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.
FREE Two-Day Shipping for students on millions of items. Learn more |
| |||||||||||||||
Book Description
Frequently Bought Together
Editorial Reviews
Review
"What Justice? Whose Justice? is impassioned scholarship at its best. It brings together detailed studies of rights and institutions, inequality and struggle, citizenship and indigenous politics, war and peace."
From the Inside Flap
"This splendid collection by two of our leading political sociologists pioneers new directions in the study of social justice in Latin America. What Justice? Whose Justice? is impassioned scholarship at its best. It brings together detailed studies of rights and institutions, inequality and struggle, citizenship and indigenous politics, war and peace. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in what the so-called triumph of democracy over dictatorship in the region really means today in the lives of the still dispossessed."--Matthew C. Gutmann, author of The Romance of Democracy: Compliant Defiance in Contemporary Mexico
"This book offers a stimulating interdisciplinary analysis of the gripping problems of justice, inequality, and citizenship, and of citizen responses to these issues in contemporary Latin America. It is essential reading on these interrelated themes."--Scott Mainwaring, co-editor of Presidentialism and Democracy in Latin America
"First-rate contributors address the quality of democracy in several Latin American countries in these readable and provocative essays. The volume focuses particularly on the relation between democracy and the law, on the importance of the past, and on informal politics and indigenous political movements. A must-read for all those who are tracking the course of democracy in the region and who are concerned about its political future."--Jane S. Jaquette, co-editor of Women and Democracy: Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe
"For anyone who still assumes that markets plus elections suffice to resolve the problems of injustice that are the political, social, and economic patrimony of Latin America, this book will be a firm wake-up call. At the same time, the excellent case studies in this book make it clear that the current global neoliberal regime is no more effective at suppressing local struggles for justice than the more traditional forms of domination that came before it. It is valuable and provocative reading for anyone interested in understanding the contemporary political dynamics of justice and injustice."--Peter Evans, editor of Livable Cities?
"This book offers a stimulating interdisciplinary analysis of the gripping problems of justice, inequality, and citizenship, and of citizen responses to these issues in contemporary Latin America. It is essential reading on these interrelated themes."--Scott Mainwaring, co-editor of Presidentialism and Democracy in Latin America
"First-rate contributors address the quality of democracy in several Latin American countries in these readable and provocative essays. The volume focuses particularly on the relation between democracy and the law, on the importance of the past, and on informal politics and indigenous political movements. A must-read for all those who are tracking the course of democracy in the region and who are concerned about its political future."--Jane S. Jaquette, co-editor of Women and Democracy: Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe
"For anyone who still assumes that markets plus elections suffice to resolve the problems of injustice that are the political, social, and economic patrimony of Latin America, this book will be a firm wake-up call. At the same time, the excellent case studies in this book make it clear that the current global neoliberal regime is no more effective at suppressing local struggles for justice than the more traditional forms of domination that came before it. It is valuable and provocative reading for anyone interested in understanding the contemporary political dynamics of justice and injustice."--Peter Evans, editor of Livable Cities?
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
a thorough examination,
By
This review is from: What Justice? Whose Justice?: Fighting for Fairness in Latin America (Paperback)
The description of struggle gives a vast perspective on Latin America and the battle agaisnt poverty and social divisions. With theory and historical evidence the content is relevent for any ill informed America or person of the world.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
The new millennium began with the triumph of democracy over dictatorship, the removal of fetters believed to have obstructed economic advancement in poor countries, and new global concern with human rights. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
impeachment crises, heroic confessions, presidential crises, progressive pragmatism, participatory budget, universal political rights, controlled inclusion, informal politics, armed actors, impeachment crisis, civil patrols, indigenous peasantry, partisan powers, amnesty law, mayoral administration, death flights, media scandals, interview with author, indigenous claims Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Latin America, New York, Supreme Court, Porto Alegre, Shining Path, United States, Notre Dame, Westview Press, Costa Rica, Princeton University Press, Oxford University Press, World Bank, Cambridge University Press, Guillermo O'Donnell, Journal of Democracy, Guatemala City, Buenos Aires, Johns Hopkins University Press, Martin's Press, National Front, New Haven, Yale University Press, Central America, Cold War, Mexico City New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Surprise Me!
The new millennium began with the triumph of democracy over dictatorship, the removal of fetters believed to have obstructed economic advancement in poor countries, and new global concern with human rights. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
impeachment crises, heroic confessions, presidential crises, progressive pragmatism, participatory budget, universal political rights, controlled inclusion, informal politics, armed actors, impeachment crisis, civil patrols, indigenous peasantry, partisan powers, amnesty law, mayoral administration, death flights, media scandals, interview with author, indigenous claims Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Latin America, New York, Supreme Court, Porto Alegre, Shining Path, United States, Notre Dame, Westview Press, Costa Rica, Princeton University Press, Oxford University Press, World Bank, Cambridge University Press, Guillermo O'Donnell, Journal of Democracy, Guatemala City, Buenos Aires, Johns Hopkins University Press, Martin's Press, National Front, New Haven, Yale University Press, Central America, Cold War, Mexico City New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
This book cites 100
books:
See all 100 books this book cites
2
books
cite this book:
- Constitutionalism and Democracy: Transitions in the Contemporary World by Douglas Greenberg on 4 pages
- The Peruvian Labyrinth: Polity, Society, Economy by Maxwell A. Cameron on page 126, page 251, and page 281
- Transitions from Authoritarian Rule, Vol. 4: Tentative Conclusions about Uncertain Democracies by Guillermo O'Donnell on page 61, page 63, and page 253
- The Paradox of Plenty: Oil Booms and Petro-States (Studies in International Political Economy) by Terry Lynn Karl on page 156, and Back Matter
- Violent Memories: Mayan War Widows In Guatemala by Judith Zur on page 284, and page 336
See all 100 books this book cites
- Struggles for Social Rights in Latin America by Susan Eva Eckstein on page 53, and page 55
- Struggles for Social Rights in Latin America by Susan Eva Eckstein on page 53
Books on Related Topics
(learn more)
|
|
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product).
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
So You'd Like to...
Look for Similar Items by Category
- Books > Business & Investing > Economics
- Books > History > Americas > Central America
- Books > New & Used Textbooks > Business & Finance
- Books > New & Used Textbooks > Humanities > History > Latin America
- Books > New & Used Textbooks > Social Sciences > Anthropology
- Books > New & Used Textbooks > Social Sciences > Political Science > Political Ideologies
- Books > New & Used Textbooks > Social Sciences > Sociology
- Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Government > Democracy
- Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Politics
- Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Social Sciences
- Books > Science & Math > Nature & Ecology > Conservation
