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The Politics Of Exile In Latin America Addresses Exile As A Major Mechanism Of Institutional Exclusion Used By All Types Of Governments In The Region Against Their Own Citizens, While They Often Provided Asylum To Aliens Fleeing Persecution. The Work Is The First Systematic Analysis Of Latin American Exile On A Continental And Transnational Basis And On A Long-term Perspective. It Traces Variations In The Saliency Of Exile Among Different Expelling And Receiving Countries; Across Different Periods; With Different Paths Of Exile, Both Elite And Massive; And Under Authoritarian And Democratic Contexts. The Project Integrates Theoretical Hindsight And Empirical Findings, Analyzing The Importance Of Exile As A Recent And Contemporary Phenomenon, While Reaching Back To Its Origins And Phases Of Development. It Also Addresses Presidential Exile, The Formation Of Latin American Communities Of Exiles Worldwide, And The Role Of Exiles In Shaping The Collective Identities Of These Countries.--publisher's Description. Defining The Exilic Condition -- Forceful Displacement, The Construction Of Collective Identities And State Formation -- The Format Of Exile -- Sites Of Exile -- Widening Exclus

Author
Mario Sznajder; Luis Roniger
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
Published
2009
Language
EN
ISBN
9780511581373
Subjects
Science, Psychology, Political Science

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