Author : Richard Stahler-Sholk,Harry E. Vanden,Glen David Kuecker
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781461601906
Latin American Social Movements in the Twenty-first Century by Richard Stahler-Sholk,Harry E. Vanden,Glen David Kuecker Pdf
This clearly written and comprehensive text examines the uprising of politically and economically marginalized groups in Latin American societies. Specialists in a broad range of disciplines present original research from a variety of case studies in a student-friendly format. Part introductions help students contextualize the essays, highlighting social movement origins, strategies, and outcomes. Thematic sections address historical context, political economy, community-building and consciousness, ethnicity and race, gender, movement strategies, and transnational organizing, making this book useful to anyone studying the wide range of social movements in Latin America.