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Book SynopsisEach volume treating a key discipline of study, this is a collection of the best scholarship on challenges faced by the region in adapting to the post-Cold War environment of globalization and increasing democratization.
Table of ContentsYashar, Deborah. 'Contesting Citizenship: Indigenous Movements and Democaracy in Lation America.' Comparative Politics 30 (1998). Smith, Carol. 'Race-Class-Gender Ideology in Guatemala: Modern and Anti-Modern Forms.' Comparative Studies in Society and History 37 (1995). Fry, Peter. 'Politics, Nationality and the Meanings of 'Race' In Brazil.' Comparative Studies in Society and History 129 (2000). Stephen, Lynn. 'Culture as a Resource: Four Cases of Self-managed Indigenous Craft Production in Latin America,' Economic Development and Cultural Change 40 (1991). Chiswick, Barry., Patrinos, Harry. and Hurst, Michael. 'Indigenous Language Skills and the Labor Market in a developing Economy: Bolivia.' Economic Development and Cultural Change 40 (1991). MacIsaac, Donna and Patrinos, Harry Anthony. 'Labour Market Discrimination against Indigenous People in Peru.' Journal of Development Studies 32 (1995). Johnson, Ollie. 'Racial Representation and Brazilian Politics: Black Members of the National Congress, 1983-1999.' Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs 40 (1998). Van Cott, Donna Lee. 'A Political Analysis of Legal Pluralism in Bolivia and Columbia.' Journal of Latin American Studies 32 (2000). Korovkin, Tanya. 'Weak Weapons, Strong Weapons? Hidden Resistance and Political Protest in Rural Ecuador.' Journal of Peasant Studies 27 (2000). Andrews, George Reid. 'Racial Inequality in Brazil and the United States: A Statistical Comparison.' Journal of Social History 26 (1992). Brysk, Alision. 'Turning Weakness into Strength: The Internationalization of Indian Rights.' Latin American Perspectives 23 (1996). Nash, June. 'The Reassertion of Indigenous Identity: Mayan Responses to State Intervention in Chiapas.' Latin American Research Review 30 (1995). Mitchell, Michael and Wood, Charles. 'Ironies of Citizenship, Skin Color, Police Brutality and the Challenge to Democracy in Brazil.' Social Forces 77 (1998).
