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  • Education and Development in Central America and the Latin Caribbean

    Global Forces and Local Responses

    by Vanessa Pietras, Tobias Roberts, Matthew Aruch, Nanette Archer Svenson, María Carolina Bodewig, Loida M. Martínez-Ramos, Kate Maloney Williams, Kristin Rosekrans, Katharine Summers, Celia Margarita Morán, Alejandro Caravaca, Wim Savenije, Felix Alvarado, Xavier Bonal, Mariana Leon, Rachel Dyl, Changha Lee, Shue-kei Joanna Mok, Michael Lisman ...
    Series series Bristol Studies in Comparative and International Education
    Rooted in an international political economy theoretical framework, this book provides unique insights into the global forces and local responses that are shaping education systems in Central America and the Latin Caribbean (CALC).The book covers all Spanish-speaking countries of the CALC region and examines the effects of macro-economic pressures, geopolitical intervention, neo-colonial ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

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  • Dilemmas of Difference

    Indigenous Women and the Limits of Postcolonial Development Policy

    by Sarah A. Radcliffe ...
    In Dilemmas of Difference Sarah A. Radcliffe explores the relationship of rural indigenous women in Ecuador to the development policies and actors that are ostensibly there to help ameliorate social and economic inequality. Radcliffe finds that development policies’s inability to recognize and reckon with the legacies of colonialism reinforces long-standing social hierarchies, thereby reproducing ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • High-Risk Feminism in Colombia

    Women's Mobilization in Violent Contexts

    by Julia Margaret Zulver ...
    High-Risk Fe**minism in Colombia documents the experiences of grassroots women’s organizations that united to demand gender justice during and in the aftermath of Colombia’s armed conflict. In doing so, it illustrates a little-studied phenomenon: women whose experiences with violence catalyze them to mobilize and resist as feminists, even in the face of grave danger. Despite a well-established ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Indigenous Development in the Andes

    Culture, Power, and Transnationalism

    by Robert Andolina, Nina Laurie, Sarah A. Radcliffe ...
    As indigenous peoples in Latin America have achieved greater prominence and power, international agencies have attempted to incorporate the agendas of indigenous movements into development policymaking and project implementation. Transnational networks and policies centered on ethnically aware development paradigms have emerged with the goal of supporting indigenous cultures while enabling ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Urban Design Under Neoliberalism

    Theorising from Santiago, Chile

    by Francisco Vergara Perucich ...
    Series series Routledge Focus on Urban Studies
    This book discusses the status of urban design as a disciplinary field and as a practice under the current and pervasive neoliberal regime.The main argument is that urban design has been wholly reshaped by neoliberalism. In this transformation, it has become a discipline that has neglected its original ethos – designing good cities – aligning its theory and practice with the sole profit-oriented ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • European Union Support for Colombia's Peace Process

    Civil Society, Human Rights and Territorial Peace

    Edited by Karlos Pérez de Armiño ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This open access book provides a comprehensive analysis of the EU's crucial support for the implementation of the Havana Peace Agreement between the Colombian government and the FARC-EP. It explores the use of new approaches and instruments that, despite some limitations and criticisms, could go beyond conventional liberal peace and provide useful lessons. Particular attention is paid to three ... Read more

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  • Protest State

    The Rise of Everyday Contention in Latin America

    by Mason W. Moseley ...
    Why is social protest a normal, almost routine form of political participation in certain Latin American democracies, but not others? In light of surging protests in countries like Argentina, Brazil, and Peru, this book answers this question through a focus on recent trends in the quality of governance and socioeconomic development in the region. Specifically, it argues that increasingly engaged ... Read more

    $77.39 USD

  • Reorganizing Popular Politics

    Participation and the New Interest Regime in Latin America

    Edited by Ruth Berins Collier, Samuel Handlin ...
    A historic shift has occurred in the organizational structures through which the lower classes in Latin America express voice and find political representation. With the political and economic reforms of the 1980s and 1990s, networks of community-based associations and nongovernmental organizations replaced party-affiliated labor unions as the predominant organizations to which the lower classes ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Social Innovation in Latin America

    Maintaining and Restoring Social and Natural Capital

    Edited by Sara Calvo, Andrés Morales ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Social Enterprise & Social Innovation
    The Latin American continent contains an incredibly rich diversity from which humans derive a range of ecosystem services (e.g. material goods, cultural benefits, climate regulation, etc.) that contribute to livelihoods and well-being. It has become critical to reconcile social and environmental issues in the region to ensure that development is sustainable and aligned with the Sustainable ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • From Here and There

    Diaspora Policies, Integration, and Social Rights Beyond Borders

    by Alexandra Délano Alonso ...
    When immigrants to the United States need to learn English, receive health services, open a bank account or get a work certification, US state and local governments or non-profit organizations usually assist as part of the process of supporting immigrant integration and, ultimately, citizenship. But over the past two decades, Mexico, and other origin countries of migrants have been increasingly ... Read more

    $24.69 USD

  • Dimensions of Development

    History, Community, and Change in Allpachico, Peru

    by Susan Vincent ...
    Dimensions of Development traces the 'development' of Allpachico, a village in the Peruvian central highlands. Susan Vincent examines four aid projects in the area, each following distinct international trends, that took place between 1984 and 2008 within the context of wider state and global political and economic systems.A unique historical ethnography, Dimensions of Development illustrates how ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Welfare and Social Protection in Contemporary Latin America

    Edited by Gibrán Cruz-Martínez ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Latin American Development
    Social protection serves as an important development tool, helping to alleviate deprivation, reduce social risks, raise household income and develop human capital. This book brings together an interdisciplinary team of international experts to analyse social protection systems and welfare regimes across contemporary Latin America.The book starts with a section tracking the expansion of social ... Read more

    $59.99 USD