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Rethinking Latin American Social Movements: Radical Action from Below
ISBN: 9781442235687 / Angielski / Miękka / 412 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This groundbreaking text explores the dramatic evolution in Latin American social movements over the past fifteen years. Leading scholars examine a variety of cases that highlight significant shifts in the region. First is the breakdown of the Washington Consensus and the global economic crisis since 2008, accompanied by the rise of new paradigms such as buen vivir (living well). Second are transformations in internal movement dynamics and strategies, especially the growth of horizontalism (horizontalidad), which emphasizes non-hierarchical relations within society rather than directly...
This groundbreaking text explores the dramatic evolution in Latin American social movements over the past fifteen years. Leading scholars examine a va...
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242,90 |
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Supermadre: Women in Politics in Latin America
ISBN: 9780292772632 / Angielski / Miękka / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The title of this book, Supermadre, is ironic. It means, not that women have begun to exercise real power in Latin American political life, but that their participation is mostly confined to roles that are extensions of their roles as mothers--health, education, welfare, for example--and then only on the lower levels of policy-making. Elsa Chaney begins her study with an examination of various attempts to explain women's virtual absence from decision-making councils not only in Latin America but also world-wide, concluding that their motherhood role has had the... The title of this book, Supermadre, is ironic. It means, not that women have begun to exercise real power in Latin American political ... |
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97,10 |
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Brazil for Sale? Does Sino-Brazilian Trade or Investment Significantly Influence Brazil's United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Voting Pattern?
ISBN: 9781500608736 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work examines whether Sino-Brazilian trade or investment significantly influences Brazil's voting in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). To examine this relationship, this work regresses a dataset of UNGA votes, which the literature commonly uses to represent political influence, with trade and investment data. Understanding whether the growing Sino-Brazilian economic relationship politically impacts Brazil is important both to Brazil and to the United States. Any increase in Chinese influence on Brazil may translate into a corresponding decrease in U.S. influence, which may have...
This work examines whether Sino-Brazilian trade or investment significantly influences Brazil's voting in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). ...
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59,66 |
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Restoring the "Unwritten Alliance" in Brazil- United States Relations
ISBN: 9781500748746 / Angielski / Miękka / 28 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the first half of the 20th Century, an "Unwritten Alliance" amicably existed between the United States and Brazil. This is not true today. Some suggest the two countries' strategic interests continue to diverge. This perception of divergence must be reversed. In response to Brazil's emergence as a world power, the United States must overhaul its bilateral security strategy for the world's 7th largest economy and Latin America's largest military. Brazil's real genuine concerns with sovereignty and reciprocity along with negative American stereotypes that permeate Latin American culture will...
In the first half of the 20th Century, an "Unwritten Alliance" amicably existed between the United States and Brazil. This is not true today. Some sug...
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59,66 |
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Contemporary Middle Class in Latin America: A Study of San Felipe
ISBN: 9780739191064 / Angielski / Twarda / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the last decades, the Latin American middle class is growing in size while becoming more heterogeneous. Sustained economic growth explains its increasing size, but behind its heterogeneity there is not only the diversification of lifestyles, but also the crystallization of a large process of upward social mobility of second and third generation migrants to capital cities and their incorporation into middle-class positions. In the last decades, these individuals are now part of the different spheres of socialization formerly occupied by the traditional middle class: private schools, college...
In the last decades, the Latin American middle class is growing in size while becoming more heterogeneous. Sustained economic growth explains its incr...
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446,92 |
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The International Political Economy of Communication: Media and Power in South America
ISBN: 9781137434678 / Angielski / Twarda / 195 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection reflects on the international political economy of media and the valuable lessons to be learned from the media reforms currently taking place across South America. The contributors present a range of theoretical and methodological perspectives on the ongoing battle for media space in South America.
This collection reflects on the international political economy of media and the valuable lessons to be learned from the media reforms currently takin...
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281,76 |
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Democracy Against Neoliberalism in Argentina and Brazil: A Move to the Left
ISBN: 9781137395016 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the emergence of left-wing politics in two of the largest South American nations: Argentina and Brazil. It looks in particular at the transformation of democracy seen as "point of arrival" into democracy seen as an unending struggle for greater equality.
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the emergence of left-wing politics in two of the largest South American nations: Argentina and Brazil....
