Búsqueda de LIBROS DEL AUTOR: gerardo otero

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  • COLLECTIVE EMPOWERMENT IN LATIN AMERICA
    GERARDO OTERO / EFE CAN GÜRCAN
    This book develops a theory of collective empowerment that looks for change both from the bottom up, in civil society, and from the top down, from state interventions responding to such pressure. Reflecting on the advancement of Indigenous and peasant movements in Latin America since the neoliberal reformation of capitalism in the 1980s, the book outlines a path for progressive...

    $1,240.00

  • FAREWELL TO THE PEASANTRY?
    GERARDO OTERO
    Farewell to the Peasantry? questions class-reductionist assumptions in certain Marxist and populist approaches to political movements in twentieth-century rural Mexico, highlighting the interpretation of the process of political class formation. ...

    $1,200.00

  • THE NEOLIBERAL DIET
    GERARDO OTERO
    Why are people getting fatter in the United States and beyond? Mainstream explanations argue that people simply eat too much “energy-dense” food while exercising too little. By swapping the chips and sodas for fruits and vegetables and exercising more, the problem would be solved. By contrast, The Neoliberal Diet argues that increased obesity does not result merely from individ...

    $229.00

  • NEOLIBERALISM REVISITED
    GERARDO OTERO
    Having unilaterally opened its borders to international competition and foreign investment in the mid-1980s, Mexico has become one of the world's leading proponents of economic liberalization. Nevertheless, as the recent uprising of native peoples in Chiapas has made clear, economic reforms are not universally welcomed. This book addresses the challenges brought about by the re...

    $1,200.00