Timely and authoritative, Mexico's Illicit Drug Networks and the State Reaction provides crucial insight into why Mexico targets some drug networks over others, reassesses the impact of the war on drugs, and proposes new solutions for weak states in their battles with drug networks.
Luther and Liberation recovers the liberating and revolutionary impact of Luther's theology from the perspective of the Latin American context. The work examines Luther's central theological commitments, such as his doctrine of God, Christology, justification, hermeneutics, and ecclesiology, and his forays into economics, politics and violence.
Latin American Political Culture: Public Opinion and Democracy presents a genuinely pan-Latin American examination of the region's contemporary political culture. This is the only book to extensively investigate the attitudes and behaviors of Latin Americans based on the Latin American Public Opinion Project's (LAPOP) AmericasBarometer surveys. Through its analysis of data on eighteen countries, the book systematically and comparatively evaluates norms, attitudes, and opinions concerning democracy and its consolidation. Beginning with an introduction of political culture and its scholarship, it examines democratic and authoritarian norms, explores how citizens relate to the political world, and considers implications for democratic stability. It then examines key behavioral outcomes in politics, such as in attitudes toward gays and fear of crime, and how political culture changes over time. Case studies highlight how these factors come together in particular cases. The findings reveal a complex Latin America with distinct political cultures. This book joins rigorous analysis with clear graphic presentation and extensive examples. Readers learn about public opinion research, engage with further questions for analysis, and have access to data, an expansive bibliography, and links to appendices.
A Transcultural History of Mexican American Curanderismo
Mexican American folk and religious healing, often referred to as curanderismo, has been a vital part of life in the Mexico-US border region for centuries. This book examines the ongoing evolution of Mexican American religious healing from the end of the nineteenth century to the present.
A Transcultural History of Mexican American Curanderismo
Mexican American folk and religious healing, often referred to as curanderismo, has been a vital part of life in the Mexico-US border region for centuries. This book examines the ongoing evolution of Mexican American religious healing from the end of the nineteenth century onwards.
Investigating the cultural and political history of U S Spanish-language broadcasts throughout the twentieth century, this book reveals how these changes have helped Spanish-language radio secure its dominance in the major US radio markets.
Investigating the cultural and political history of US Spanish-language broadcasts throughout the twentieth century, this book reveals how these changes have helped Spanish-language radio secure its dominance in the major US radio markets.
The Search for Latino Identity and Racial Consciousness
Using evidence from the scientific survey addressed exclusively to Latino/Hispanic respondents, this book explores political diversity within the Latino community, considering how intra-community differences influence political behavior and policy preferences.
The Search for Latino Identity and Racial Consciousness
Using evidence from the largest-ever scientific survey addressed exclusively to Latino/Hispanic respondents, this book explores political diversity within the Latino community, considering how intra-community differences influence political behavior and policy preferences.
Drawing on contemporary conflicts between Latino/as and anti-immigrant forces, Citizenship Excess illustrates the limitations of liberalism as expressed through U.S. media channels.
Drawing on contemporary conflicts between Latino/as and anti-immigrant forces, Citizenship Excess illustrates the limitations of liberalism as expressed through U.S. media channels.
Brazil has long been called the "country of the future." This book documents an exhibition that examines Brazil from the perspective of blindness as a critical category, a metaphor for the way in which the obstruction of perception can illuminate alternate modes of knowledge and experience. It features twenty emerging and mid-career artists ......
This book is a critical study of the work of Gregory Rabassa, translator of such canonical novels as Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Cien anos de soledad, Jose Lezama Lima's Paradiso, and Julio Cortazar's Rayuela. During the past five decades, Rabassa has translated over fifty Latin American novels and to this day he is one of the most prominent English ......
