From Disagreement to Participation? A Move to the Left
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This chapter explains the move to the left in Argentina and Brazil, arguing that it was the consequence of democracy against neoliberalism. A new complex political formation was activated at the margins of the power structures and gained a unified force, in turn challenging the dominant narrative cementing the oligarchic status quo that governed the 1990s. As a result, neoliberalism was undermined as central discourse and a new post-neoliberal formation gained hegemonic status and redistributed established places and functions, opening the possibility for the alternative political resolution of social problems such as unemployment, poverty, and inequality.
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Collective Action Trade Union Food Sovereignty Social Movement Organization Institutional Space
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