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Legacies of the Left Turn in Latin America. The Promise of Inclusive Citizenshipby MANUEL BALÁN, FRANÇOISE MONTAMBEAULT,
6/12/2019Legacies of the Left Turn in Latin America: The Promise of Inclusive Citizenship contains original essays by a diverse group of leading and emerging scholars from North America, Europe, and Latin America.
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Les espaces publics, la démocratie et les gauches en Amérique latineby JULIÁN DURAZO-HERRMANN,
6/5/2019Ce collectif d’auteurs met en commun des visions complémentaires sur les changements politiques, sociaux et économiques du «?virage à gauche?» en Amérique latine.
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Genre, féminismes et développement. Une trilogie en constructionby CHARMAIN LEVY,
1/5/2019Misant sur la capacité d’agir et le pouvoir de transformation sociale des femmes des Suds, ce livre examine les enjeux du genre et du développement. Ce manuel féministe, clair et facile à consulter, est spécifiquement conçu pour les cours de premier cycle universitaire sur les femmes, le genre et le développement international. Organisé en sept sections, il offre un panorama aussi vaste que possible des préoccupations féministes reliées au genre et au développement, alimentant ainsi les réflexions et les études de cas dans le domaine.
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Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean: Subnational Structures, Institutions, and Clientelistic Networksby TINA HILGERS,
19/6/2017Late one night in Quito, Ecuador, two women were held in the office of a jail. One, a pregnant local woman with dark hair and skin, had been found in possession of a drawer full of watches.
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Identidade, território e política no contexto de violência na América latinaby TINA HILGERS,
1/1/2017Este livro é resultado do workshop “Clientelismo e Violência na América Latina e no Caribe”, realizado em dezembro de 2013, na Universidade de Carleton, Ottawa, Canadá.
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The Politics of Local Participatory Democracy in Latin America. Institutions, Actors, and Interactionsby FRANÇOISE MONTAMBEAULT,
1/1/2015Participatory democracy innovations aimed at bringing citizens back into local governance processes are now at the core of the international democratic development agenda. Municipalities around the world have adopted local participatory mechanisms of various types in the last two decades, including participatory budgeting, the flagship Brazilian program, and participatory planning, as it is the case in several Mexican municipalities. Yet, institutionalized participatory mechanisms have had mixed results in practice at the municipal level. So why and how does success vary? This book sets out to answer that question.
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