Author: Ernesto Laclau
Publisher: Siglo XXI
ISBN: 9789682310515
Category : Political Science
Languages : es
Pages : 352
Book Description
La teoría es siempre hija de su tiempo, patícipe de los conflictos sociales. Hoy, un nuevo tiempo de autoritarismo hace visible una crisis de la teoría política. En la medida en que el significado de "hacer política" se ha vuelto cuestionable, es indispensable repensarlo. Reflexionar la teoría y la práctica de la democracia deja de ser un asunto académico y nacional; ha de hacerse cargo de la ofensiva neoconservadora y de las experiencias de "socialismo real". En tal contexto, el pensamiento político latinoamericano se incorpora al debate europeo sobre el estado capitalista del cual Ernesto Laclau nos presenta los aportes de las corrientes marxistas. Participamos de la discusión internacional en tanto reflexionamos la realidad de América Latina. Sergio Zermeño llama la atención sobre las distintas difracciones en las sociedades lationamericanas. Son esas divisiones sociales las que producen y a las cuales se refieren estado y política. Ellas plantean la "síntesis de la sociedad civil bajo la forma de estado" (Marx); proceso de síntesis que abordan los estudios de Fernando Rojas sobre la forma-estado y de Edelberto Torres Rivas sobre la nación. La segunda parte de la antología trata más directamente la perspectiva política: las condiciones de un estado democrático en nuestros países. Desde ángulos complementarios, Guillermo O'Donnel realiza un balance de las fuerzas autoritarias en el Cono Sur y Adam Przeworski analiza las posibilidades y dificultades de una estrategia de negociación. En ambos casos nos encontramos con una temática concurrente: la constitución de las clases-sujetos. Oscar Landi esboza las dimensiones simbólicas de este proceso, abriendo así el análisis político a espacios tradicionalmente no considerados. Hemos de innovar nuestro planteamiento de los problemas si queremos avanzar en la elaboración de una alternativa democrática al orden establecido. Con esa intención práctica Fernando Henrique Cardoso interroga sobre los principales enfoques teóricos en vista de la constelación brasileña: ¿qué hacer con y en el estado?
Estado y política en América Latina
Author: Ernesto Laclau
Publisher: Siglo XXI
ISBN: 9789682310515
Category : Political Science
Languages : es
Pages : 352
Book Description
La teoría es siempre hija de su tiempo, patícipe de los conflictos sociales. Hoy, un nuevo tiempo de autoritarismo hace visible una crisis de la teoría política. En la medida en que el significado de "hacer política" se ha vuelto cuestionable, es indispensable repensarlo. Reflexionar la teoría y la práctica de la democracia deja de ser un asunto académico y nacional; ha de hacerse cargo de la ofensiva neoconservadora y de las experiencias de "socialismo real". En tal contexto, el pensamiento político latinoamericano se incorpora al debate europeo sobre el estado capitalista del cual Ernesto Laclau nos presenta los aportes de las corrientes marxistas. Participamos de la discusión internacional en tanto reflexionamos la realidad de América Latina. Sergio Zermeño llama la atención sobre las distintas difracciones en las sociedades lationamericanas. Son esas divisiones sociales las que producen y a las cuales se refieren estado y política. Ellas plantean la "síntesis de la sociedad civil bajo la forma de estado" (Marx); proceso de síntesis que abordan los estudios de Fernando Rojas sobre la forma-estado y de Edelberto Torres Rivas sobre la nación. La segunda parte de la antología trata más directamente la perspectiva política: las condiciones de un estado democrático en nuestros países. Desde ángulos complementarios, Guillermo O'Donnel realiza un balance de las fuerzas autoritarias en el Cono Sur y Adam Przeworski analiza las posibilidades y dificultades de una estrategia de negociación. En ambos casos nos encontramos con una temática concurrente: la constitución de las clases-sujetos. Oscar Landi esboza las dimensiones simbólicas de este proceso, abriendo así el análisis político a espacios tradicionalmente no considerados. Hemos de innovar nuestro planteamiento de los problemas si queremos avanzar en la elaboración de una alternativa democrática al orden establecido. Con esa intención práctica Fernando Henrique Cardoso interroga sobre los principales enfoques teóricos en vista de la constelación brasileña: ¿qué hacer con y en el estado?
