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The politics of neoliberalism in Latin America: dynamics of resilience and contestation
Author(s) -
Rodríguez Juan Pablo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
sociology compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 31
ISSN - 1751-9020
DOI - 10.1111/soc4.12854
Subject(s) - neoliberalism (international relations) , politics , latin americans , sociology , psychological resilience , extant taxon , political economy , resilience (materials science) , political science , law , evolutionary biology , psychotherapist , psychology , physics , biology , thermodynamics
Over the last two decades, academic debates around neoliberalism in Latin America have shifted from evaluations of the drawbacks and virtues of the application of neoliberal policies for achieving socioeconomic development, towards discussions imagining and implementing alternatives. After thirty years of neoliberal reform, even neoliberal advocates have increasingly recognised the pernicious effects that the process of neoliberalization have had on people's lives. The fleeting left and centre‐left moment brought renewed hopes and expectations of a post‐neoliberal future. However, post‐neoliberal states could not solve the contradictions of neoliberalism and told us much about its resilience and adaptability. This article offers an overview of the dynamics of neoliberalism's resilience and contestation in Latin America as treated by extant literature as a way to account for the politics of neoliberalism in the region, its rise and its current status.