RESISTANCE, CLASS STRUGGLE AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN LATIN AMERICA: CONTEMPORARY DYNAMICS

Henry Veltmeyer

doi:10.5216/ia.v42i2.47674

RESISTANCE, CLASS STRUGGLE AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN LATIN AMERICA: CONTEMPORARY DYNAMICS

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Henry Veltmeyer Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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https://doi.org/10.5216/ia.v42i2.47674

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Social movements in Latin America, Marxist theory on social movements, Class struggle, Post-Consensus of Washington, Development in the capitalist periphery

Abstract

: The article aims to discuss the different interpretations of the dynamics of the class struggle in Latin America and to develop the argument that these dynamics of contemporary social movements constitute a new and broader dimension in the confrontation with the structural changes of capitalist system. The arguments that the article seeks to advance are the debate on social movements that were circumscribed to the context of the neoliberal agenda and to the post-consensus of Washington, and to develop the reconstruction of the circumstances of the new millennium that gave rise to the new forces of change and resistance to the new frontier of extractive capital. The article concludes that the new social movements in Latin America do not fundamentally disrupt the structure of economic and political power, nor the capitalist system.

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Author Biography

Henry Veltmeyer, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Professor of Sociology and International Development Studies at St. Mary’s University (Halifax, Canada) and Development Studies at the Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, in Mexico. He is author, coauthor and editor of over 40 books on Latin American social movements and issues of Latin American and world development, including Dynamics of Social Change in Latin America (2007); and, with James Petras,; Multinationals on Trial (2007); and What’s Left in Latin America (2009).

E-mail: hveltmeyer@smu.ca

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Published

2017-12-07

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VELTMEYER, H. RESISTANCE, CLASS STRUGGLE AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN LATIN AMERICA: CONTEMPORARY DYNAMICS. Journal Inter-Ação, Goiânia, v. 42, n. 2, p. 269–296, 2017. DOI: 10.5216/ia.v42i2.47674. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/interacao/article/view/47674. Acesso em: 22 nov. 2024.

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Vol. 42 No. 2 (2017): Educação, Trabalho e Movimentos Sociais

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