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Politics of Capitalist Transformation
Brazilian Informatics Policy, Regime Change, and State Autonomy
Av Jeff Seward
Häftad, 2018
746 kr
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The Politics of Capitalist Transformation is the only book-length study of the highly protectionist Brazilian informatics policy from its origins in the early 1970s to the collapse of the market reserve in the early 1990s and its impact in subsequent decades.Jeff Seward provides a sophisticated …
Business-State Relations in Brazil
Challenges of the Port Reform Lobby
Häftad, 2018
746 kr
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In recent years, the spotlight of international attention on Brazil has often been in the area of logistics infrastructure—for example, on its capacity to deal with the high demand expected during the World Cup and the Olympics. However, neither competitiveness nor infrastructure concerns are new …
Anti-Neoliberal Populisms in Comparative Perspective
A Latinamericanisation of Southern Europe?
Inbunden, 2020
2508 kr
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In this book, Enrico Padoan proposes an original middle-range theory to explain the emergence and the internal organisation of anti-neoliberal populist parties in Latin America and Southern Europe, and the relationships between these parties and the organised working class.Padoan begins by tracing …
Deep Integration in Latin American Trade Agreements
Inbunden, 2022
2508 kr
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Trade agreements have uncontested relevance as essential instruments governing international trade, yet little attention has been directed towards explaining differences in their content. Deep Integration in Latin American Trade Agreements analyzes the structure, nature, and characteristics of deep …
Manipulating Courts in New Democracies
Forcing Judges off the Bench in Argentina
Häftad, 2019
839 kr
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When can the Executive manipulate the composition of a Court? What political factors explain judicial instability on the bench? Using original field data from Argentina's National Supreme Court and all twenty-four Provincial Supreme Courts, Andrea Castagnola develops a novel theory to explain …
Crime, Violence and Security in the Caribbean
Häftad, 2019
792 kr
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Security challenges pose significant hardship for citizens of Caribbean nations. Public safety is threatened by high rates of crime – especially violent crime – in much of the region, the plague of the illicit drug trade, transnational organized crime, gangs, the current global proliferation of …
Peace and Rural Development in Colombia
The Window for Distributive Change in Negotiated Transitions
Inbunden, 2020
2501 kr
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In Peace and Rural Development in Colombia Andrés García Trujillo investigates whether peace agreements geared toward terminating internal armed conflicts trigger rural distributive changes.Combining academic rigor with an insider’s perspective, García Trujillo shows that the peace agreement in …
Indigenous Peoples and the Geographies of Power
Mezcala’s Narratives of Neoliberal Governance
Häftad, 2019
873 kr
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Tracing key trends of the global-regional-local interface of power, Inés Durán Matute through the case of the indigenous community of Mezcala (Mexico) demonstrates how global political economic processes shape the lives, spaces, projects and identities of the most remote communities. Throughout the …
Crime, Violence and the State in Latin America
Av Jonathan D. Rosen, Hanna Samir Kassab
Häftad, 2022
688 kr
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In this succinct text, Jonathan D. Rosen and Hanna Samir Kassab explore the linkage between weak institutions and government policies designed to combat drug trafficking, organized crime, and violence in Latin America. Using quantitative analysis to examine criminal violence and publicly available …
Crime, Violence and the State in Latin America
Av Jonathan D. Rosen, Hanna Samir Kassab
Inbunden, 2020
2501 kr
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In this succinct text, Jonathan D. Rosen and Hanna Samir Kassab explore the linkage between weak institutions and government policies designed to combat drug trafficking, organized crime, and violence in Latin America. Using quantitative analysis to examine criminal violence and publicly available …
Democracy and Brazil
Collapse and Regression
Av Bernardo Bianchi, Jorge Chaloub m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
688 kr
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Democracy and Brazil: Collapse and Regression discusses the de-democratization process underway in contemporary Brazil.The relative political stability that characterized domestic politics in the 2000s ended with the sudden emergence of a series of massive protests in 2013, followed by the …
Peace and Rural Development in Colombia
The Window for Distributive Change in Negotiated Transitions
Häftad, 2022
688 kr
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In Peace and Rural Development in Colombia Andrés García Trujillo investigates whether peace agreements geared toward terminating internal armed conflicts trigger rural distributive changes.Combining academic rigor with an insider’s perspective, García Trujillo shows that the peace agreement in …
Young People and Everyday Peace
Exclusion, Insecurity and Peacebuilding in Colombia
Häftad, 2020
688 kr
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Young People and Everyday Peace is grounded in the stories of young people who live in Los Altos de Cazucá, an informal peri-urban community in Soacha, to the south of Colombia’s capital Bogotá. The occupants of this community have fled the armed conflict and exist in a state of marginalisation and …
Anti-Neoliberal Populisms in Comparative Perspective
A Latinamericanisation of Southern Europe?
