This reader reflects the genesis, scope, and direction of women s activism in a single Latin American country. It collects the voices of forty-one diverse women who live in Costa Rica, some radical, others strongly conservative, and most ranging inbetween, as they write about their lives, their problems, their aspirations.
Unlike the comparative studies of women s issues that look at several different countries, the reader provides an insider s view of one small, but quintessentially Latin American, society. These women write of their own experience in organizing and working for change...
This reader reflects the genesis, scope, and direction of women s activism in a single Latin American country. It collects the voices of forty-one ...
The rural labor movement played a surprisingly active role in Brazil s transition to democracy in the 1980s. While in most Latin American countries rural labor was conspicuously marginal, in Brazil, an expanded, secularized, and centralized movement organized strikes, staged demonstrations for land reform, demanded political liberalization, and criticized the government s environmental policies.
In this ground-breaking book, Anthony W. Pereira explains this transition as the result of two intertwined processes - the modernization of agricultural production and the expansion of the...
The rural labor movement played a surprisingly active role in Brazil s transition to democracy in the 1980s. While in most Latin American countries...
Ten leading scholars of the region present original research to argue that theories of democratic consolidation or institutionalization are too often Euro- and ethno-centric; that simple appeals for greater participation are insufficient; and that recent critics of populism, patronage, and presidentialism fail to capture new opportunities for democracies in the region.
Ten leading scholars of the region present original research to argue that theories of democratic consolidation or institutionalization are too often ...
This text provides archival research on the agrarian history of El Salvador during the 19th century, a period of expanding commercial and export agriculture which saw the emergence of important conflicts over land tenure use in much of Latin America.
This text provides archival research on the agrarian history of El Salvador during the 19th century, a period of expanding commercial and export agric...
This highly readable study addresses a range of fundamental questions about the interaction of politics and economics, from a grassroots perspective in post-transition Argentina. Nancy R. Powers looks at the lives and political views of Argentines of little to modest means to examine systematically how their political interests, and their evaluations of democracy, are formed. Based on the author s fieldwork in Argentina, the analysis extends to countries of Latin America and Eastern Europe facing similarly difficult political and economic changes.
Powers uses in-depth interviews to...
This highly readable study addresses a range of fundamental questions about the interaction of politics and economics, from a grassroots perspectiv...
When Americans and Latin Americans talk about democracy, are they imagining the same thing? For years, researchers have suspected that fundamental differences exist between how North Americans view and appraise the concept of democracy and how Latin Americans view the same term. These differences directly affect the evolution of democratization and political liberalization in the countries of the region, and understanding them has tremendous consequences for U.S.-Latin American relations. But until now there has been no hard data to make the definition of democracy visible, and thus able to...
When Americans and Latin Americans talk about democracy, are they imagining the same thing? For years, researchers have suspected that fundamental dif...
The story of the women's movement in Nicaragua is a fascinating tale of resistance, strategy, and faith. From its birth in 1977 under the Somoza dictatorship through the Sandinista revolution to the fall of the Chamorro government, the Nicaraguan women's movement has navigated revolutionary upheaval, profound changes in government, and rapidly shifting definitions of women's roles in society. Through it all, the movement has surged, regressed, and persevered, entering the twenty-first century a powerful and influential force, stretching from the grassroots to the national level. How did women...
The story of the women's movement in Nicaragua is a fascinating tale of resistance, strategy, and faith. From its birth in 1977 under the Somoza dicta...
The United States-Mexico border zone is one of the busiest and most dangerous in the world. NAFTA and rapid industrialization on the Mexican side have brought trade, travel, migration, and consequently, organized crime and corruption to the region on an unprecedented scale. Until recently, crime at the border was viewed as a local law enforcement problem with drug trafficking--a matter of "beefing" up police and "hardening" the border. At the turn of the century, that limited perception has changed.
The range of criminal activity at the border now extends beyond drugs to include...
The United States-Mexico border zone is one of the busiest and most dangerous in the world. NAFTA and rapid industrialization on the Mexican side h...
The Andean region is perhaps the most violent and politically unstable in the Western Hemisphere. "Politics in the Andes" is the first comprehensive volume to assess the persistent political challenges facing Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Arguing that Andean states and societies have been shaped by common historical forces, the contributors' comparative approach reveals how different countries have responded variously to the challenges and opportunities presented by those forces. Individual chapters are structured around themes of ethnic, regional, and gender...
The Andean region is perhaps the most violent and politically unstable in the Western Hemisphere. "Politics in the Andes" is the first comprehensiv...
During the 1980s, El Salvador's violent civil war captured the world's attention. In the years since, the country has undergone dramatic changes. "Landscapes of Struggle" offers a broad, interdisciplinary assessment of El Salvador from the late nineteenth century to the present, focusing on the ways local politics have shaped the development of the nation.
Proceeding chronologically, these essays-by historians, political scientists, sociologists, and anthropologists-explore the political, social, and cultural dynamics governing the Salvadoran experience, including the crucial roles of...
During the 1980s, El Salvador's violent civil war captured the world's attention. In the years since, the country has undergone dramatic changes. "...