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  • Protest and Democracy

    by Erica S. Simmons, Jeffrey Ayres, Laura Macdonald, Jennifer M. Larson, Carew E. Boulding, Paul Kingston, Sofia Donoso, Nicolas Somma, Ted Goertzel, Eduardo Silva ...
    In 2011, political protests sprang up across the world. In the Middle East, Europe, Latin America, the United States unlikely people sparked or led massive protest campaigns from the Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street. These protests were made up of educated and precariously employed young people who challenged the legitimacy of their political leaders, exposed a failure of representation, and ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Social Movements in Chile

    Organization, Trajectories, and Political Consequences

    Edited by Sofia Donoso, Marisa von Bülow ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book presents rich empirical analyses of the most important movements in Chile’s post-transition era: the Student Movement, the Mapuche Movement, the Labor Movement, the Feminist Movement, and the Environmental Movement. The chapters illuminate the processes that led to their emergence, and detail how actors developed new strategies, or revisited old ones, to influence the political arena. ... Read more

    $134.09 USD

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    by Orde Morton ...
    Rio de Janeiro’s is a lush, complex history that spans five centuries, and Marvelous City is the first full length retelling of that history written in English. From the beach life of the Ipanema and Copacabana to the struggles of the Rio’s infamous favelas, this is a story of contrast and contradiction. We are offered a glimpse into Rio’s high society and rich culture and are shown the endemic ... Read more

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  • Oil in the Soil

    The Politics of Paying to Preserve the Amazon

    by Pamela L. Martin ...
    Paradise may have been found in the Western Amazon, but it is on the brink of destruction. Oil in the Soil analyzes the campaign to save the Ishpingo-Tambococha-Tiputini (ITT) block of Yasuní National Park in Ecuador's Amazon and the global networks that have resulted in one of the world's most innovative plans to save the Amazon and other biodiverse places on our planet. Pamela L. Martin examines ... Read more

    $96.39 USD

  • The Idea of Haiti

    Rethinking Crisis and Development

    Edited by Millery Polyné ...
    After Haiti was struck by a devastating earthquake on January 12, 2010, aid workers and offers of support poured in from around the world. Tellingly, though, news reports on the catastrophe and relief efforts frequently included a pejorative description of the country that outsiders were determined to rebuild: the troubled island nation, a nation plagued by political violence. There was much talk ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Democratization and Authoritarian Party Survival

    Mexico's PRI

    by Joy K. Langston ...
    When Mexico's authoritarian Party of the Institutional Revolution (PRI) was defeated in the 2000 presidential election after seventy-one years of uninterrupted rule, many analysts believed the party would inevitably splinter and collapse. An authoritarian party without control over government resources and without a strong national executive creates both opportunity and incentive for ambitious ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Cuba Under Siege

    American Policy, the Revolution and Its People

    by K. Bolender ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    For more than 50 years America's unrelenting hostility toward the Cuban Revolution has resulted in the development of a siege mentality among island leadership and its citizens. In a vibrant new look at Cuban-American relations, Keith Bolender analyzes the effects this has had on economic, cultural, and political life. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • China and Latin America in Transition

    Policy Dynamics, Economic Commitments, and Social Impacts

    Edited by Shoujun Cui, Manuel Pérez García ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This volume explores the policy dynamics, economic commitments and social impacts of the fast evolving Sino-LAC relations. China’s engagement with Latin America and the Caribbean has entered into an era of strategic transition. While China is committed to strengthening its economic and political ties with Latin America and the Caribbean, Latin America as a bloc is enthusiastically echoing China’s ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

  • Decentralization and Party Politics in the Dominican Republic

    by C. Mitchell ...
    Recently in the Dominican Republic, a pro-municipal social alliance pressed for decentralization and politicians yielded, seeking power in three-party competition. This study examines how electoral, financial, and administrative power has been dispersed and suggests innovative strategies to maintain decentralizing momentum. ... Read more

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  • Latin American Politics

    An Introduction, Second Edition

    by David Close ...
    Latin American Politics, Second Edition is a thematic introduction to the political systems of all 20 Latin American countries. The approach is self-consciously comparative and encourages students to develop stronger comparative analysis skills through such topics as history, violence, democracy, and political economy. Fully updated and revised, this second edition also includes a new chapter on ... Read more

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  • Riding with Death

    Vodou Art and Urban Ecology in the Streets of Port-au-Prince

    by Jana Evans Braziel ...
    Series series Caribbean Studies Series
    On the southern end of the Grand Rue, a major thoroughfare that runs through the center of Port-au-Prince, waits the Haitian capital's automobile repair district. This veritable junkyard of steel and rubber, recycled parts, old tires, and scrap metal might seem an unlikely foundry for art. Yet, on the street's opposite end thrives the Grand Rue Galerie, a working studio of assembled art and ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Puerto Rico

    What Everyone Needs to Know®

    by Jorge Duany ...
    Series series What Everyone Needs To Know®
    Acquired by the United States from Spain in 1898, Puerto Rico has a peculiar status among Latin American and Caribbean countries. As a Commonwealth, the island enjoys limited autonomy over local matters, but the U.S. has dominated it militarily, politically, and economically for much of its recent history. Though they are U.S. citizens, Puerto Ricans do not have their own voting representatives in ... Read more

    $10.49 USD