Latin American Social Movements in the Twenty-First Century : Resistance, Power, and Democracy

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.

Part 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.