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Central America in the new millennium [[electronic resource] ] : living transition and reimagining democracy / / edited by Jennifer L. Burrell and Ellen Moodie



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Titolo: Central America in the new millennium [[electronic resource] ] : living transition and reimagining democracy / / edited by Jennifer L. Burrell and Ellen Moodie Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : Berghahn Books, 2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (345 p.)
Disciplina: 320.9728
972.000905
Soggetto topico: Democratization - Central America
Democracy - Central America
Soggetto geografico: Central America Politics and government 21st century
Central America Economic policy
Central America Social policy
Classificazione: MI 71086
Altri autori: BurrellJennifer L  
MoodieEllen  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; Figures, Maps, and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Ethnographic Visions of Millennial Central America; Part I - Imagining Democracy after the Cold War; Chapter 1 - Contradiction and Struggle under the Leftist Phoenix: Rural Nicaragua at the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Revolution; Chapter 2 - The Violence of Cold War Polarities and the Fostering of Hope: The 2009 Elections in Postwar El Salvador; Chapter 3 - Daring to Hope in the Midst of Despair: The Agrarian Question within the Anti-Coup Resistance Movement in Honduras
Chapter 4 - ""My Heart Says NO"": Political Experiences of the Struggle against CAFTA-DR in Costa RicaChapter 5 - Democracy, Disenchantment, and the Future in El Salvador; Part III - Indigeneity, Race and Human Rights in the (Post) Multicultural Moment; Chapter 6 - Cuando Nos Internacionalizamos: Human Rights and Other Universals at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues; Chapter 7 - Acknowledging Racism and State Transformation in Postwar Guatemalan Society; Chapter 8 - Ephemeral Rights and Securitized Lives: Migration, Mareros, and Power in Millennial Guatemala
Part III - Dominant, Residual, and Emergent Economic StrategiesChapter 9 - Honduras's Smallholder Coffee Farmers, the Coffee Crisis, and Neoliberal Policy: Disjunctures in Knowledge and Conundrums for Development; Chapter 10 - Maya Handicraft Vendors' CAFTA-DR Discourses: ""Free Trade Is Not for Everyone in Guatemala""; Chapter 11 - ""Here the Campesino Is Dead"": Can Central America's Smallholders Be Saved?; Chapter 12 - Certifying Sustainable Tourism in Costa Rica: Environmental Governance and Accountability in a Transitional Era
Chapter 13 - Central America Comes to the ""Cradle of Democracy"": Immigration and Neoliberalization in Williamsburg, VirginiaPart IV - A Place on the Map: Surviving on Pasts, Presents, and Futures; Chapter 14 - Migration, Tourism, and Post-Insurgent Individuality in Northern Morazán, El Salvador; Chapter 15 - Intimate Encounters: Sex and Power in Nicaraguan Tourism; Chapter 16 - Notes on Tourism, Ethnicity, and the Politics of Cultural Value in Honduras; References; Contributors; Index
Sommario/riassunto: Most non-Central Americans think of the narrow neck between Mexico and Colombia in terms of dramatic past revolutions and lauded peace agreements, or sensational problems of gang violence and natural disasters. In this volume, the contributors examine regional circumstances within frames of democratization and neoliberalism, as they shape lived experiences of transition. The authors-anthropologists and social scientists from the United States, Europe, and Central America-argue that the process of regions and nations ""disappearing"" (being erased from geopolitical notice) is integral to uphold
Titolo autorizzato: Central America in the new millennium  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-86646-3
0-85745-753-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910779365803321
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Serie: CEDLA Latin America Studies