Geraldine Lievesley
- Affiliation: Manchester Metropolitan University
Dr. Geraldine Lievesley is Senior Lecturer, and teaches Latin American and Cuban Politics at Manchester Metropolitan University. Amongst her recent publications is: Reclaiming Latin America: Experiments in Radical Social Democracy (with Steve Ludlam).
Books by Geraldine Lievesley
Right-wing Politics in the New Latin America
Reaction and Revolt
Edited by Francisco Dominguez, Geraldine Lievesley, Steve Ludlum
The focus for students of Latin America in the past decade has been on the political forces of the left and the so-called ‘pink tide’ presidencies attempting to bring about social and economic change in the region. However, there has been far less attention paid to the rightwing political forces resisting such change. Such opposition is being orchestrated by political parties, business, the private media and other social and cultural institutions and is linked to the ‘soft power… (more information)