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201,24 |
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Far Away From the Revolution: Understanding the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces Mission Changes
ISBN: 9781500911874 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over five decades have passed since the triumph of Fidel Castro's guerrilla army in the revolution that removed Cuba's dictator Fulgencio Batista. Since then, the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas Revolutionaries, FAR)-with roots in the revolutionary movement-has redefined its role and missions several times up to the current regime. This book explores how the FAR has adapted to mission changes from the end of the revolution to the post-Cold War period (1959-Present) while remaining loyal to the revolution. The FAR's commitment to the state and subordination to political...
Over five decades have passed since the triumph of Fidel Castro's guerrilla army in the revolution that removed Cuba's dictator Fulgencio Batista. Sin...
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59,66 |
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Shaping Colombia's Stability through Strategic Communication: Evaluating U.S. Effectiveness
ISBN: 9781500922306 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Colombia's future hangs in the balance with dire implications for Latin America and U.S. national interests. After forty-five years of existential conflict, Colombia has the opportunity to be a peaceful and stable country. The Colombian government has the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), or the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, on the ropes. The FARC, a social revolutionary and narco-terrorist group who is Colombia's greatest organized threat, faces open opposition and isolation from the Colombian populace and the international community. However, the group's...
Colombia's future hangs in the balance with dire implications for Latin America and U.S. national interests. After forty-five years of existential con...
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59,66 |
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Crisis In Mexico: Assessing The Mérida Initiative And Its Impact On Us-Mexican Security
ISBN: 9781501057779 / Angielski / Miękka / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. President George W. Bush signed the Merida Initiative, referred to as Plan Mexico by critics, into law on June 30, 2008. The plan contains approximately $1.5 billion in aid to Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean countries to improve regional security by reducing organized crime, drug smuggling, and illegal arms trafficking while strengthening domestic institutions. Critics argue that the plan does not adequately address the demand side of the drug model, will add to the militarization of Mexico, empower corrupt institutions, and reduce the rule of law while failing to address the violence...
President George W. Bush signed the Merida Initiative, referred to as Plan Mexico by critics, into law on June 30, 2008. The plan contains approximate...
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59,66 |
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Mr. Dr. Moises Da Costa Gomez: Voorvechter van de Politieke Emancipatie der Nederlandse Antillen
ISBN: 9781940654997 / Holenderski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. De komst van de olie-industrie op Curacao en Aruba leidde tot sociaal-economische verschuivingen die grote gevolgen hadden voor de politieke aspiraties. Zo werd de roep om autonomie en meer democratie (algemeen kiesrecht) langzamerhand steeds luider. Midden jaren 30 keerde Moises da Costa Gomez terug naar Curacao uit Nederland. Deze briljante student sloot zijn rechtenstudie af met een proefschrift waarin hij scherpe kritiek uitte op de koloniale macht in de Antillen. Terug op Curacao stortte hij zich met hart en ziel in de politieke strijd. Da Costa Gomez' einddoel was de materiele...
De komst van de olie-industrie op Curacao en Aruba leidde tot sociaal-economische verschuivingen die grote gevolgen hadden voor de politieke aspiratie...
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59,66 |
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Technocracy and Democracy in Latin America: The Experts Running Government
ISBN: 9781107059870 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Praised by some as islands of efficiency in a sea of unprofessional, politicized, and corrupt states, and criticized by others for removing wide areas of policy making from the democratic arena, technocrats have become prominent and controversial actors in Latin American politics. Nonelected state officials with advanced educations from top universities, technocrats achieve considerable autonomy from political and economic actors and exerted great influence over their countries' fates. This finding poses an intriguing paradox. These experts lack an independent base of authority, such as...
Praised by some as islands of efficiency in a sea of unprofessional, politicized, and corrupt states, and criticized by others for removing wide areas...
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438,90 |
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Venezuelan Bolivarian Missions in Colombia: What are the Real, Underlying Reasons for Their Existence
ISBN: 9781502518408 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Bolivarian government of Venezuela and the government of Cuba use the legitimate status of Bolivarian Missions in Colombia for both legitimate and illegitimate state activities. The overall aim is to undermine the Colombian state and increase the influence of political movements sympathetic to Bolivarianism in Colombian politics with the overall goal of weakening a historical international rival to Venezuela in Latin America. A comparative case study method is applied to four Venezuelan-sponsored Bolivarian missions in Colombia: Robinson, Milagro, Guacaipuro, and Identidad. A review of...
The Bolivarian government of Venezuela and the government of Cuba use the legitimate status of Bolivarian Missions in Colombia for both legitimate and...
