This is a collection of original essays focusing on social rights in Latin America, covering four areas in particular: subsistence, labor, gender, and race/ethnicity within the original framework of human rights. Topics covered include the environment, AIDS, workers' rights, tourism, and many more.

Lists of Tables and FiguresPrefaceStruggles for Social Rights in Latin America: Claims in the Arenas of Subsistence, Labor, Gender,and Ethnicity - Susan Eva Eckstein and Timothy P. Wickham-CrowleyPart I: Subsistence RightsIn Defense of Social Justice: From Global Transformation to Local Resistance - Donna L. ChollettRisking Environmental Justice: Culture, Conservation, and Governance at Calakmul, Mexico - Nora HaennThe Cardboard Collectors of Nuevo Laredo: How Scavengers Protect the Environment and Benefit the Economy - Martin Medina Part II: Labor RightsEconomic Liberalization and Income Distribution in Mexico: Losers and Winners in a Time of Global Restructuring - Jaime Ros and Nora Claudia Lustig Defending Labor Rights Across Borders: Central American Export-Processing Plants - Mark S. AnnerSubversion and Compliance in Transnational Communities: Implications for Social Justice - Alejandro Portes and Patricia Fernández-Kelly Part III: Gender, Sexuality, and Social RightsGuatemaltecas: The Politics of Gender and Democratization - Susan A. BergerAdjustment with a Woman's Face: Gender and Macroeconomic Policy at the World Bank - Cynthia A. WoodLiterary Representations of Maids and Mistresses: Gender Alliances across Class and Ethnic Boundaries? - Judith Morganroth SchneiderSexual Orientation, AIDS, and Human Rights in Argentina: The Paradox of Social Advance amid Health Crisis - Mario PechenyPart IV: Racial and Ethnic RightsUnder the Shadows of Yaruquíes: Gaining Indigenous Autonomy in Cacha, Ecuador - Amalia PallaresSocial Justice and Reforms in Late Colonial Peru: An Andean Critique of Spanish Colonialism - Alcira DueñasThe Musical Expression of Social Justice: Mexican Corridos at the End of the Nineteenth Century - Catherine Héau