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  • Eroding Military Influence in Brazil

    Politicians Against Soldiers

    by Wendy Hunter ...
    Wendy Hunter explores civil-military relations in Brazil following the transition to civilian leadership in 1985. She documents a marked, and surprising, decline in the political power of the armed forces, even as they have remained involved in national policy making. To account for the success of civilian politicians, Hunter invokes rational-choice theory in arguing that politicians will contest ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Undocumented Nationals

    Between Statelessness and Citizenship

    by Wendy Hunter ...
    Series series Elements in the Politics of Development
    Understood simply, people are either citizens of a country or stateless. Yet reality belies this dichotomy. Between absolute statelessness and full citizenship exist millions of people who are nationals of a country in principle but lack the identity documents to prove it, beginning with a birth certificate. Languishing in a gray zone, undocumented nationals have difficulty accessing the full ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • Leftist Governments in Latin America

    Successes and Shortcomings

    Edited by Kurt Weyland, Raúl L. Madrid, Wendy Hunter ...
    Can Latin America's 'new left' stimulate economic development, enhance social equity, and deepen democracy in spite of the economic and political constraints it faces? This is the first book to systematically examine the policies and performance of the left-wing governments that have risen to power in Latin America during the last decade. Featuring thorough studies of Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, and ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • The Transformation of the Workers' Party in Brazil, 1989–2009

    by Wendy Hunter ...
    Drawing on historical institutionalism and strategic frameworks, this book analyzes the evolution of the Workers' Party between 1989, the year of Lula's first presidential bid, and 2009, when his second presidential term entered its final stretch. The book's primary purpose is to understand why and how the once-radical Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) moderated the programmatic positions it endorsed ... Read more

    $35.29 USD

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  • Understanding Brazil - United States Relations

    by Monica Hirst ...
    Series series Coleção Política Externa Brasileira
    The Brazil-United States relations represent a huge potential, but in recent decades have suffered from lack of communication and understanding between academics and policymakers from both countries. This book goes a long way towards demystifyingthis relationship. Covering from the final decades of the 19th century until the period of the Rousseff and Obama administrations,the work apprehends the ... Read more

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  • Blood of Extraction

    Canadian Imperialism in Latin America

    by Todd Gordon, Jeffery R. Webber ...
    Rooted in thousands of pages of Access to Information documents and dozens of interviews carried out throughout Latin America, Blood of Extraction examines the increasing presence of Canadian mining companies in Latin America and the environmental and human rights abuses that have occurred as a result. By following the money, Gordon and Webber illustrate the myriad ways Canadian-based ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Undocumented Lives

    The Untold Story of Mexican Migration

    by Ana Raquel Minian ...
    Frederick Jackson Turner Award FinalistWinner of the David Montgomery AwardWinner of the Theodore Saloutos Book AwardWinner of the Betty and Alfred McClung Lee Book AwardWinner of the Frances Richardson Keller-Sierra PrizeWinner of the Américo Paredes Prize“A deeply humane book.”—Mae Ngai, author of Impossible Subjects“Necessary and timely…A valuable text to consider alongside the current fight ... Read more

    $18.89 USD

  • Brazil

    Reversal of Fortune

    by Alfred P. Montero ...
    Once deemed a “dysfunctional” democracy with a “feckless” set of political institutions and a “drunk” economy, today’s Brazil has undergone a complete reversal of fortune. Now in its third decade of democracy, the economy is blossoming and large-scale development projects are underway, including the exploitation of massive, off-shore oil reserves, a nationwide effort to modernize infrastructure, ... Read more

    $22.00 USD

  • Venezuela

    Hugo Chavez and the Decline of an "Exceptional Democracy"

    Edited by Miguel Tinker Salas, Steve Ellner ...
    Series series Latin American Perspectives in the Classroom
    This authoritative book offers a comprehensive assessment of contemporary Venezuela. Analyzing the multifaceted phenomenon of Hugo Chávez, leading scholars move beyond his flamboyant style to focus on the concerns of popular social and political movements. The book challenges the misleading notions that for several decades glorified Venezuelan "exceptionalism" and minimized the role of important ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Feminist Agendas and Democracy in Latin America

    by Marcela Ríos Tobar, Jutta Marx, Jutta Borner, Mariana Caminotti ...
    Latin American women’s movements played important roles in the democratic transitions in South America during the 1980s and in Central America during the 1990s. However, very little has been written on what has become of these movements and their agendas since the return to democracy. This timely collection examines how women’s movements have responded to the dramatic political, economic, and ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Brazil

    Neoliberalism versus Democracy

    by Alfredo Saad-Filho, Lecio Morais ...
    Brazil is the world's sixth largest economy, has played a key role as one of the 'pink wave' administrations in Latin America, and was also responsible for wrecking the US-sponsored proposal for a Free Trade Area of the Americas. It is also one of the few large countries where social spending has risen and the distribution of income has improved in the last thirty years.However, as protests during ... Read more

    $23.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Care Work and Class

    Domestic Workers’ Struggle for Equal Rights in Latin America

    by Merike Blofield ...
    Despite constitutions that enshrine equality, until recently every state in Latin America permitted longer working hours (in some cases more than double the hours) and lower benefits for domestic workers than other workers. This has, in effect, subsidized a cheap labor force for middle- and upper-class families and enabled well-to-do women to enter professional labor markets without having to ... Read more

    $26.99 USD