Dominant elites in Latin America: from Neo-liberalism to the 'Pink Tide'

Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1 Introduction-Reconfiguring Domination: Case Studies from Latin America -- Introduction -- Histories of Domination -- The Six Case Studies -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 2 The Paradox of the Neoliberal Developmentalist State: Reconstructing the Capitalist Elite in Pinochet's Chile -- Introduction -- The Chicago Boys and the Revolutionary State -- The Reconstruction of Finance -- Reconstruction and Subsumption of Agriculture -- State Supports, Subsidies, and Credits -- Financial Crisis and Re-privatization -- The Chilean Capitalist Elite Today -- Conclusion: Was the Capitalist Revolution Too Successful? -- References -- Chapter 3 Quasi-post-neoliberal Brazil: Social Change Amidst Elite Adaptation and Metamorphosis -- Introduction -- Brazil's History of Class Adaptation and Metamorphosis -- The Context of Lula's Presidential Election in 2002 -- A "New Social Contract" -- Class Adaptation and Metamorphosis -- Final Thoughts -- References -- Chapter 4 Concentration of Assets and Poverty Reduction in Post-neoliberal Ecuador -- Introduction -- Land Concentration and Lack of Agrarian Reform -- The Concentration of Income and Assets in the Urban and National Economies -- Poverty and Inequality: Labour's Share -- Policy Alternatives for Reducing Poverty and Inequality -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5 Rural Colombia: The Architecture of State-Sponsored Violence and New Power Configurations -- Introduction -- The Historical Phases of Political and Armed Conflict -- New Powers, Illegal Economies, and Dispossession -- Antioquia and the Magdalena Medio: The Militarization of Agrarian Conflict -- The Peace Process: Mapping Local and Regional Histories -- Conclusions -- References