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Corruption and Governmental Legitimacy

A Twenty-First Century Perspective

by Jonathan Mendilow, Paulina Alvarado-Goldman, Robert G. Boatright, Lou Brenez, Michael Brogan, Paulo Roberto Neves Costa, Anne-Emmanuelle Deysine, Molly Brigid Flynn, Michal Klima, Ronald Kroeze0, Fernando Jimenez1, Luc Juillet2, Ezequiel Martins Paz3, Shunzhu Wang4, Manuel Villoria5, Eric Phélippeau6, Frank Louis Rusciano7 ...

This volume considers corruption as a multidimensional, complex phenomenon in which various forms of corruption may overlap at any given time. Extending the seemingly paradoxical notion of “legal corruption” to such settings as the USA, Spain, and the Czech Republic, the book seeks to augment our understanding of corruption in democracies by focusing on conduct that is considered by large segments ... Read more

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This volume considers corruption as a multidimensional, complex phenomenon in which various forms of corruption may overlap at any given time. Extending the seemingly paradoxical notion of “legal corruption” to such settings as the USA, Spain, and the Czech Republic, the book seeks to augment our understanding of corruption in democracies by focusing on conduct that is considered by large segments
... Read more
Citizenship and Disadvantaged Groups in Chile

by Pablo Marshall, Jaime Bassa, Paula Hollstein, Paz Irarrázabal, Matías Meza-Lopehandía, Carla Moscoso, Fernando Muñoz, Paula Nuño, Fernanda Torres, José Luis Ugarte0, Ximena Valencia1, Luis Villavicencio2, Lieta Vivaldi3, Yanira Zúñiga4 ...

Citizenship and Disadvantaged Groups in Chile seeks to overcome an existing void in the literature of Latin American studies addressing the impact of Chile’s post dictatorial legal framework on its historically and structurally disadvantaged groups, concentrating on the various issues and challenges that affect them. Within its eleven chapters it explores the changing social and legal status of ... Read more

$97.99 USD

Citizenship and Disadvantaged Groups in Chile seeks to overcome an existing void in the literature of Latin American studies addressing the impact of Chile’s post dictatorial legal framework on its historically and structurally disadvantaged groups, concentrating on the various issues and challenges that affect them. Within its eleven chapters it explores the changing social and legal status of
... Read more
Tackling Child Poverty in Latin America

Rights and Social Protection in Unequal Societies

by Thomas Pogge, Ana Maria Osorio Mejía, Luis Fernando Aguado Quintero, Héctor E. Nájera Catalán, Robin Cavagnoud, Jorge A. Paz, Yedith Guillén Fernández, Jorge I. Vásquez, Ianina Tunión, Agustín Salvia, Cristian Herrera, Alejandra Vives, Camila Carvallo, Helia Molina, Charles-Édouard De Suremain, Juan Antonio Vega Báez, Ma. Cristina Torrado, Ernesto Durán, Tatiana Casanova, Nelson Antequera D., Camillo Pérez Bustillo ...

Series Book 2 - CROP International Poverty Studies
This book highlights current debates about concepts, methods, and policies related to poverty in Latin America. It focuses on child and adolescent well-being and the issue of inclusive societies. Its goal is to promote new and critical thinking about these issues globally and in Latin America. The authors clearly emphasize the need to develop new conceptual and practical avenues that can address ... Read more

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This book highlights current debates about concepts, methods, and policies related to poverty in Latin America. It focuses on child and adolescent well-being and the issue of inclusive societies. Its goal is to promote new and critical thinking about these issues globally and in Latin America. The authors clearly emphasize the need to develop new conceptual and practical avenues that can address
... Read more
Tackling Child Poverty in Latin America

Rights and Social Protection in Unequal Societies

by Thomas Pogge, Ana Maria Osorio Mejía, Luis Fernando Aguado Quintero, Héctor E. Nájera Catalán, Jorge A. Paz, Yedith Guillén Fernández, Jorge I. Vásquez, Ianina Tunión, Agustín Salvia, Cristian Herrera, Alejandra Vives, Camila Carvallo, Helia Molina, Charles-Édouard De Suremain, Juan Antonio Vega Báez, Ma. Cristina Torrado, Ernesto Durán, Tatiana Casanova, Nelson Antequera D. ...

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This book highlights current debates about concepts, methods, and policies related to poverty in Latin America. It focuses on child and adolescent well-being and the issue of inclusive societies. Its goal is to promote new and critical thinking about these issues globally and in Latin America. The authors clearly emphasize the need to develop new conceptual and practical avenues that can address ... Read more

$24.99 USD

This book highlights current debates about concepts, methods, and policies related to poverty in Latin America. It focuses on child and adolescent well-being and the issue of inclusive societies. Its goal is to promote new and critical thinking about these issues globally and in Latin America. The authors clearly emphasize the need to develop new conceptual and practical avenues that can address
... Read more
Ingmar Bergman Out of Focus

Film Cultures and International Reception

Edited by Fernando Ramos Arenas, María Paz Peirano, Jono Van Belle ...

