The Civil Sphere in Latin America

The Civil Sphere in Latin America
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 279
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ISBN-10 : 9781108609494
ISBN-13 : 110860949X
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Download or read book The Civil Sphere in Latin America written by Jeffrey C. Alexander and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-03 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social thinkers have criticized Latin American development as incomplete, backward, and anti-modern. This volume demonstrates that, while often deeply compromised and fragmented, Latin American civil spheres have remained resilient, institutionally and culturally, generating new oppositional movements, independent journalism, rebellious intellectuals, electoral power, and critical political parties. In widely different arenas, dissidents have employed the coruscating language of the civil sphere to pollute their oppressors in the name of justice. In the 1970s and 1980s, political thinkers heralded the resurrection of Latin American civil society, envisioning a new world of freedom and stability. Corruption, inequality, racism, and exclusion become pressing and urgent 'social problems', not despite the promises of democracy, but because of them. The premise of this volume is that Latin American civil spheres are powerful, even as they are compromised, creating challenges to anti-civil culture and institutions that trigger social reform. It is the first of three volumes that place civil sphere theory in a global context.


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