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Female Well-Being: Towards a Global Theory of Social Change (buecher.de - (Teil2))

Produktbeschreibung (21079700): This global survey of the female conditions starts from the belief that the significant transformations in women´s lives deserve to be fully documented and interpreted. It illustrates the critical challenges faced by women in the 20th century using original data from countries in every world region. The case studies are written by teams of scholars, educators, and policy analysts in Canada, the United States, Colombia, Iceland, the United Kingdom, Croatia, Japan, Bangladesh, Thailand, South Africa, Sudan, and Kenya. .The catalysts for change in female well-being are identified from trends from 1900 to 2000 in infant mortality, maternal mortality, literacy, life expectancy, education, work, income, family structure, and political power. Trends are analyzed in the light of the century´s major events, legislative initiatives, social policies, and leadership, to illustrate the processes that enhance, sustain, or detract from the female condition. The last chapter suggests ideas for how to improve female well-being globally.

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Trials of Nation Making: Liberalism, Race, and Ethnicity in the Andes, 1810-1910 (buecher.de - (Teil2))

Produktbeschreibung (21179425): This book offers the first interpretive synthesis of the history of Andean peasants and the challenges of nation-making in the four republics of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia during the turbulent nineteenth century. Nowhere in Latin America were postcolonial transitions more vexed or violent than in the Andes, where communal indigenous roots grew deep and where the ´Indian problem´ seemed so daunting to liberalizing states. Brooke Larson paints vivid portraits of Creole ruling elites and native peasantries engaged in ongoing political and moral battles over the rightful place of the Indian majorities in these emerging nation-states. In this story, indigenous people emerge as crucial protagonists through their prosaic struggles for land, community, and ´ethnic´ identity, as well as in the upheaval of war, rebellion, and repression in rural society. This book raises broader issues about the interplay of liberalism, racism, and ethnicity in the formation of exclusionary ´republics without citizens´.

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Fishing Passion: A Lifelong Love Affair with Angling (buecher.de - (Teil1))

Produktbeschreibung (21506455): Drawn from a lifetime of passion for fishing, these stories focus on one man´s angling adventures at the world´s most exotic locations. Jim Chapralis began fishing at the age of eight, became immediately addicted, and for the next six decades found a way to fish in forty countries. Jim pioneered the international fishing travel business, and in this book he describes trips to Angola in search of giant tarpon, to Panama, where he and friends are held at bay by a dozen guns; and to Colombia, where witch doctors practice their medicine on two of his clients. Inspiring and filled with personal anecdotes from his adventures, this book produces an insatiable desire to wet a hook for all angling addicts.

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From Movements to Parties in Latin America: The Evolution of Ethnic Politics (buecher.de - (Teil1))

Produktbeschreibung (22698748): Explains the formation in the 1990s of successful political parties in four Latin American countries.

Provides a detailed treatment of an important topic that has received no scholarly attention: the surprising transformation of indigenous peoples´ movements into viable political parties in the 1990s in four Latin American countries (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela) and their failure to succeed in two others (Argentina, Peru). The parties studied are crucial components of major trends in the region. By providing to voters clear programs for governing, and reaching out in particular to under-represented social groups, they have enhanced the quality of democracy and representative government. Based on extensive original research and detailed historical case studies, the book links historical institutional analysis and social movement theory to a study of the political systems in which the new ethnic cleavages emerged. The book concludes with a discussion of the implications for democracy of the emergence of this phenomenon in the context of declining public support for parties.

Review quote:
´In this magnificent landmark study, Van Cott establishes herself as the preeminent empiricist on and advocate for ethnic parties in South America.´ Foreign Affairs

´In a clear and well-written treatment, Van Cott (?)0; asks why ethnic parties emerged in the 1990s and why they experienced different levels of success (?)0; This is a crucial resource for understanding contemporary indigenous politics.´ Choice

´Because of the great complexity of indigenous politics in Latin America, rarely does scholarship on this topic venture beyond one or two country cases. Donna Lee Van Cott´s systematic comparison of indigenous politics across six countries is therefore a courageous and welcome contribution to the growing literature on this topic.´ International Affairs

´Donna Lee Van Cott has been a pioneer in the study of indigenous people´s politics in Latin America. Her new book is an important contribution to the study of political parties, especially to the questions of why indigenous parties form and succeed or fail to (?)0; From Movement to Parties is very well researched, clearly and persuasively argued, and well written. It is essential reading for political scientists who work on ethnic parties, social movements, and Latin America.´ Political Science Quarterly

´Van Cott´s book is the first in-depth analysis that analyzes ethnic party emergence by rigorously comparing the primary cases of both successful and failed formation (?)0; The book is extremely thorough, providing excellent, in-depth discussions (?)0; arguably provid[ing] the single best current source of information on indegous political parties in Latin America.´ Moblization

Table of contents:
1. Introduction: toward a comprehensive theory of ethnic party formation and performance; 2. Institutions, party systems, and social movements; 3. ´A reflection of our motley reality´: Bolivian Indians´ slow path to political representation; 4. ´We are the government´: Pachakutik´s rapid ascent to national power; 5. ´It is not a priority´: the failure to form viable ethnic parties in Peru; 6. Argentina, Colombia, and Venezuela: unlikely cases of ethnic party formation and success; 7. Conclusions and Implications.

