Download or read book Social Movements in Latin America written by J. Petras and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-01-31 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors trace out the development of capitalism and U.S. imperialism in Latin America in the latest phase of this development, from the installation of the new world order of neoliberal globalization in the early 1980s to the present when U.S. imperialism is held at bay, neoliberalism is in decline, and capitalism is in crisis.