Wednesday, March 14, 2012

[When the romance ended: leaders of the Chilean left, 1968-1998]

Katherine Hite

New York: Columbia University Press, 2000. xxii + 246 pp.

Alejandro Rojas, University of British Columbia

This is an important, caring and respectful book documenting the evolution of ideological perspectives and political attitudes within the Chilean left during the period 1968-1998. It describes both the elements of continuity and change in the ideological landscape and political attitudes of a group of carefully chosen left-wing political leaders. Positioned within the study of identity politics, the book explores how historical events, organizational and social structures and biographies interact in forming the identity of "political thinkers," …

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