Eckstein / Wickham-Crowley Struggles for Social Rights in Latin America

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-136-06370-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten

This is a collection of original essays focusing on social rights in Latin America, covering four areas in particular: subsistence, labor, gender, and race/ethnicity within the original framework of human rights. Topics covered include the environment, AIDS, workers' rights, tourism, and many more.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Eckstein, Susan Eva

Wickham-Crowley, Timothy P.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Lists of Tables and Figures
Preface

Struggles for Social Rights in Latin America: Claims in the Arenas of Subsistence, Labor, Gender,
and Ethnicity - Susan Eva Eckstein and Timothy P. Wickham-Crowley

Part I: Subsistence Rights

In Defense of Social Justice: From Global Transformation to Local Resistance - Donna L. Chollett

Risking Environmental Justice: Culture, Conservation, and Governance at Calakmul, Mexico - Nora Haenn

The Cardboard Collectors of Nuevo Laredo: How Scavengers Protect the Environment and Benefit the Economy - Martin Medina

Part II: Labor Rights

Economic Liberalization and Income Distribution in Mexico: Losers and Winners in a Time of Global Restructuring - Jaime Ros and Nora Claudia Lustig

Defending Labor Rights Across Borders: Central American Export-Processing Plants - Mark S. Anner

Subversion and Compliance in Transnational Communities: Implications for Social Justice - Alejandro Portes and Patricia Fernández-Kelly

Part III: Gender, Sexuality, and Social Rights

Guatemaltecas: The Politics of Gender and Democratization - Susan A. Berger

Adjustment with a Woman's Face: Gender and Macroeconomic Policy at the World Bank - Cynthia A. Wood

Literary Representations of "Maids" and "Mistresses": Gender Alliances across Class and Ethnic Boundaries? - Judith Morganroth Schneider

Sexual Orientation, AIDS, and Human Rights in Argentina: The Paradox of Social Advance amid Health Crisis - Mario Pecheny

Part IV: Racial and Ethnic Rights

Under the Shadows of Yaruquíes: Gaining Indigenous Autonomy in Cacha, Ecuador - Amalia Pallares

Social Justice and Reforms in Late Colonial Peru: An Andean Critique of Spanish Colonialism - Alcira Dueñas

The Musical Expression of Social Justice: Mexican Corridos at the End of the Nineteenth Century - Catherine Héau

Über Autor(innen)

Susan Eva Eckstein is Professor of Sociology at Boston University and is associated with the Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University. She is the editor of the best-selling Power and Popular Protest: Latin American Social Movements. Timothy P. Wickham-Crowley is Associate Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University and the author of Guerrillas and Revolution in Latin America.