Xóchitl Bada is an Associate Professor in Latin American and Latino Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her articles have appeared in Forced Migration Review, Population, Space, and Place, Latino Studies, and Labor Studies Journal. She is the author of Mexican Hometown Associations in Chicagoacán (Rutgers University Press, 2014). Her areas of specialization include migrant access to political and social rights, migrant organizing strategies, and transnational labor advocacy mobilization in Mexico and the United States. She is co-editor of the books New Migration Patterns in the Americas (Palgrave, 2018) and Accountability across Borders (University of Texas Press, 2019). She was a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin in 2019-2020.Liliana Rivera-Sánchez received a Ph. D in Sociology from the New School for Social Research and is Professor and Researcher at the Center for Sociological Studies, El Colegio de México, Mexico City. She is author of 15 books (monographies and edited), 25 peer-reviewed papers in scientific journals, more than 35 book chapters, in Spanish, English and French languages. Her most recent book is (as Editor): ¿Volver a casa? Migrantes de retorno en América Latina. Debates, tendencias y experiencias divergentes, Mexico: El Colegio de México, 2019.

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• Preface A Detailed Panorama Javier Auyero Part 1: Introduction 1. On the Sociology of Latin America: Some Key Pieces of the Puzzle Liliana Rivera-Sánchez and Xóchitl Bada Part 2: Sociology of the State Coordinator: Viviane Brachet-Márquez 2. States in Latin America": Are They Still Worth Studying? An Introduction Viviane Brachet-Márquez 3. Historical Construction of the State in Latin America: A Field in Formation Viviane Brachet-Márquez 4. Revolution and Counterrevolution in Guatemala: The Contention over Changing a Seigneurial Society Matilde González-Izás 5. Capitalism and the State in Latin America: Economic Power, Social Inequality, and Environmental Depletion Esteban Torres and Carina Borrastero 6. From Social Insurance to Poverty Relief: Avatars of Social Protection in Latin America Mónica Uribe Gómez Part 3: Social Inequalities Coordinator: Minor Mora-Salas 7. The Sociology of Social Inequality in Latin America Minor Mora-Salas 8. Differences, Inequalities, and Labor Markets in Latin America: Some Hypotheses Juan Pablo Pérez Sáinz 9. Inequality, Social Mobility, and Racism in Bolivia Carmen Rosa Rea Campos 10. Patterns of Social Inclusion and Exclusion Among Youth Living in Stigmatized Neighborhoods Fabiana Espíndola Ferrer 11. Social Violence and Privilege. Strategies of the Upper Middle Class in San SalvadorIrene Lungo Rodríguez 12. Inequality and Social Justice in Latin America: Youth's Perception and Values Celi Scalon and Pedro Paulo de Oliveira 13. Ideological Inversion and the (De)legitimation of Neoliberalism in Chile Ismael Puga 14. Privilege Accumulation Among Upper Middle-Class Youth in Mexico Minor Mora-Salas and Orlandina de Oliveira Part 4: Sociology of Religion Coordinator: Olga Odgers-Ortiz 15. From Sociology of Latin American Religions to a Latin American Sociology of Religion Olga Odgers-Ortiz 16. The Sociology of Religion in Latin America: from Theoretical Dependence to Its Specificity Roberto Blancarte 17. Religious Diversity, Popular Religions and Multiple Modernities Cristián Parker Gumucio 18. Four Keys to Understanding Religious Experience in Latin America Hugo José Suárez 19. Practices of Sacralization: A Theoretical Proposal for a Sociology of (Popular) Religion from Latin AmericaEloísa Martín Part 5: Social Movements and Collective Action Coordinator: Nicolás M. Somma 20. Social Movements in Latin America: Mapping the Literature Nicolás M. Somma 21. Labor Movements in Latin America Federico M. Rossi 22. Latin American Women's Movements: A Historical Overview Cora Fernández Anderson 23. Student Movements in Latin America Germán Bidegain and Marisa von Bülow 24. Indigenous Movements in Latin America: Tensions, Contradictions, Possibilities