Description
The sociology of Latin America, established in the region over the past eighty years, is a thriving field whose major contributions include dependence theory, world-systems theory, and historical debates on economic development, among others. The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Latin America provides research essays that introduce the readers to the discipline's key areas and current trends, specifically with regard to contemporary sociology in Latin America, as well as a collection of innovative empirical studies deploying a variety of qualitative and quantitative methodologies.The essays in the Handbook are arranged in eight research subfields in which scholars are currently making significant theoretical and methodological contributions: Sociology of the State, Social Inequalities, Sociology of Religion, Collective Action and Social Movements, Sociology of Migration, Sociology of Gender, Medical Sociology, and Sociology of Violence and Insecurity. Due to the deterioration of social and economic conditions, as well as recent disruptions to an already tense political environment, these have become some of the most productive and important fields in Latin American sociology. This roiling sociopolitical atmosphere also generates new and innovative expressions of protest and survival, which are being explored by sociologists across different continents today. The essays included in this collection offer a map to and a thematic articulation of central sociological debates that make it a critical resource for those scholars and students eager to understand contemporary sociology in Latin America.
Table of Contents
PrefaceA Detailed PanoramaJavier AuyeroPart 1: Introduction1. On the Sociology of Latin America: Some Key Pieces of the PuzzleLiliana Rivera-Sánchez and Xóchitl BadaPart 2: Sociology of the StateCoordinator: Viviane Brachet-Márquez2. States in Latin America": Are They Still Worth Studying? An IntroductionViviane Brachet-Márquez3. Historical Construction of the State in Latin America: A Field in FormationViviane Brachet-Márquez4. Revolution and Counterrevolution in Guatemala: The Contention over Changing a Seigneurial SocietyMatilde González-Izás5. Capitalism and the State in Latin America: Economic Power, Social Inequality, and Environmental DepletionEsteban Torres and Carina Borrastero6. From Social Insurance to Poverty Relief: Avatars of Social Protection in Latin AmericaMónica Uribe GómezPart 3: Social InequalitiesCoordinator: Minor Mora-Salas7. The Sociology of Social Inequality in Latin AmericaMinor Mora-Salas8. Differences, Inequalities, and Labor Markets in Latin America: Some HypothesesJuan Pablo Pérez Sáinz9. Inequality, Social Mobility, and Racism in BoliviaCarmen Rosa Rea Campos10. Patterns of Social Inclusion and Exclusion Among Youth Living in Stigmatized NeighborhoodsFabiana Espíndola Ferrer11. Social Violence and Privilege. Strategies of the Upper Middle Class in San SalvadorIrene Lungo Rodríguez12. Inequality and Social Justice in Latin America: Youth's Perception and ValuesCeli Scalon and Pedro Paulo de Oliveira13. Ideological Inversion and the (De)legitimation of Neoliberalism in ChileIsmael Puga14. Privilege Accumulation Among Upper Middle-Class Youth in MexicoMinor Mora-Salas and Orlandina de OliveiraPart 4: Sociology of ReligionCoordinator: Olga Odgers-Ortiz15. From Sociology of Latin American Religions to a Latin American Sociology of ReligionOlga Odgers-Ortiz16. The Sociology of Religion in Latin America: from Theoretical Dependence to Its SpecificityRoberto Blancarte17. Religious Diversity, Popular Religions and Multiple ModernitiesCristián Parker Gumucio18. Four Keys to Understanding Religious Experience in Latin AmericaHugo José Suárez19. Practices of Sacralization: A Theoretical Proposal for a Sociology of (Popular) Religion from Latin AmericaEloísa MartínPart 5: Social Movements and Collective ActionCoordinator: Nicolás M. Somma20. Social Movements in Latin America: Mapping the LiteratureNicolás M. Somma21. Labor Movements in Latin AmericaFederico M. Rossi22. Latin American Women's Movements: A Historical OverviewCora Fernández Anderson23. Student Movements in Latin AmericaGermán Bidegain and Marisa von Bülow24. Indigenous Movements in Latin America: Tensions, Contradictions, PossibilitiesRoberta Rice25. Economic Globalization and Social Movements in Latin AmericaPaul Almeida and Amalia Pérez MartínPart 6: Sociology of MigrationCoordinators: Liliana Rivera-Sánchez and Eduardo Domenech26. Sociology of Migration in Latin America: Formation and Development of a Field of StudyLiliana Rivera-Sánchez and Eduardo Domenech27. Migration and Development in Latin AmericaAlejandro I. Canales28. Migration, Borders, and Identity in the Latin American ContextLaura Velasco Ortiz29. Gender and Migration in Latin AmericaMarina Ariza30. Migration and Immigrant Organizational Forms in Latin AmericaLuis Escala Rabadán and Xóchitl BadaPart 7: Sociology of GenderCoordinator: Gioconda Herrera31. The Sociology of Gender in Latin America: from Social Mothers to Sexual RightsGioconda Herrera32. Violence Against Women: Contributions from Latin AmericaMontserrat Sagot33. Contributions from the Sociology of Care in Latin AmericaKarina Batthyány34. Gender and Work in Contemporary Latin AmericaErynn Masi de CasanovaPart 8: Medical SociologyCoordinator: Roberto Castro35. Medical Sociology in Latin AmericaRoberto Castro36. The Trajectory and Identity of Sociology of Health in BrazilEverardo Duarte Nunes and Maria Cecília de Souza Minayo37. A Sociological Approach to the Study of Alternative and Complementary Medicine in ArgentinaBetina Freidin and Matías Ballesteros38. Sexual Stratification and Sexual Agency Among Low-Income Girls in an Andean CityCarmen Yon Leau39. Mexican Women and Decision Making in Health: The Practical SenseMaría del Carmen Castro Vásquez and Patricia Aranda GallegosPart 9. Sociology of Violence and InsecurityCoordinator: Arturo Alvarado40. The Sociology of Crime and Violence in Latin AmericaArturo Alvarado41. Sociology of Fear of Crime in Latin AmericaGabriel Kessler and Alejandra Otamendi42. Homicides in Latin America and the CaribbeanAlberto Concha-Eastman, Edgar Muñoz and Mateus Rennó-Santos43. Arming the AmericasKatherine Aguirre and Robert Muggah44. Urban Violence and the Spatial Question: The Built Environmental Correlates of (In)Security in Latin American CitiesDiane E. Davis45. Border Violence in Latin America: An Expression of Complementary AsymmetriesFernando Carrión-Mena and Markus Gottsbacher46. Illicit Drugs and Organized Crime in Latin America: New Scholarship and the Future of Alternative PoliciesAngélica Durán-Martínez47. Forced Displacement and Globalization in Latin America: Causal Factors, Policies, and PerspectivesPablo Emilio Angarita-Cañas48. Violent Victimization in Poor Neighborhoods of Bogotá, Lima, and Santiago: Empirical Test of the Social Disorganization and the Collective Efficacy TheoriesLiliana Manzano, Alejandra Mohor, and Williams Jiménez