Publisher: Siglo XXI
ISBN: 9789682310515
Category : Political Science
Languages : es
Pages : 352
Book Description
La teoría es siempre hija de su tiempo, patícipe de los conflictos sociales. Hoy, un nuevo tiempo de autoritarismo hace visible una crisis de la teoría política. En la medida en que el significado de "hacer política" se ha vuelto cuestionable, es indispensable repensarlo. Reflexionar la teoría y la práctica de la democracia deja de ser un asunto académico y nacional; ha de hacerse cargo de la ofensiva neoconservadora y de las experiencias de "socialismo real". En tal contexto, el pensamiento político latinoamericano se incorpora al debate europeo sobre el estado capitalista del cual Ernesto Laclau nos presenta los aportes de las corrientes marxistas. Participamos de la discusión internacional en tanto reflexionamos la realidad de América Latina. Sergio Zermeño llama la atención sobre las distintas difracciones en las sociedades lationamericanas. Son esas divisiones sociales las que producen y a las cuales se refieren estado y política. Ellas plantean la "síntesis de la sociedad civil bajo la forma de estado" (Marx); proceso de síntesis que abordan los estudios de Fernando Rojas sobre la forma-estado y de Edelberto Torres Rivas sobre la nación. La segunda parte de la antología trata más directamente la perspectiva política: las condiciones de un estado democrático en nuestros países. Desde ángulos complementarios, Guillermo O'Donnel realiza un balance de las fuerzas autoritarias en el Cono Sur y Adam Przeworski analiza las posibilidades y dificultades de una estrategia de negociación. En ambos casos nos encontramos con una temática concurrente: la constitución de las clases-sujetos. Oscar Landi esboza las dimensiones simbólicas de este proceso, abriendo así el análisis político a espacios tradicionalmente no considerados. Hemos de innovar nuestro planteamiento de los problemas si queremos avanzar en la elaboración de una alternativa democrática al orden establecido. Con esa intención práctica Fernando Henrique Cardoso interroga sobre los principales enfoques teóricos en vista de la constelación brasileña: ¿qué hacer con y en el estado?
Latin America Today
Author: Pablo González Casanova
Publisher: United Nations University Press
ISBN: 9789280808193
Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Publisher: United Nations University Press
ISBN: 9789280808193
Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Democracy
Author: José Nun
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0742520390
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
In this accessible and engaging book, Jos Nun provides a comprehensive analysis of the theory and practice of democracy from ancient Greece to contemporary Latin America. The author's authoritative historical and comparative discussion of democracy is combined with his own evaluation of the conditions and possibilities for the development of genuinely democratic societies in our time throughout the world. All readers will benefit from Nun's insightful distinction between two visions of democracy-government of the people or government of the politicians-and their profound consequences.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0742520390
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
In this accessible and engaging book, Jos Nun provides a comprehensive analysis of the theory and practice of democracy from ancient Greece to contemporary Latin America. The author's authoritative historical and comparative discussion of democracy is combined with his own evaluation of the conditions and possibilities for the development of genuinely democratic societies in our time throughout the world. All readers will benefit from Nun's insightful distinction between two visions of democracy-government of the people or government of the politicians-and their profound consequences.
