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2. Securing Social Governability: Party-Movement Relationships in Lula's Brazil.
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GÓMEZ BRUERA, HERNÁN F.
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BRAZILIAN politics & government ,CIVIL society ,STATE power ,POLITICAL parties ,POLITICAL movements - Abstract
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- 2015
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3. Managerialism in Motion: Lessons from Oaxaca.
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JONES, JOHN PAUL, ROBERTS, SUSAN M., and FRÖHLING, OLIVER
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NONGOVERNMENTAL organizations ,MANAGEMENT ,NEOLIBERALISM ,GLOBALIZATION ,GOVERNMENT accountability ,SOCIAL change ,POLITICAL change - Abstract
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- 2011
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4. The Governance of Hydro-electric Dams in Brazil.
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McCormick, Sabrina
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DAM design & construction ,CIVIL society ,ENVIRONMENTAL policy ,WATER power - Abstract
This paper examines the governance of hydroelectric dam planning in Brazil with a particular focus on two factors: first, governmental institutions that aim to provide participatory mechanisms for civil society, and second, new participatory institutions created by civil society to remedy the lack of meaningful participatory measures. One example of the latter are new collaborative research projects, which have changed dam building policies and governmental thinking about participation. It is argued here that these kinds of collaboration are fundamental to making dam-building policy more accountable to local citizens. The analysis demonstrates that lay/expert collaborations provide pathways through which affected people can contest inaccurate official scientific reports, in turn influencing the policy process. I examine six such participatory projects across the country: four are nationally based and two are international in scope. A four- pronged typology is used to analyse the processes and outcomes of these collaborations. This typology reveals multiple types of knowledge-sharing that constitute concrete means to implement participation in environmental policy, hence advancing the democratisation of environmental governance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2007
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5. Feminist Activism, Union Democracy and Gender Equity Rights in Mexico
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Rachel K. Brickner
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Civil society ,Gender equity ,Sociology and Political Science ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Context (language use) ,Gender studies ,Democracy ,Ethos ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,State (polity) ,Women workers ,Political economy ,Political science ,Democratization ,media_common - Abstract
Beyond competitive elections, democratisation should include a transformation of the institutions of state and civil society into spaces that recognise the rights of citizens and allow for their participation. This study explores the question of how Mexican labour unions are transformed into institutions with a commitment to the rights and participation of women workers. Drawing on evidence from five unions, the paper shows that compared to their corporatist counterparts, unions with a ‘democratic ethos’ provide a context within which gender equity rights are more readily recognised. However, recognition of gender equity is primarily dependent on feminist activism and union leadership. The paper argues that women's efforts to transform their unions into spaces that reflect and advocate for gender equity rights are critical to strengthening democratic citizenship in Mexico.
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- 2010
6. Operation Condor on Trial: Justice for Transnational Human Rights Crimes in South America.
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Lessa, Francesca
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POLITICAL crimes & offenses ,HUMAN rights violations ,SOUTH American history ,SOUTH American politics & government ,TRANSNATIONAL crime ,TRANSITIONAL justice ,CONSPIRACY ,GOVERNMENT accountability - Abstract
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- 2019
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7. Addressing an Ambivalent Relationship: Policing and the Urban Poor in Mexico City.
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MÜLLER, MARKUS-MICHAEL
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URBAN poor ,LAW enforcement ,CIVIL society ,POLICE & society ,SOCIAL marginality ,SOCIAL conditions in Mexico - Abstract
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- 2012
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8. The Power of Persuasion: Issue Framing and Advocacy in Argentina.
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RISLEY, AMY
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CIVIL society ,COLLECTIVE action ,NONGOVERNMENTAL organizations ,SOCIAL advocacy ,FREEDOM of information ,CHILDREN'S rights ,POLICY sciences ,SOCIAL change ,ARGENTINE politics & government - Abstract
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- 2011
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9. Free Association and Civil Society in Cuba, 1787–1895.
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QUIROZ, ALFONSO W.
