Geraldine Lievesley is a Senior Lecturer in politics at Manchester Metropolitan University. Steve Ludlam is a Senior Lecturer in politics at the University of Sheffield.

Introduction: The Resistance Returbans—Geraldine Lievesley & Steve Ludlam
• The Latino-Americanisation of the Politics of Resistance—Francisco Dominguez
• Is Latin America Really Moving Leftwards? Problems and Prospects—Geraldine Lievesley
• Venezuela: The Political Evolution of Bolivarianism—Julia Buxton
• Social Democracy from below in Venezuela—Sara Motta-Mera
• Bolivia's Prospects for Transformation—John Crabtree
• The Lula Government in Brazil: The End of a Dream—Sue Branford
• Social Democracy and Education Policy in Brazil—Guy Burton
• The Politics and Economics of the Chilean Social Democratic Model—Patricio Silva
• Argentina: From Chaos and Decline towards Fairer Development—Ernesto Vivares, Leonardo Diaz Echenique and Javier Ozorio
• Neoliberalism, parties and participation in Mexico—Valeria Guarneros-Meza
• Socialism and Social Democracy in Post-Crisis Cuba—Steve Ludlam
• Conclusion: Nuestra América, the spectre haunting Washington—Geraldine Lievesley & Steve Ludlam

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