Struggles for social rights in Latin America / edited by Susan Eva Eckstein and Timothy P. Wickham-Crowley.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Struggles for social rights in Latin America: claims in the arenas of subsistence, labor, gender, and ethnicity / Susan Eva Eckstein and Timothy P. Wickham-Crowley -- In defense of social justice: from global transformation to local resistance / Donna L. Chollett -- Risking environmental justice: culture, conservation, and governance at Calakmul, Mexico / Nora Haenn -- Cardboard collectors of Nuevo Laredo: how scavengers protect the environment and benefit the economy / Martin Medina -- Economic liberalization and income distribution in Mexico: losers and winners in a time of global restructuring / Jaime Ros and Nora Claudia Lustig -- Defending labor rights across borders: Central American export-processing plants / Mark S. Anner -- Subversion and compliance in transnational communities: implications for social justice / Alejandro Portes and Patricia M. Fernández-Kelly -- Guatamaltecas: the politics of gender and democratization / Susan A. Berger -- Adjustment with a woman's face: gender and macroeconomic policy at the World Bank / Cynthia A. Wood -- Literary representation of "maids" and "mistresses": gender alliances across and ethnic boundaries? / Judith Morganroth Schneider -- Sexual orientation, AIDS, and human rights in Argentina: the paradox of social advance and health crisis / Mario Pecheny -- Under the shadows of Yaruquíes: gaining indigenous autonomy in Cacha, Ecuador / Amanda Pallares -- Social justice and reforms in late colonial Peru: an Andean critique of Spanish colonialism / Alcira Dueñas -- Musical expression of social justice: Mexican Corridos at the end of the nineteenth century / Catherine Héau.