Bøger af Charmain Levy

Paraguay is an under-examined, but remarkably fascinating country, where war, dictatorship, and elite capture have produced cycles of popular mobilization and repression. Yet, its social movements are less known to international audiences. This book analyzes Paraguay¿s principal social movements since the transition to democracy and examines how, in the context of a weak state, authoritarian political elite, and a deficient democratization process, they contribute to progressive policy, socio-economic development, and democracy. Using critical perspectives in sociology, anthropology, geography, and political science, we bring together scholars, activists, and practitioners of social critique and community organizing. They reflect on movements involving peasant, indigenous and agrarian rights to land and livelihoods, LGBTQ and feminist struggles, labor union struggles, and student demands for access to quality education and social development, while exploring how the particularisms of Paraguay result in differences from other Latin American movements and how overarching regional tendencies may explain the similarities.This volume is the first English-language book on social movements in Paraguay. As such, it aims to provide a deeper understanding Paraguay¿s principal social movements since the transition to democracy. This volume contributes to analyzing how social movements within the context of aweak state, authoritarian political elite, and a deficient democratization process contribute to progressive public policy, socio-economic development, and democracy. In addition, this book focuses on how Paraguayan social movements are similar to or different from their Latin American counterparts, how the particularism of Paraguay explains these variations and how overarching regional tendencies explain the similarities.The contribution of this volume is twofold: to provide new empirical examples in the study of Latin American social movements and theircontribution to development and democracy, as well as to validate or challenge social movement theories by employing empirical studies of Paraguayan social movements. Each chapter delves into the background to a specific movement, while closely analyzing the movement in the post-Lugo era (2012-2021). Together the chapters in this book contribute to a better understanding of social movements in Paraguay and Latin America thus dialoguing with the existing literature and social movement theories and considering how such studies can further our understanding of social movements in Paraguay and in Latin America in general. Finally, the study of different social movements within the Paraguayan context takes into consideration the links that each movement has forged with other such movements in Latin America, including the contributions that Paraguayan social movements have made to regional networks.

Misant sur la capacite d'agir et le pouvoir de transformation sociale des femmes des Suds, ce livre examine les enjeux du genre et du developpement. Ce manuel feministe, clair et facile a consulter, est specifiquement concu pour les cours de premier cycle universitaire sur les femmes, le genre et le developpement international. Organise en sept sections, il offre un panorama aussi vaste que possible des preoccupations feministes reliees au genre et au developpement, alimentant ainsi les reflexions et les etudes de cas dans le domaine.Issu du colloque tat des lieux sur les perspectives fministes en dveloppement international du Congrs international des recherches fministes dans la francophonie (CIRFF), l'ouvrage propose des contributions de professeures-chercheuses et de militantes europennes, canadiennes et des Suds ddies l'avancement des connaissances fministes, leur diffusion plus large et leur vulgarisation.Ce livre est publi en franais.-Banking on the potential for action and the power to enact social change of women of the Global South, this book takes an in-depth look at the theoretical and practical challenges related to gender and development. This feminist teaching tool, clearly written and easy to consult, is specifically designed for undergraduate courses in gender, feminism and international development. Organized into seven sections, it offers readers the most comprehensive panorama of feminist insights on gender and development, informing current debates and case studies in the field.This book stems from the International Congress of Feminist Research in the Francophonie (CIRFF) symposium, "e;tat des lieux sur les perspectives fministes en dveloppement international."e; It includes contributions by European, Global South and Canadian researcher/professors and activists dedicated to enriching knowledge of feminism and disseminating it more widely by popularizing the subject.This book is published in French.