Elecciones y cambio de élites en América Latina, 2014 y 2015
Author: Manuel ALCÁNTARA SÁEZ
Publisher: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca
ISBN: 8490126089
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
El presente volumen aborda el análisis de los procesos electorales de ámbito presidencial y legislativo celebrados en América Latina en el bienio 2014-2105. Se trata de elecciones celebradas en once países cuyo estudio se desarrolla en igual número de capítulos. Se cubren comicios simultáneos a ambas instancias en Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panamá y Uruguay. En El Salvador y en Colombia, aunque se celebraron en tiempos distintos, ambos tipos de comicios se consideran en el mismo capítulo; allí, las presidenciales precedieron a las legislativas con un año de diferencia en el primer país y las legislativas antecedieron por tres meses a las presidenciales en el segundo. Se recogen también en capítulos independientes las elecciones únicamente legislativas de México y Venezuela. Si bien el criterio temporal siempre puede calificarse de caprichoso en este caso sigue la preocupación iniciada hace ocho años de dar cumplida cuenta del acontecer electoral en la región, en el ámbito de los dos poderes representativos del Estado por excelencia. En efecto, este volumen da continuidad a anteriores trabajos. El bienio aquí analizado da cabida a un nivel promedio de elecciones presidenciales, si se tiene en cuenta el acumulado en la región desde hace 30 años, por lo cual es representativo del quehacer político latinoamericano. Así, la Tabla 1 recoge las 117 elecciones presidenciales que se han llevado a cabo en la región entre 19861 y 2015 cuyo resultado no fue cuestionado; su media es de cuatro procesos electorales por año y aquí el número de elecciones que se recogen son nueve.
Publisher: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca
ISBN: 8490126089
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
El presente volumen aborda el análisis de los procesos electorales de ámbito presidencial y legislativo celebrados en América Latina en el bienio 2014-2105. Se trata de elecciones celebradas en once países cuyo estudio se desarrolla en igual número de capítulos. Se cubren comicios simultáneos a ambas instancias en Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panamá y Uruguay. En El Salvador y en Colombia, aunque se celebraron en tiempos distintos, ambos tipos de comicios se consideran en el mismo capítulo; allí, las presidenciales precedieron a las legislativas con un año de diferencia en el primer país y las legislativas antecedieron por tres meses a las presidenciales en el segundo. Se recogen también en capítulos independientes las elecciones únicamente legislativas de México y Venezuela. Si bien el criterio temporal siempre puede calificarse de caprichoso en este caso sigue la preocupación iniciada hace ocho años de dar cumplida cuenta del acontecer electoral en la región, en el ámbito de los dos poderes representativos del Estado por excelencia. En efecto, este volumen da continuidad a anteriores trabajos. El bienio aquí analizado da cabida a un nivel promedio de elecciones presidenciales, si se tiene en cuenta el acumulado en la región desde hace 30 años, por lo cual es representativo del quehacer político latinoamericano. Así, la Tabla 1 recoge las 117 elecciones presidenciales que se han llevado a cabo en la región entre 19861 y 2015 cuyo resultado no fue cuestionado; su media es de cuatro procesos electorales por año y aquí el número de elecciones que se recogen son nueve.
Latin America
Author: Manuel Riesco
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230625258
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
The 21st century Latin American developmental welfare state model is based on a new public-private alliance, where state-led developmental social policy relies for its implementation mainly on proactive, emerging regional entrepreneurs and a growing middle class. This volume illustrates where innovative development strategy may be in the making.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230625258
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
The 21st century Latin American developmental welfare state model is based on a new public-private alliance, where state-led developmental social policy relies for its implementation mainly on proactive, emerging regional entrepreneurs and a growing middle class. This volume illustrates where innovative development strategy may be in the making.
Latin American Social Policy Developments in the Twenty-First Century
Author: Natália Sátyro
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030612708
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
This book explores the scope of reforms and changes in the social protection systems in Latin America that have started at the beginning of the 21st century. It describes how and to what extent changes in social protection systems and social policies have occurred in the region in recent decades. Taking a comparative approach, the volume identifies the triggers for the transformations and how such pressures are received by the welfare regime, or a specific policy sector, to finally yield a given type of reform. The analysis is characterized by the presence of certain factors that explain the development of social protection systems in Latin America, such as economic growth, the consolidation of democratic political regimes, and the region’s Left Turns. The book also examines to what extent common challenges and processes induced by international institutions have led to convergence among countries or welfare regimes, or whether each maintains its own identity.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030612708
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
This book explores the scope of reforms and changes in the social protection systems in Latin America that have started at the beginning of the 21st century. It describes how and to what extent changes in social protection systems and social policies have occurred in the region in recent decades. Taking a comparative approach, the volume identifies the triggers for the transformations and how such pressures are received by the welfare regime, or a specific policy sector, to finally yield a given type of reform. The analysis is characterized by the presence of certain factors that explain the development of social protection systems in Latin America, such as economic growth, the consolidation of democratic political regimes, and the region’s Left Turns. The book also examines to what extent common challenges and processes induced by international institutions have led to convergence among countries or welfare regimes, or whether each maintains its own identity.
