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1 online resource (xiv, 362 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Struggles for justice in Latin America / Susan Eva Eckstein and Timothy P. Wickham-Crowley -- Social inequality, civil society, and the limits of citizenship in Latin America / Philip Oxhorn -- An exception to Chilean exceptionalism? The historical role of Chile's judiciary / Lisa Hilbink -- Presidential crises and democratic accountability in Latin America, 1990-1999 / Aníbal Pérez-Liñán -- Vicious cycle of inequality in Latin America / Terry Lynn Karl -- Perpetrators' confessions : truth, reconciliation, and justice in Argentina / Leigh A. Payne -- Colombia : does injustice cause violence? / Marc W. Chernick -- Progressive pragmatism as a governance model : an in-depth look at Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1989-2000 / Sybil Delaine Rhodes -- Citizen responses to conflict and political crisis in Peru : informal politics in Ayacucho / David Scott Palmer -- Social justice and the new indigenous politics : an analysis of Guatemala, the Central Andes, and Chiapas / John A. Peeler -- War of the peace : indigenous women's struggle for social justice in Chiapas, Mexico / June Nash -- Reflections on remembrance : voices from an Ixcán village / Beatriz Manz. |
| Summary |
Following up on issues raised in 'Power and Popular Protest: Latin American Social Movements', these essays elucidate how conceptions of justice are socially constructed and contested and historically contingent, shaped by people's values and institutionally grounded in real-life experiences. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Social justice -- Latin America.
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Social justice. |
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Latin America. |
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Democratization -- Latin America.
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Democratization. |
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Free trade -- Social aspects -- Latin America.
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Free trade -- Social aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Eckstein, Susan, 1942-
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Wickham-Crowley, Timothy P., 1951-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: What justice? whose justice?. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2003 0520237447 0520237455 (DLC) 2002009718 (OCoLC)50040988 |
| ISBN |
9780520936980 (electronic book) |
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0520936981 (electronic book) |
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1417520019 (electronic book) |
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9781417520015 (electronic book) |
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1597349992 |
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9781597349994 |
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0520237447 (cloth) |
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9780520237445 (cloth) |
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0520237455 (paper) |
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9780520237452 (paper) |
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1282359657 |
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9781282359659 |
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