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CIVIL society ,CONSTITUTIONALISM ,DESPOTISM ,SOCIAL change ,DEMOCRACY ,IMPERIALISM ,POPULATION ,REPRESENTATIVE government ,POLITICAL change ,CUBAN history ,CUBAN politics & government - Abstract
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- 2011
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10. To Conform or to Confront? CSOs and Agrarian Conflict in Post-Conflict Guatemala.
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VAN LEEUWEN, MATHIJS
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PEACEBUILDING ,CIVIL society ,NONGOVERNMENTAL organizations ,SOCIAL movements ,SOCIAL change ,AGRICULTURE ,PEACE treaties ,GUATEMALAN history, 1985- ,GUATEMALAN politics & government, 1985- - Abstract
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- 2010
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11. The Future of Christianity in Latin America.
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LEVINE, DANIEL H.
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CHRISTIANITY ,CIVIL society ,CHURCH & politics ,VIOLENCE ,RELIGION ,CHRISTIANITY & democracy ,HUMAN rights & Christianity - Abstract
The Christianity of the future in Latin America will remain dominant but now plural and competitive. The decline of Catholic monopoly and the surge of Protestant and Pentecostal churches, visible since the 1980s but with deeper roots, are explained in the context of social, cultural and political changes that have drawn churches into public space in new ways. The impact of democracy, violence, and a newly open civil society on churches and religious life is visible in new ideas about rights and associational life and in the withdrawal of the institutional churches from political confrontation, diversification of political positions and multiplication of voices in all churches. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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12. Civil Society in Argentina: Opportunities and Challenges for National and Transnational Organisation.
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Jacobs, Jami Elizabeth and Maldonado, Martín
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CIVIL society ,ARGENTINE politics & government ,GLOBALIZATION ,SOCIAL contract ,ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc. - Abstract
Among the many consequences of globalisation is the creation of new political spaces. As these emerge, new or redefined power relationships accompany the process. In the course of creating transnational relationships, citizenship, representation and the role of the stakeholders may be redefined. This article focuses on the case of Argentina and on the role of civil society orgnisations (CSOs) in the process of political integration. The relationship between the state and civil society has sparked a debate about the core status of the political system as the third sector assumes roles traditionally belonging exclusively to the state. This raises issues regarding the difference between rights and services, the sources of legitimacy and efforts to enhance accountability, among others. The existing and potential channels of regional cooperation in the context of Mercosur illustrate the interplay between domestic, regional and global norms and institutions. This article emphasises the role of organised civil society in providing sense and meaning in the formation and awareness of supranational concerns, but is sceptical about its possibilities of providing and guaranteeing rights, tasks that still remain in the sphere of the state. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2005
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13. The Governance of Hydro-electric Dams in Brazil
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Sabrina McCormick
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Typology ,Civil society ,Sociology and Political Science ,business.industry ,Corporate governance ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Environmental resource management ,Citizen journalism ,Public administration ,CONTEST ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Environmental governance ,Hydroelectricity ,Political science ,Democratization ,business - Abstract
This paper examines the governance of hydroelectric dam planning in Brazil with a particular focus on two factors: first, governmental institutions that aim to provide participatory mechanisms for civil society, and second, new participatory institutions created by civil society to remedy the lack of meaningful participatory measures. One example of the latter are new collaborative research projects, which have changed dam building policies and governmental thinking about participation. It is argued here that these kinds of collaboration are fundamental to making dam-building policy more accountable to local citizens. The analysis demonstrates that lay/expert collaborations provide pathways through which affected people can contest inaccurate official scientific reports, in turn influencing the policy process. I examine six such participatory projects across the country: four are nationally based and two are international in scope. A four-pronged typology is used to analyse the processes and outcomes of these collaborations. This typology reveals multiple types of knowledge-sharing that constitute concrete means to implement participation in environmental policy, hence advancing the democratisation of environmental governance.
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- 2007
14. Grounding Global Norms in Domestic Politics : Advocacy Coalitions and the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Argentina
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GRUGEL, JEAN and PERUZZOTTI, ENRIQUE
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- 2010
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