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Latin America Writes Back

In Latin America, and other historically exploited former colonies, people were told to unlearn their language and culture in order to acquire what some privileged voices classify as "valid" or …

Guillaume Fontaine, Alejandro Hernández-Luis, Taymi Milán, Carlos Rodrigues de Caires

Tackling Corruption in Latin America

This book examines anti-corruption policies in Latin America. It compares best practices in public procurement and state budgets in order to provide new insights into policy design for governments, civil …

Julie Massal

Emotions and Protests in Latin America

The book examines the role of emotions in protest. This allows us to understand how and why a protest or a social actor emerges and persists, despite various obstacles, including strong repression. It thu…

Black Lives Matter in Latin America

This volume considers how Black activism in Latin America has taken place in varying arenas such as in the academy, digital platforms, and traditional forms of activism. Contributors also examine the impa…

Tomás Bril Mascarenhas

How States Shape Markets in Latin America

Why have Latin American countries developed sharply divergent financial systems---and how do these systems shape national growth strategies? While Chile built large capital markets and Brazil expanded lon…

Jesús Enrique Reyes Acevedo

University Governance in Latin America

This study offers a systematic review of governance models in Latin American higher education, from their colonial roots to contemporary challenges. It analyzes the tension between autonomy, accountabilit…

Women and Criminal Justice in Latin America

This book explores narratives and practices around gender and criminal justice, with a focus on women in Latin America. The chapters are written by academics, policy-making institutions, women with lived …

Pablo Mejia-Reyes, Patricio Aroca

Regional Business Cycles in Latin America

This book analyzes regional business cycles in Latin America. The authors explain the nature of regional business cycles and discuss different sources of regional economic fluctuations such as technology …

The Futures of Reparations in Latin America

Through a comparative analysis of different cases of repair for political violence, colonial dispossession, and environmental harm in the region, The Futures of Reparations In Latin America draws a new li…

Art and Anti-Racism in Latin America

This collection interrogates how art with anti-racist intent can move beyond identity politics, embracing an inclusive anti-racism. It will be of interest to students and scholars in Latin American studie…

Latin America and the Global Cold War

Latin America and the Global Cold War analyzes more than a dozen of Latin America's forgotten encounters with Africa, Asia, and the Communist world, and by placing the region in meaningful dialogue with t…

The Futures of Reparations in Latin America

Over the last thirty years, Latin America has undergone an unprecedented wave of reparations targeting victims of political violence during military regimes, Indigenous and Afro-Latin groups affected by h…

Media Capture in Africa and Latin America

How can current debates on ¿media capture¿ be understood within the contexts of Africa and Latin America? This edited collection provides a nuanced exploration of media capture¿a critical yet contested co…

Gabriela Goldin Marcovich,

My Latin America and the Caribbean: A Celebration

From teeming rainforests and city plazas to bright coral reefs and the sweeping ruins of civilizations, this wide-ranging portrait of the people, places, flora, and fauna of Latin America and the Caribbea…

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Tobacco Taxation in Latin America and the Caribbean

In 2021, over 350 000 individuals died from tobacco use and second-hand smoke in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Over 40% of respiratory cancers in LAC were attributable to tobacco use, and the smo…

Belén Fernández Milmanda

Agrarian Elites and Democracy in Latin America

This groundbreaking book delves into the underexplored realm of agrarian elites and their relationship to democracy in Latin America. With a fresh perspective and new theory, it examines the strategies th…

Astrobiology and Planetary Sciences in Latin America

The main goal of this book is to communicate the current research projects held in Latin America regarding Astrobiology and Planetary Science topics. Chapter 1 is based on a report by the International As…

Belén Fernández Milmanda

Agrarian Elites and Democracy in Latin America

This groundbreaking book delves into the underexplored realm of agrarian elites and their relationship to democracy in Latin America. With a fresh perspective and new theory, it examines the strategies th…