European University Institute Library

The civil sphere in Latin America, edited by Jeffrey Alexander, Carlo Tognato

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The civil sphere in Latin America

electronic resource

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1035463796

edited by Jeffrey Alexander, Carlo Tognato

Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Social thinkers have criticized Latin American development as incomplete, backward, and anti-modern. This volume demonstrates that, while often deeply compromised and fragmented, Latin American civil spheres have remained resilient, institutionally and culturally, generating new oppositional movements, independent journalism, rebellious intellectuals, electoral power, and critical political parties. In widely different arenas, dissidents have employed the coruscating language of the civil sphere to pollute their oppressors in the name of justice. In the 1970s and 1980s, political thinkers heralded the resurrection of Latin American civil society, envisioning a new world of freedom and stability. Corruption, inequality, racism, and exclusion become pressing and urgent 'social problems', not despite the promises of democracy, but because of them. The premise of this volume is that Latin American civil spheres are powerful, even as they are compromised, creating challenges to anti-civil culture and institutions that trigger social reform. It is the first of three volumes that place civil sphere theory in a global context.--, Provided by publisher

For democracy in Latin America / Jeffrey C. Alexander and Carlo Tognato -- The civil sphere in Mexico : between democracy and authoritarianism / Nelson Arteaga and Javier Arzuaga -- Shaping solidarity in Argentina : the power of the civil sphere in repairing violence against women / Maria Luengo -- Civil indignation in Chile : recent collusion scandals in the retail industry / M. Angelica Thumala -- La joven Cuba : confrontation, conciliation, and the quest for the civil through blogging / Liliana Martinez Perez -- "La clase media en positivo" : the civil and uncivil uses of "the middle class" in Venezuela, 1958-2016 / Celso M. Villegas -- The civil life of the university : enacting dissent and resistance on a Colombian campus / Carlo Tognato -- Police officers in contradiction : anti-civility in the Sao Paulo State Military Police / Mayumi Shimizu -- Citizenship and the established civil sphere in provincial Mexico / Trevor Stack -- Is civil society dangerous for democracy? : new directions for civil sphere theory in Latin America / Isabel Jijon -- Democracy and the civil sphere in Latin America / Peter Kivisto and Giuseppe Sciortino