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New Democratic Initiatives in Authoritarian Twenty-First Century Latin America
New Democratic Initiatives in Authoritarian Twenty-First Century Latin America uses a multidisciplinary approach to understand the coincidence of emerging social movements, seeking more meaningful forms of democratic participation, on the one hand, and the rise of new authoritarian politics that in part rely on chaos and disorder as mechanisms of domination, on the other. This edited collection argues that Latin America has entered a new phase of political and economic volatility in which traditional conceptual divisions between democracy and authoritarianism need to be re-thought. How are democratic movements coping with and reacting to the new right-wing politics of Jair Bolsonaro and Javier Milei, which among other things, attempt to incorporate the popular classes? Does the “second pink tide” offer meaningful avenues for popular empowerment? How are counter hegemonic struggles built? What are the challenges and opportunities faced by women, queer and trans people, cultural workers, people with disabilities and indigenous groups in this conjuncture? These are the key questions addressed in this book.
Transforming Politics with Merleau-Ponty
The contributors to this book offer productive new readings of Merleau-Ponty’s political philosophy and of other facets of his thought. They each deploy his theories to adopt a critical stance on urgent political issues and contemporary situations within society. Each essay focuses on a different aspect of political transformation, be it at the personal, social, national, or international level. The book as a whole maps out possibilities for thinking phenomenologically about politics without a sole focus on the state, turning instead toward contemporary human experience and existence.
A New Model Society
Globalised neoliberal capitalism continues to entrench inequality, environmental degradation, and social division. The Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST), or Brazilian Landless Movement, offer us a route beyond any theoretical impasse or reluctant acquiescence to the enduring social and economic status quo. Through time spent working and living among the MST many of their defining features and activities are mapped. These include land occupations; the organisation of work co-operatively; the practising of agro-ecology; implementation of gender quotas for community leadership positions; and the application of principles based upon the ‘common good’. These represent just some of the experiences, challenges, and lessons we as a global community can learn from MST communities as we think about alternative futures.
Governing Failure
Traces an important shift in international development policy as global institutions have become preoccupied with policy failure. This title is also available as Open Access.
L’Amérique latine en transformation
Depuis les transitions démocratiques des années 1980 en Amérique latine, les dynamiques politiques et les enjeux de citoyenneté ont été au coeur des débats. Cet ouvrage explore en profondeur les mutations de la relation complexe tissée entre l’État et la société, mettant en lumière les dynamiques des luttes pour l’inclusion de groupes populaires historiquement marginalisés. Du « virage à gauche » des années 2000 à la résurgence actuelle des forces conservatrices, l’analyse se déploie dans une série d’études de cas comparées, couvrant des pays tels que le Brésil, l’Argentine, le Chili, le Mexique, la Colombie, le Pérou, la Bolivie et la Jamaïque. Par cette perspective d’ensemble, les auteurs s’interrogent quant aux répercussions de ces transformations sur l’inclusion sociale et la construction des régimes de citoyenneté. En explorant à la fois les normes institutionnelles et les pratiques des mouvements sociaux, ils présentent une vision élargie du politique et des défis contemporains de la région en matière de démocratie et de gouvernance.
Autour de Chantal Mouffe
Chantal Mouffe est une figure majeure dans l’analyse du politique contemporain. Elle rejette les simplismes de l’économisme et de la lutte des classes comme seuls mécanismes déterminants dans les antagonismes au cœur de la société, et défend la nécessité d’une démocratie radicale et du pluralisme agonistique afin de permettre à tous les antagonismes de s’exprimer au sein de l’espace politique. L’objectif principal de cet ouvrage est d’ouvrir un espace de dialogue sur son œuvre, et en particulier sur sa compréhension du politique. Les concepts de démocratie radicale et de politique agonistique sont des notions clés dans ses analyses. On voudra comprendre comment ils peuvent nous aider à repenser le politique dans la conjoncture actuelle.
Water Services Disputes in International Arbitration
Water Services Disputes in International Arbitration Reconsidering the Nexus of Investment Protection, Environment, and Human Rights by Xu Qian The argument that universal access to water is a human right is based on the fact that life on Earth cannot exist without water. Yet the enormous cost of building and maintaining water service infrastructure, purifying, monitoring quality, and providing sanitation services is beyond the means of many of the States most in need. Foreign investment is thus mandated—hence the often acrimonious tension manifest in investor-State disputes over water rights. This book offers the first in-depth analysis of both international treaty norms and their interpr...
The Invention of Celebrity
Frequently perceived as a characteristic of modern culture, the phenomenon of celebrity has much older roots. In this book Antoine Lilti shows that the mechanisms of celebrity were developed in Europe during the Enlightenment, well before films, yellow journalism, and television, and then flourished during the Romantic period on both sides of the Atlantic. Figures from across the arts like Voltaire, Garrick, and Liszt were all veritable celebrities in their time, arousing curiosity and passionate loyalty from their “fans.” The rise of the press, new advertising techniques, and the marketing of leisure brought a profound transformation in the visibility of celebrities: private lives were ...
Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean
This volume examines violence across Latin America and the Caribbean to demonstrate the importance of subnational analysis over national aggregates.
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