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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

This book explores the relationship between Latin America and China, and how it affects Latin American states in regard to other international actors. It investigates how Latin America and China influence each other, and discusses their respective roles in the world.

1. Motherhood, Social Policies and Women's Activism in Latin America: An Overview -- 2. Latin America: A Fertile Ground for Maternalism -- 3. "Taking the Nature Out of Mother": From Politics of Exclusion to Feminisms of Difference and Recognition of Rights -- 4. Constructing Maternalism from Paternalism: The Case of State Milk Programs -- 5. To Not Die in Childbirth: Maternal Health and State Policy, 1930–1980 -- 6. Resistance to Sexual and Reproductive Rights: Maternalism and Conservatism -- 7. "Las madres del plomo": Women's Environmental Activism and Suffering in Northern Chile -- 8. Technocracy and Strategic Maternalism: Housing Policies, 1990–2014 -- 9. LGBTQ-IPV and the Case for Challenging Maternalist Family Violence Paradigms -- 10. Women Miners: Motherhood, Labor Integration, and Unionization -- 11. The Persistent Maternalism in Labor Programs -- 12. Economic Modernization and Redefining Womanhood: Women, Family and Work in a Center Right Wing Government

This book demonstrates through country case studies that, contrary to received wisdom, Latin American militaries can contribute productively, but under select conditions, to non-traditional missions of internal security, disaster relief, and social programs. Latin American soldiers are rarely at war, but have been called upon to perform these missions in both lethal and non-lethal ways. Is this beneficial to their societies or should the armed forces be left in the barracks? As inherently conservative institutions, they are at their best, the author demonstrates, when tasked with missions that draw on pre-existing organizational strengths that can be utilized in appropriate and humane ways. They are at a disadvantage when forced to reinvent themselves. Ultimately, it is governments that must choose whether or not to deploy soldiers, and they should do so, based on a pragmatic assessment of the severity and urgency of the problem, the capacity of the military to effectively respond, and the availability of alternative solutions.

The premise of this book is, simply, that politicians matter—that an understanding of the role played by politicians in the way that politics is carried out in their countries is, far from constituting a resurrection of outdated elitist theories, of vital importance in present-day Latin America. The authors consider politicians as both cause and effect. Drawing on pioneering field research on the opinions of Latin American legislators in 17 countries, they focus on two broad topics: political systems, as reflected in politicians' perspectives on the democracies and party organizations of which they are a part; and the role played by ideology, not only in shaping positions on issues, but also as a factor that gives coherence to parties. Their seminal work is central to the current political dynamics in the region, as well as to broader debates in political science

"Revolutions are a commonly studied but only vaguely understood historical phenomenon. This clear and concise text extends our understanding with a critical narrative analysis of key case studies: the 1910-1920 Mexican Revolution; the 1944-1954 Guatemalan Spring; the 1952-1964 MNR-led revolution in Bolivia; the Cuban Revolution that triumphed in 1959; the 1970-1973 Chilean path to socialism; the leftist Sandinistas in Nicaragua in power from 1979-1990; failed guerrilla movements in Colombia, El Salvador, and Peru; and the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela after Hugo Chávez's election in 1998. Marc Becker opens with a theoretical introduction to revolutionary movements, including a definition of what "revolution" means and an examination of factors necessary for a revolution to succeed. He analyzes revolutions through the lens of those who participated and explores the sociopolitical conditions that led to a revolutionary situation, the differing responses to those conditions, and the outcomes of those political changes. Each case study provides an interpretive explanation of the historical context in which each movement emerged, its main goals and achievements, its shortcomings, its outcome, and its legacy. The book concludes with an analysis of how elected leftist governments in the twenty-first century continue to struggle with issues that revolutionaries confronted throughout the twentieth century."--Provided by publisher

Frontmatter -- Introduction -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Basic Problems of Economic Development in Latin America -- United States—Latin American Relations -- Problems of Government Policy and Administration in Latin American Development -- Facts and Fantasy in Brazilian Development -- Management, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development -- Social Engineering and Economic Development -- Trade Opportunities of the Underdeveloped Countries -- On the Need for Historical Perspective -- The Dilemmas of Trade and Aid -- Economic Development and Inflation, with Special Reference to Latin America -- Some Notes on the History of the Alliance for Progress -- Index

Chapter 1: Introduction. Electoral cycles, continuity and change in Latin American politics. A framework for analysis -- Part 1: Conservative alternations -- Chapter 2: New political cycle in Chile: from centrist consensus to the struggle for cultural hegemony -- Chapter 3: Step right or step ahead? Explaining the 2019 presidential swing in Uruguay -- Chapter 4: Radicalization of alternation: political change and degraded democracy in El Salvador (2019-2021) -- Chapter 5: Guatemala, an alternation in continuity -- Chapter 6: The return of the divided rights. Alternations in Peru -- Part 2: Progressist alternations -- Chapter 7: Polarization, depolarization and (re)polarization. The 2019 electoral process and a new alternation in Argentine democracy -- Chapter 8: Mexico's 2018 Tsunami-alternation: change and continuities following the collapse of the transitional three-party system -- Chapter 9: Panama: alternation inside the box -- Part 3: Conservative alternations following a destitution -- Chapter 10: Brazil 2016-2018: a double political alternation -- Chapter 11: The 2019 elections in Bolivia -- Part 4: Partial alternations -- Chapter 12: Colombia: the country where peace allowed political alternation -- Chapter 13: Paraguay 2018. A country of electoral "intralternation" -- Chapter 14: Costa Rica's 2018 and 2020 elections: a partial alternation and a conservative turn -- Part 5: Electoral authoritarianism -- Chapter 15: The Sandinista order. Changes in voting procedures and authoritarianism in Nicaragua -- Chapter 16: Venezuela: the authoritarian and conservative turn of Nicolás Maduro -- Chapter 17: From competitive authoritarianism to state capture: a contested re-election in Honduras (2017).