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Titolo: |
Struggles for social rights in Latin America / / edited by Susan Eva Eckstein and Timothy P. Wickham-Crowley
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Pubblicazione: | New York, : Routledge, 2003 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
Disciplina: | 303.372098 |
323.098 | |
Soggetto topico: | Social rights - Latin America |
Social justice - Latin America | |
Basic needs - Latin America | |
Classificazione: | 71.38 |
Altri autori: |
EcksteinSusan <1942->
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Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | STRUGGLES FOR SOCIAL RIGHTS IN LATIN AMERICA; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; 1. Struggles for Social Rights in Latin America: Claims in the Arenas of Subsistence, Labor, Gender, and Ethnicity; part I: Subsistence Rights; 2. In Defense of Social Justice: From Global Transformation to Local Resistance; 3. Risking Environmental Justice: Culture, Conservation, and Governance at Calakmul, Mexico; 4. The Cardboard Collectors of Nuevo Laredo: How Scavengers Protect the Environment and Benefit the Economy; part II: Labor Rights |
5. Economic Liberalization and Income Distribution in Mexico: Losers and Winners in a Time of Global Restructuring6. Defending Labor Rights across Borders: Central American Export-Processing Plants; 7. Subversion and Compliance in Transnational Communities: Implications for Social Justice; part III: Gender, Sexuality, and Social Rights; 8. Guatemaltecas: The Politics of Gender and Democratization; 9. Adjustment with a Woman's Face: Gender and Macroeconomic Policy at the World Bank | |
10. Literary Representations of ""Maids"" and ""Mistresses"": Gender Alliances across Class and Ethnic Boundaries?11. Sexual Orientation, AIDS, and Human Rights in Argentina: The Paradox of Social Advance amid Health Crisis; part IV: Racial and Ethnic Rights; 12. Under the Shadows of Yaruquies: Gaining Indigenous Autonomy In Cacha, Ecuador; 13. Social Justice and Reforms in Late Colonial Peru: An Andean Critique of Spanish Colonialism; 14. The Musical Expression of Social Justice: Mexican Corridos at the End of the Nineteenth Century; Contributors; Index | |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Struggles for social rights in Latin America ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-136-06370-6 |
1-283-84445-1 | |
1-136-06362-5 | |
0-203-61671-5 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910814719003321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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