The politics of implementation: Social movements and mining policy implementation in Guatemala

RJ Spalding - The Extractive Industries and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
This study examines the way Guatemalan antimining movements engaged with the state
bureaucracy during the policy implementation process. It contributes to the literature on …

Advocating for Latinx Children's Rights and Supporting Their Healing from Trauma: School Social Workers as Nepantleras

L Villarreal Sosa - Children & Schools, 2019 - academic.oup.com
United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet took an unusually direct approach on
July 8, 2019, when she condemned the US government's treatment of migrant children …

De-colonizing study abroad: Social workers confronting racism, sexism and poverty in Guatemala

L Villarreal Sosa, J Lesniewski - Social Work Education, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The danger of US or Global North study abroad programs is that students confirm and
reinforce colonial notions of culture that privilege Western perspectives. If such experiences …

Human Rights and Latina Feminisms: Implications for Clinical Practice with the Latine Diaspora in Anti-immigrant Times

L Villarreal Sosa, M Castillo Martinez - Clinical Social Work Journal, 2023 - Springer
In the anti-immigrant context, the Latine community experiences particular challenges as
they are prime targets of racism and xenophobia. The social construction of immigrants as a …