Excerpt from El siglo XXI, el de las identidades, (The 21st Century, the Century of Identities) by Alain Touraine (p. 109).

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"Society and social policies in Latin America have recently made room for social and civil rights. And while the rate of illiteracy has been dropping for several years, social rights still are a bit weak, and that defines a dual society. Brazil is an excellent example. ...

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