A study of the poor's movements in response to the ever-widening gap between the poor and the state in Latin American politics.

The essays included in this volume provide both an assessment of key areas and current trends in sociology, specifically with regard to contemporary sociology i

Drawing on extensive ethnographic fieldwork and interviews with activists, Fractured Militancy tells the story of postapartheid South Africa from the perspectiv

In State-Sponsored Activism, Rich explores AIDS policy in Brazil as a lens to offer new insight into state-society relations in democratic and post-neoliberal L

The first analysis of how Indonesia's labor movement overcame organizational weakness to become the most vibrant in Southeast Asia.