Policy Analysis in Argentina
Author: Nelson Cardozo
Publisher: Policy Press
ISBN: 1447364910
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The latest edition in the International Library of Policy Analysis series explores a comprehensive overview of policy analysis in Argentina. It explores theoretical frameworks, views of the State, the development of the field, and current paradigms before examining knowledge produced at different levels (federal, provincial, and local); the application of the discipline by 'Internal Policy Advisory Councils, Consultants, and Committees'; the role of think tanks, NGOs, and political parties; and the developments provided by university teaching and research. Analysing the conceptual frameworks and methodologies used from a meta-theoretical perspective, it provides a panoramic picture of the perspectives and challenges of policy analysis in Argentina.
Publisher: Policy Press
ISBN: 1447364910
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The latest edition in the International Library of Policy Analysis series explores a comprehensive overview of policy analysis in Argentina. It explores theoretical frameworks, views of the State, the development of the field, and current paradigms before examining knowledge produced at different levels (federal, provincial, and local); the application of the discipline by 'Internal Policy Advisory Councils, Consultants, and Committees'; the role of think tanks, NGOs, and political parties; and the developments provided by university teaching and research. Analysing the conceptual frameworks and methodologies used from a meta-theoretical perspective, it provides a panoramic picture of the perspectives and challenges of policy analysis in Argentina.
Indigenous Political Representation in Latin America
Author: Adrian Albala
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031339142
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
This book presents a comparative analysis of the struggles of Latin American indigenous peoples for effective representation in national political systems in the region. Through a detailed exploration of the political dynamics of indigenous groups and examples of mechanisms of political representation, the studies in this book reveal how power relations, cleavages and indigenous civil society organizations are essential to our understanding of indigenous political participation. These studies closely inspect how collective action builds up at local level in grassroots organizations, and how it then articulates or not with larger mechanisms of regional and national political representation, providing a more comprehensive and comparative assessment of why and when representation works and fails for indigenous people. This contributed volume is organized around one general and comparative chapter on indigenous political representation in Latin America followed by eight case studies, divided into three main groups. The first group includes cases with a more inclusive political environment, such as Bolivia, Ecuador and Guatemala. The second group brings together cases with certain representation and/or active indigenous elites: Colombia, Mexico, and Paraguay. Tthe third group presents outlier cases with potential indigenous issues: Peru and Chile. Finally, the last chapter brings together reflections on how mechanisms for effective political representation can be improved and how indigenous organizations can be fostered to ensure effective political representation. Indigenous Political Representation in Latin America will be of interest to political scientists, sociologists and anthropologists studying both indigenous collective action and political representation by presenting a discussion on how to structure representation mechanisms capable of politically integrate the ethnic diversity of Latin American countries in order to build a multicultural citizenship. It will also help policy makers and activists by discussing the successes and failures of effective indigenous political representation in Latin America.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031339142
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
This book presents a comparative analysis of the struggles of Latin American indigenous peoples for effective representation in national political systems in the region. Through a detailed exploration of the political dynamics of indigenous groups and examples of mechanisms of political representation, the studies in this book reveal how power relations, cleavages and indigenous civil society organizations are essential to our understanding of indigenous political participation. These studies closely inspect how collective action builds up at local level in grassroots organizations, and how it then articulates or not with larger mechanisms of regional and national political representation, providing a more comprehensive and comparative assessment of why and when representation works and fails for indigenous people. This contributed volume is organized around one general and comparative chapter on indigenous political representation in Latin America followed by eight case studies, divided into three main groups. The first group includes cases with a more inclusive political environment, such as Bolivia, Ecuador and Guatemala. The second group brings together cases with certain representation and/or active indigenous elites: Colombia, Mexico, and Paraguay. Tthe third group presents outlier cases with potential indigenous issues: Peru and Chile. Finally, the last chapter brings together reflections on how mechanisms for effective political representation can be improved and how indigenous organizations can be fostered to ensure effective political representation. Indigenous Political Representation in Latin America will be of interest to political scientists, sociologists and anthropologists studying both indigenous collective action and political representation by presenting a discussion on how to structure representation mechanisms capable of politically integrate the ethnic diversity of Latin American countries in order to build a multicultural citizenship. It will also help policy makers and activists by discussing the successes and failures of effective indigenous political representation in Latin America.
