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Cuba and Western Intellectuals Since 1959
ISBN: 9781349371457 / Angielski / Miękka / 243 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This timely book presents a history of the relationship between the Cuban Revolution and intellectuals and activists in France, Britain and the United States, exploring the 'complete cycle' in this relationship and using it to examine the future of Cuba's symbolic status among intellectuals and activists in the West.
This timely book presents a history of the relationship between the Cuban Revolution and intellectuals and activists in France, Britain and the United...
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200,77 |
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The Politics of Regional Integration in Latin America: Theoretical and Comparative Explorations
ISBN: 9781349375455 / Angielski / Miękka / 259 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the widely admitted failure of regional integration in this continent, linking the features of regional institutional arrangements with domestic politics and includes an inquiry into regionalism at the hemispherical level.
This book explores the widely admitted failure of regional integration in this continent, linking the features of regional institutional arrangements ...
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200,77 |
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Gender Politics in Brazil and Chile: The Role of Parties in National and Local Policymaking
ISBN: 9781349408535 / Angielski / Miękka / 231 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What impact do political parties have on women's political representation and on state gender policies? Does this vary at national and local levels? This study looks at the National Women's Ministry in Chile, a country of ideological conflict, strong parties and centralized government and the leftwing Brazilian Workers' Party, characterised by clientelism, weak parties and decentralization.
What impact do political parties have on women's political representation and on state gender policies? Does this vary at national and local levels? T...
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401,58 |
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Women's Movements in International Perspective: Latin America and Beyond
ISBN: 9781349418541 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The analysis of gender and political inequality, and the women's movements that have contested it, has concentrated on the West. In this wide-ranging reevaluation, incorporating development studies and political sociology, Maxine Molyneux redresses this balance by analysing Latin American women's movements within liberal, authoritarian and revolutionary states. These studies of Argentina, Nicaragua and Cuba, alongside comparative discussions of socialism, women's movements and citizenship, examine the complex, and persistent, interaction of states and women's movements, and the diversity of...
The analysis of gender and political inequality, and the women's movements that have contested it, has concentrated on the West. In this wide-ranging ...
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200,77 |
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Managing Testimony and Administrating Victims: Colombia's Transitional Scenario Under the Justice and Peace ACT
ISBN: 9783319458946 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book analyzes the implementation of Law 975 in Colombia, known as the Justice and Peace Law, and proposes a critical view of the transitional scenario in Colombia from 2005 onwards. The author analyzes three aspects of the law: 1) The process of negotiation with paramilitary groups; 2) The constitution of the Group Memoria Historica (Historic Memory) in Colombia and 3) The process of a 2007 law that was finally not passed. The book contains interviews with key actors in the justice and peace process in Colombia. The author analyses the contradictions, tensions, ambiguities and... This book analyzes the implementation of Law 975 in Colombia, known as the Justice and Peace Law, and proposes a critical view of the transitional ... |
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220,86 |
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The Latino Question: Politics, Labouring Classes and the Next Left
ISBN: 9780745335254 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the United States, the number of Latinos struggling in pursuit of the American Dream has never been greater. Millions work towards this ideal each year, only to find themselves trapped in a cycle of debt and labor. The need for a vivid, empirically grounded study on Latino politics, culture, and social issues is more essential now than ever before The Latino Question fulfills this gap, offering a cutting-edge overview and analysis of the transformative nature of Latino politics in the United States.
In a radical alternative to the dominant orthodoxy in Latino political studies,... In the United States, the number of Latinos struggling in pursuit of the American Dream has never been greater. Millions work towards this ideal each ...
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433,76 |
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Civil War Interventions and Their Benefits: Unequal Return
ISBN: 9781498507097 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 2013 debate over whether the United States should intervene in the Syrian conflict raised important questions regarding the benefits countries receive when they intervene in civil wars, and how those benefits are distributed to the citizens of the intervening country. To address these lingering questions this book offers readers a comprehensive examination of the intervention process, examining the decision to intervene, what motivates states, and how their intervention shapes the conflict process. Most, importantly, the book examines how states benefit from their interventions and the...
The 2013 debate over whether the United States should intervene in the Syrian conflict raised important questions regarding the benefits countries rec...
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198,77 |
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Nemesis: One Man and the Battle for Rio's Biggest Slum
ISBN: 9780345806833 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Antonio Francisco Bonfim Lopes was a hardworking young father before he became the king of Rocinha, the largest slum in Rio; the head of a drug cartel; and perhaps Brazil's most wanted criminal, known as -Nem.-
Nemesis is the riveting account of Nem's ruthless ascent, his sway over its anarchic outlaw culture, and ultimately--his downfall. Struggling to come up with funds to pay for the hospital bills necessary to save a sick baby's life, a twenty-four-year-old Nem is forced to take a loan from a local mafioso, a decision that plunges him into the heart of Rio's criminal... Antonio Francisco Bonfim Lopes was a hardworking young father before he became the king of Rocinha, the largest slum in Rio; the head of a drug cartel...
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87,42 |
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Puerto Rico: What Everyone Needs to Know(r)
ISBN: 9780190648701 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Acquired by the United States from Spain in 1898, Puerto Rico has a peculiar status among Latin American and Caribbean countries. As a Commonwealth, the island enjoys limited autonomy over local matters, but the U.S. has dominated it militarily, politically, and economically for much of its recent history. Though they are U.S. citizens, Puerto Ricans do not have their own voting representatives in Congress and cannot vote in presidential elections (although they are able to participate in the primaries). The island's status is a topic of perennial debate, both within and beyond its shores. In...
Acquired by the United States from Spain in 1898, Puerto Rico has a peculiar status among Latin American and Caribbean countries. As a Commonwealth, t...
