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Title The new politics of inequality in Latin America : rethinking participation and representation / edited by Douglas A. Chalmers [and others]
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 644 pages) : illustrations
Series Oxford studies in democratization
Oxford studies in democratization.
Contents Machine derived contents note: Introduction -- 1. Participation, Inequality, and the Whereabouts of Democracy, Carlos M. Vilas -- Section I: Traditional Actors, New Settings -- 2. Beyond Corporatism: New Patterns of Representation in the Brazilian Auto Industry, Scott B. Martin -- 3. Union Politics, Market-Orientated Reforms and the Reshaping of Argentine Corporatism, M. Victoria Murillo -- 4. The Crisis of Developmentalism and the Rural Labor Movement in Northeast Brazil, Anthony W. Pereira -- Section II: Searching for New Forms of Participation -- 5. The Rise of Causa R in Venezuela, Margarita Lopez-Maya -- 6. The Seven-Month Itch?: Neoliberal Politics, Popular Movements, and the Left in Mexico, Kathleen Bruhn -- 7. The Politics of Identity Reconstruction: Indians and Democracy in Ecuador, Melina Selverston -- 8. The Evolution of the Brazilian Environmental Movement and Its Political Roles, Kathryn Hochstetler -- 9. The Authoritarian Alternative: Anti-Politics Among the Popular Sectors of Lima, Aldo Panfichi -- Section III: The Stubbornness of Violence -- 10. The Quetzal is Red: Military States, Popular Movements, and Political Violence in Guatemala, Deborah J. Yashar -- 11. Popular Responses to State-Sponsored Violence in Brazil, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro -- 12. Political Violence and the Grassroots in Lima, Peru, Jo-Marie Burt -- Section IV: Dilemmas of a Social Democratic Project -- 13. Rethinking Economic Alternatives: Left Parties and the Articulation of Popular Demands in Chile and Peru, Kenneth M. Roberts -- 14. Market-Orientated Development Strategies and State-Society Relations in New Democracies: Lessons from Contemporary Chile and Spain, Eric Hershberg -- 15. Putting Conservatism to Good Use?: Long Crisis and Vetoed Alternatives in Uruguay, Fernando Fildueira and Jorge Papadopulos -- Section V: Reconstructing Representation -- 16. The Difficult Transition from Clientelism to Citizenship: Lessons from Mexico, Jonathan Fox -- 17. Reconstructing the Workers Party (PT): Lessons from Northeastern Brazil, William R. Nylen -- 18. Can a Leftist Government Make a Difference?: The Frente Amplio Administration of Montevideo, 1990-1994, Peter Winn and Lilia Ferro-Clerico -- 19. Targeting the Poor: The Politics of Social Policy Reforms in Mexico, Kerianne Piester -- 20. Redefining the Public/Private Mix: NGOs and the Emergency Social Investment Fund in Ecuador, Monique Segarra -- 21. Regional Integration and Transnational Politics: Popular Sector Strategies in the NAFTA Era, Maria Lorena Cook -- Conclusion -- 22. Associative Networks: New Structures of Representation for the Popular Sectors?, Douglas A. Chalmers -- Contributors List -- Bibliography
Summary Exploring the nature of judgements about degrees of freedom, this book argues for a conception of freedom that not only reflects commonly held intuitions about who is freer than who, but that is also compatible with a liberal theory of justice
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 583-634) and index
SUBJECT Lateinamerika gnd
Subject Political participation -- Latin America
Representative government and representation -- Latin America
Poor -- Political activity -- Latin America
Equality -- Latin America
Democracy -- Latin America
Democratization -- Latin America
Social change -- Latin America
Gobierno Representativo -- América Latina
Pobreza
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
Democracy
Democratization
Equality
Political participation
Poor -- Political activity
Representative government and representation
Social change
Politische Beteiligung
Armut
Sozialer Wandel
Sociale ongelijkheid.
Politieke participatie.
Democratisering.
Representatie (politicologie)
Política e governo -- América do sul.
Participação política -- América latina.
Representação política -- América latina.
Governo representativo -- América latina.
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION.
DEMOCRACY.
SOCIAL CHANGE.
LATIN AMERICA.
ECONOMIC ASPECTS.
SUBJECT América Latina
Subject Latin America
Form Electronic book
Author Chalmers, Douglas A.
ISBN 9780198781844
0198781849
9780191525131
0191525138
9780198781837
0198781830
9780191598968
0191598968