Preface -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. Participation, Inequality, and the Whereabouts of Democracy -- PART I. TRADITIONAL ACTORS, NEW SETTINGS -- 2. Beyond Corporatism: New Patterns of Representation in the Brazilian Auto Industry -- 3. Union Politics, Market-Oriented Reforms, and the Reshaping of Argentine Corporatism -- 4. The Crisis of Developmentalism and the Rural Labor Movement in North-East Brazil -- PART II. SEARCHING FOR NEW FORMS OF PARTICIPATION -- 5. The Rise of Causa R in Venezuela -- 6. The Seven-Month Itch? Neoliberal Politics, Popular Movements, and the Left in Mexico -- 7. The Politics of Identity Reconstruction: Indians and Democracy in Ecuador -- 8. The Evolution of the Brazilian Environmental Movement and Its Political Roles -- 9. The Authoritarian Alternative: 'Anti-Politics' in the Popular Sectors of Lima -- PART III. THE STUBBORNNESS OF VIOLENCE -- 10. The Quetzal is Red: Military States, Popular Movements, and Political Violence in Guatemala -- 11. Popular Responses to State-Sponsored Violence in Brazil -- 12. Political Violence and the Grassroots in Lima, Peru -- PART IV. DILEMMAS OF A SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PROJECT -- 13. Rethinking Economic Alternatives: Left Parties and the Articulation of Popular Demands in Chile and Peru -- 14. Market-Oriented Development Strategies and State-Society Relations in New Democracies: Lessons from Contemporary Chile and Spain -- 15. Putting Conservatism to Good Use? Long Crisis and Vetoed Alternatives in Uruguay -- PART V. RECONSTRUCTING REPRESENTATION -- 16. The Difficult Transition from Clientelism to Citizenship: Lessons from Mexico -- 17. Reconstructing the Workers' Party (PT): Lessons from North-Eastern Brazil -- 18. Can a Leftist Government Make a Difference? The Frente Amplio Administration of Montevideo, 1990-1994.

19. Targeting the Poor: The Politics of Social Policy Reforms in Mexico -- 20. Redefining the Public/Private Mix: NGOs and the Emergency Social Investment Fund in Ecuador -- 21. Regional Integration and Transnational Politics: Popular Sector Strategies in the NAFTA Era -- CONCLUSION -- 22. Associative Networks: New Structures of Representation for the Popular Sectors? -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.