Latin American Social Movements in the Twenty-first Century: Resistance, Power, and Democracy May 8, 2008

This clearly written and comprehensive text examines the uprising of politically and economically marginalized groups in Latin American societies. Specialists in a broad range of disciplines present original research from a variety of case studies in a student-friendly format. Section introductions help students contextualize the essays, highlighting social movement origins, strategies, and outcomes. Thematic sections address historical context, political economy, community-building and consciousness, ethnicity and race, gender, movement strategies, and transnational organizing, making this book useful to anyone studying the wide range of social movements in Latin America.

Richard Stahler-Sholk (Editor) is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Eastern Michigan University

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