Struggles for Social Rights in Latin America (Hardcover)

Lists of Tables and FiguresPrefaceStruggles for Social Rights in Latin America: Claims in the Arenas of Subsistence, Labor, Gender,and Ethnicity - Susan Eva Eckstein and Timothy P. Wickham-CrowleyPart I: Subsistence RightsIn Defense of Social Justice: From Global Transformation to Local Resistance - Donna L. ChollettRisking Environmental Justice: Culture, Conservation, and Governance at Calakmul, Mexico - Nora HaennThe Cardboard Collectors of Nuevo Laredo: How Scavengers Protect the Environment and Benefit the Economy - Martin Medina Part II: Labor RightsEconomic Liberalization and Income Distribution in Mexico: Losers and Winners in a Time of Global Restructuring - Jaime Ros and Nora Claudia Lustig Defending Labor Rights Across Borders: Central American Export-Processing Plants - Mark S. AnnerSubversion and Compliance in Transnational Communities: Implications for Social Justice - Alejandro Portes and Patricia Fernández-Kelly Part III: Gender, Sexuality, and Social RightsGuatemaltecas: The Politics of Gender and Democratization - Susan A. BergerAdjustment with a Woman's Face: Gender and Macroeconomic Policy at the World Bank - Cynthia A. WoodLiterary Representations of Maids and Mistresses: Gender Alliances across Class and Ethnic Boundaries? - Judith Morganroth SchneiderSexual Orientation, AIDS, and Human Rights in Argentina: The Paradox of Social Advance amid Health Crisis - Mario PechenyPart IV: Racial and Ethnic RightsUnder the Shadows of Yaruquíes: Gaining Indigenous Autonomy in Cacha, Ecuador - Amalia PallaresSocial Justice and Reforms in Late Colonial Peru: An Andean Critique of Spanish Colonialism - Alcira DueñasThe Musical Expression of Social Justice: Mexican Corridos at the End of the Nineteenth Century - Catherine Héau