Author: United Nations
Publisher: UN
ISBN: 9789210210546
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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This annual publication contains a range of economic and social indicators for the countries of the Latin America & Caribbean region, including social development and welfare, economic growth, external trade in goods and services and external financing; as well as historical data series in absolute figures for the region and individual countries relating to population, national accounts, domestic prices, balance of payments, external financing and debt, external trade in goods and services, natural resources and production of goods, infrastructure services, employment and social conditions. This edition also includes a CD-ROM with statistical tables, in Excel.
Author: Jonathan R. Barton
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134276192
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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The State of Democracy in Latin America critically examines the nature of the post-transitional Latin American state, with a more specific engagement with the cases of Argentina and Chile.
Author: Christian Anglade
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349090301
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 391
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This is the second and final volume of a collection of studies on the role of the state in capital accumulation in Latin America. Volume One included a general historical and conceptual introduction and case studies of Brazil, Chile and Mexico. The present volume covers the remaining countries of South America (with the exception of Paraguay). Together, the ten countries examined in the two volumes represent 89% of the Latin American population and 94% of the continent's GDP.
Author: Henry Veltmeyer
Publisher: APH Publishing
ISBN: 9788176481397
Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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Publisher: Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 150
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Author: Pablo Baisotti
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472902741
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 388
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New Global Cities in Latin America and Asia: Welcome to the Twenty-First Century proposes new visions of global cities and regions historically considered “secondary” in the international context. The arguments are not only based on material progress made by these metropolises, but also on the growing social difficulties experienced (e.g., organized crime, drug trafficking, slums, economic inequalities). The book illustrates the growth of cities according to these problems arising from the modernity of the new century, comparing Latin American and Asian cities. This book analyzes the complex relationships within cities through an interdisciplinary approach, complementing other research and challenging orthodox views on global cities. At the same time, the book provides new theoretical and methodological tools to understand the progress of “Third World” cities and the way of understanding “globality” in the 21st century by confronting the traditional views with which global cities were appreciated since the 1980s. Pablo Baisotti brings together researchers from various fields who provide new interpretative keys to certain cities in Latin America and Asia.
Author: Barry Cannon
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113502183X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Most current analysis on Latin American politics has been directed at examining the shift to the left in the region. Very little attention, however, has been paid to the reactions of the right to this phenomenon. What kind of discursive, policy, and strategic responses have emerged among the right in Latin America as a result of this historic turn to the left? Have there been any shifts in attitudes to inequality and poverty as a result of the successes of the left in those areas? How has the right responded strategically to regain the political initiative from the left? And what implications might such responses have for democracy in the region? The Right in Latin America seeks to provide answers to these questions while helping to fill a gap in the literature on contemporary Latin American politics. Unlike previous studies, Barry Cannon’s book does not simply concentrate on party political responses to the contemporary challenges for the right in the region. Rather he uses a wider, more comprehensive theoretical framework, grounded in political sociology, in recognition of the deep social roots of the right among Latin America’s elites, in a region known for its startling inequalities. Using Michael Mann’s pioneering work on power, he shows how elite dominance in the key areas of the economy, ideology, the military, and in transnational relations, has had a profound influence on the political strategies of the Latin American right. He shows how left governments, especially the more radical ones, have threatened elite power in these areas, influencing right-wing strategic responses as a result. These responses, he persuasively argues, can vary from elections, through street protests and media campaigns, to military coups, depending on the level of perceived threat felt by elites from the left. In this way, Cannon uncovers the dialectical nature of the left/right relationship in contemporary Latin American politics, while simultaneously providing pointers as to how the left can respond to the challenge of the right’s resurgence in the current context of left retrenchment. Cannon’s multi-faceted inter-disciplinary approach, including original research among right-leaning actors in the region makes the book an essential reference not only for those interested in the contemporary Latin American right but for anyone interested in the region’s politics at a critical juncture in its history.
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Publisher: Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 78
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Publisher: IICA
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 78
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Author: Robert N Gwynne
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1444119044
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 337
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Restructured to offer a more thematic approach Designed to be more student friendly, with new features including chapter summaries, a glossary of Spanish phrases and acronyms All the chapters have been substantially revised and a new chapter on livelihoods and place, as well as a concluding chapter, have been added. All the chapters have been substantially revised and a new chapter on livlihoods and place, as well as a concluding chapter, have been added.
