Welcome to the LAP Virtual Exhibit
Latin American Perspectives publishes six issues per year featuring critical analysis of Latin American politics, economics, culture, and social movements.
Managing Editor: Ronald H. Chilcote
Recipient of the 2022 LASA Kalman Silvert Award for lifetime achievement and distinguished contribution to the study of Latin America
To watch the Silvert award session and Dr. Chilcote's lecture on YouTube, click here
To read Dr. Chilcote's essay The Challenges of Being a Latin Americanist in the LASA Forum, click here.
LAP celebrates 50 years of
- fostering progressive theoretical and political debate
- encouraging the work of emerging scholars
- making scholarship from Latin America available in English
Rated the #1 journal in Latin American Studies by Google Scholar Metrics
For current calls for manuscripts, click here.
For recent issues, scroll down to pp. 1-2.
For recent books, scroll down to p. 3.
For all issues 1974-present, click here.
LAP Editors and Friends Meeting
June 14, 3:50-5:20 pm Bogota (US Central) time
LAP will participate in the Featured Session:
Getting Your Journal Article Published: Advice from the Editors
June 14, 12:10-1:40 Bogota time
Latin American Studies and the Cold War
Authors: Ronald H. Chilcote
Language: English
Edition: 2022
Book Webpage: Click here
Latin American Social Movements and Progressive Governments
Creative Tensions between Resistance and Convergence
Authors: Steve Ellner; Ronaldo Munck AND Kyla Sankey Eds.
Language: English
Edition: 2022
Book Webpage: Click here
Contemporary Latin American Revolutions
Authors: Marc Becker
Language: English
Edition: Second Edition, 2022
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Latin American Extractivism
Dependency, Resource Nationalism, and Resistance in Broad Perspective
Authors: Steve Ellner, Ed.
Language: English
Edition: 2021
Book Webpage: Click here
Latin America's Pink Tide
Breakthroughs and Shortcomings
Authors: Steve Ellner, Ed.
Language: English
Edition: 2019
Book Webpage: Click here
Memory, Truth, and Justice in Contemporary Latin America
Authors: Roberta Villalon, Ed.
Language: English
Edition: 2017
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Rethinking Latin American Social Movements
Radical Action from Below
Authors: Richard Stahler-Sholk, Harry E. Vanden, and Marc Becker, Eds.
Language: English
Edition: 2014
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Pachakutik: Indigenous Movements and Electoral Politics in Ecuador,
Authors: Marc Becker
Language: English
Edition: Updated 2012
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Urban Latin America
nequalities and Neoliberal Reforms
Authors: Tom Angotti, Ed.
Language: English
Edition: 2011
Book Webpage: Click here