Abstract
Since the 2000s, Latin America has experienced transformation, the effects of which have challenged the hegemonic dominance of neoliberalism in the region. Scholars assessed this process as “Latin America’s left turn”1 as well as the formation of a “post-Washington consensus era.”2 Although these studies contribute to understanding the “point of arrival” of a process of significant political struggle and societal change, the “left turn” hypothesis remains insufficient to explain the undercurrents that slowly undermined the hegemony of neoliberalism, particularly during the 1990s. How was the collective “we” produced that enabled contestation and ultimately challenged the established order? Who formed part of this new collective “we” that with its emergence claimed the reconfiguration of the public space?
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Ferrero, J.P. (2014). Trade Unions and Social Movement Organizations within and beyond Neoliberal Times. In: Democracy against Neoliberalism in Argentina and Brazil. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137395023_3
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