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  • Dominant Elites in Latin America

    From Neo-Liberalism to the ‘Pink Tide’

    Edición de Liisa L. North, Timothy D. Clark ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This volume examines the ways in which the socio-economic elites of the region have transformed and expanded the material bases of their power from the inception of neo-liberal policies in the 1970s through to the so-called progressive ‘pink tide’ governments of the past two decades. The six case study chapters—on Chile, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, El Salvador, and Guatemala—variously explore how ... Leer más

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  • Roots of Brazil

    Traducido por G. Harvey Summ ...
    Series series Kellogg Institute Series on Democracy and Development
    Sérgio Buarque de Holanda's Roots of Brazil is one of the iconic books on Brazilian history, society, and culture. Originally published in 1936, it appears here for the first time in an English language translation with a foreword, "Why Read Roots of Brazil Today?" by Pedro Meira Monteiro, one of the world's leading experts on Buarque de Holanda.Roots of Brazil focuses on the multiple cultural ... Leer más

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  • NGOs under Pressure in Partial Democracies

    Over the past decade, international human rights organizations and think tanks have expressed a growing concern that the space of civil society organizations around the world is under pressure. This book examines the pressures experienced by NGOs in four partial democracies: Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia and the Philippines. ... Leer más

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  • Malaise in Representation in Latin American Countries

    Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This edited volume examines malaise with democracy within three middle-income Latin American countries - Chile, Argentina and Uruguay. In particular, the book focuses on the gap within public opinion on democratic system within the context of crisis of representation and breakdowns of democracy. Based on a study using comparative and systematic survey data, the contributors of this volume provide ... Leer más

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  • An Introduction to the Human Development and Capability Approach

    Freedom and Agency

    Edición de Severine Deneulin, Lila Shahani ...
    Aimed at undergraduates and post-graduates in the social sciences, as well as development practitioners, this textbook provides an introduction to the human development and capability approach; it also clarifies key concepts and fosters debate on a number of critical issues. The book offers new perspectives on a wide range of topics, which include the conceptualisation and measurement of well ... Leer más

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  • Politics and Power in Haiti

    Edición de K. Quinn, P. Sutton ...
    Series series Studies of the Americas
    Examining the political legacies of the Duvalier period and after, and revisiting the work of the late David Nicholls, Politics and Power in Haiti provides some of the keys to understanding the turbulent world of Haitian politics and the persistent challenges at home and from abroad which have distorted development. ... Leer más

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  • Gender Equality Norms in Regional Governance

    Transnational Dynamics in Europe, South America and Southern Africa

    Edición de C. Roggeband ...
    Series series Gender and Politics
    This book analyses the diffusion of norms concerning gender-based violence and gender mainstreaming of aid and trade between the EU, South America and Southern Africa. Norm diffusion is conceptualized as a truly multidirectional and polycentric process, shaped by regional governance and resulting in new geometries of transnational activism. ... Leer más

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  • The Great Gap

    Inequality and the Politics of Redistribution in Latin America

    Edición de Merike Blofield ...
    The relationship between socioeconomic inequality and democratic politics has been one of the central questions in the social sciences from Aristotle on. Recent waves of democratization, combined with deepened global inequalities, have made understanding this relationship ever more crucial. In The Great Gap, Merike Blofield seeks to contribute to this understanding by analyzing inequality and ... Leer más

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  • Human Rights Trade-Offs in Times of Economic Growth

    The Long-Term Capability Impacts of Extractive-Led Development

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book uncovers a historical dependency on smelting activities that has trapped inhabitants of La Oroya, Peru, in a context of systemic lack of freedom. La Oroya has been named one of the most polluted places on the planet by the US Blacksmith Institute. Residents face the dilemma of whether to defend their health or to preserve job stability at the local smelter, the main source of toxic ... Leer más

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  • China on the Ground in Latin America

    Challenges for the Chinese and Impacts on the Region

    de E. Ellis ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    An analysis of the new physical presence of Chinese companies operating in Latin America and the Caribbean, the associated challenges that they face, and how they are impacting the region and its relationship with the PRC. ... Leer más

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  • Emerging Markets and the State

    Developmentalism in the 21st Century

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book, through an analysis of case studies in Latin America and Southeast Asia, sets out to understand the form and function of contemporary states seeking to guide and cajole markets, hoping to stimulate economic growth and generate robust development outcomes. In the context of contemporary globalization, and the hegemony of a neoliberal mode of capital accumulation, independent state ... Leer más

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