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Chomsky, Noam (, 1928-)

Hopes and prospects / Noam Chomsky - Chicago : Haymarket Books : [Distributed by] Consortium Book Sales and Distribution , 2010. - vii, 327 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-313) and index.

Latin America. Year 514 : globalization for whom? -- Latin America and U.S. foreign policy -- Democracy and development : their enemies, their hopes -- Latin American and Caribbean unity -- North America. "Good news," Iraq and beyond -- Free elections, good news and bad -- Century's challenges -- Turning point? -- Elections 2008 : hope confronts the real world -- Obama on Israel-Palestine -- The torture memos -- 1989 and beyond.

Chomsky shows how direct participation in action in the United States, Latin America, Bolivia, and Haiti in particular has put into practice a different model of democracy that could portend more far-reaching, badly needed changes.

ISBN: 9781931859967

LCCN: 2010015891

Subjects--Topical Terms:
World politics---21st Century
Arab-Israeli Conflict

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States----Foreign relations
Latin America----Relations----United States

LC Class. No.: JZ1480 / .C47 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 327.73 CHO