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On difference. Lack and politics in Pierre Clastres
Published 2013-09-01“…Finally –and briefly–, the article puts forward a way in which the analysis of contemporary political processes like Latin America populisms or the Indignants Movement in Europe could benefit from Clastres’ conception of politics and difference.…”
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Sur les ailes du vautour. Genre, violence et « résistance » dans un récit nahua de voyage à Chiknâujtipan, le monde des morts (Mexique)
Published 2012-12-01“…These particularities allow for recontextualizing the « traditional resistance » and social change dichotomy, in the context of indigenous Latin America.…”
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The Limits to Dependent Growth in East-Central Europe
Published 2018-12-01“…This justifies a characterisation of the resulting variety of capitalism as “dependent”, following theories of dependent development used for Latin America. However, this development brought rapid growth only for a time, still leaving a substantial lag relative to western Europe. …”
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Entre los marcos jurídicos y las cartografías indígenas
Published 2016-07-01“…First, we will present a general context of territorial struggle strategies carried out by indigenous people in defense of Pachamama in Latin America. Then, we will disclose the legal frameworks and how the concepts on indigenous peoples, indigenous communities, indigenous lands and indigenous habitats, acknowledged in the Organic Law of Indigenous Peoples and Communities (LOPCI 2005) in Venezuela, do not violate the notion of national sovereignty. …”
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Após a nacionalidade: história do romance e produção romanesca no Brasil e na América Latina
Published 2011-01-01“…The essay debates the representation of local identity as a guiding theme of the novel, as well as of critique and literary history in Brazil and Latin-America. We comment the theses of Roberto Echevarría about the Latin-American novel, which place on a wider geographical frame the propositions by Flora Süssekind about the Brazilian novel. …”
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Labor Outsourcing in the Steelmaking Industry in Argentina: Companies of Ex-workers in Acindar Villa Constitución and Siderar Ensenada
Published 2019-05-01“…This has been the case not only in Argentina, but in Latin America and the world at large, with a strong impact since the 1990s. …”
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Measuring Technical Efficiency in Venezuela: The Dual-Purpose Cattle System (DPCS)
Published 2004-12-01“… The dual-purpose cattle system (DPCS) describes traditional cattle production practice in the lowland tropics of Latin America where a mix of Zebu, Criollo, and European breeds are used in meat and milk production (Sere and de Vacarro, 1985; Castillo, 1992). …”
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Measuring Technical Efficiency in Venezuela: The Dual-Purpose Cattle System (DPCS)
Published 2004-12-01“… The dual-purpose cattle system (DPCS) describes traditional cattle production practice in the lowland tropics of Latin America where a mix of Zebu, Criollo, and European breeds are used in meat and milk production (Sere and de Vacarro, 1985; Castillo, 1992). …”
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Crisis of the Neoliberal Model; Towards Regional Planning - a Polanyian Contribution
Published 2014-01-01“…Using Karl Polanyi’s analytical instrument, I argue that the current withdrawal of the industrialized powers and the emergence of alternative policies in Latin America are determined by the crisis of the neoliberal model. …”
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Estado e proteção social no Cone Sul da América Latina: um panorama do século XXI
Published 2020-01-01“…The discussion on social protection in Latin America must consider the economic, social and political characteristics of the region, which have been historically constructed and reconstructed in the movement of peripheral capitalist society. …”
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Costa Rica's Oversized Role in Latin American Sexual and Reproductive Rights Lawfare
Published 2021-12-01“…The Costa Rican government brought cases involving in vitro fertilization and same-sex marriage to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, which issued historic decisions expanding reproductive and sexual rights across Latin America. In response, a transnational coalition of self-proclaimed pro-life and pro-family organizations has targeted the Organization of American States and its system of inter-American human rights law, calling on the OAS to respect national sovereignty concerning life and family matters. …”
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The crime prevention quadrant plan in Chile
Published 2025-01-01“…It also analyzed crime prevention strategies implemented in Latin America. The findings suggest that the synergies derived from the interconnected systems within a Chilean police station contribute to its viability within the ever-evolving police environment. …”
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PRESENT-DAY MISSION PARTNERSHIPS
Published 2019-12-01“…Currently, as many full-time cross-cultural missionaries are sent and supported by churches in Asia, Africa and Latin America as those sent from Europe and North America. …”
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Conditional Populist Party Support: The Role of Dissatisfaction and Incumbency
“…Newly collected data on party populism and survey data from Latin America show that support for populist parties in the region is conditioned by satisfaction with democracy as well as the incumbency status of populists. …”
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Mentoring women in STEM: empowering through social technologies for enhanced inclusivity and professional growth. A case study
Published 2025-02-01“…Throughout the sessions, the participants’ advances in soft skills (assertiveness, networking, leadership, active listening, self-confidence, ability to set SMART objectives, among others) were analyzed, showing how the use of social technologies promoted the professional development of women through empowerment as a strategy for reducing the gender gap in scientific and technological careers in Latin America.…”
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Gendering Justice in the Chilean Courts: Institutional Developments and Legal Actors’ Perspectives
“…By illuminating the limitations Chilean judges face in this evolving area of the law, the study contributes insights of relevance for our understanding of the factors that affect gender and judging in Latin America and beyond.…”
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Dynamic behavior of two models of adobe masonry dwelling with and without the confinement of concrete elements
Published 2024-12-01“…The impact of seismic events on populations living in unreinforced adobe masonry buildings, mostly located in rural areas in Mexico and the rest of Latin America, has given rise to research aimed at studying construction and structural aspects in order to guarantee the stability of dwelling and the safety of the people who live there. …”
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Flexible Crops and Rural Working Youth: From Sugar Cane in Brazil to Palm Oil in Colombia
Published 2019-01-01“…Young people are the focus of capital interests because their physical and social conditions make them prone to be exploited in the current territorial expansion of the agro-hydro-business of flexible crops in Latin America (such as sugar cane, palm oil, and soy). …”
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Everything for the Nation: The Re-founding and Return of the State in the Bolivarian Revolutions
Published 2015-05-01“…The idea of a return of the state suggests clearly that if the state was seen as the problem in the 1980s and 1990s, in the processes of the new left in Latin America it has been presented as the solution. …”
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Lymphocutaneous Sporotrichosis Refractory to First-Line Treatment
Published 2021-01-01“…Sporotrichosis is a fungal infection endemic in Latin America and has been attributed to the thermodimorphic fungus of the genus Sporothrix. …”
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