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Struggles for social rights in Latin America / edited by Susan Eva Eckstein and Timothy P. Wickham-Crowley.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social rights--Latin America.
- Social rights.
- Social justice--Latin America.
- Social justice.
- Basic needs--Latin America.
- Basic needs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (361 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-06370-6
- 1-283-84445-1
- 1-136-06362-5
- 0-203-61671-5
- 9780203616710
- OCLC:
- 821174548
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