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UNINA9910464259503321 |
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Cosgrove Serena <1963-> |
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Leadership from the margins [[electronic resource] ] : women and civil society organizations in Argentina, Chile, and El Salvador / / Serena Cosgrove |
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New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2010 |
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1-283-38327-6 |
9786613383273 |
0-8135-5040-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (249 p.) |
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Women - Political activity - Latin America |
Leadership in women - Latin America |
Women in development - Latin America |
Civil society - Latin America |
Social movements - Latin America |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Women and Civil Society Leadership in Latin America -- 2. The Emergence of Civil Society in Argentina, Chile, and El Salvador -- 3. Argentina -- 4. Chile -- 5. El Salvador -- 6. Policy Implications of Women's Civil Society Leadership in Latin America -- Appendix: Organizations of Interviewees -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author |
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Women have experienced decades of economic and political repression across Latin America, where many nations are built upon patriarchal systems of power. However, a recent confluence of political, economic, and historical factors has allowed for the emergence of civil society organizations (CSOs) that afford women a voice throughout the region. Leadership from the Margins describes and analyzes the unique leadership styles and challenges facing the women leaders of CSOs in Argentina, Chile, and El Salvador. Based on ethnographic research, Serena Cosgrove's analysis offers a nuanced account of the distinct |
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struggles facing women, and how differences of class, political ideology, and ethnicity have informed their outlook and organizing strategies. Using a gendered lens, she reveals the power and potential of women's leadership to impact the direction of local, regional, and global development agendas. |
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UNINA9910820809203321 |
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Deese R. S. <1964-> |
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We are amphibians : Julian and Aldous Huxley on the future of our species / / R. S. Deese |
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Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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1 online resource (627 p.) |
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Human evolution |
Human ecology |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction: "The Question of Questions for Mankind" -- 1. Late Victorians -- 2. Twilight of Utopias -- 3. Spiritual Biology -- 4. Ape and Essence -- 5. We Are Amphibians -- Epilogue: The Future of Our Species -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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We Are Amphibians tells the fascinating story of two brothers who changed the way we think about the future of our species. As a pioneering biologist and conservationist, Julian Huxley helped advance the "modern synthesis" in evolutionary biology and played a pivotal role in founding UNESCO and the World Wildlife Fund. His argument that we must accept responsibility for our future evolution as a species has attracted a growing number of scientists and intellectuals who embrace the concept of Transhumanism that he first outlined in the 1950's. Although Aldous Huxley is most widely known for his dystopian novel Brave New World, his writings on religion, ecology, and human |
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consciousness were powerful catalysts for the environmental and human potential movements that grew rapidly in the second half of the twentieth century. While they often disagreed about the role of science and technology in human progress, Julian and Aldous Huxley both believed that the future of our species depends on a saner set of relations with each other and with our environment. Their common concern for ecology has given their ideas about the future of Homo sapiens an enduring resonance in the twenty-first century. The amphibian metaphor that both brothers used to describe humanity highlights not only the complexity and mutability of our species but also our ecologically precarious situation. |
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