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    1. Bringing the State to the Slum: Confronting Organized Crime and Urban Violence in Latin America; Lessons for Law Enforcement and Policymakers

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Brown-Felbab,Vanda (Author)
    Format:
    Pamphlet
    Publication Date:
    Dec 2011
    Published:
    Washington, DC: Brookings Institution
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    45 p., Presents some of the key law enforcement and socioeconomic policy lessons from one type of response to urban slums controlled by non-state actors: namely, when the government resorts to physically retaking urban spaces that had been ruled by criminal or insurgent groups and where the state's presence had been inadequate or sometimes altogether nonexistent. Focuses specifically on Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, and Jamaica.

    2. New approaches to resistance in Brazil and Mexico

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Gledhill,John (Editor) and Schell,Patience A. (Editor)
    Format:
    Book, Edited
    Publication Date:
    2012
    Published:
    Durham: Duke University Press
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    398 p., Re-examines the concepts of resistance and the effect of neoliberalism from the 1980s to the present day comparing Brazil and Mexico, two of the largest countries in Latin America. Includes Marcus J. M. de Carvalho's "The 'commander of all forests' against the 'Jacobins' of Brazil : the Cabanada, 1832-1835," and Robert W. Slenes' "A 'great arch' descending : manumission rates, subaltern social mobility, and the identities of enslaved, freeborn, and freed Blacks in southeastern Brazil, 1791-1888.

    3. Sustainable Development from a Gender Perspective -- Brazil, Mexico, and Cuba: Women as Protagonists In Rural Areas

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Kleba Lisboa,Teresa (Author) and Garibotti Lusa,Mailiz (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Language:
    Portuguese
    Publication Date:
    Sep 2010
    Published:
    Florianopolis, Brazil: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Estudos Feministas
    Journal Title Details:
    18(3) : 871-887
    Notes:
    This article discusses different views about sustainable development, emphasizing -- on the basis of a survey conducted in Brazil, Mexico, and Cuba -- the role of rural women in food production and natural resource management, the strength of the rural women's movement in the conquest of rights, and the decisive participation of women in defining proposals for public policies that guarantee gender equality in rural areas. A brief comparative analysis leads us to conclude that the development model in the three countries still prioritizes the male figure in relation to land tenure, access to credit and purchase of equipment or other material resources, it is suggested that both in Cuba, a socialist country, and in Mexico and Brazil, capitalist counties, the assumptions of social policies directed to rural female workers should take into account the basic needs of rural women to guarantee a more humane and sustainable development. Adapted from the source document.