LAP is a multidisciplinary journal that welcomes diverse critical theoretical and political perspectives to analyze the social forces shaping contemporary Latin America.
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
Author(s): Ronald H. Chilcote
Language: English
Edition: 2022
Book Webpage: Click here |
 | Latin American Social Movements and Progressive Governments
Creative Tensions between Resistance and Convergence
Author(s): Steve Ellner; Ronaldo Munck AND Kyla Sankey Eds.
Language: English
Edition: 2022
Book Webpage: Click here |
 | Contemporary Latin American Revolutions
Author(s): Marc Becker
Language: English
Edition: Second Edition, 2022
Book Webpage: Click here |
 | Latin American Extractivism
Dependency, Resource Nationalism, and Resistance in Broad Perspective
Author(s): Steve Ellner, Ed.
Language: English
Edition: 2021
Book Webpage: Click here |
 | Latin America's Pink Tide
Breakthroughs and Shortcomings
Author(s): Steve Ellner, Ed.
Language: English
Edition: 2019
Book Webpage: Click here |
 | Memory, Truth, and Justice in Contemporary Latin America
Author(s): Roberta Villalon, Ed.
Language: English
Edition: 2017
Book Webpage: Click here |
 | Rethinking Latin American Social Movements
Radical Action from Below
Author(s): Richard Stahler-Sholk, Harry E. Vanden, and Marc Becker, Eds.
Language: English
Edition: 2014
Book Webpage: Click here |
 | Pachakutik: Indigenous Movements and Electoral Politics in Ecuador,
Author(s): Marc Becker
Language: English
Edition: Updated 2012
Book Webpage: Click here |
 | Urban Latin America
nequalities and Neoliberal Reforms
Author(s): Tom Angotti, Ed.
Language: English
Edition: 2011
Book Webpage: Click here |