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Loyal Soldiers in the Cocaine Kingdom: Tales of Drugs, Mules, and Gunmen (buecher.de - (Teil1))

Produktbeschreibung (21293867): Loyal Soldiers in the Cocaine Kingdom opens a window on a rarely glimpsed world: the couriers who transport drugs from Colombia into the United States and Europe. Written by one of Colombia´s leading writers, the book lets English-speaking readers get a good look - for the first time - at the people behind the drug trade. Colombians from many different backgrounds and parts of the country tell the story of how they got involved in smuggling and how some of them managed to get out alive. This book is about the predicament in which ordinary Colombians find themselves, people who face a daily choice between poverty and riches. Based on Alfred Molano´s visits to Spanish and Latin American jails, Loyal Soldiers in the Cocaine Kingdom combines the gut-wrenching honesty of testimonial literature with the passionate storytelling we have come to expect from Latin America. In his native Colombia, Molano has been compared to Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and indeed the many layered narratives here resemble a book of harrowing fictions.

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Watchdog Journalism in South America: News, Accountability, and Democracy (buecher.de - (Teil1))

Produktbeschreibung (21694990): Drawing upon interviews with journalists and editors and analyzing selected news stories from each country, Silvio Waisbord offers a unique look at the significant differences between critical reporting in developing democracies and that already in place in the United States and European democracies. ´´Watchdog Journalism in South America´´ focuses on four countries: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru.

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Holy Terrors: Latin American Women Perform (buecher.de - (Teil2))

Produktbeschreibung (21503390): The performance pieces in ´´Holy Terrors´´ are powerful testimonies to the artists´ political and personal struggles. These women confront patriarchy, racism, and repressive government regimes and challenge brutality and corruption through a variety of artistic genres. Several have formed theatre collectives - among them FOMMA (a Mayan women´s theatre company in Chiapas) and El teatro de la mascara in Colombia. Some draw from cabaret and ´´frivolous´´ theatre traditions to create intense and humorous performances that challenge church and state. Engaging in self-mutilation and abandoning traditional dress, others use their bodies as the platforms on which to stage their defiant critiques of injustice. ´´Holy Terrors´´ is a English-language presentation of some of Latin America´s fiercest, most provocative art

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Research in Economic Anthropology, Volume 20 (buecher.de - (Teil1))

Produktbeschreibung (23454325): Main description:
This volume contains 11 papers covering: 1) Women as Artisans from Colombia and the Phillippines; 2) Money and Witchcraft from Niger and Tanzania; 3) Resistance to Economic Development for Canada, Mexico and the US; 4) Changing Rural Economies from Guatemala and Kenya; and 5) Ethnoarchaeological Studies with the topics of ceramics in Peru and state origins on Bali.

Review quote:
Eleven papers present recent studies in the field of economic anthropology. ...Isaac is in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Cincinnati.
Journal of Economic Literature

Table of contents:
List of contributors. Introduction (B.L. Isaac). PART I: Resisting and Redirecting ´´Development´´: Mexico, Canada, and The United States. Global competition and community: the struggle for social justice (D.L. Chollett). The Cheslatta Redevelopment Project: economic development and the cultural landscape of the Cheslatta T´en (S.C. Larsen). Resisting development in Cincinnati´s East End (R.H. Halperin). PART II: Money, Wealth, and Affliction: Niger and Tanzania. Money and serpents, their remedy is killing: the pathology of consumption in Southern Niger (A. Masquelier). Modernity, wealth, and witchcraft in Tanzania (T. Sanders). PART III: Petty Commodity Production and Sale: Kenya and Guatemala. Economic transformation and changing work roles among pastoral Rendille and Ariaal of Northern Kenya (K. Smith). The collection of copal among the Q´eqchi´ Maya: shifting liaisons and lasting Salience (P. Kockelman). PART IV: Women and Craft Production: Colombia and the Philippines. The economics of crafts among home-based workers: the women potters of La Chamba, Colombia (R.J. Duncan) Crafts, cultivation, and household economies: women´s work and positions in Ifugao, Northern Philippines (B. Lynne Milgram). PART V: Ethnoarchaeological Studies: Peru and Bali. The goal of domestic autonomy among highland Peruvian farmer-potters: home economics of rural craft specialists (M.B. Hagstrum). Early statecraft on Bali: the water temple complex and the decentralization of the political economy (V.L. Scarborough, J.W. Schoenfelder and J.S. Lansing).

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The History of Venezuela (buecher.de - (Teil2))

Produktbeschreibung (21001640): Examines the history of Venezuela from earliest times to the present day. This book traces the history of Venezuela from its sighting by Columbus in his third voyage, to today´s controversial government of Hugo Chavez. Venezuela was a Spanish colony for 300 years before the South American independence movement liberated it in 1821. After a brief period of unification with Colombia and Ecuador, Venezuela was then controlled by a succession of military dictators. Political strife and civil war followed. In the 1900s oil was discovered and military rule ensued. Venezuela became the world´s leading oil exporter, but much of the nation´s people remained poor. In 1958, the country established a democratic government and has remained a democracy ever since. Ideal for students and general readers, ´´The History of Venezuela´´ provides a concise, up-to-date history of the country. Reference features include a biographical section highlighting famous figures in Venezuelan history, a timeline of important historical events, a glossary of terms, and a bibliographical essay with suggestions for further reading.

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Masters of War: Latin America and the United States Aggression from the Cuban Revolution Through the Clinton Years (buecher.de - (Teil1))

Produktbeschreibung (21917377): Clara Nieto, who was a Colombia diplomat for more than 20 years, offers an exhaustive critical analysis of U.S. policy toward Latin America, from the perspective of those most affected by it. Describing a coherent politics of intervention set into motion by the triumph of the Cuban Revolution, Masters of War sheds new light on events such as George Bush seniors invasion of Panama (Operation Just Cause). Proceeding from country to country, the author connects seemingly disparate events to create a condemning picture.

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