Collective Empowerment In Latin America

Author : Gerardo Otero,Efe Can Gürcan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781040047415

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Collective Empowerment in Latin America by Gerardo Otero,Efe Can Gürcan Pdf

This book develops a theory of collective empowerment that looks for change both from the bottom up, in civil society, and from the top down, from state interventions responding to such pressure. Reflecting on the advancement of Indigenous and peasant movements in Latin America since the neoliberal reformation of capitalism in the 1980s, the book outlines a path for progressive social action in which bottom-up pressure by social movements can help progressive parties to gain state power. The book considers how Indigenous and peasant movements in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Mexico have tried to reshape crucial structures of society from the bottom up. While this mobilization from below is critical and necessary, the book argues that these movements must be supplemented by top-down change from progressive state interventions, as happened mostly in Bolivia and Brazil. The authors conclude that progressive societal action can have massive impact in transforming some of the main socioeconomic structures that determine humans’ relation to the extraction of natural resources, income and wealth inequality, and even the location of a nation’s insertion in world capitalism. This book will be an important resource for social-movement activists and for researchers working in political sociology, sociological theory, political studies, development studies, social movements, and Latin American Studies.

Author : Luis Roniger,Tamar Herzog
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025307609

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The Collective and the Public in Latin America by Luis Roniger,Tamar Herzog Pdf

This collection of essays on Latin America traces the interplay between the public structuring and regulation of identities and the creative processes of collective identification, appropriation and evasion of identities.

Author : Katherine Becerra Valdivia
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781666909111

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Indigenous Collective Rights in Latin America by Katherine Becerra Valdivia Pdf

Latin America is a region with high levels of recognition for Indigenous collective rights. Still, legal protections differ considerably among countries. Why do some countries in Latin America have a strong recognition of collective rights for Indigenous people while others do not? What are the factors that help enhance the presence of collective rights? The author argues that while Indigenous social movements are crucial to the protection of Indigenous rights, they are not enough. The recognition of these rights is influenced by organizational factors (such as coalitions between Indigenous peoples and non-Indigenous allies) as well as institutional conditions (including constitutional replacement and party systems). By employing qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) and case studies from Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru, this book explores the ways various elements combine to create conditions for a variety of collective rights.

Author : Araceli Ortega Díaz,Marta Bárbara Ochman
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781839824722

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Advances in Women’s Empowerment by Araceli Ortega Díaz,Marta Bárbara Ochman Pdf

What progress has been made to achieve SDG5? Bridging the academic and policymaking spaces, this edited collection offers a critical insight and evaluation of the public policies targeted at improving the condition of women living in developing countries across Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Author : Luis Roniger,Mario Sznajder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 189872377X

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Constructing Collective Identities and Shaping Public Spheres by Luis Roniger,Mario Sznajder Pdf

Illustrates how different collective identities in Latin America have access to, and participation in, the public domain, and examines the historical experience of societies marked by social, political, and intellectual struggles as each shapes a collective identity according to competing visions of modernity. Subjects include patriotism and the nation in colonial Spanish America, human rights violations and the reshaping of collective identities, and Latin American intellectuals and collective identity. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Bill Kelley Jr.,Grant H. Kester
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-13
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780822372493

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Collective Situations by Bill Kelley Jr.,Grant H. Kester Pdf

In Collective Situations scholars, artists, and art collectives present a range of socially engaged art practices that emerged in Latin America during the Pink Tide period, between 1995 and 2010. This volume's essays, interviews, and artist's statements—many of which are appearing in English for the first time—demonstrate the complex relationship between moments of political transformation and artistic production. Whether addressing human rights in Colombia, the politics of urban spaces in Brazil, the violent legacy of military dictatorships in the region, or art’s intersection with public policy, health, and the environment, the contributors outline the region’s long-standing tradition of challenging ideas about art and the social sphere through experimentation. Introducing English-language readers to some of the most dynamic and innovative contemporary art in Latin America, Collective Situations documents new possibilities for artistic practice, collaboration, and creativity in ways that have the capacity to foster vibrant forms of democratic citizenship. Contributors Gavin Adams, Mariola V. Alvarez, Gustavo Buntinx, María Fernanda Cartagena, David Gutiérrez Castañeda, Fabian Cereijido, Paloma Checa-Gismero, Kency Cornejo, Raquel de Anda, Bill Kelley Jr., Grant H. Kester, Suzanne Lacy, Ana Longoni, Rodrigo Martí, Elize Mazadiego, Annie Mendoza, Alberto Muenala, Prerana Reddy, Maria Reyes Franco, Pilar Riaño-Alcalá, Juan Carlos Rodríguez

Author : Gibrán Cruz-Martínez
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429895661

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Welfare and Social Protection in Contemporary Latin America by Gibrán Cruz-Martínez Pdf

Social protection serves as an important development tool, helping to alleviate deprivation, reduce social risks, raise household income and develop human capital. This book brings together an interdisciplinary team of international experts to analyse social protection systems and welfare regimes across contemporary Latin America. The book starts with a section tracking the expansion of social assistance and social insurance in Latin America through the state-led development era, the neoliberal era and the pink-tide. The second section explores the role played by local and external actors modelling social policy in the region. The third and final section addresses a variety of contemporary debates and challenges around social protection and welfare in the region, such as gender roles and the empowerment of CCT beneficiaries, and welfare provision for rural outsiders. The book touches on key topics such as conditional cash transfer programmes, trade union inclusionary strategies, transnational social policy, state-led versus market-led welfare provision, explanatory factors in the emerging dualism of social protection institutions, social citizenship rights as a consequence of changing social policy architecture and different poverty reduction strategies. This interdisciplinary volume will be of interest to economists, political scientists, sociologists, anthropologists and historians working on social protection in Latin America, or interested in welfare systems in the global south.

