Latin American Neostructuralism The Contradictions of Post-Neoliberal Development Fernando Ignacio Leiva Table of Contents		$25.00 paper ISBN: 978-0-8166-5329-4 $75.00 cloth ISBN: 978-0-8166-5328-7
Interrogates this ascending political and economic paradigm. This landmark work is the first sustained critique of Latin American neostructuralism, the prevailing narrative that has sought to replace “market fundamentalism” and humanize the “savage capitalism” imposed by neoliberal dogmatism. Fernando Leiva analyzes neostructuralism and questions its credibility as the answer to the region’s economic, political, and social woes. Recent electoral victories by progressive governments in Latin America promising economic growth, social equity, and political democracy raise a number of urgent questions, including: What are the key strengths and weaknesses of the emerging paradigm? What kinds of transformations can this movement enact? Leiva addresses these issues and argues that the power relations embedded in local institutions, culture, and populations must be recognized when building alternatives to the present order. Considering the governments in countries such as Chile, Argentina, and Brazil, Leiva examines neostructuralism’s impact on global politics and challenges whether this paradigm constitutes a genuine alternative to neoliberalism or is, rather, a more sophisticated form of consolidating existing systems. Fernando Ignacio Leiva is director of globalization studies and assistant professor of Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latino studies at the University at Albany (SUNY). 312 pages | 19 b&w photos, 20 tables | 6 x 9 | 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Acronyms Acknowledgments Introduction: Latin America’s Post-Neoliberal Turn 1. Conceptual Innovation: Combining Growth, Equity, and Democracy 2. Methodological Retreats 3. Historicizing Latin American Neostructuralism 4. Neostructuralism in Chile and Brazil 5. Foundational Myths, Acts of Omission 6. Effacing the Deep Structure of Contemporary Latin American Capitalism 7. The Politics of Neostructuralism and Capital Accumulation 8. Erecting a New Mode of Regulation 9. Chile’s Evanescent High Road and Dashed Dreams of Equity 10. Neostructuralism and the Latin American Left 11. The Future of Latin American Neostructuralism Notes Bibliography   Index

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