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Voices of Latin America : social movements and the new activism / edited by Tom Gatehouse.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social movements--Latin America.
- Social movements.
- Social justice--Latin America.
- Social justice.
- Political participation--Latin America.
- Political participation.
- Latin America--Politics and government--21st century.
- Latin America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (294 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Rugby, England : Practical Action Publishing, [2019]
- Summary:
- How social movements of the past and present are shaping Latin American politics today These are uncertain times in Latin America.Popular faith in democracy has been shaken; traditional political parties and institutions are stagnating, and there is a growing right-wing extremism overtaking some governments.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Voices of Latin America
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- 1 Introduction: living life on their own terms
- 2 Fighting machismo: women on the front line
- 3 LGBT rights: the rainbow tide
- 4 The student revolution
- 5 Indigenous peoples and the rights of nature
- 6 The hydroelectric threat to the Amazon basin
- 7 Mining and communities
- 8 State violence, policing, and paramilitaries
- 9 Spaces of everyday resistance: the right to the city
- 10 The new journalism: now the people make the news
- 11 Cultural resistance
- Index of interviews
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781583677995
- 1583677992
- OCLC:
- 1099326862
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