Rural Social Movements in Latin America: Organizing for Sustainable Livelihoods
Carmen Diana Deere and Frederick S. Royce
Abstract
All across Latin America, rural peoples are organizing in support of broadly distinct but interrelated issues. Food sovereignty, agrarian reform, indigenous and women's rights, sustainable development, fair trade, and immigration issues are the focus of a large number of social movements found in countries such as Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Brazil, and Peru. The contributors to this book include academic researchers as well as social movement leaders who are seeking to effect change in their countries and communities. As a group they are at the forefront of some of the most critical ... More
All across Latin America, rural peoples are organizing in support of broadly distinct but interrelated issues. Food sovereignty, agrarian reform, indigenous and women's rights, sustainable development, fair trade, and immigration issues are the focus of a large number of social movements found in countries such as Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Brazil, and Peru. The contributors to this book include academic researchers as well as social movement leaders who are seeking to effect change in their countries and communities. As a group they are at the forefront of some of the most critical environmental, social, and political issues of the day. This volume highlights the central role these movements play in opposition to the neoliberal model of development and offers fresh insights on emerging alternatives at the local, national, and hemispheric level. It also illustrates and analyzes the similarities — notably the struggle for sustainable livelihoods — as well as the differences among these various peasant, indigenous, and rural women's movements.
Keywords:
Latin America,
rural peoples,
women's movements,
social movements,
neoliberal model,
sustainable livelihoods
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2009 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780813033327 |
| Published to Florida Scholarship Online: September 2011 |
DOI:10.5744/florida/9780813033327.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Carmen Diana Deere, editor
University of Florida
Frederick S. Royce, editor
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