Author : Elizabeth Jelin
Publisher : Zed Bks
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105034377411

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Women and Social Change in Latin America by Elizabeth Jelin Pdf

This book comprises six case studies : on Argentina, Bolivia (2x), Brazil, Chile and Peru. The six studies present different aspects of the women's movement and organisations and employ different methodologies (f.e. Women settlers in Lima, women and trade unions in Chile and peasant women's organisation in Bolivia)

Author : Geertje A. Nijeholt,Saskia Wieringa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135629939

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Women's Movements and Public Policy in Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean by Geertje A. Nijeholt,Saskia Wieringa Pdf

The triangle of empowerment is how this volume's editors describe the three sets of actors involved in women's collective struggles in the political arena: the women's movement, feminist politicians, and feminist civil servants. Original case studies from Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean analyze the political struggles women are waging to make their voices heard and to place women's issues on the agenda in different societies.

Author : Richard Albert,Carlos Bernal,Juliano Zaiden Benvindo
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509923519

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Constitutional Change and Transformation in Latin America by Richard Albert,Carlos Bernal,Juliano Zaiden Benvindo Pdf

Over the past 30 years, Latin America has lived through an intense period of constitutional change. Some reforms have been limited in their design and impact, while others have been far-reaching transformations to basic structural features and fundamental rights. Scholars interested in the law and politics of constitutional change in Latin America are turning increasingly to comparative methodologies to expose the nature and scope of these changes, to uncover the motivations of political actors, to theorise how better to execute the procedures of constitutional reform, and to assess whether there should be any limitations on the power of constitutional amendment. In this collection, leading and emerging voices in Latin American constitutionalism explore the complexity of the vast topography of constitutional developments, experiments and perspectives in the region. This volume offers a deep understanding of modern constitutional change in Latin America and evaluates its implications for constitutionalism, democracy, human rights and the rule of law.

Author : Nikki Craske
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780745676944

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Women and Politics in Latin America by Nikki Craske Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive view of women's political participation in Latin America. Focusing on the latter half of the twentieth century, it examines five different arenas of action and debate: political institutions, workplaces, social movements, revolutions and feminisms.

Author : Denise L. Spitzer
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780802095626

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Engendering Migrant Health by Denise L. Spitzer Pdf

Voluntary migrants to Canada are generally healthier than the average Canadian, but after ten years in the country they report poorer health and higher rates of chronic disease than those born here. Troublingly, women — particularly those from non-European countries — experience the most precipitous decline in health. What contributes to this deterioration, and how can its effects be mitigated? Engendering Migrant Health brings together researchers from across Canada to address the intersections of gender, immigration, and health in the lives of new Canadians. Focusing on the context of Canadian policy and society, the contributors illuminate migrants' testimonies of struggle, resistance, and solidarity as they negotiate a place for themselves in a new country. Topics range from the difficulties of Francophone refugees and the changing roles of fathers, to the experiences of queer newcomers and the importance of social unity to communal and individual health.

Author : Ronaldo Munck
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780228004943

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Social Movements in Latin America by Ronaldo Munck Pdf

Social movements are a key feature of the political and social landscape of Latin America. Ronaldo Munck explores their full range, emanating from different sections of Latin American society and motivated by many different concerns, including worker organizations, peasant and land reform movements, Indigenous groups, women's movements, and environmental groups. Although the mosaic of interlocking and connected issues and rights presents a complex map of social concerns and potentially a fragmented political force, these movements are likely to be at the centre of any future progressive politics in Latin America. As a result, they require careful understanding and a more nuanced theoretical approach. Drawing on insights from Latin American approaches to social movement theory, the book offers a distinctive contribution to social movement literature. The text incorporates detailed case studies and a methodological appendix for students wishing to develop their own research agendas in the field.

Author : Nancy Caro Hollander
Publisher : Other PressLlc
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2001-08-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1590510011

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Love in a Time of Hate by Nancy Caro Hollander Pdf

Author : Francisco Valdés-Ugalde
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-10-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783110773798

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Democracy in Latin America by Francisco Valdés-Ugalde Pdf

Between 1978 and 2006, most Latin American countries joined the "third wave of democracy". However, as elected governments were set in place all over the region, authoritarian actors often managed to overshadow democratic procedures and preserve their authoritarian enclaves, hindering the transformation of the state and the advancement of citizens’ fundamental rights. This book analyzes the extent to which democratic and authoritarian forces are intertwined in political processes and institutional design and how they affect the inclusion of the citizenry in political decisions. This enables readers to understand how autocratization influences the different dimensions of representative democracy.