Director Ingmar Bergman occupies a central place in the history of modern cinema. Credited with igniting a cinematic revolution, his ability to produce work which resonated with audiences globally has brought scholarly attention to the impact of Bergman’s Swedish background on his oeuvre. Ingmar Bergman Out of Focus revises this question of Bergman’s “familiarity” to produce a more expansive ... Read more

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Director Ingmar Bergman occupies a central place in the history of modern cinema. Credited with igniting a cinematic revolution, his ability to produce work which resonated with audiences globally has brought scholarly attention to the impact of Bergman’s Swedish background on his oeuvre. Ingmar Bergman Out of Focus revises this question of Bergman’s “familiarity” to produce a more expansive
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Towards a Comparative Analysis of Social Inequalities between Europe and Latin America

Edited by Pedro López-Roldán, Sandra Fachelli ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This open access volume identifies the common and specific aspects of social mechanisms that generate inequalities, through comparative analyses of different dimensions in which inequalities are expressed. It includes studies on social inequalities in 5 European and 5 Latin American countries, along 11 thematic axes: inequalities in the labour market and labour trajectories; asymmetries in the ... Read more

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This open access volume identifies the common and specific aspects of social mechanisms that generate inequalities, through comparative analyses of different dimensions in which inequalities are expressed. It includes studies on social inequalities in 5 European and 5 Latin American countries, along 11 thematic axes: inequalities in the labour market and labour trajectories; asymmetries in the
... Read more
Migration Between Mexico and the United States

IMISCOE Regional Reader

Edited by Agustín Escobar Latapí, Claudia Masferrer ...

Series series IMISCOE Research Series
This open access Regional Reader describes how Mexico - United States migration changed substantially during the first decade of the 21st Century. The book provides an in-depth analysis on the changes in the flows into and out of both countries, thus highlighting the issues arising from Mexico - US migration as well as addressing the large numbers of adults and children entering Mexico from the ... Read more

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This open access Regional Reader describes how Mexico - United States migration changed substantially during the first decade of the 21st Century. The book provides an in-depth analysis on the changes in the flows into and out of both countries, thus highlighting the issues arising from Mexico - US migration as well as addressing the large numbers of adults and children entering Mexico from the
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A Dictionary of Film Studies

by Annette Kuhn, Guy Westwell ...

Series series Oxford Quick Reference
A Dictionary of Film Studies covers all aspects of its discipline as it is currently taught at undergraduate level. Offering exhaustive and authoritative coverage, this A-Z is written by experts in the field, and covers terms, concepts, debates, and movements in film theory and criticism; national, international, and transnational cinemas; film history, movements, and genres; film industry ... Read more

$12.39 USD

A Dictionary of Film Studies covers all aspects of its discipline as it is currently taught at undergraduate level. Offering exhaustive and authoritative coverage, this A-Z is written by experts in the field, and covers terms, concepts, debates, and movements in film theory and criticism; national, international, and transnational cinemas; film history, movements, and genres; film industry
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The Cinema of Me

The Self and Subjectivity in First Person Documentary

Edited by Alisa Lebow ...

Series series Nonfictions
When a filmmaker makes a film with herself as a subject, she is already divided as both the subject matter of the film and the subject making the film. The two senses of the word are immediately in play – the matter and the maker—thus the two ways of being subjectified as both subject and object. Subjectivity finds its filmic expression, not surprisingly, in very personal ways, yet it is ... Read more

$27.59 USD

When a filmmaker makes a film with herself as a subject, she is already divided as both the subject matter of the film and the subject making the film. The two senses of the word are immediately in play – the matter and the maker—thus the two ways of being subjectified as both subject and object. Subjectivity finds its filmic expression, not surprisingly, in very personal ways, yet it is
... Read more
Discrimination In Latin America: An Economic Perspective

by Nopo Hugo; Chong Alberto; Moro Andrea ...

Latin America has often been regarded as a region with deep ethnic and class conflicts. The difficulty of assessing this from an economic perspective is two fold: There is little solid, unbiased, and systematic data to provide convincing empirical evidence, and there is a dearth of empirical methods to identify specific discriminatory-based behavior as opposed to related behavior that might only ... Read more

$21.99 USD

Latin America has often been regarded as a region with deep ethnic and class conflicts. The difficulty of assessing this from an economic perspective is two fold: There is little solid, unbiased, and systematic data to provide convincing empirical evidence, and there is a dearth of empirical methods to identify specific discriminatory-based behavior as opposed to related behavior that might only
... Read more
The three amigos

The transnational filmmaking of Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro González Iñárritu, and Alfonso Cuarón

by Deborah Shaw ...

Series series Spanish and Latin-American Filmmakers
This is the first academic book dedicated to the filmmaking of the three best known Mexican born directors, Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro González Iñárritu, and Alfonso Cuarón.Deborah Shaw examines the career trajectories of the directors and presents a detailed analysis of their most significant films with a focus on both the texts and the production contexts in which they were made. These ... Read more

$19.49 USD

This is the first academic book dedicated to the filmmaking of the three best known Mexican born directors, Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro González Iñárritu, and Alfonso Cuarón.Deborah Shaw examines the career trajectories of the directors and presents a detailed analysis of their most significant films with a focus on both the texts and the production contexts in which they were made. These
... Read more
Cuba’s Academic Advantage

Why Students in Cuba Do Better in School

by Martin Carnoy ...

In this book, Martin Carnoy explores the surprising success of the Cuban educational system, where the average elementary school student learns much more than her Latin American peers. In developing the case for Cuba's supportive social context and centralized management of education, Carnoy asks important questions about educational systems in general. How responsible should government be for ... Read more

$20.49 USD

In this book, Martin Carnoy explores the surprising success of the Cuban educational system, where the average elementary school student learns much more than her Latin American peers. In developing the case for Cuba's supportive social context and centralized management of education, Carnoy asks important questions about educational systems in general. How responsible should government be for
... Read more

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