Popular Movements and Political Change in Mexico


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Covers the period from 1968 to 1989.




Confronting Historical Paradigms


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Brings together broadly synthetic essays of interpretation that illuminate both the rethinking of history and paradigm that has taken place within the fields of African and Latin American history and the resonances between these fields. Three of the essay have previously been published in scholarly journals; three essays and a postscript were written expressly for this volume. Paper edition (unseen), $15.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR




The Diffident Movement


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This book, on the one hand, tells the story of the Chilean shantytown organizations during Pinochet's rule. On the other hand, the book presents a survey of the intellectual history of theories of social movements, and embodies a research strategy which c




The Underside of Modernity


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In this incisive critique, Dussel demonstrates how most of these philosophies have either failed to give historically faithful analyses of the genesis of the "myth" of modernity, or have never engaged in a serious questioning of their own Eurocentric presuppositions.




Theorizing Social Movements


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Examines the historic links between the civil rights movements in Northern Ireland and the US.







Index of Conference Proceedings


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Structures of Power, Movements of Resistance


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Provides a general discussion of theoretical perspectives and research strategies in the study of social movements and situates the debates on urban movements in Latin America within this broad context.




Homines


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Latin America


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