What justice? whose justice? [[electronic resource] ] : fighting for fairness in Latin America / / edited by Susan Eva Eckstein and Timothy P. Wickham-Crowley

• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (377 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.3/72/098
• Soggetto topico: Social justice - Latin America; Democratization - Latin America; Free trade - Social aspects - Latin America
• Soggetto non controllato: anthology; collection of essays; contemporary latin america; democracy; fairness and equality; global analysis; human rights; ideological; injustice; international perspective; latin america; latin american scholars; local issues; modern history; nonfiction essays; political activism; political protests; political science; regional history; social activists; social constructs; social history; social justice; social movements; social sciences; textbooks
• Altri autori: EcksteinSusan <1942-> Wickham-CrowleyTimothy P. <1951->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Struggles for Justice in Latin America -- 2. Social Inequality, Civil Society, and the Limits of Citizenship in Latin America -- 3. An Exception to Chilean Exceptionalism? The Historical Role of Chile's Judiciary -- 4. Presidential Crises and Democratic Accountability in Latin America, 1990-1999 -- 5. The Vicious Cycle of Inequality in Latin America -- 6. Perpetrators' Confessions: Truth, Reconciliation, and Justice in Argentina -- 7. Colombia: Does Injustice Cause Violence? -- 8. Progressive Pragmatism as a Governance Model: An In-Depth Look at Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1989-2000 -- 9. Citizen Responses to Conflict and Political Crisis in Peru: Informal Politics in Ayacucho -- 10. Social Justice and the New Indigenous Politics: An Analysis of Guatemala, the Central Andes, and Chiapas -- 11. The War of the Peace: Indigenous Women's Struggle for Social Justice in Chiapas, Mexico -- 12. Reflections on Remembrance: Voices from an Ixcán Village -- List of Contributors -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The new millennium began with the triumph of democracy and markets. But for whom is life just, how so, and why? And what is being done to correct persisting injustices? Blending macro-level global and national analysis with in-depth grassroots detail, the contributors highlight roots of injustices, how they are perceived, and efforts to alleviate them. Following up on issues raised in the groundbreaking best-seller Power and Popular Protest: Latin American Social Movements (California, 2001), 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. The contributors, a stellar coterie of North and Latin American scholars, offer refreshing new insights that deepen our understanding of social justice as ideology and practice.
• Titolo autorizzato: What justice? whose justice
• ISBN: 9786612359651; 0-520-93698-1; 1-282-35965-7; 1-59734-999-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783294603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II