Lost in the long transition : struggles for social justice in neoliberal Chile / / edited by William L. Alexander

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910807281703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2009; ©2009
• ISBN: 0-7391-1864-1; 0-7391-4151-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (219 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.3/720983
• Soggetti: Social justice - Chile; Chile Social conditions 1970-; Chile Economic conditions 1988-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction: Enduring Contradictions of the Neoliberal State in Chile William L. Alexander; Part I. Private Interests and the Public Good; 2 The 1981 Water Code: The Impacts of Private Tradable Water Rights on Peasant and Indigenous Communities in Northern Chile Jessica Budds; 3 Intersections or Fault Lines? Chile's Free National Tuberculosis Treatment Program Within a Privatizing Health System Joan E. Paluzzi; 4 Confronting Global Corporations: The Strike in Minera Escondidaand Workers' Struggles in Contemporary Chile Angela Vergara; 5 Globalization Hits El Trauco: The Archipelago of Chiloé in the Era of Neoliberalism Anton Daughters6 Purchasing Patagonia: The Contradictions of Conservation in Free Market Chile Emily Wakild; Part II. In Place, At Issue: Identity, Community, Consciousness; 7 Cultural History ""Written in the Margins"": Political Ecology of Copper and Community in the ""Little North"" William L. Alexander; 8 Builders of the City: Pobladores and the Territorialization of ClassIdentity in Chile Margot Olavarría; 9 The Politics of Street Children in Chile Guadalupe Salazar; 10 Repatriating Women: Navigating the Way ""Home"" in Neoliberal ; Chile Deborah R. AltamiranoIndex; About the Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: Presenting case studies by anthropologists, historians, political scientists, and environmental specialists,Lost in the Long Transition critically examines the impact of neoliberal economic and social policies at the local level in post-dictatorship Chile. Topics include privatization of water rights, tuberculosis and public health crises, the role of labor unions, industrial salmon farming, natural resource conservation, the political ecology of copper, struggles for affordable housing, homelessness and citizenship rights, and gender identity issues in the experiences of returned exiles.