Enduring reform : progressive activism and private sector responses in Latin America's democracies / edited by Jeffrey W. Rubin, Vivienne Bennett.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rubin, Jeffrey W., editor.

Bennett, Vivienne, 1953- editor.

Series:

Pitt Latin American series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democratization--Latin America.

Democratization.

Polarization (Social sciences).

Budget.

Business and politics.

Latin America.

Social movements--Latin America.

Social movements.

Business and politics--Latin America.

Budget--Latin America.

Polarization (Social sciences)--Latin America.

Physical Description:

xiii, 270 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2015]

Summary:

Enduring Reform presents five case studies from Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina in which marginalized groups have successfully forged new cultural and economic spaces and won greater autonomy and political voice, These initiatives have developed new mechanisms to work within the system, while also challenging the system's logic and constraints. Through firsthand interviews, the contributors capture local business people's understandings of these progressive initiatives and record how businesspeople grapple with changes they may not always welcome but must endure. The results show an uneven response to reform, dependent on cultural as well as economic factors. The success of democracy in Latin America depends on the expansion of political voice, economic well-being, and cultural inclusion. The Enduring Reform cases show that the democratic contexts of Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina today press businesspeople to endure, accept, and at times promote progressive change in unprecedented ways. Book jacket.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Introduction / Jeffrey W. Rubin and Vivienne Bennett

Social polarization and economic instability : twin challenges for enduring reform / Ann Helwege

Rethinking the revolution : Latin American social movements and the state in the twenty-first century / Wendy Wolford

The urban indigenous movement and elite accommodation in San Cristabal, Chiapas

Mexico, 1975-2008 : tenemos que vivir nuestros anos / "We Have to Live in Our Own Times" / Jan Rus and Gaspar Morquecho Escamilla

Democracy by invitation : the private sector's answer to participatory budgeting in Porto Alegre, Brazil / Jeffrey W. Rubin and Sergio Gregorio Baierle

Recuperated factories in contemporary Buenos Aires from the perspective of workers and businessmen / Carlos A. Forment

Both sides now : the rise of migrant activism and co-investment in public works in Zacatecas, Mexico / Heather Williams and Fernando Robledo Martinez

Speaking a business language : private sector support for the Afro Reggae cultural group / Jeffrey W. Rubin

Business responses to progressive activism in twenty-first-century Latin America / Vivienne Bennett and Jeffrey W. Rubin

Appendix. Enduring reform project, interview template

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780822963165

0822963167

OCLC:

879246277