Precarity and Hope in Contemporary Latin America
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: This essay reviews the following works: The Civil Sphere in Latin America. Edited by Jeffery C. Alexander and Carlo Tognato. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Pp xvi + 261. $99.99 hardcover. ISBN: 9781108426831. Youth Power in Precarious Times: Reimagining Civic Participation. By Melissa Brough. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2020. Pp x + 206. $24.95 paperback. ISBN: 9781478008071. The New Latin America. By Fernando Calderón and Manuel Castells. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 2020. Pp xx + 250. $26.95 paperback. ISBN: 9781509540020. The Volatility Curse: Exogenous Shocks and Representation in Resource-Rich Democracies. By Daniela Campello and Cesar Zucco. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. Pp xx + 239. $39.99 paperback. ISBN: 9781108795357. Memorias de nuestra democracia: Los 40 años del 10 de Octubre. By Colectivo Fogoneros. La Paz: Editorial 3600, 2022. Pp. 275. paperback. ISBN: 9789917612292. Neoliberalism from Below: Popular Pragmatics and Baroque Economies. By Verónica Gago. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2017. Pp. 277. $26.95 paperback. ISBN: 9780822369127. Social Movements in Latin America: Mapping the Mosaic. By Ronaldo Munck. Newcastle upon Tyne: Agenda Publishing, 2020. Pp xvi + 175. $39.95 paperback. ISBN: 9781788212434. Another Aesthetics is Possible: Arts of Rebellion in the Fourth World War. By Jennifer Ponce de León. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2021. Pp xii + 315. $104.95 paper. ISBN: 9781478011255. Ephemeral Histories: Public Art, Politics, and the Struggle for the Streets in Chile. By Camilo D. Trumper. Oakland: University of California Press, 2016. Pp. xiv + 276. $29.95 paperback. ISBN: 9780520289918.
Source: Latin American Research Review
DOI: 10.1017/lar.2024.21
Author: Jennifer N. Collins
Institution: University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,450
OpenAlex ID: W4396955052