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  • The Politics of Public Appointments in Latin America

    Who Holds the Keys?

    Edited by Fernando Nieto-Morales, David Gómez-Álvarez, Calep Pimienta González ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book explores how public appointments influence and are shaped by political and administrative factors, and their impact on governance, state capacity, and democratic legitimacy across Latin America. Through comparative analyses and case studies from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru, it investigates the complex interplay between political interests and ... Read more

    $179.39 CAD

  • Street-Level Bureaucracy in Weak State Institutions

    by Abdul-Rahim Mohammed, Barbara Piotrowska, Izabela Szkurlat, Magdalena Szydłowska, Roberto Rocha Coelho Pires, Maria Paula Gomes dos Santos, Beatriz Brandão, Luiza Gomes Luz Rosa, Sergio A. Campos, Taly Reininger, Gianinna Muñoz-Arce, Cristóbal Villalobos, Mitzi Duboy Luengo, Elizabeth Pérez Chiqués, Oliver Meza, Anat Gofen, Elise Massicard, Subodh Wagle, Sneha Swami, Paulina Yunuén Guzmán Linares, Ayesha Masood, Ronan Jacquin ...
    In this book, street-level bureaucracy scholars from South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America analyse the conditions that shape frontline work and citizens´ everyday experience of the state.Institutional factors such as political clientelism, resource scarcity, social inequality, job insecurity, and systemic corruption affect the way street-level bureaucrats enforce rules ... Read more

    $41.59 CAD

  • Strategic Polarization in social media

    by Reynaldo Y. Ortega, Fernando Nieto, Cristina I. Sotomayor, Rodrigo Dorantes Gilardi ...
    This book presents the results of a Project on political polarization in social media by researchers from El Colegio de México under the auspices of the National Electoral Institute of Mexico. Polarization is a pathological form of distancing and opposition between political alternatives. It can have adverses effects, including institutional paralysis and the abandonment of the democratic debate. ... Read more

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  • Research and International Trade Policy Negotiations

    Knowledge and Power in Latin America

    Edited by Mercedes Botto ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Latin American Politics
    The international trade negotiations that were launched throughout Latin America in the 1990s created significant challenges for developing countries because of their complexity. In order to make informed decisions and successfully legitimize negotiating positions, governments and stakeholders required research, evidence and data from knowledgeable sources such as local technicians and academics ... Read more

    $97.55 CAD

  • Education Policies in the 21st Century

    Comparative Perspectives

    Edited by Birol Akgün, Yusuf Alpaydın ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This open access book explores the agenda of education policies in the 21st century. In the first part of the book, education is handled from a historical and political framework, and the effects of the change of states and policies on education are examined. In the second part, the effects of changes in the economy on education policies and economies’ demands from educational institutions are ... Read more

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  • Public policies and food systems in Latin America

    by Jean-François Le Coq, Catia Grisa, Stéphane Guéneau, Paulo Niederle ...
    Series series Update Sciences & technologies
    Solving the problem of hunger and malnutrition, producing and guaranteeing access to healthy food, preserving the environment, valuing local cultures and ensuring citizen participation are some of the challenges that permeate the dynamics of food systems. From different scales and perspectives of analysis, the book addresses the role of Latin American public policies and actions in the ... Read more

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  • Implementing Deeper Learning and 21st Century Education Reforms

    Building an Education Renaissance After a Global Pandemic

    Edited by Fernando M. Reimers ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This open access book is a comparative analysis of recent large scale education reforms that broadened curriculum goals to better prepare students for the 21st century. The book examines what governments actually do when they broaden curriculum goals, with attention to the details of implementation. To this end, the book examines system level reforms in six countries at various levels of ... Read more

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  • Voice and Vote

    Decentralization and Participation in Post-Fujimori Peru

    by Stephanie McNulty ...
    In the months following disgraced ex-President Alberto Fujimori's flight to Japan, Peru had a political crisis on its hands. The newly elected government that came together in mid-2001 faced a skeptical and suspicious public, with no magic bullet for achieving legitimacy. Many argued that the future of democracy was at stake, and that the government's ability to decentralize and incorporate new ... Read more

    $28.59 CAD

  • Impact of Information Society Research in the Global South

    Edited by Arul Chib, Julian May, Roxana Barrantes ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    The second volume in the SIRCA book series investigates the impact of information society initiatives by extending the boundaries of academic research into the realm of practice. Global in scope, it includes contributions and research projects from Asia, Africa and Latin America. The international scholarly community has taken a variety of approaches to question the impact of information society ... Read more

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  • Candidate's Handbook English, The

    by Sara Burkitt Walker ...
    Series series Manuais do Candidato
    Os livros da série “Manual do Candidato” são compilações abrangentes do conteúdo de cada matéria escritos por especialistas. As obras permitem ao candidato a imersão na matéria estudada com o nível de profundidade e reflexão crítica que serão exigidos no concurso de admissão à carreira diplomática. ... Read more

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  • Latino Politics in America

    Community, Culture, and Interests

    by John A. García, Gabriel Ramon Sanchez ...
    The fourth edition of this widely-used textbook introduces students to what it means to be a Latino American culturally and politically at a time of unprecedented challenges for America’s diverse and fastest-growing ethnic group. Garcia and Sanchez provide an in-depth examination of the individual communities that comprise the Latino culture, and how those bonds affect political development and ... Read more

    $71.69 CAD

  • Contesting Trade in Central America

    Market Reform and Resistance

    by Rose J. Spalding ...
    In 2004, the United States, five Central American countries, and the Dominican Republic signed the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), signaling the region’s commitment to a neoliberal economic model. For many, however, neoliberalism had lost its luster as the new century dawned, and resistance movements began to gather force. Contesting Trade in Central America is the first book-length ... Read more

    $35.19 CAD