Roberta Rice 25. Economic Globalization and Social Movements in Latin America Paul Almeida and Amalia Pérez Martín Part 6: Sociology of Migration Coordinators: Liliana Rivera-Sánchez and Eduardo Domenech 26. Sociology of Migration in Latin America: Formation and Development of a Field of Study Liliana Rivera-Sánchez and Eduardo Domenech 27. Migration and Development in Latin America Alejandro I. Canales 28. Migration, Borders, and Identity in the Latin American Context Laura Velasco Ortiz 29. Gender and Migration in Latin America Marina Ariza 30. Migration and Immigrant Organizational Forms in Latin America Luis Escala Rabadán and Xóchitl Bada Part 7: Sociology of Gender Coordinator: Gioconda Herrera 31. The Sociology of Gender in Latin America: from Social Mothers to Sexual Rights Gioconda Herrera 32. Violence Against Women: Contributions from Latin America Montserrat Sagot 33. Contributions from the Sociology of Care in Latin America Karina Batthyány 34. Gender and Work in Contemporary Latin America Erynn Masi de Casanova Part 8: Medical Sociology Coordinator: Roberto Castro 35. Medical Sociology in Latin America Roberto Castro 36. The Trajectory and Identity of Sociology of Health in Brazil Everardo Duarte Nunes and Maria Cecília de Souza Minayo 37. A Sociological Approach to the Study of Alternative and Complementary Medicine in Argentina Betina Freidin and Matías Ballesteros 38. Sexual Stratification and Sexual Agency Among Low-Income Girls in an Andean City Carmen Yon Leau 39. Mexican Women and Decision Making in Health: The Practical Sense María del Carmen Castro Vásquez and Patricia Aranda Gallegos Part 9. Sociology of Violence and Insecurity Coordinator: Arturo Alvarado 40. The Sociology of Crime and Violence in Latin AmericaArturo Alvarado 41. Sociology of Fear of Crime in Latin America Gabriel Kessler and Alejandra Otamendi 42. Homicides in Latin America and the Caribbean Alberto Concha-Eastman, Edgar Muñoz and Mateus Rennó-Santos 43. Arming the Americas Katherine Aguirre and Robert Muggah 44. Urban Violence and the Spatial Question: The Built Environmental Correlates of (In)Security in Latin American Cities Diane E. Davis 45. Border Violence in Latin America: An Expression of Complementary Asymmetries Fernando Carrión-Mena and Markus Gottsbacher 46. Illicit Drugs and Organized Crime in Latin America: New Scholarship and the Future of Alternative Policies Angélica Durán-Martínez 47. Forced Displacement and Globalization in Latin America: Causal Factors, Policies, and Perspectives Pablo Emilio Angarita-Cañas 48. Violent Victimization in Poor Neighborhoods of Bogotá, Lima, and Santiago: Empirical Test of the Social Disorganization and the Collective Efficacy Theories Liliana Manzano, Alejandra Mohor, and Williams Jiménez

Xóchitl Bada is an Associate Professor in Latin American and Latino Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her articles have appeared in Forced Migration Review, Population, Space, and Place, Latino Studies, and Labor Studies Journal. She is the author of Mexican Hometown Associations in Chicagoacán (Rutgers University Press, 2014). Her areas of specialization include migrant access to political and social rights, migrant organizing strategies, and transnational labor advocacy mobilization in Mexico and the United States. She is co-editor of the books New Migration Patterns in the Americas (Palgrave, 2018) and Accountability across Borders (University of Texas Press, 2019). She was a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin in 2019-2020.Liliana Rivera-Sánchez received a Ph. D in Sociology from the New School for Social Research and is Professor and Researcher at the Center for Sociological Studies, El Colegio de México, Mexico City. She is author of 15 books (monographies and edited), 25 peer-reviewed papers in scientific journals, more than 35 book chapters, in Spanish, English and French languages. Her most recent book is (as Editor): ¿Volver a casa? Migrantes de retorno en América Latina. Debates, tendencias y experiencias divergentes, Mexico: El Colegio de México, 2019.

