Social and Political Experiments: Latin America in the 21st Century

Marek Hrubec, Ph.D., is a social and political philosopher and expert on global studies at the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences, and a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. He has published many articles and authored and edited books on social and political justice, including Towards Justice: A Critical Theory of Global Society and Politics (Brill, 2025).Dominika Dinušová, Ph.D., is a social and political philosopher in the Academy of the Police Force in Bratislava, Slovakia. She has published and edited various texts, including Za hlasom revulúcie (in Slovak, Veda, 2018).

• ContentsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionMarek Hrubec and Dominika DinušováPART 1The Two Left Tides1 The Two Left Tides in Latin America: The Dynamics in the Macro-regionMartin Lampter2 Venezuela in the Chávez Era and Its Impact on the Left TideJán Puchovský, Jr. and Ján Puchovský, Sr.3 A Participatory Inclusive Project Facing Old Domination Structures in BrazilEmil A. Sobottka4 The Plurinational State and Intercultural Democracy in BoliviaFernando MayorgaPART 2Cuba’s Updating5 Paths of Social Development: The Trajectories of Revolutionary Ideals in Cuba and Latin AmericaDominika Dinušová6 Selected Features of Socialism in Cuba in the First Three DecadesDominika Dinuśová and Peter Dinuš7 The Actualization of Cuba’s Model in the 21st CenturyMarek HrubeckPART 3Identity and Outlook8 United States’ Policy Towards Cuba: Geopolitics in the Shifting Sands of the Global TransitionErnesto Domínguez López and Raúl Rodríguez Rodríguez9 Development Cooperation and Knowledge Sharing: Toward a New China–lac PartnershipGuo Cunhai10 On a Genealogy of the Ideas of “Global South” and “South–South Cooperation”Fabricio Pereira da SilvaIndex