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.