Latin American Perspectives is a multidisciiplinary journal that features analysis of Latin American politics, economics, culture and social movements from a variety of critical perspectives. Our on-site exhibit is at Booth 100.
Welcome to the LAP Virtual Exhibit
and to our on-site exhibit at Booth 100
Latin American Perspectives is a multidisciplinary journal that publishes six issues per year featuring critical analysis of Latin American politics, economics, culture and social movements from a variety of critical approaches, including Marxism.
Celebrating 50 Years of Critical Scholarship
Full sets of LAP from 1974-2025 are available for purchase. Contact lap@ucr.edu.
Rated the leading journal in Latin American Studies by Google Scholar Metrics
Managing Editor: Ronald H. Chilcote
2022 LASA Kalman Silvert lifetime achievement awardee for distinguished contributions to the field.
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LAP Editors and Friends Meeting
Monday, May 26, 12-1:30 pm - Sierra B and Virtual
Meet LAP Authors and Editors
The Agrarian Question as Ecological Question LAP Jan. 2024 with issue editor Andrew Smolski Sat., 5/24 1-1:30 - Nob Hill D and Virtual
Indigenous Autonomies: Confronting Contemporary Capitalism LAP July & Sept. 2024 with issue editor Richard Stahler-Shalk Sat., 5/24 1:45-2:15 - Nob Hill D and Virtual
Journal Editors Roundtable - How to Get Your Manuscript Published with LAP Associate Managing Editor Rosalind Bresnahan Sun., 5/25 8:30-10 - Salon 2 and Virtual
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 | The Nicaraguan Crisis and the Challenge to the Internatonal Left
Author(s): LAP
Language: English
Edition: Vol. 48 No. 6, November 2021
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 | Popular Feminism(s): Pasts, Presents, and Futures Part 2
Author(s): LAP
Language: English
Edition: Vol. 48 No. 5, September 2021
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 | Vivir bien/Buen vivir and Post-Neoliberal Development Paths in Latin America:
Scope, Strategies, and the Realities of Implementation
Author(s): LAP
Language: English
Edition: Vol.48 No. 3, May 2021
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 | Popular Feminism(s): Pasts, Presents, and Futures Part 1
Author(s): LAP
Language: English
Edition: Vol. 48 No. 4, July 2021
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 | Gender, Sexuality, Film, and Media in Latin America
Challenging Representation and Structures
Author(s): LAP
Language: English
Edition: Vol. 48 No. 2, March 2021
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 | Violence, Capital Accumulation, and Resistance in Contemporary Latin America
Author(s): LAP
Language: English
Edition: Vol. 48 No. 1, January 2021
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 | The Cold War and Latin American Studies
Author(s): LAP
Language: English
Edition: Vol. 45 No. 4, July 2018
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 | Latin American Studies and the Cold War
Author(s): Ronald H. Chilcote
Language: English
Edition: 2022
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 | 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
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 | Latin American Extractivism
Dependency, Resource Nationalism, and Resistance in Broad Perspective
Author(s): Steve Ellner, Ed.
Language: English
Edition: 2021
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