Political Struggle in Latin America

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This book discusses in an accessible way how emerging globalizing processes are setting the stage for new forms of social and political struggle in Latin America, with increased involvement of multilateral and foreign actors, and impacts of global political populism and populist social media. These are opening up new strategies and opportunities for activists, and offer new arenas of contestation for international organizations. The book analyzes the struggles of marginalized groups, including of indigenous groups, women's and LGBTQ groups, and of victims of war and violence, for citizenship, identity, inclusion, and justice. In the search for justice in Latin America, this book looks at current discussions on the access and efficiency of the justice system in the region. It explores transnational currents, from corporate corruption to drug trafficking and gang violence, mass incarceration and the mano dura approach to crime. It evaluates recent attempts by international aid agencies to push judicial reform in the region and the interactions between local and foreign actors in the process. While some of these are not new struggles, the book explores how the actors as well as character of their struggle are changing through a globalized interchange of ideas and processes. The book covers a wide geographical area in Latin America, with a particular focus on countries with Spanish or Portuguese colonial backgrounds, and is for researchers, students and laypersons interested in new globalizing forces affecting Latin American society and polity.

Autorenportrait

Craig L. Arceneaux is a Professor of Political Science at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo with expertise in Latin American politics, democratization, and globalization. His most recent book is Democratic Latin America (Routledge, 2020).

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