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• Preface A Detailed Panorama Javier Auyero Part 1: Introduction 1. On the Sociology of Latin America: Some Key Pieces of the Puzzle Liliana Rivera-Sánchez and Xóchitl Bada Part 2: Sociology of the State Coordinator: Viviane Brachet-Márquez 2. States in Latin America": Are They Still Worth Studying? An Introduction Viviane Brachet-Márquez 3. Historical Construction of the State in Latin America: A Field in Formation Viviane Brachet-Márquez 4. Revolution and Counterrevolution in Guatemala: The Contention over Changing a Seigneurial Society Matilde González-Izás 5. Capitalism and the State in Latin America: Economic Power, Social Inequality, and Environmental Depletion Esteban Torres and Carina Borrastero 6. From Social Insurance to Poverty Relief: Avatars of Social Protection in Latin America Mónica Uribe Gómez Part 3: Social Inequalities Coordinator: Minor Mora-Salas 7. The Sociology of Social Inequality in Latin America Minor Mora-Salas 8. Differences, Inequalities, and Labor Markets in Latin America: Some Hypotheses Juan Pablo Pérez Sáinz 9. Inequality, Social Mobility, and Racism in Bolivia Carmen Rosa Rea Campos 10. Patterns of Social Inclusion and Exclusion Among Youth Living in Stigmatized Neighborhoods Fabiana Espíndola Ferrer 11. Social Violence and Privilege. Strategies of the Upper Middle Class in San SalvadorIrene Lungo Rodríguez 12. Inequality and Social Justice in Latin America: Youth's Perception and Values Celi Scalon and Pedro Paulo de Oliveira 13. Ideological Inversion and the (De)legitimation of Neoliberalism in Chile Ismael Puga 14. Privilege Accumulation Among Upper Middle-Class Youth in Mexico Minor Mora-Salas and Orlandina de Oliveira Part 4: Sociology of Religion Coordinator: Olga Odgers-Ortiz 15. From Sociology of Latin American Religions to a Latin American Sociology of Religion Olga Odgers-Ortiz 16. The Sociology of Religion in Latin America: from Theoretical Dependence to Its Specificity Roberto Blancarte 17. Religious Diversity, Popular Religions and Multiple Modernities Cristián Parker Gumucio 18. Four Keys to Understanding Religious Experience in Latin America Hugo José Suárez 19. Practices of Sacralization: A Theoretical Proposal for a Sociology of (Popular) Religion from Latin AmericaEloísa Martín Part 5: Social Movements and Collective Action Coordinator: Nicolás M. Somma 20. Social Movements in Latin America: Mapping the Literature Nicolás M. Somma 21. Labor Movements in Latin America Federico M. Rossi 22. Latin American Women's Movements: A Historical Overview Cora Fernández Anderson 23. Student Movements in Latin America Germán Bidegain and Marisa von Bülow 24. Indigenous Movements in Latin America: Tensions, Contradictions, Possibilities Roberta Rice 25. Economic Globalization and Social Movements in Latin America Paul Almeida and Amalia Pérez Martín Part 6: Sociology of Migration Coordinators: Liliana Rivera-Sánchez and Eduardo Domenech 26. Sociology of Migration in Latin America: Formation and Development of a Field of Study Liliana Rivera-Sánchez and Eduardo Domenech 27. Migration and Development in Latin America Alejandro I. Canales 28. Migration, Borders, and Identity in the Latin American Context Laura Velasco Ortiz 29. Gender and Migration in Latin America Marina Ariza 30. Migration and Immigrant Organizational Forms in Latin America Luis Escala Rabadán and Xóchitl Bada Part 7: Sociology of Gender Coordinator: Gioconda Herrera 31. The Sociology of Gender in Latin America: from Social Mothers to Sexual Rights Gioconda Herrera 32. Violence Against Women: Contributions from Latin America Montserrat Sagot 33. Contributions from the Sociology of Care in Latin America Karina Batthyány 34. Gender and Work in Contemporary Latin America Erynn Masi de Casanova Part 8: Medical Sociology Coordinator: Roberto Castro 35. Medical Sociology in Latin America Roberto Castro 36. The Trajectory and Identity of Sociology of Health in Brazil Everardo Duarte Nunes and Maria Cecília de Souza Minayo 37. A Sociological Approach to the Study of Alternative and Complementary Medicine in Argentina