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  • Policy Dismantling in Latin America

    Political Leadership and Bureaucratic Erosion in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico

    Edited by Guillermo M. Cejudo, Johabed G. Olvera ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book examines how contemporary populist governments in Latin America dismantle public policies and erode bureaucratic capacity. Focusing on the administrations of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, Andrés Manuel López Obrador in Mexico, and Javier Milei in Argentina, it analyzes deliberate efforts to attack the public administration, redirect resources, and scale back programs in areas such as social ... Read more

    $140.89 CAD

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  • Root-Cause Regulation

    Protecting Work and Workers in the Twenty-First Century

    by Michael J. Piore, Andrew Schrank ...
    Work is now more deadly than war, killing approximately 2.3 million people a year worldwide. The United States, with its complex regulatory system, has one of the highest rates of occupational fatality in the developed world, and deteriorating working conditions more generally. Why, after a century of reform, are U.S. workers growing less safe and secure? Comparing U.S. regulatory practices to ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

  • 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

  • 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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  • The Oxford Handbook of Portuguese Politics

    Edited by Jorge M. Fernandes, Pedro C. Magalhães, António Costa Pinto ...
    The Oxford Handbook of Portuguese Politics brings together the best scholars in the field offering an unrivalled coverage of the politics (broadly defined) of the country over the past 50 years. The Handbook includes eight sections. First, it looks at the past and present by making an overview of Portuguese political developments since democratization in the 1970s. Second, it looks at political ... Read more

    $117.69 CAD

  • Education and Development in Central America and the Latin Caribbean

    Global Forces and Local Responses

    by Vanessa Pietras, Tobias Roberts, Matthew Aruch, Nanette Archer Svenson, María Carolina Bodewig, Loida M. Martínez-Ramos, Kate Maloney Williams, Kristin Rosekrans, Katharine Summers, Celia Margarita Morán, Alejandro Caravaca, Wim Savenije, Felix Alvarado, Xavier Bonal, Mariana Leon, Rachel Dyl, Changha Lee, Shue-kei Joanna Mok, Michael Lisman ...
    Series series Bristol Studies in Comparative and International Education
    Rooted in an international political economy theoretical framework, this book provides unique insights into the global forces and local responses that are shaping education systems in Central America and the Latin Caribbean (CALC).The book covers all Spanish-speaking countries of the CALC region and examines the effects of macro-economic pressures, geopolitical intervention, neo-colonial ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Mounting Pressures on the Rule of Law

    Governability for Development and Democracy in Latin America

    Edited by Jacqueline Behrend, Laurence Whitehead ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Latin American Politics
    This important book offers an original perspective on the rule of law, development, and democracy in Latin America, establishing a new approach in recognizing the realities of political economy as opposed to merely structural and institutional factors.With contributions from an international team of experts, the book outlines the main challenges that have arisen in the pursuit of a developmental ... Read more

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  • Andean States and the Resource Curse

    Institutional Change in Extractive Economies

    Edited by Gerardo Damonte, Bettina Schorr ...
    Series series Routledge Studies of the Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development
    This volume explores institutional change and performance in the resource-rich Andean countries during the last resource boom and in the early post-boom years.The latest global commodity boom has profoundly marked the face of the resource-rich Andean region, significantly contributing to economic growth and notable reductions of poverty and income inequality. The boom also constituted a period of ... Read more

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  • Hybrid Urbanisms in Secondary Cities of the Global South

    Insights from Urban Planning and Infrastructure Delivery in Ghana and Peru

    Edited by Christian Rosen, Nina Gribat ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Urbanism and the City
    This book presents the concept of 'Hybrid Urbanisms' aiming to deconstruct the still-existing and often critiqued dualism of formalised and informalised practices in urban planning and infrastructure delivery.Using an innovative perspective, the book addresses this issue by focusing on the complex configurations in which both forms always co-exist and compete as powerful social constructs. It ... Read more

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  • European Union Support for Colombia's Peace Process

    Civil Society, Human Rights and Territorial Peace

    Edited by Karlos Pérez de Armiño ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This open access book provides a comprehensive analysis of the EU's crucial support for the implementation of the Havana Peace Agreement between the Colombian government and the FARC-EP. It explores the use of new approaches and instruments that, despite some limitations and criticisms, could go beyond conventional liberal peace and provide useful lessons. Particular attention is paid to three ... Read more

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  • Welfare and Social Protection in Contemporary Latin America

    Edited by Gibrán Cruz-Martínez ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Latin American Development
    Social protection serves as an important development tool, helping to alleviate deprivation, reduce social risks, raise household income and develop human capital. This book brings together an interdisciplinary team of international experts to analyse social protection systems and welfare regimes across contemporary Latin America.The book starts with a section tracking the expansion of social ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD

  • The Costs of Inequality in Latin America

    Lessons and Warnings for the Rest of the World

    by Diego Sánchez-Ancochea ...
    From the United States to the United Kingdom and from China to India, growing inequality has led to social discontent and the emergence of populist parties, also contributing to economic crises. We urgently need a better understanding of the roots and costs of these income gaps. The Costs of Inequality draws on the experience of Latin America, one of the most unequal regions of the world, to ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD