Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 362 pages) |
Contents |
Struggles for justice in Latin America / Susan Eva Eckstein and Timothy P. Wickham-Crowley -- Social inequality, civil society, and the limits of citizenship in Latin America / Philip Oxhorn -- An exception to Chilean exceptionalism? The historical role of Chile's judiciary / Lisa Hilbink -- Presidential crises and democratic accountability in Latin America, 1990-1999 / Aníbal Pérez-Liñán -- The vicious cycle of inequality in Latin America / Terry Lynn Karl -- Perpetrators' confessions : truth, reconciliation, and justice in Argentina / Leigh A. Payne -- Colombia : does injustice cause violence? / Marc W. Chernick -- Progressive pragmatism as a governance model : an in-depth look at Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1989-2000 / Sybil Delaine Rhodes -- Citizen responses to conflict and political crisis in Peru : informal politics in Ayacucho / David Scott Palmer -- Social justice and the new indigenous politics : an analysis of Guatemala, the Central Andes, and Chiapas / John A. Peeler -- The war of the peace : indigenous women's struggle for social justice in Chiapas, Mexico / June Nash -- Reflections on remembrance : voices from an Ixcán village / Beatriz Manz |
Summary |
Following up on issues raised in 'Power and Popular Protest: Latin American Social Movements', these essays elucidate how conceptions of justice are socially constructed and contested and historically contingent, shaped by people's values and institutionally grounded in real-life experiences |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Social justice -- Latin America
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Democratization -- Latin America
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Free trade -- Social aspects -- Latin America
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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Democratization
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Free trade -- Social aspects
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Social justice
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Sociale rechtvaardigheid.
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Ongelijkheid.
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Democratisering.
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Latin America
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Eckstein, Susan, 1942- editor.
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Wickham-Crowley, Timothy P., 1951- editor.
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ISBN |
9780520936980 |
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0520936981 |
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1417520019 |
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9781417520015 |
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1597349992 |
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9781597349994 |
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