Betina Freidin and Matías Ballesteros 38. Sexual Stratification and Sexual Agency Among Low-Income Girls in an Andean City Carmen Yon Leau 39. Mexican Women and Decision Making in Health: The Practical Sense María del Carmen Castro Vásquez and Patricia Aranda Gallegos Part 9. Sociology of Violence and Insecurity Coordinator: Arturo Alvarado 40. The Sociology of Crime and Violence in Latin AmericaArturo Alvarado 41. Sociology of Fear of Crime in Latin America Gabriel Kessler and Alejandra Otamendi 42. Homicides in Latin America and the Caribbean Alberto Concha-Eastman, Edgar Muñoz and Mateus Rennó-Santos 43. Arming the Americas Katherine Aguirre and Robert Muggah 44. Urban Violence and the Spatial Question: The Built Environmental Correlates of (In)Security in Latin American Cities Diane E. Davis 45. Border Violence in Latin America: An Expression of Complementary Asymmetries Fernando Carrión-Mena and Markus Gottsbacher 46. Illicit Drugs and Organized Crime in Latin America: New Scholarship and the Future of Alternative Policies Angélica Durán-Martínez 47. Forced Displacement and Globalization in Latin America: Causal Factors, Policies, and Perspectives Pablo Emilio Angarita-Cañas 48. Violent Victimization in Poor Neighborhoods of Bogotá, Lima, and Santiago: Empirical Test of the Social Disorganization and the Collective Efficacy Theories Liliana Manzano, Alejandra Mohor, and Williams Jiménez

Xóchitl Bada is an Associate Professor in Latin American and Latino Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her articles have appeared in Forced Migration Review, Population, Space, and Place, Latino Studies, and Labor Studies Journal. She is the author of Mexican Hometown Associations in Chicagoacán (Rutgers University Press, 2014). Her areas of specialization include migrant access to political and social rights, migrant organizing strategies, and transnational labor advocacy mobilization in Mexico and the United States. She is co-editor of the books New Migration Patterns in the Americas (Palgrave, 2018) and Accountability across Borders (University of Texas Press, 2019). She was a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin in 2019-2020.Liliana Rivera-Sánchez received a Ph. D in Sociology from the New School for Social Research and is Professor and Researcher at the Center for Sociological Studies, El Colegio de México, Mexico City. She is author of 15 books (monographies and edited), 25 peer-reviewed papers in scientific journals, more than 35 book chapters, in Spanish, English and French languages. Her most recent book is (as Editor): ¿Volver a casa? Migrantes de retorno en América Latina. Debates, tendencias y experiencias divergentes, Mexico: El Colegio de México, 2019.

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• Preface A Detailed Panorama Javier Auyero Part 1: Introduction 1. On the Sociology of Latin America: Some Key Pieces of the Puzzle Liliana Rivera-Sánchez and Xóchitl Bada Part 2: Sociology of the State Coordinator: Viviane Brachet-Márquez 2. States in Latin America": Are They Still Worth Studying? An Introduction Viviane Brachet-Márquez 3. Historical Construction of the State in Latin America: A Field in Formation Viviane Brachet-Márquez 4. Revolution and Counterrevolution in Guatemala: The Contention over Changing a Seigneurial Society Matilde González-Izás 5. Capitalism and the State in Latin America: Economic Power, Social Inequality, and Environmental Depletion Esteban Torres and Carina Borrastero 6. From Social Insurance to Poverty Relief: Avatars of Social Protection in Latin America Mónica Uribe Gómez Part 3: Social Inequalities Coordinator: Minor Mora-Salas 7. The Sociology of Social Inequality in Latin America Minor Mora-Salas 8. Differences, Inequalities, and Labor Markets in Latin America: Some Hypotheses Juan Pablo Pérez Sáinz 9. Inequality, Social Mobility, and Racism in Bolivia Carmen Rosa Rea Campos 10. Patterns of Social Inclusion and Exclusion Among Youth Living in Stigmatized Neighborhoods Fabiana Espíndola Ferrer 11. Social Violence and Privilege. Strategies of the Upper Middle Class in San SalvadorIrene Lungo