Housing and Belonging in Latin America
Author: Christien Klaufus
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1782387412
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
The intricacies of living in contemporary Latin American cities include cases of both empowerment and restriction. In Lima, residents built their own homes and formed community organizations, while in Rio de Janeiro inhabitants of the favelas needed to be “pacified” in anticipation of international sporting events. Aspirations to “get ahead in life” abound in the region, but so do multiple limitations to realizing the dream of upward mobility. This volume captures the paradoxical histories and experiences of urban life in Latin America, offering new empirical and theoretical insights to scholars.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1782387412
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
The intricacies of living in contemporary Latin American cities include cases of both empowerment and restriction. In Lima, residents built their own homes and formed community organizations, while in Rio de Janeiro inhabitants of the favelas needed to be “pacified” in anticipation of international sporting events. Aspirations to “get ahead in life” abound in the region, but so do multiple limitations to realizing the dream of upward mobility. This volume captures the paradoxical histories and experiences of urban life in Latin America, offering new empirical and theoretical insights to scholars.
Open Veins of Latin America
Author: Eduardo Galeano
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0853459916
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
Since its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America. It is also an outstanding political economy, a social and cultural narrative of the highest quality, and perhaps the finest description of primitive capital accumulation since Marx. Rather than chronology, geography, or political successions, Eduardo Galeano has organized the various facets of Latin American history according to the patterns of five centuries of exploitation. Thus he is concerned with gold and silver, cacao and cotton, rubber and coffee, fruit, hides and wool, petroleum, iron, nickel, manganese, copper, aluminum ore, nitrates, and tin. These are the veins which he traces through the body of the entire continent, up to the Rio Grande and throughout the Caribbean, and all the way to their open ends where they empty into the coffers of wealth in the United States and Europe. Weaving fact and imagery into a rich tapestry, Galeano fuses scientific analysis with the passions of a plundered and suffering people. An immense gathering of materials is framed with a vigorous style that never falters in its command of themes. All readers interested in great historical, economic, political, and social writing will find a singular analytical achievement, and an overwhelming narrative that makes history speak, unforgettably. This classic is now further honored by Isabel Allende's inspiring introduction. Universally recognized as one of the most important writers of our time, Allende once again contributes her talents to literature, to political principles, and to enlightenment.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0853459916
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
Since its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America. It is also an outstanding political economy, a social and cultural narrative of the highest quality, and perhaps the finest description of primitive capital accumulation since Marx. Rather than chronology, geography, or political successions, Eduardo Galeano has organized the various facets of Latin American history according to the patterns of five centuries of exploitation. Thus he is concerned with gold and silver, cacao and cotton, rubber and coffee, fruit, hides and wool, petroleum, iron, nickel, manganese, copper, aluminum ore, nitrates, and tin. These are the veins which he traces through the body of the entire continent, up to the Rio Grande and throughout the Caribbean, and all the way to their open ends where they empty into the coffers of wealth in the United States and Europe. Weaving fact and imagery into a rich tapestry, Galeano fuses scientific analysis with the passions of a plundered and suffering people. An immense gathering of materials is framed with a vigorous style that never falters in its command of themes. All readers interested in great historical, economic, political, and social writing will find a singular analytical achievement, and an overwhelming narrative that makes history speak, unforgettably. This classic is now further honored by Isabel Allende's inspiring introduction. Universally recognized as one of the most important writers of our time, Allende once again contributes her talents to literature, to political principles, and to enlightenment.