Latin Americas New Middle Class Rulers: Stabilization, Growth and Inequality
05.21.2010 :: Latin AmericaLatin Americas current relations with the US as well as its present political and economic configuration can best be understood in the context of large scale changes over the past twenty years and the relative stability of the past five years.
We will proceed by schematically highlighting the salient features leading to the rise and crises of neo-liberal regimes and policies and the emergence of diverse post neo-liberal regimes in the present period. We will analyze the nature and performance of the post neo-liberal regimes to bring out their strengths and weaknesses in the context of world market conditions, as well as the emerging political and social contradictions and alternatives.