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Latin American Social Movements in the Twenty-first Century: Resistance, Power, and Democracy (Latin American Perspectives in the Classroom) (8th Edition) by Richard Stahler-Sholk, Glen David Kuecker (Editor), Harry E. Vanden (Editor), Isabella Alcañiz, Marc Becker, Kwame Dixon, Judith Adler Hellman, Daniela Issa, Mariana Mora, Peter M. Rosset, Melissa Scheier, Verónica Schild, David Slater, Rose J. Spalding, Susan Spronk, Joanna Swanger, Roberta Villalón, Jeffery R. Webber Paperback, 404 Pages, Published 2008 ISBN-10: 0-7425-5647-6 / 0742556476 ISBN-13: 978-0-7425-5647-8 / 9780742556478 When elected civilians replaced military authoritarian regimes in Latin America in the 1980s, democracy seemed at hand. Yet those nominally democratic regimes implemented widely unpopular neoliberal policies, opening the economies to global market forces with devastating impact on the poor. This cle |