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DESCRIPTION:Geography and the Environment Colloquium Series: "Capital's Cha
 os: Ruling Class Futility Under Late Latin American Neoliberalism."Rene Ro
 jas\, assistant professor\, Department of Human Development\, Binghamton U
 niversity.Scholars and activists are troubled by growing political turmoil
  and right-wing populism in Latin America. Some attribute these worrisome 
 shifts to resurfacing public conservatism\, while others point to the rise
  of demagogic political actors\; many more blame flawed governance institu
 tions. Rojas' talk offers an alternative\, structural account that at best
  views these phenomena as symptoms of deeper causes. Just as expanding sub
 altern capacities contribute to unrest and polarization\, I contend that t
 he absence of key elite capacities\, or ‘ruling class futility\,’ is the c
 entral cause of instability and reactionary shifts. Rojas argues that busi
 ness strategies under current Latin American neoliberalism impair elites’ 
 ability to secure and maintain adequate levels of popular consent.&nbsp\;R
 ené Rojas is an assistant professor of human development in Binghamton Uni
 versity's College of Community and Public Affairs. Prior to obtaining a Ph
 .D. in sociology at New York University\, he spent years in Latin America 
 as a political organizer. He serves on the editorial board of Catalyst.
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SUMMARY:Capital's Chaos: Ruling Class Futility Under Late Latin American Ne
 oliberalism
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Geography and the Environment Colloquium Se
 ries: "Capital's Chaos: Ruling Class Futility Under Late Latin American Ne
 oliberalism."</p><p>Rene Rojas\, assistant professor\, Department of Human
  Development\, Binghamton University.</p><p>Scholars and activists are tro
 ubled by growing political turmoil and right-wing populism in Latin Americ
 a. Some attribute these worrisome shifts to resurfacing public conservatis
 m\, while others point to the rise of demagogic political actors\; many mo
 re blame flawed governance institutions. </p><p>Rojas' talk offers an alte
 rnative\, structural account that at best views these phenomena as symptom
 s of deeper causes. Just as expanding subaltern capacities contribute to u
 nrest and polarization\, I contend that the absence of key elite capacitie
 s\, or ‘ruling class futility\,’ is the central cause of instability and r
 eactionary shifts. Rojas argues that business strategies under current Lat
 in American neoliberalism impair elites’ ability to secure and maintain ad
 equate levels of popular consent.&nbsp\;</p><p>René Rojas is an assistant 
 professor of human development in Binghamton University's College of Commu
 nity and Public Affairs. Prior to obtaining a Ph.D. in sociology at New Yo
 rk University\, he spent years in Latin America as a political organizer. 
 He serves on the editorial board of Catalyst.</p>
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