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56,08 |
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Contrary Destinies: A Century of America's Occupation, Deoccupation, and Reoccupation of Haiti
ISBN: 9780813054605 / Angielski / Miękka / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Provides a wealth of information about the nature of American occupations in Haiti that can be useful to Latin American historians and political scientists interested in international relations between the United States and other countries in the region."--Leslie G. Desmangles, author of The Faces of the Gods: Vodou and Roman Catholicism in Haiti "Unpacks the cultural, political, and economic impact of U.S. occupation, and by extension, American imperialism in Haiti."--Quito Swan, author of Black Power in Bermuda: The Struggle for Decolonization In 1915, United States Marines arrived in...
"Provides a wealth of information about the nature of American occupations in Haiti that can be useful to Latin American historians and political scie...
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77,52 |
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Puerto Rico: What Everyone Needs to Know(r)
ISBN: 9780190648695 / Angielski / Twarda / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Acquired by the United States from Spain in 1898, Puerto Rico has a peculiar status among Latin American and Caribbean countries. As a Commonwealth, the island enjoys limited autonomy over local matters, but the U.S. has dominated it militarily, politically, and economically for much of its recent history. Though they are U.S. citizens, Puerto Ricans do not have their own voting representatives in Congress and cannot vote in presidential elections (although they are able to participate in the primaries). The island's status is a topic of perennial debate, both within and beyond its shores. In...
Acquired by the United States from Spain in 1898, Puerto Rico has a peculiar status among Latin American and Caribbean countries. As a Commonwealth, t...
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240,52 |
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The Indigenous State: Race, Politics, and Performance in Plurinational Bolivia
ISBN: 9780520294035 / Angielski / Miękka / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. In 2005, Bolivians elected their first indigenous president, Evo Morales. Ushering in a new "democratic cultural revolution," Morales promised to overturn neoliberalism and inaugurate a new decolonized society. In this perceptive new book, Nancy Postero examines the successes and failures that have followed in the ten years since Morales's election. While the Morales government has made many changes that have benefited...
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa....
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153,09 |
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Venezuela: Background and U.S. Relations: R43239
ISBN: 9781539688327 / Angielski / Miękka / 58 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This report, divided into three main sections, examines the political and economic situation in Venezuela and U.S.-Venezuelan relations. The first section surveys the political transformation of Venezuela under the populist rule of President Hugo Chavez (1999-2013) and the first two years of the government of President Nicolas Maduro, including the government's severe crackdown on opposition protests in 2014. The second section analyzes Venezuela's political and economic environment since 2015, including the opposition's December 2015 legislative victory and the Maduro government's attempts...
This report, divided into three main sections, examines the political and economic situation in Venezuela and U.S.-Venezuelan relations. The first sec...
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99,57 |
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Compassionate Migration and Regional Policy in the Americas
ISBN: 9781137550736 / Angielski / Twarda / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the contested notion of compassionate migration in its discourse and practice.
This book explores the contested notion of compassionate migration in its discourse and practice.
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481,91 |
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Lead in the Veins: Poetic Reflections on Life, Love and (In)Justice
ISBN: 9781786451132 / Angielski / Miękka / 78 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lead in the Veins is Dr. Imani Tafari-Ama's critical synopsis of development concerns confronting Jamaica – including unresolved issues of colonialism and its aftermath; political complicity with violence, masculinity and the incorporation of some men into the prevailing discourse of violence. Passion, love and loss also take their place in this fast-paced text, while the final words are devoted to an exploration of philosophical and existential questions. Dr. Imani Tafari-Ama, who holds a Ph.D. in Developmental Studies from the Institute of Social Studies and Erasmus... Lead in the Veins is Dr. Imani Tafari-Ama's critical synopsis of development concerns confronting Jamaica – including unresolved issues o... |
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45,44 |
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Urban Transformations in Rio de Janeiro: Development, Segregation, and Governance
ISBN: 9783319518985 / Angielski / Twarda / 319 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides an overview of urban transformations taking place in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the last three decades. It analyses urban dynamics within the metropolis and its relationship with Brazilian urban networks. This book is written by researchers from the Brazilian Metropolitan Observatory in Rio de Janeiro.
This book provides an overview of urban transformations taking place in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the last three decades. It analyses urba...
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401,58 |
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The Social Life of Politics: Ethics, Kinship, and Union Activism in Argentina
ISBN: 9781503601574 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A central motor of Argentine historical and political development since the early twentieth century, unions have been the site of active citizenship in both political participation and the distribution of social, economic, political, and cultural rights. What brings activists to Argentine unions and what gives these unions their remarkable strength? The Social Life of Politics examines the intimate, personal, and family dimensions of two political activist groups: the Union of National Civil Servants (UPCN) and the Association of State Workers (ATE). These two unions... A central motor of Argentine historical and political development since the early twentieth century, unions have been the site of active citizenshi... |
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441,16 |
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Politics of Architecture in Contemporary Argentine Cinema
ISBN: 9783319551906 / Angielski / Twarda / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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341,34 |
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Manipulating Courts in New Democracies: Forcing Judges Off the Bench in Argentina
ISBN: 9781138280724 / Angielski / Twarda / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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775,66 |
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The Social Life of Politics: Ethics, Kinship, and Union Activism in Argentina
ISBN: 9781503602410 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A central motor of Argentine historical and political development since the early twentieth century, unions have been the site of active citizenship in both political participation and the distribution of social, economic, political, and cultural rights. What brings activists to Argentine unions and what gives these unions their remarkable strength? The Social Life of Politics examines the intimate, personal, and family dimensions of two political activist groups: the Union of National Civil Servants (UPCN) and the Association of State Workers (ATE). These two unions represent distinct...
A central motor of Argentine historical and political development since the early twentieth century, unions have been the site of active citizenship i...
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106,61 |
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