Latin American Studies / Politics and Economics

A rigorously researched study shows how Mexican organized crime enjoys the protection of government officials, and some media companies, while individual journalists and their allies try to safeguard themselves and those willing to expose corruption and c

An examination of the vast counterfeit clothing marketplace in Buenos Aires known as La Salada, this book is the first ethnographic study to examine how aspirations shape behaviors of workers in an informal and illegal economy.

An illuminating examination of the role students played in promoting dissent and spreading revolutionary ideas in Nicaragua during the Cold War.

The first in-depth study of the overlooked yet pivotal role played by maternalism, poor and working-class women’s unpaid labor, and unequal gender power relations in propelling and sustaining Venezuela’s Bolivarian revolution.

A timely, transnational examination of the institutions in Mexico, Canada, and the United States that engage migrant populations in becoming agents of change for immigrant rights while holding government authorities accountable.

In this collection of original essays, leading international scholars offer the first wide-ranging, nuanced assessment of the political and social legacies of the violence that roiled Peru between 1980 and 1994.

With empirical case studies of Walmart’s entry into Latin America, Africa, and Asia, this book reveals how the world’s largest private employer has had to adapt its labor practices and supply chain operations to meet local conditions.

This work of activist anthropology investigates the decolonializing cultural practices that the Zapatistas of Chiapas employed to resist the racialized policies of the Mexican neoliberal state and assert their autonomy.

Presenting case studies of two Honduran resettlements that have experienced very different outcomes, this book identifies the type and quality of support that resettlements need in order to become successful communities.

Reminiscent of Katherine Boo’s bestseller, Behind the Beautiful Forevers, this vivid, cautionary tale of urban inequality and the human suffering caused by climate change recounts the true stories of two Nicaraguan families’ quests to survive in one of th