The present article examines two Latin American gold mining conflicts, one in the city of
Esquel (Patagonia in Argentina) and the other in Pascua–Lama (Chilean border with …

This book offers an innovative perspective on the ever-widening gap between the poor and
the state in Latin American politics. It presents a comprehensive analysis of the main social …

Neoliberalism changed the face of Latin America and left average citizens struggling to cope
in many ways. Popular sectors were especially hard hit as wages declined and …

Encountering the City provides a new and sustained engagement with the concept of
encounter. Drawing on cutting-edge theoretical work, classic writings on the city and rich …

Young people express an increasing rejection of institutional politics and its classic actors,
which has led to the assertion that youth are apathetic. This article intends to show why this …

Combining agonistic pluralism and social movements literature with trust studies, I propose
a conceptualization for how the organizational dilemma is tackled in social movements …

The assembly movement of Buenos Aires was one of the main political actors that emerged
with the social explosion of December 2001. It initially called for a complete renewal of the …

Crisis as a catalyst for cooperation? Women’s organizing in Buenos Aires Page 271 11 Crisis
as a Catalyst for Cooperation? Women’s Organizing in Buenos Aires Elizabeth Borland …

There is a growing consensus about the complementary nature of institutional and
noninstitutional politics as means to push forward policy agendas. However, the bulk of …

The territorialisation of politics is a crucial transformation in state–society relations that has
implications on how contemporary politics works. Defined here as the dispute for the …