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Institutions count [[electronic resource] ] : their role and significance in Latin American development / / Alejandro Portes and Lori D. Smith
| Institutions count [[electronic resource] ] : their role and significance in Latin American development / / Alejandro Portes and Lori D. Smith |
| Autore | Portes Alejandro <1944-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (221 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.4098 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SmithLori D. <1982-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development - Social aspects - Latin America
Institutional economics Public administration - Latin America Social institutions - Latin America |
| Soggetto non controllato |
comparative study
cultural studies historians human condition institutional roles latin america latin american nations latin american politics latin american scholars latin american studies methodological study national development national institutions nonfiction study political science postal systems public health services research methodology retrospective social sciences sociologists sociology stock exchanges textbooks theoretical framework |
| ISBN |
1-283-54324-9
9786613855695 0-520-95406-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Institutions and Development: A Conceptual Reanalysis -- 2. The Comparative Study of Institutions: The "Institutional Turn" in Development Studies: A Review -- 3. Institutional Change and Development in Argentina -- 4. Institutional Change and Development in Chilean Market Society -- 5. The Colombian Paradox: A Thick Institutionalist Analysis -- 6. Development Opportunities: Politics, the State, and Institutions in the Dominican Republic in the Twenty-First Century -- 7. The Uneven and Paradoxical Development of Mexico's Institutions -- 8. Conclusion: The Comparative Analysis of the Role of Institutions in National Development -- Appendix: Investigators -- Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786253603321 |
Portes Alejandro <1944->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012 | ||
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What justice? whose justice? [[electronic resource] ] : fighting for fairness in Latin America / / edited by Susan Eva Eckstein and Timothy P. Wickham-Crowley
| What justice? whose justice? [[electronic resource] ] : fighting for fairness in Latin America / / edited by Susan Eva Eckstein and Timothy P. Wickham-Crowley |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (377 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.3/72/098 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
EcksteinSusan <1942->
Wickham-CrowleyTimothy P. <1951-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Social justice - Latin America
Democratization - Latin America Free trade - Social aspects - Latin America |
| Soggetto non controllato |
anthology
collection of essays contemporary latin america democracy fairness and equality global analysis human rights ideological injustice international perspective latin america latin american scholars local issues modern history nonfiction essays political activism political protests political science regional history social activists social constructs social history social justice social movements social sciences textbooks |
| ISBN |
9786612359651
0-520-93698-1 1-282-35965-7 1-59734-999-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Struggles for Justice in Latin America -- 2. Social Inequality, Civil Society, and the Limits of Citizenship in Latin America -- 3. An Exception to Chilean Exceptionalism? The Historical Role of Chile's Judiciary -- 4. Presidential Crises and Democratic Accountability in Latin America, 1990-1999 -- 5. The Vicious Cycle of Inequality in Latin America -- 6. Perpetrators' Confessions: Truth, Reconciliation, and Justice in Argentina -- 7. Colombia: Does Injustice Cause Violence? -- 8. Progressive Pragmatism as a Governance Model: An In-Depth Look at Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1989-2000 -- 9. Citizen Responses to Conflict and Political Crisis in Peru: Informal Politics in Ayacucho -- 10. Social Justice and the New Indigenous Politics: An Analysis of Guatemala, the Central Andes, and Chiapas -- 11. The War of the Peace: Indigenous Women's Struggle for Social Justice in Chiapas, Mexico -- 12. Reflections on Remembrance: Voices from an Ixcán Village -- List of Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783294603321 |
| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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