Rural Social Movements in Latin America [electronic resource] : Organizing for Sustainable Livelihoods / edited by Carmen Diana Deere and Frederick S. Royce.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Royce, Frederick S.

Deere, Carmen Diana.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development--Latin America.

Sustainable development.

Rural development--Latin America.

Rural development.

Social movements--Latin America.

Social movements.

Latin America--Rural conditions.

Latin America.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 356 p.) : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2009.

Summary:

Among others, food sovereignty, sustainable development and fair trade are the focus of a large number of social movements found in countries such as Bolivia, Mexico and Brazil. The contributors to this book include academic researchers as well as social movement leaders who are seeking to effect change in their countries and communities.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Rise and Impact of National and Transnational Rural Social Movements in Latin America

Part I. Globalizing the Struggle, Globalizing Hope

1. La Vía Campesina: Globalizing Peasants

2. Agrarian Reform and Food Sovereignty: An Alternative Model for the Rural World

3. For Life, Land, Territory, and the Sovereignty of Our People: The Latin American Coordinator of Rural Organizations

Part II. Land, Territory, and Agrarian Reform

4. The Landless Rural Workers' Movement and the Struggle for Social Justice in Brazil

5. Agrarian Reform as a Precondition for Development: The View of Brazil's Landless Rural Workers' Movement

6. Toward a Real Agrarian Reform in Bolivia: The Perspective of the Landless Movement

7. The Mobilization of Colombian Ethnic Minorities

Part III. Sustainable Livelihoods, Social Justice

8. Water for Life, Not for Death: The Brazilian Social Movement of People Affected by Dams

9. The Impact of Mining on Peruvian Peasant Communities: The Role of CONACAMI 189

10. When Social Movement Proposals Become Policy: Experiments in Sustainable Development in the Brazilian Amazon

11. Biodiversity and Tourism as Development Alternatives for Indigenous Peoples

12. Women Cooperative Members in Nicaragua: The Struggle for Autonomy

13. The Peasant Women's Movement in Bolivia: "Bartolina Sisa" and COCAMTROP

Part IV. Transnational Perspectives on Organizing for Social Justice

14. Reflections on ICTs, Telecenters, and Social Movements

15. Exit Followed by Voice: Mapping Mexico's Emerging Migrant Civil Society 263

16. Women and Social Movements in Transborder Communities: Mexico and the United States.

17. Transnational Social Movements Linking North and South: The Struggle for Fair Trade

List of Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8130-4581-9

0-8130-3839-1

OCLC:

607895678