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Throughout Latin America, indigenous peoples are responding to state violence and pro-democracy social movements by asserting their rights to a greater measure of cultural autonomy and self-determination. This volume's rich case studies of movements in Colombia, Guatemala, and Brazil weigh the degree of success achieved by indigenous leaders in influencing national agendas when governments display highly ambivalent attitudes about strengthening ethnic diversity. The contributors to this volume are leading anthropologists and indigenous activists from the United States and Latin America. They address the double binds of indigenous organizing and "working within the system" as well as the flex...
Depuis les années soixante, l’école a fait l’objet de nombreuses analyses critiques, tant scientifiques que politiques. La sociologie de l’éducation a pris son essor dans ces années-là, à une époque où les responsables des grandes réformes scolaires entretenaient l’idée d’une possible démocratisation des études. L’école est alors au cœur des préoccupations de la sociologie générale comme en témoignent, entre autres, les travaux de Bourdieu ou de Boudon. Dans les années quatre-vingt, les sociologues de langue française s’ouvrent à l’herméneutique et au constructivisme entre autres et commencent à connaître les bienfaits du pluralisme interprétatif déj...
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An illustrated scholarly analysis of the art and the cultural interpretations of the Flemish Primitives.
This book explores the reception of foreign news during the Dutch Revolt and the French Wars of Religion, shedding new light on the connections between these conflicts and demonstrating the emergence of critical news audiences.
Many changes have happened in sociology around the world in the last few decades. This reference work offers a thorough overview of recent developments in sociology in a wide range of countries. The chapters, written by expert contributors, provide first-hand information on new research trends and significant advances. Chapters generally provide a broad historical context, and then focus on developments in sociology since 1975. Part One contains chapters on sociology in Western and Northern Europe. Part Two, on the Western Hemisphere, includes several chapters on sociology in the United States, along with Canada and Latin America. Part Three discusses the many changes in Eastern Europe that have happened in recent years, while Parts Four, Five, and Six, covering Southern Europe, Africa and the Middle East, and the Far East add a valuable perspective to the work. Chapters include detailed bibliographies, and a selected, general bibliography concludes the work.
Vols. for 1975- include publications cataloged by the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library with additional entries from the Library of Congress MARC tapes.