Harmony Ideology: Justice and Control in a Zapotec Mountain Village by Laura Nader

Harmony Ideology: Justice and Control in a Zapotec Mountain Village

Laura Nader

372 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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The Zapotec observe that 'a bad compromise is better than a good fight'. Why? This study of the legal system of the Zapotec village of Talea suggests that compromise and, more generally, harmony are strategies used by colonized groups to protect t...

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