictions of the New Authoritarianisms. Neoliberal Demos in the Chilean Right-Wing Neopopulism Tamara Ortega-Uribe