The Social Life of Economic Inequalities in Contemporary Latin America : : Decades of Change.

• Superior document: Approaches to Social Inequality and Difference Series
• Author: Ystanes, Margit.
• TeilnehmendeR: Strønen, Iselin Åsedotter.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2017.; ©2018.
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Approaches to Social Inequality and Difference Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (299 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Contributing Authors -- List of Photos -- List of Figure -- Part I: Social Lives, Economic Ideas -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Disentangling "the Economy" -- Fragile Changes -- Colonial Inequality: Conquest, Slavery and the Invention of "Race" -- Structuralism and Dependency Theory -- Developmentalism and the "Discovery" of the Third World -- The Rise of Neoliberalism in Latin America -- "Trickle-Up" Effects and Mounting Opposition -- Authoritarian Experiments in Neoliberalism -- Class Struggle from Above -- Neoliberalism and Confined Possibilities -- The Pink Tide -- Re-inserting the Social -- The (Partial) Return of the Right -- The Social Life of Economic Inequality -- References -- Chapter 2: Reformism, Class Conciliation and the Pink Tide: Material Gains and Their Limits -- Introduction -- The Productive Structure: Neo-extractivism and Deindustrialisation -- Class Structures and Standards of Living under the Pink Tide -- The Changing Character of State Power: A Neo-­corporatist Mediation of Class Relations -- Class Conciliation, Demobilisation and Repression -- Final Remarks -- References -- Part II: The Case of Brazil -- Chapter 3: Entangled Inequalities, State, and Social Policies in Contemporary Brazil -- Introduction: Entangled Inequalities -- Inequalities of What? -- Inequalities Between Whom? -- Inequalities When? -- Inequalities Where? -- Inequalities in Brazil: Recent Developments -- The (Re)Distributive Impact of State Intervention -- Cash Transfer Programme: Bolsa Família -- Quotas at Federal Universities -- Minimum Wage -- Conclusion: Entangled Inequalities and Recent Developments in Brazil -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4: #sosfavelas: Digital Representations of Violence and Inequality in Rio de Janeiro -- Introduction.

Protesting the 2014 FIFA World Cup: Activism-as-­Journalism Arises in Rio's Favelas -- Activism-as-Journalism and Subaltern Counterpublics -- Mega-Events, Security and Urban Development -- Mega-Events and Access to Urban Spaces -- Digital Representations of Violence and Inequality: Subaltern Counterpublics -- Concluding Thoughts -- References -- Chapter 5: Urban Development in Rio de Janeiro During the 'Pink Tide': Bridging Socio-Spatial Divides Between the Formal and Informal City? -- Introduction -- Part 1: Decades of Change -- The Divided City -- Politics of Citizenship -- PT Under Lula: Combining Social Concerns for the Poor with Economic Concerns for Growth -- Mega Sports Events and Entrepreneurial Governance -- Part 2: Towards Urban Integration? -- Rocinha: From Favela to Formality? -- PAC and Participatory Development -- UPP: 'Opening Up' the Favela -- Urban Entrepreneurialism and the Favela's Place in the City -- Part 3: Challenging Entrenched Inequalities -- 'Not Far Enough': The June Uprisings -- 'Too Far': Revanchism -- Final Remarks -- References -- Chapter 6: Meanings of Poverty: An Ethnography of Bolsa Familia Beneficiaries in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil -- Introduction -- The History of Welfare Programmes in Brazil -- Bolsa Familia Programme: Benefits and Eligibility Criteria -- Conceptualisations of Poverty: Criteria and Definitions -- "Being Poor": Meanings and Perceptions in the Favela -- Final Considerations: Bolsa Familia and the Pink Tide -- References -- Part III: Subjectivities and Structures -- Chapter 7: Political Polarisation, Colonial Inequalities and the Crisis of Modernity in Venezuela -- Introduction -- The Neoliberal Era and Its Context -- The Chávez Government -- Crafting a Bolivarian Space -- Altering the "Natural Order" -- Class and Race in Venezuela -- Savagery and Civilisation -- The Denial of Political Legitimacy.

Deserving and Undeserving Poor -- Differentiated Life Worlds -- The Crisis of Modernity -- Conclusion -- References -- Audiovisual -- Chapter 8: Market Liberalisation and the (Un-)making of the 'Perfect Neoliberal Citizen': Enactments of Gendered and Racialised Inequalities Among Peruvian Vendors -- Emerging 'Cultures of Informality' -- The Social Embeddedness of Trade -- Ambiguous Status as Work -- Enactments of Gendered and Racialised Identities -- The Regime of Flow and Regulation -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 9: Coming of Age in the Penal System: Neoliberalism, 'Mano Dura' and the Reproduction of 'Racialised' Inequality in Honduras -- Introduction -- The Pink Tide in Honduras: Zelaya's Brief Interlude -- Neoliberalism in Honduras -- The Neoliberal Punitive State -- Racialised Crime and Punishment -- Crime Control Policies in Honduras -- Gang Members' Life Trajectories -- Bleak Futures -- The Self-Governed Prison -- Final Reflections -- References -- Part IV: Land, the Eternal Legacy of Inequality -- Chapter 10: Settlers and Squatters: The Production of Social Inequalities in the Peruvian Desert -- Introduction -- The Diversity of Majes: Ambivalent Racism -- 'Peasant, the Landlord Will No Longer Eat Your Poverty': Agrarian Reform -- La ley del chinito: The Neoliberal Turn -- 'People Suffer Here Also': Children of Settlers -- 'We Should Make an Effort': Squatters in the Desert -- Emerging Inequalities: 'Race', Class and Gender -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11: Latin American Inequalities and Reparations -- Capitalism and Slavery -- Land Reform in Latin America -- Two Principles of Land Reform -- Conversations About Reparations -- Quilombo Communities -- The Story of Haiti -- Land as a Commons -- The Meaning of Ownership -- Inequality and Reparations -- References -- Websites -- Part V: Postscript -- Chapter 12: Postscript.

Index.