Yael Siman, Matthew Hone

Victim Activists in Mexico

Social and Political Mobilization amid Extreme Violence and Disappearances

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the collective action of the courageous family members of the disappeared amidst Mexicoâ s ongoing humanitarian crisis.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 410
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 772g
• ISBN-13: 9781666906134
• ISBN-10: 1666906131
• Artikelnr.: 70831128

Autorenporträt

Yael Siman is associate professor at the Department of Social and Political Sciences at Iberoamericana University in Mexico City.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Grassroots Mobilization, Theory, and Method
Chapter 2. Veracruz: A Case Study of Disappearances and the Grassroots
Mobilization of Families
Chapter 3. Perpetrators, Complicit Actors and Illicit Interactions
Chapter 4. Personal Fracture and Family Responses to Disappearances
Chapter 5. A Breath of Life: Victim Activists in Veracruz
Chapter 6. Collective Resistance: Confronting Radical Evil
Chapter 7. Social and Political Grassroots Mobilization: Types of
Resistance
Chapter 8. Social Mobilization and the Expansion of Opportunities and
Support
Chapter 9. Local and Trans-local Transitional Justice Outcomes from Below