This collection examines the question of Empire, the various forms of resistance, dissent and/or accomodation it generates, and the ways it has manifested itself in the Americas, analyzing U.S. hemispheric relations at the turn of the 21st century from an
This collection examines the question of Empire, the various forms of resistance, dissent and/or accomodation it generates, and the ways it has manifested itself in the Americas, analyzing U.S. hemispheric relations at the turn of the 21st century from an
Fred Rosen is an independent journalist and political economist based in New York and Mexico City. He is a contributing editor to the NACLA Report on the Americas, a political columnist for the Mexico edition of The Miami Herald, and a co-editor of Latin America after Neoliberalism: Turning the Tide in the Twenty-first Century?
Inhaltsangabe
Acknowledgments vii A Reader's Guide ix Introduction / Fred Rosen 1 Part I. Empire in the Americas: Historical Reflections 1. U.S. Imperialist/Hegemony and Latin American Resistance / Alan Knight 23 2. "We Are Heirs-apparent to the Romans": Imperial Myths and Indigenous Status / Gregory Evans Dowd 53 3. The Finances of Hegemony in Latin America: Debt Negotiations and the Role of the U.S. Government, 1945-2005 / Carlos Marichal 90 Part II. Empire and Resistance in the Twenth-First Century 5. Beyond Hegemony: Zapatismo, Empire, and Dissent / Neil Harvey 117 6. Colonialism and Ethnic Resistance in Bolivia: A View from the Coca Markets / Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui 137 7. High Stakes in Brazil: Can Democracy Take on Empire? / Jeffrey W. Rubin 162 8. From Menem to Kirchner: National Autonomy and Social Movements in Argentina / Daniel A. Cieza 188 9. The Hugo Chavez Phenomenon: Anti-imperialism from Above or Radical Democracy from Below? / Steve Ellner 205 Bibliography 229 Contributors 251 Index 253
Acknowledgments vii A Reader's Guide ix Introduction / Fred Rosen 1 Part I. Empire in the Americas: Historical Reflections 1. U.S. Imperialist/Hegemony and Latin American Resistance / Alan Knight 23 2. "We Are Heirs-apparent to the Romans": Imperial Myths and Indigenous Status / Gregory Evans Dowd 53 3. The Finances of Hegemony in Latin America: Debt Negotiations and the Role of the U.S. Government, 1945-2005 / Carlos Marichal 90 Part II. Empire and Resistance in the Twenth-First Century 5. Beyond Hegemony: Zapatismo, Empire, and Dissent / Neil Harvey 117 6. Colonialism and Ethnic Resistance in Bolivia: A View from the Coca Markets / Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui 137 7. High Stakes in Brazil: Can Democracy Take on Empire? / Jeffrey W. Rubin 162 8. From Menem to Kirchner: National Autonomy and Social Movements in Argentina / Daniel A. Cieza 188 9. The Hugo Chavez Phenomenon: Anti-imperialism from Above or Radical Democracy from Below? / Steve Ellner 205 Bibliography 229 Contributors 251 Index 253
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