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Volume 33 Issue 3 - Special Issue: Social Changes in Latin America; Guest Editors: Marek Hrubec and Dominika Dinušová

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Journal Overview

Publicly Available August 14, 2023

Editorial

Publicly Available July 13, 2023

Introduction: Social Changes in Latin America

Marek Hrubec, Dominika Dinušová

Page range: 285-287

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Research Articles

Publicly Available April 6, 2023

Venezuela in the Context of Chavismo and the First Pink Tide

Ján Puchovský, Ján Puchovský

Page range: 288-303

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Political and social developments in Venezuela have significantly influenced the events of the entire Latin American continent in the first two decades of the 21st century. Our research, time-framed between 1999 and 2013, focuses on the political, legal, social and economic aspects of the Venezuelan society development at the end of the last century and the first two decades of our century. The article also examines how social movements set in motion by chavismo led, in 1999, to the adoption of a new constitution based on the principles of the separation of the five powers and how it contributed to the formation of the political movements across the Latin American continent known as the pink tide ( marea rosa ).

Publicly Available April 4, 2023

New Wine in Old Wineskins? Incomplete Democratization in Brazil During the First Pink Tide

Emil A. Sobottka

Page range: 304-318

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During the last decades in Brazil, two societal projects strived for hegemony: a democratic and participatory project disputed against an alliance of the emerging bourgeoisie with traditional political forces. The PT-led government, driven by Lula da Silva (2003–2010) and Dilma Rousseff (2011–2016), representative of the democratic and participatory line, implemented many innovative policies concerning notably social citizenship rights and industrialization. Perhaps, like many other Latin American countries during the first pink tide, it was unsuccessful in transforming the old economic, political, and social frameworks to provide a suitable environment for new politics. The text examines this period, emphasizing improvements in political participation, inclusive social policies, and the relationship between the government and social movements, as well as some flaws that hastened its demise.

Publicly Available June 12, 2023

The Two Pink Tides in Latin America. Contemporary Global Prospects

Martin Lampter

Page range: 319-334

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The article analyses the two pink tides in Latin America in relation to contemporary global prospects. First, it recalls the main characteristics of the first tide, mainly linked to Venezuela, Brazil and Bolivia. Second, it explains the limits of the first tide. Third, it focuses on the main characteristics of the second tide, which are analysed in detail later in the article. Fourth, it analyses the reasons behind the recent changes in Colombia. Fifth, it describes the economic transformation system in Cuba. Sixth, it addresses how Brazil is joining the new tide, seventh, particularly concerning Bolsonaro’s legacy and Lula’s return. Eighth, it shows the revitalization of Lula’s social policy, and ninth, the Latin American and global impacts of the recent elections in Latin America. In conclusion, tenth, it formulates future scenarios for the possible development of the second tide in Latin America.

Publicly Available March 27, 2023

The Trajectory of Ideals in the Revolutionary Processes of Latin America

Dominika Dinušová

Page range: 335-348

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The study focuses on the conceptual development of Latin American revolutionary thought, capturing the trajectory in the formulation of revolutionary ideals along the evolutionary axis from independence to socialism. The aim of the study is to grasp and explain the evolution of revolutionary ideals in order to demonstrate the broader context of current social processes in Latin America through a historical-philosophical analysis of the ideological basis of social movements in the region. An analysis of the ideological contexts captured in the continuity of historical development, which affected the shaping and nature of the current transformation processes, may facilitate our understanding of the broader context of the articulated need for social change in the Latin American setting as well as of the current societal challenges pertinent to social change and innovation on a global scale.

Publicly Available May 29, 2023

Strategic Socialism. The Updating of Cuba’s Model

Marek Hrubec

Page range: 349-365

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The article deals with the theme of updating of Cuba’s economic model mainly from the perspective of economic and political philosophy and its interdisciplinary contexts. First, it examines the historical origins of Cuba’s socialist model and the subsequent changes after the fall of the Eastern Bloc. Second, it analyses the actualization of Cuba’s model in the first two decades of the 21st century, that is, mainly the introduction of market and private ownership to complement planning and public ownership. Third, it explains the codification of these changes in the new constitution. Forth and finally, it focuses on an interpretation of international cooperation both in Latin America, especially within the framework of the two pink tides, and with other partners in global interactions, particularly China. This will make it possible to understand the updated Cuba’s model, which the author has coined strategic socialism with Cuban characteristics.

Publicly Available May 17, 2023

On a Genealogy of the Concept of “South–South Cooperation”

Fabricio Pereira da Silva

Page range: 366-377

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This article presents some ideas for a genealogy of the concept of “South–South Cooperation”. It defends a definition of the concept, to the extent that there are several possible understandings of what South–South Cooperation means, which makes it important to make explicit which one we start from. Next, the article proposes an epistemological debate based on the reflections of the Congolese philosopher V.Y. Mudimbe, to relativize and historicize the very notion of “South”. Finally, it makes a brief review of the origins and paths taken by the concept.

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Volume 33 Issue 3 - Special Issue: Social Changes in Latin America; Guest Editors: Marek Hrubec and Dominika Dinušová

Issue of Human Affairs

Frontmatter

Introduction: Social Changes in Latin America

Venezuela in the Context of Chavismo and the First Pink Tide

Abstract

New Wine in Old Wineskins? Incomplete Democratization in Brazil During the First Pink Tide

Abstract

The Two Pink Tides in Latin America. Contemporary Global Prospects

Abstract

The Trajectory of Ideals in the Revolutionary Processes of Latin America

Abstract

Strategic Socialism. The Updating of Cuba’s Model

Abstract

On a Genealogy of the Concept of “South–South Cooperation”

Abstract