January 1, 2008. Throughout the night, hundreds of people arrived at the administrative
center of Diecisiete de Noviembre on open-backed trucks to celebrate the anniversary of the …

This groundbreaking text explores the dramatic evolution in Latin American social
movements over the past fifteen years. Leading scholars examine a variety of cases that …

Since the end of the Mexican Revolution in 1917, the state has engaged in vigorous
campaign to forge a unified national identity. Within the context of this effort, Indians are at …

Mexico in Transition provides a wide-ranging, empirical and up-to-date survey of the
multiple impacts neoliberal policies have had in practice in Mexico over twenty years, and …

In this article I critically assess the globalist position which claims that the forces of
globalization have fundamentally debilitated nation–states, and that the fate of progressive …

'We were exhausted from a long, painful trek; more painful than long, to tell the truth… We
had lost all our equipment, and had trudged for endless hours through marshlands and …

Ethnic minority communities make claims for cultural rights from states in different ways
depending on how governments include them in policies and practices of accommodation or …

The essays in this collection examine agrarian transformation in Latin America and the role
in this of peasants, with particular reference to Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Brazil and Central …

We explore the recent Indian‐peasant mobilization in Latin America. We argue that this
mobilization seeks recognition of cultural differences and thus challenges hegemonic …

The Open Invitation explores the relationship between prefigurative politics and activist
video. Schiwy analyzes activist videos from the 2006 uprising in Oaxaca, the Zapatista's …