Browsing by Subject "Latin American and Caribbean Studies"
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A Dystopic Climate for Transitional Justice
(2013)Peace is not built with a declaration of 'Post-Conflict'. Further, while laws and policies for Transitional Justice may be ineffective, they are not benign. As assessed by Robert Muggah, the unintended consequences of ... -
Agents of Change: A Case Study of Community Policing in La Antigua Guatemala
(2011)As crime and violence in Latin America are rising, insecurity is one of the major concerns of citizens. The authorities responsible for law enforcement are ineffective in dealing with the situation. In Guatemala, perceptions ... -
Balancing Gender Relations: A research about the role of micro credit on female empowerment at the household level in Puno, Peru
(2009)Demographic growth, globalization and the related spread of neo-liberalism and scarcity of land have caused changes in the socio economic situation of Puno men and women. Their traditional agricultural lifestyle was not ... -
Beat the Drum & Break the Silence: Constructing a collective new ethnic identity for Curaçao through the Tambú
(2010)The aim of this thesis is to investigate whether the traditional, from origin African, style of music can be used as a cultural point of recognition for the Curaçaon society so that a collective ethnic identity can be ... -
Being Dutch in Argentina: Contemporary Dutch migration to Buenos Aires
(2011)This thesis seeks to analyze and understand how migration affects the Dutch identity of contemporary Dutch immigrants in Buenos Aires. This subject is very atypical for migration studies as the underlying motivations to ... -
Breaking the taboo: The struggle for justice and reparation for victims of sexual violence in the Colombian conflict
(2011)Based on anthropological fieldwork during five monthes in Cartagena, Colombia, this thesis illustrates how sexual violence is used in the Colombian conflict and the obstacles and difficulties female civtims of this type ... -
‘Bridging ideals and reality. A case study of community policing strategy ‘Plan Cuadrante’ in post-civil war Quetzaltenango, Guatemala’.
(2011)Violence, crime, and insecurity have become increasingly important problems in contemporary society, as well in post-civil war country Guatemala. As a response to a rising need for solutions to this insecurity, community ... -
‘Can you give me a lót of condoms, ‘cause do you’ve got any idea how much a bag of cement costs?’ Adolescent Sex work, Future, Agency and Social Support on Isla de Margarita and in Caracas
(2008)Abstract: This article conducts an exploratory analysis of the multidimensional relationship between future, agency and context of adolescent (under age and adult) sex workers in Caracas and Isla de Margarita. A multi-method ... -
Chilean exiles in the Netherlands Activism, memories and traumas
(2011)This thesis analyses the memories and traumatic experiences of Chileans in the Netherlands. Those exiles have vivid memories about the coup on the 11th of September of 1973. Six of the informants have been in prison and ... -
Consuming in times of Chavez
(2011)Since the election of President Hugo Chávez Frías in 1999, Venezuela has changed. His socialist Bolivarian Revolution is considered an assault on the existing capitalism and imperialism. It is mainly focused at the poor ... -
Coping with Violence in Brazil: Violence, fear and ‘the Other’ in Rio de Janeiro
(2010)Rio de Janeiro forms an emblematic case of endemic urban violence. Gangs of drugs traffickers, police forces, death squads, militias, vigilante groups, private security organizations and some individual citizens, mark the ... -
Creating a new Life: Livelihood strategies and reintegration perspectives of internally displaced people in Bogota, Colombia
(2008)The situation of forced displacements in Colombia is one of the most serious in the world. As we shall see in this work, the majority of the Internally Displaced People (IDP’s) encounters a situation of poverty, vulnerability ... -
Cumbia Villera: Cheap Trash or Argentine Culture?
(2009)This master thesis examines in what way the Argentine music genre cumbia villera has developped itself since its coming into existence at the end of the 1990s in Buenos Aires. The most important focus is how the music and ... -
Direct democracy in León, Nicaragua: Citizen participation, empowerment, and the influence on the democratic character of local governance
(2008)In the context of decentralization and democratization increasingly attention has been given in Latin America to ways in which the population can further contribute to the political decision-making process, particularly ... -
Dutch Ethnic Tourism, Indigenous Authenticity and Commoditization in and around San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Mexico
(2009)Tourism is one of the world’s largest industries and ethnic tourism is booming business with the increasing awareness of tourists regarding worldwide disappearing cultures. Travel organizations observe this awareness and ... -
Equality through unequal measures? A study on how young inhabitants of Morro do Macaco perceive and experience the quota system at the university.
(2012)Education is being seen as a fundamental human right. Yet, in the unequal Brazilian society many poor citizens don’t have access to quality basic education. The lack of quality basic education leads to less prospects in ... -
Fair Trade Coffee: Perceptions of the Fair Trade coffee growers of Marsella
(2013)Fair Trade was set in motion to support the small scale coffee growers who struggle with neo-liberal policies. With a minimum price and offering a social premium attempts Fair Trade to improve the livelihoods and lives of ... -
Feeling good or at home?
(2009)Based on ethnographic fieldwork in the Netherlands, this thesis studies the relation between the homemaking processes of Latin-American female migrants in the Netherlands and their social relations. It analyzes the homemaking ... -
Framing Violence: Activists Addressing Gender-Based Violence in Contemporary Mexico
(2012)This thesis examines the problem of violence against women in Mexico. It attempts to answer the question how local activists engage with violence against women against the background of the current security crisis. It ... -
Fútbol; Rivalry and Fan Identification in Rosario, Argentina
(2008)Argentina is one of the world’s best known football countries and it is the passion and devotion of the fans in combination with fierce local rivalries that makes Argentine football unique. The derby between Newell’s Old ...