Rodríguez 12. Inequality and Social Justice in Latin America: Youth's Perception and Values Celi Scalon and Pedro Paulo de Oliveira 13. Ideological Inversion and the (De)legitimation of Neoliberalism in Chile Ismael Puga 14. Privilege Accumulation Among Upper Middle-Class Youth in Mexico Minor Mora-Salas and Orlandina de Oliveira Part 4: Sociology of Religion Coordinator: Olga Odgers-Ortiz 15. From Sociology of Latin American Religions to a Latin American Sociology of Religion Olga Odgers-Ortiz 16. The Sociology of Religion in Latin America: from Theoretical Dependence to Its Specificity Roberto Blancarte 17. Religious Diversity, Popular Religions and Multiple Modernities Cristián Parker Gumucio 18. Four Keys to Understanding Religious Experience in Latin America Hugo José Suárez 19. Practices of Sacralization: A Theoretical Proposal for a Sociology of (Popular) Religion from Latin AmericaEloísa Martín Part 5: Social Movements and Collective Action Coordinator: Nicolás M. Somma 20. Social Movements in Latin America: Mapping the Literature Nicolás M. Somma 21. Labor Movements in Latin America Federico M. Rossi 22. Latin American Women's Movements: A Historical Overview Cora Fernández Anderson 23. Student Movements in Latin America Germán Bidegain and Marisa von Bülow 24. Indigenous Movements in Latin America: Tensions, Contradictions, Possibilities Roberta Rice 25. Economic Globalization and Social Movements in Latin America Paul Almeida and Amalia Pérez Martín Part 6: Sociology of Migration Coordinators: Liliana Rivera-Sánchez and Eduardo Domenech 26. Sociology of Migration in Latin America: Formation and Development of a Field of Study Liliana Rivera-Sánchez and Eduardo Domenech 27. Migration and Development in Latin America Alejandro I. Canales 28. Migration, Borders, and Identity in the Latin American Context Laura Velasco Ortiz 29. Gender and Migration in Latin America Marina Ariza 30. Migration and Immigrant Organizational Forms in Latin America Luis Escala Rabadán and Xóchitl Bada Part 7: Sociology of Gender Coordinator: Gioconda Herrera 31. The Sociology of Gender in Latin America: from Social Mothers to Sexual Rights Gioconda Herrera 32. Violence Against Women: Contributions from Latin America Montserrat Sagot 33. Contributions from the Sociology of Care in Latin America Karina Batthyány 34. Gender and Work in Contemporary Latin America Erynn Masi de Casanova Part 8: Medical Sociology Coordinator: Roberto Castro 35. Medical Sociology in Latin America Roberto Castro 36. The Trajectory and Identity of Sociology of Health in Brazil Everardo Duarte Nunes and Maria Cecília de Souza Minayo 37. A Sociological Approach to the Study of Alternative and Complementary Medicine in Argentina Betina Freidin and Matías Ballesteros 38. Sexual Stratification and Sexual Agency Among Low-Income Girls in an Andean City Carmen Yon Leau 39. Mexican Women and Decision Making in Health: The Practical Sense María del Carmen Castro Vásquez and Patricia Aranda Gallegos Part 9. Sociology of Violence and Insecurity Coordinator: Arturo Alvarado 40. The Sociology of Crime and Violence in Latin AmericaArturo Alvarado 41. Sociology of Fear of Crime in Latin America Gabriel Kessler and Alejandra Otamendi 42. Homicides in Latin America and the Caribbean Alberto Concha-Eastman, Edgar Muñoz and Mateus Rennó-Santos 43. Arming the Americas Katherine Aguirre and Robert Muggah 44. Urban Violence and the Spatial Question: The Built Environmental Correlates of (In)Security in Latin American Cities Diane E. Davis 45. Border Violence in Latin America: An Expression of Complementary Asymmetries Fernando Carrión-Mena and Markus Gottsbacher 46. Illicit Drugs and Organized Crime in Latin America: New Scholarship and the Future of Alternative Policies Angélica Durán-Martínez 47. Forced Displacement and Globalization in Latin America: Causal Factors, Policies, and Perspectives Pablo Emilio Angarita-Cañas 48. Violent Victimization in Poor Neighborhoods of Bogotá, Lima, and Santiago: Empirical Test of the Social Disorganization and the Collective Efficacy Theories Liliana Manzano, Alejandra Mohor, and Williams Jiménez