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Examines the United Nations' efforts to promote sustainable in Latin America. This book analyzes the development work of various UN institutions and agencies that sponsor economic and social programs in the developing world as well as the UN's various funding initiatives, global conferences, and institutional goals.

Theories of Revolution -- Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920 -- Guatemalan Spring, 1944-1954 -- Bolivia's Nationalist Revolution, 1952-1964 -- Cuban Revolution, 1959- -- Chilean Road to Socialism, 1970-1973 -- Nicaraguan Sandinistas, 1979-1990 -- Guerrilla Warfare -- Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution, 1999- -- Socialisms of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: The Cultural and the Political in Latin American Social Movements, Sonia E. Alvarez, Evelina Dagnino, and Arturo Escobar -- Reconceptualizing the Cultural in Latin American Social Movements Research -- Reconceptualizing the Political in Latin American Social Movements Research -- Culture and Politics in Social Movement Networks or Webs -- Social Movements and the Revitalization of Civil Society -- Social Movements and the Trans/formation of Public Politics -- Globalization, Neoliberalism, and the Cultural Politics of Social Movements -- Notes -- References -- PART ONE: THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF CITIZENSHIP, DEMOCRACY, AND THE STATE -- 2 Culture, Citizenship, and Democracy: Changing Discourses and Practices of the Latin American Left, Evelina Dagnino -- From the Kingdom of Ideology and the State to the Apogee of Hegemony and Civil Society -- Democracy and Citizenship: The Cultural Politics of Social Movements -- Notes -- References -- 3 Social Rights: Conflicts and Negotiations in Contemporary Brazil, Maria Celia Paoli and Vera da Silva Telles -- The Construction of a Democratic Field of Conflict: Social Movements and Political Sociability -- Democratic Construction in Question: The Current Labor Movement -- Citizenship and Workers: Recent Studies -- Notes -- References -- 4 New Subjects of Rights? Women's Movements and the Construction of Citizenship in the "New Democracies:' Ver6nica Schild -- Social Movements and the Problem of State--Civil Society Relations in Neoliberal Modernizing Projects -- From the Margins to the Center? Women in the New Chilean Democracy -- The Expanding Networks of the Women's Movement in Chile -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References

chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 The United Nations and Development -- chapter 3 Poverty in the Americas -- chapter 4 Meeting Basic Human Needs -- chapter 5 Women in the Americas -- chapter 6 Promoting Gender Equity -- chapter 7 Ecology of the Americas -- chapter 8 Preserving Natural Environments -- chapter 9 Aiding Development in the Americas.

This book accounts for and analyses the latest developments in Latin American presidential democracies, with a special focus on political institutions.The stellar line-up of renowned scholars of Latin American politics and institutions from Latin America, Europe, and the United States offer new insights into how democratic institutions have operated within the critical context that marked the political and social life of the region in the last few years: the eruption of popular protest and discontent, the widespread distrust of political institutions, and, of course, the COVID-19 pandemic. Combining different methodological approaches, including cross-national studies, small-N studies, case studies, and quantitative and qualitative data, the contributions cluster around three themes: the problem with fixed terms and other features of presidentialism, inter-institutional relations and executive accountability, and old and new threats to democracy in these times of turmoil. The volume concludes with an assessment of the political consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America.

1. Democracy, modernity, and fear in contemporary Chile -- 2. Fear as a category for analysis -- 3. Violence and crime -- 4. The government of security 1970-2010 -- 5. Santiago : segregation and day-to-day fear -- 6. Trust, insecurity, and authoritarianism -- 7. Is Chile a unique case? : insecurity conditions in Latin America -- 8. Final words.

"The feeling of insecurity is a little known phenomenon that has been only partially explored by social sciences. However, it has a deep social, cultural and economic impact and may even contribute to define the very structures of the state. In Latin America, fear of crime has become an important stumbling block in the region's process of democratization. After long spells of dictatorships and civil wars, violence in the region was supposed to be under control yet crime rates have continued to skyrocket and citizens remain fearful. This analytical puzzle has troubled researchers and to date there is no publication which explores this problem. Based on a wealth of cutting edge qualitative and quantitative research, Lucia Dammert proposes a unique theoretical perspective which includes a sociological, criminological and political analysis to understand fear of crime. She describes its linkages to issues such as urban segregation, social attitudes, institutional trust, public policies and authoritarian discourses in Chile's recent past. Looking beyond Chile, Dammert also includes a regional comparative perspective allowing readers to understand the complex elements underpinning this situation. Fear and Crime in Latin America challenges many assumptions and opens an opportunity to discuss an issue that affects everyone with key societal and personal costs. As crime rates increase and states become even more fragile, fear of crime as a social problem will continue to have an important impact in Latin America"--Provided by publisher

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Analytical framework -- Chapter 3: Bogota. Public space between appropriation and deliberation -- Chapter 4: São Paulo. Pixadores' public scream of hate -- Chapter 5: Valparaíso. A tale of murals, tags and world heritage -- Chapter 6: Oaxaca. Revolutionary art and the (difficult) quest for democracy -- Chapter 7: Havana. Going public, no matter what -- Chapter 8: Conclusion. Street art and democracy. Lessons learned

An Indian farm lobby, the Kisan Sammelan / Marcus Franda -- The Farmers' Federation of Thailand / Brewster Grace -- Rural mobilization for modernization in South Korea / Albert Ravenholt -- Ecuadorian agrarian reform / Howard Handelman -- Food policy decision-making in Colombia / Thomas G. Sanders -- Peasants, landlords, and bureaucrats, the politics of agrarian reform in Peru / Howard Handelman -- Agrarian reform and the international consensus / Alan W. Horton