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67,65 |
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Narcocultura: A Threat to Mexican National Security
ISBN: 9781502702616 / Angielski / Miękka / 102 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book analyzes the collective identity and narratives surrounding the culture of the drug trafficking organizations (DTOs), or narcocultura, in Mexico. It questions whether the visible cultural artifacts of the DTOs reflect a cultural identity or if they create an identity that threatens Mexican national security. The analysis establishes that narcocultura is a relevant framework to study Mexican transnational organized crime (TOC). This book utilizes both cultural and security studies to illuminate the development of narcocultura in Mexico. The author assesses the transmission of...
This book analyzes the collective identity and narratives surrounding the culture of the drug trafficking organizations (DTOs), or narcocultura, in Me...
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59,66 |
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Two Lefts: The Competition for Leadership of Latin America
ISBN: 9781502750488 / Angielski / Miękka / 42 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the origins and implications of the "two lefts" in Latin America; the radical populism of Hugo Chavez Frias in Venezuela and the moderate left of Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva in Brazil. After defining radical populism and the moderate left, each leader is analyzed in turn by examining their rise to power, and their social, economic and foreign policies. Finally, this book recommends U.S. policy responses regarding Venezuela and Brazil.
This book explores the origins and implications of the "two lefts" in Latin America; the radical populism of Hugo Chavez Frias in Venezuela and the mo...
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59,66 |
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Layered Inequalities : Land grabbing, collective land rights and Afro-descendant resistance in Colombia
ISBN: 9783643905598 / Angielski / Miękka / 458 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Colombia, since the 1990s, thousands of Afro-descendants have benefited from collective land rights. However, many peasants have been violently displaced in order to introduce industrial crops, while several other groups of peasants resisted these agribusiness land grabs. This book examines the layered inequalities in this process and analyzes the various paradoxes of recent Colombian development policies: the agribusiness expansions through land grabs; the land and labor conflicts that have overlapped in regions with agribusiness; and both the Afro-descendants and mestizos demand for land...
In Colombia, since the 1990s, thousands of Afro-descendants have benefited from collective land rights. However, many peasants have been violently dis...
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178,97 |
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Changing Course in Latin America: Party Systems in the Neoliberal Era
ISBN: 9780521856874 / Angielski / Twarda / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the impact of economic crises and free-market reforms on party systems and political representation in contemporary Latin America. It explains why some patterns of market reform align and stabilize party systems, whereas other patterns of reform leave party systems vulnerable to widespread social protest and electoral instability. In contrast to other works on the topic, this book accounts for both the institutionalization and the breakdown of party systems, and it explains why Latin America turned to the Left politically in the aftermath of the market-reform process....
This book explores the impact of economic crises and free-market reforms on party systems and political representation in contemporary Latin America. ...
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411,29 |
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Nicaragua and the Politics of Utopia: Development and Culture in the Modern State
ISBN: 9780826520470 / Angielski / Twarda / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The history of modern Nicaragua is populated with leaders promising a new and better day. Inevitably, as Nicaragua and the Politics of Utopia demonstrates, reality casts a shadow and the community must look to the next leader. As an impoverished state, second only to Haiti in the Americas, Nicaragua has been the scene of cyclical attempts and failures at modern development. Author Daniel Chavez investigates the cultural and ideological bases of what he identifies as the three decisive movements of social reinvention in Nicaragua: the regimes of the Somoza family of much of the early to...
The history of modern Nicaragua is populated with leaders promising a new and better day. Inevitably, as Nicaragua and the Politics of Utopia d...
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431,75 |
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The Map or the Territory: Notes on Imperialism, Solidarity and Latin America in the New Millennium
ISBN: 9780915117574 / Angielski / Miękka / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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39,71 |
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Neighborly Adversaries: Readings in U.S.-Latin American Relations
ISBN: 9781442226456 / Angielski / Twarda / 390 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The history of U.S.-Latin American relations has been characterized by a complex fusion of tensions, collaboration, misperceptions, and intervention. Offering a balanced and interdisciplinary interpretation, this comprehensive reader traces the often-troubled relationship from the beginnings of the nineteenth century to the presidency of Barack Obama. Completely revised and updated, this third edition includes original essays on critically important issues such as immigration, the environment, and the Obama administration's policy toward the region. In addition to this added policy section,...
The history of U.S.-Latin American relations has been characterized by a complex fusion of tensions, collaboration, misperceptions, and intervention. ...
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539,22 |
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