This article challenges the assumption that the underlying principles of state-endorsed ‘multiculturalism’ stand in tension with neoliberal political-economic policies. Based on ethnographic research in Guatemala, it is argued that neoliberalism's cultural project entails pro-active recognition of a minimal package of cultural rights, and an equally vigorous rejection of the rest. The result is a dichotomy…
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Journal of Latin American Studies is a peer-reviewed journal published by Cambridge University Press, covering Politics and Society in Latin America, Historical Studies in Latin America, Latin American history and culture.
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
|---|---|
| Reference style | Numbered Numbered — [1], [2] in the text [1] A. Smith, B. Jones, and C. Lee, A representative article title, Journal of Latin American Studies 12 (2023) 45–58.
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| Publishes research in | Politics and Society in Latin America Historical Studies in Latin America Latin American history and culture Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America Cuban History and Society |
| ISSN | 0022-216X |
| Citation impact (2-yr) | 0.35 |
| h-index | 83 |
| i10-index | 688 |
| Total citations | 34,218 |
| Top institutions publishing here | Latin American Institute |
| Journal website | journals.cambridge.org |
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The purpose of this commentary is threefold. First, to review the origins and definitions of the concept of social capital as it has developed in the recent literature. Second, to examine the limitations of this concept when interpreted as a causal force able to transform communities and nations. Third, to present several relevant examples from…
Abstract The extensive scholarship on ‘varieties of capitalism’ offers some conceptual and theoretical innovations that can be fruitfully employed to analyse the distinctive institutional foundations of capitalism in Latin America, or what could be called hierarchical market economies (HMEs). This perspective helps identify four core features of HMEs in Latin America that structure business access…
This article analyses the causes of the disparity in collective rights gained by indigenous and Afro-Latin groups in recent rounds of multicultural citizenship reform in Latin America. Instead of attributing the greater success of indians in winning collective rights to differences in population size, higher levels of indigenous group identity or higher levels of organisation…
‘In all matters of importance, style and not content is the important thing’: Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest. Populism is a concept which, despite repeated critiques, refuses to disappear from Latin American studies. This article reviews some of the literature, suggesting that populism is best defined in terms of a particular political style…