Social and Political Transitions During the Left Turn in Latin America provides fourteen contributions to understand, from a multidisciplinary perspective, processes of socio-political reconfigurations in the region from the early 2000s to the mid-2010s.
The Left Turn was the regional shift to left-of-center governments and social movements that sought to replace the neoliberal policies of the 1990s. This volume aims to answer the overarching research question: how do state and societal (national and transnational) actors trigger and shape processes of political and socio-economic transitions in Latin America from the rise to the decline of the Left Turn. The book presents case studies in which transitions are moments of change and uncertainty, which one cannot predict their definitive outcomes. The various case studies presented in the book place actors and processes in specific historical and socio-political contexts, which are influenced directly or indirectly by the historical trajectory of Latin America's Left Turn.
This book is essential reading for students and scholars of Social and Political History, Latin American History, and those interested in the social and political developments in Latin America more broadly.
About the Author: Karen Silva-Torres is a doctoral candidate in the Institute of Anthropology at the University of Leipzig, Germany, and a member of the Graduate School of Global and Area Studies of the same university. Her research interests involve media anthropology, journalism and affectivity, and media and politics in Latin America.
Carolina Rozo-Higuera is currently a doctoral candidate in Global Studies at the University of Leipzig, Germany. She holds an MSc in Information Technology from the University of East London and a BA in Library and Information Science from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia.
Daniel S. Leon holds a Dr. phil. in Global Studies from the University of Leipzig, Germany. He is currently a senior fellow of International Relations at the University of Greifswald, Germany. His research interests include the study of (urban) violence, international political economy of and political transitions.