Häftad, 2022
688 kr
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In this book, Enrico Padoan proposes an original middle-range theory to explain the emergence and the internal organisation of anti-neoliberal populist parties in Latin America and Southern Europe, and the relationships between these parties and the organised working class.Padoan begins by tracing …
Media Commons and Social Movements
Grassroots Mediations Against Neoliberal Politics
Häftad, 2020
709 kr
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What does it mean to have a voice in a formal democracy operating under neoliberal guidelines and with an almost entirely private media system? How can the people gain their voice and engage in a dialogue with hegemonic actors and discourses?In this book, Jorge Saavedra Utman examines the role of …
Media Leaks and Corruption in Brazil
The Infostorm of Impeachment and the Lava-Jato Scandal
Häftad, 2020
688 kr
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Analyzing the political consequences of the most extensive corruption investigation in recent Latin American history, Operação Lava-Jato, Media Leaks and Corruption in Brazil answers two central questions about the contradictory effects news media has on political systems. First, how can political …
Government and Governance of Security
The Politics of Organised Crime in Chile
Av Carlos Solar
Häftad, 2020
688 kr
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At a time when Latin America is experiencing societal unrest from human rights violations, corruption and weak institutions Government and Governance of Security offers an insightful understanding for the modern steering of crime policies. Using Chile as a case study, the book delivers an untold …
Mobilization and Demobilization of Middle-Class Revolt
Comparative Insights from Argentina
Häftad, 2020
709 kr
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Adopting Argentina’s popular uprisings against neoliberalism including the 2001-02 rebellion and subsequent mass protests as a case study, The Mobilization and Demobilization of Middle-Class Revolt analyzes two decades of longitudinal research (1995-2018), including World Bank and Latinobarómeter …
Consequences of Brazilian Social Movements in Historical Perspective
Av Valesca Lima, Rafaela N. Pannain m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
2576 kr
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This book sheds light on the outcomes of social movements in Brazil. It provides an extensive analysis of how and when collective mobilization and protest activities brought about social and political change.Charting the dynamics and characteristics of Brazil’s social movements from the abolition …
Presidential Power in Latin America
Examining the Cases of Argentina and Chile
Av Dan Berbecel
Inbunden, 2021
2576 kr
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What explains variance in presidential power between countries? In Presidential Power in Latin America, Dan Berbecel provides a general, systematic theory for explaining presidential power in practice as opposed to presidential power in theory.Using expert survey data from Varieties of Democracy …
Consequences of Brazilian Social Movements in Historical Perspective
Av Valesca Lima, Rafaela N. Pannain m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
645 kr
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This book sheds light on the outcomes of social movements in Brazil. It provides an extensive analysis of how and when collective mobilization and protest activities brought about social and political change.Charting the dynamics and characteristics of Brazil’s social movements from the abolition …
Presidential Power in Latin America
Examining the Cases of Argentina and Chile
Av Dan Berbecel
Häftad, 2023
688 kr
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What explains variance in presidential power between countries? In Presidential Power in Latin America, Dan Berbecel provides a general, systematic theory for explaining presidential power in practice as opposed to presidential power in theory.Using expert survey data from Varieties of Democracy …
Latin American Military and Politics in the Twenty-first Century
A Cross-National Analysis
Inbunden, 2022
2501 kr
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This volume offers a comparative analysis of the role of the military in Latin America in domestic politics and governance after 2000.Divided into four parts covering the entirety of Latin America, the book argues that the Latin American military as semi-autonomous political actors have not faded …
Latin American Military and Politics in the Twenty-first Century
A Cross-National Analysis
Häftad, 2024
688 kr
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This volume offers a comparative analysis of the role of the military in Latin America in domestic politics and governance after 2000.Divided into four parts covering the entirety of Latin America, the book argues that the Latin American military as semi-autonomous political actors have not faded …
Democracy and Brazil
Collapse and Regression
Av Bernardo Bianchi, Jorge Chaloub m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
2501 kr
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Democracy and Brazil: Collapse and Regression discusses the de-democratization process underway in contemporary Brazil.The relative political stability that characterized domestic politics in the 2000s ended with the sudden emergence of a series of massive protests in 2013, followed by the …
Fear and Crime in Latin America
Redefining State-Society Relations
Inbunden, 2012
2501 kr
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The feeling of insecurity is a little known phenomenon that has been only partially explored by social sciences. However, it has a deep social, cultural and economic impact and may even contribute to define the very structures of the state. In Latin America, fear of crime has become an important …
Populism in Venezuela
Av Ryan Brading
Inbunden, 2012
2501 kr
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Populism in Venezuela analyses the emergence, formation, reproduction and resistance to a left-wing populist project in a major world oil producer.For readers who seek to understand the historical, economical and sociological contexts that gave rise to a 38 year-old mestizo-mulato Lieutenant …
Civil Society and Participatory Governance
Municipal Councils and Social Housing Programs in Brazil
Inbunden, 2013
1515 kr
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Democratic institutions should promote accountability of government officials to the needs of citizens. Civil society plays a role in exposing corruption as well as in communicating the needs of low-income residents to officials. Neither the institutions of representative democracy nor the presence …
Democracy, Revolution and Geopolitics in Latin America
Venezuela and the International Politics of Discontent
Av Luis Fernando Angosto-Ferrandez
Inbunden, 2013
2501 kr
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Hugo Chávez won re-election in the 2012 Venezuelan presidential election, despite a closer margin between candidates than in previous elections. The results were puzzling for those who believed that Chávez’s government had long ago reached its limits, while Chávez’s supporters were struck by the …
Civil-Military Relations in Post-Conflict Societies
Transforming the Role of the Military in Central America
Inbunden, 2015
2733 kr
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Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Honduras are four Spanish speaking countries in Central America that possess uniformed military institutions. These four countries represent different approaches to reforms of civil-military relations, and embody varying degrees of success in both …
