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GalleryBook Review: Popular Democracy: The Paradox of Participation by Gianpaolo Baiocchi and Ernesto Ganuza
In Popular Democracy: The Paradox of Participation, Gianpaolo Baiocchi and Ernesto Ganuza examine contemporary forms of participatory governance by tracing […]
GalleryBook Review: Brazil in Transition: Beliefs, Leadership and Institutional Change by Lee J. Alston, Marcus André Melo, Bernardo Mueller and Carlos Pereira
In Brazil in Transition: Beliefs, Leadership and Institutional Change, Lee J. Alston, Marcus André Melo, Bernardo Mueller and Carlos […]
GalleryBook Review: Democracy in the Woods: Environmental Conservation and Social Justice in India, Tanzania and Mexico by Prakash Kashwan
In Democracy in the Woods: Environmental Conservation and Social Justice in India, Tanzania and Mexico, Prakash Kashwan contributes to […]
GalleryReading List: 8 Books on Indigenous Research Methods recommended by Helen Kara
Image Credit: Indigenous Graduate Reception, February 2017, University of the Fraser Valley (University of the Fraser Valley CC BY […]
GalleryBook Review: Populism: A Very Short Introduction by Cas Mudde and Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser
With Populism: A Very Short Introduction, Cas Mudde and Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser offer a short but densely packed volume exploring […]
GalleryBook Review: Sharing This Walk: An Ethnography of Prison Life and the PCC in Brazil by Karina Biondi
In Sharing This Walk: An Ethnography of Prison Life and the PCC in Brazil, Karina Biondi offers an ethnographic […]
GalleryBook Review: A Persistent Revolution: History, Nationalism and Politics in Mexico since 1968 by Randal Sheppard
In A Persistent Revolution: History, Nationalism and Politics in Mexico since 1968, Randal Sheppard explores the major political transformations […]
GalleryBook Review: On the Move: Changing Mechanisms of Mexico-US Migration by Filiz Garip
Why do Mexicans migrate to the US? In On the Move: Changing Mechanisms of Mexico-US Migration, Filiz Garip seeks […]
GalleryBook Review: Global Poverty: Deprivation, Distribution and Development since the Cold War by Andy Sumner
In Global Poverty: Deprivation, Distribution and Development since the Cold War, Andy Sumner examines the persistence of poverty worldwide despite […]
GalleryBook Review: Theory of the Border by Thomas Nail
In Theory of the Border, Thomas Nail looks at the constitutive role played by different types of border regimes – […]
GalleryBook Review: Aspirational Power: Brazil on the Long Road to Global Influence by David R. Mares and Harold A. Trinkunas
In Aspirational Power: Brazil on the Long Road to Global Influence, David R. Mares and Harold A. Trinkunas examine […]
GalleryBook Review: Lovecidal: Walking with the Disappeared by Trinh T. Minh-ha
In Lovecidal: Walking with the Disappeared, the feminist filmmaker and postcolonial theorist Trinh T. Minh-ha offers a lyrical and […]
GalleryBook Review: New Order and Progress: Development and Democracy in Brazil edited by Ben Ross Schneider
In the new edited collection New Order and Progress: Development and Democracy in Brazil, Ben Ross Schneider brings together contributors […]
GalleryBook Review: Slums on Screen: World Cinema and the Planet of Slums by Igor Krstić
Nearly one billion people reside in slums around the globe, but how has this reality been depicted on the […]
GalleryReading List: Recommended Reads on Brazilian Politics, History and Culture for the 2016 Rio Olympics
Image Credit: Olympic City / Cidade Olímpica, Rio de Janeiro (Brian Godfrey CC2.0)
Tonight is the opening ceremony of the 2016 Rio […]
