Books
In this book Christian Krohn-Hansen, University of Oslo, asks both how Dominicans have influenced New York City and how the move to New York has affected the lives of Dominican immigrants.
By arguing that different perspectives on peace influence different argumentations of rights, Catalina Vallejo, Chr. Michelsen Institute, in this book based on her master thésis challenges some of the political and legal discourses framed within the war against terror since 2001.
Håvard Haarstad, University of Bergen, has edited this book, which takes a new look at how natural resources are governed and struggled over.
This book, edited by Rachel Sieder, Visiting Professor at the Chr. Michelsen Institute, and John McNeish, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB), examines the relationship between legal pluralities and the prospects for greater gender justice in developing countries.
Just as a new round of peace negotiations between FARC and the Colombian government is about to start in Oslo, Mario Ramírez-Orozco, Telemark University College, has published a book on how to achieve peace after half a century of armed conflict.
Even Sandvik Underlid's book consists of stories of everyday life as well as historical analyses.
This book, edited by John-Andrew McNeish, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB) and Chr. Michelsens Institute, and Owen Logan is the outcome of a comparative research project on the role of the oil and gas industry in the promotion of poverty reduction and social volatility.
This book by Leiry Cornejo Chavez, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, is based on the author's master thesis, and contributes to the better understanding of structural sexual violence against women.
This book by Stener Ekern, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, is based on the author's thesis (PhD--University of Oslo, 2005) presented under the title: Making government : community and leadership in Mayan Guatemala.
A collection of essays in honour of Birger Angvik, University of Bergen, and Willy Rasmussen, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH).
This book by Cecilia G. Salinas, University of Oslo, describes and analyses the social effects of the installation of a Finnish pulp mill in an Uruguayan community called Fray Bentos. The book is based on her master thesis (in English).
In many Latin American countries, former military officers are now facing charges of torture, murder, forced disappearance, and genocide committed under the dictatorships of the 1970s and 1980s. This book by Elin Skaar from Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen, focusing on the key countries of Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, explores the complex relationship between executive politics and judicial action.
In this book on contemporary migration in the Peruvian Andes, Cecilie V. Ødegaard from the University of Bergen explores how people from Andean communities seek progress and social mobility by moving to the cities.
In this book Vegard Bye examines the series of left governments that have dominated Latin American politics the last decade, with a focus on the presidents leading these new experiences in the region.
Based on the fundamental role montage plays in the creation of narrative discourse in movies, Juan Pellicer at the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages, University of Oslo, in this book reviews three movies by Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu ― Amores perros, 21 gramos and Babel. Read more here.
Latinamerikanske utfordringer (Latin American challlenges) is a pedagocic introduction to Latin America’s recent history, with background information for understanding the many challenges faced by the region. Written by Benedicte Bull, Associate Professor at the Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo. Read more here.
Latin-Amerikaboken 2010, published by The Norwegian Solidarity Comittee for Latin America (LAG), deals with Norway’s relations with Latin America, through development cooperation, information, business and international institutions. The book also offers updated articles on recent developments in each of the countries in the region. More information here.
In this book researchers related to Chr. Michelsen Institute and the University of Bergen contribute to the ongoing debate over the institutionalization of democratic accountability and examines the accountability function exercised by higher courts in Latin America and Africa. Read more here.
Social anthropologist Hanna Skartveit from the University of Bergen analyzes the peculiar nature of the relation between fans and fan clubs and their dead idols: the Argentinean singers Gilda and Rodrigo. Read more here.
This book, written by Leiv Marsteintredet form the University of Bergen and Mariana Llanos from German Institute for Global and Area Studies, is about a new type of executive instability without regime instability in Latin America, referred to as "presidential breakdown.". Read more here.
This book by Leiv Marsteintredet from the University of Bergen deals with political institutions and their effect on democracy in the Dominican Republic since 1966. More information here.
This book presents fourteen texts that evidence the ambivalent role that religions and the religious actors play in relation to poverty and sosial justice. More information and the complete text of the book is available here.
This volume, The Ulwa People - Identity and Environment in a Multiethnic Context, is dedicated to the Ulwa people, one of the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua. More information about the book here.
This book by Christian Krohn-Hansen published in December 2008 investigates new ways of analyzing political authoritarianism using the case of the twentieth-century Dominican southwest. More information about the book here.