基本説明
Blending macro-level global and national analysis with in-depth grassroots detail.
Full Description
The new millennium began with the triumph of democracy and markets. But for whom is life just, how so, and why? And what is being done to correct persisting injustices? Blending macro-level global and national analysis with in-depth grassroots detail, the contributors highlight roots of injustices, how they are perceived, and efforts to alleviate them. Following up on issues raised in the groundbreaking best-seller "Power and Popular Protest: Latin American Social Movements" (California, 2001), 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. The contributors, a stellar coterie of North and Latin American scholars, offer refreshing new insights that deepen our understanding of social justice as ideology and practice.
Contents
List of Illustrations Preface 1. Struggles for Justice in Latin America Susan Eva Eckstein and Timothy P. Wickham-Crowley PART ONE: POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS, RIGHTS, AND INJUSTICE 2. Social Inequality, Civil Society, and the Limits of Citizenship in Latin America Philip Oxhorn 3. An Exception to Chilean Exceptionalism? The Historical Role of Chile's Judiciary Lisa Hilbink 4. Presidential Crises and Democratic Accountability in Latin America, 1990--1999 Anibal Perez-Linan PART TWO: THE POLITY, THE SOCIAL CONTRACT, AND INJUSTICE 5. The Vicious Cycle of Inequality in Latin America Terry Lynn Karl 6. Perpetrators' Confessions: Truth, Reconciliation, and Justice in Argentina Leigh A. Payne 7. Colombia: Does Injustice Cause Violence? Marc W. Chernick PART THREE: DEMOCRATIZATION: THE PROMISE OF JUSTICE AND ITS LIMITATIONS 8. Progressive Pragmatism as a Governance Model: An In-Depth Look at Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1989--2000 Sybil Delaine Rhodes 9. Citizen Responses to Conflict and Political Crisis in Peru: Informal Politics in Ayacucho David Scott Palmer PART FOUR: ETHNIC RESPONSES TO INJUSTICES 10. Social Justice and the New Indigenous Politics: An Analysis of Guatemala, the Central Andes, and Chiapas John A. Peeler 11. The War of the Peace: Indigenous Women's Struggle for Social Justice in Chiapas, Mexico June Nash 12. Reflections on Remembrance: Voices from an Ixcan Village Beatriz Manz List of Contributors Index
