Download or read book Environmental Governance in Latin America written by Fabio De Castro and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-03-24 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is open access under a CC-BY license. The multiple purposes of nature – livelihood for communities, revenues for states, commodities for companies, and biodiversity for conservationists – have turned environmental governance in Latin America into a highly contested arena. In such a resource-rich region, unequal power relations, conflicting priorities, and trade-offs among multiple goals have led to a myriad of contrasting initiatives that are reshaping social relations and rural territories. This edited collection addresses these tensions by unpacking environmental governance as a complex process of formulating and contesting values, procedures and practices shaping the access, control and use of natural resources. Contributors from various fields address the challenges, limitations, and possibilities for a more sustainable, equal, and fair development. In this book, environmental governance is seen as an overarching concept defining the dynamic and multi-layered repertoire of society-nature interactions, where images of nature and discourses on the use of natural resources are mediated by contextual processes at multiple scales.

Download or read book The Politics of the Internet in Third World Development written by Bert Hoffmann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-10 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the political and developmental implications of the new information and communication technologies (NICT) in the Third World. Whereas the concept of the 'digital divide' tends to focus on technological and quantitative indicators, this work stresses the crucial role played by the political regime type, the pursued development model and the specific configuration of actors and decision-making dynamics. Two starkly contrasting Third World countries, state-socialist Cuba and the Latin America's ""show-case democracy"" Costa Rica, were chosen for two in-depth empirical country s.

Download or read book Abortion and Democracy written by Barbara Sutton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-08-05 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abortion and Democracy offers critical analyses of abortion politics in Latin America’s Southern Cone, with lessons and insights of wider significance. Drawing on the region’s recent history of military dictatorship and democratic transition, this edited volume explores how abortion rights demands fit with current democratic agendas. With a focus on Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, the book’s contributors delve into the complex reality of abortion through the examination of the discourses, strategies, successes, and challenges of abortion rights movements. Assembling a multiplicity of voices and experiences, the contributions illuminate key dimensions of abortion rights struggles: health aspects, litigation efforts, legislative debates, party politics, digital strategies, grassroots mobilization, coalition-building, affective and artistic components, and movement-countermovement dynamics. The book takes an approach that is sensitive to social inequalities and to the transnational aspects of abortion rights struggles in each country. It bridges different scales of analysis, from abortion experiences at the micro level of the clinic or the home to the macro sociopolitical and cultural forces that shape individual lives. This is an important intervention suitable for students and scholars of abortion politics, democracy in Latin America, gender and sexuality, and women’s rights.

Download or read book Las TIC y la sociedad digital Doce a os despu s de la ley Tomo II written by Luz Mónica Herrera Zapata and published by U. Externado de Colombia. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Las Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones (TIC) han irrumpido en forma vertiginosa en todos los sectores de la nueva sociedad de la información y del conocimiento, de forma que ya no es posible entender los entornos de la sociedad actual sin analizar y comprender cómo ha sido permeada por estas tecnologías que conectan a los ciudadanos a través de las telecomunicaciones. Diez años después de expedida, la Ley de TIC se reformó mediante la Ley 1978 de 2019. Estos dos acontecimientos justifican el nuevo proyecto investigativo que hoy presentamos a consideración de los lectores con el propósito de que conozcan sus contenidos, sus finalidades, sus aciertos, sus eventuales desaciertos y las mejoras que se pueden incorporar. Esta obra tiene corno objetivo inicial analizar el nuevo marco normativo y las reformas introducidas con la Ley 1978 de 2019, muy orientadas al sector de las telecomunicaciones La investigación se orienta a estudiar el derecho de la competencia en el sector de las TIC, así como los nuevos retos que la sociedad digital y las tecnologías disruptivas le plantean a la sociedad y al derecho administrativo en Colombia. En consideración a su relación temática, y con el fin de facilitar su organización y lectura, la presente obra se divide en dos tomos: el primero relacionado con Las TIC y las telecomunicaciones y el derecho a la competencia, y el segundo referido al Ecosistema digital en sus distintos desarrollos y las tecnologías disruptivas. No cabe duda de la importancia de esta obra, tanto para los lectores especializados como para los interesados en el sector de las TIC y las telecomunicaciones, y de su aporte para el análisis de las instituciones que lo conforman: los proveedores de redes y servicios de telecomunicaciones, los proveedores de plataformas y servicios TIC, los usuarios y todos aquellos que de una u otra forma intervienen en la sociedad del conocimiento virtual.

Download or read book The Object of the Atlantic written by Rachel Price and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2014-11-30 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Object of the Atlantic is a wide-ranging study of the transition from a concern with sovereignty to a concern with things in Iberian Atlantic literature and art produced between 1868 and 1968. Rachel Price uncovers the surprising ways that concrete aesthetics from Cuba, Brazil, and Spain drew not only on global forms of constructivism but also on a history of empire, slavery, and media technologies from the Atlantic world. Analyzing Jose Marti’s notebooks, Joaquim de Sousandrade’s poetry, Ramiro de Maeztu’s essays on things and on slavery, 1920s Cuban literature on economic restructuring, Ferreira Gullar’s theory of the “non-object,” and neoconcrete art, Price shows that the turn to objects—and from these to new media networks—was rooted in the very philosophies of history that helped form the Atlantic world itself.

Download or read book Political Marketing and British Political Parties written by Jennifer Lees-Marshment and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demonstrates how British political parties have begun to use comprehensive political marketing in order to gain electoral success. They conduct focus groups and opinion polls in an attempt to elicit what voters want from them and then try to adjust their behaviors accordingly...

Download or read book Distributive Justice in Transitions written by Morten Bergsmo and published by Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The chapters of this book explore, from different disciplinary perspectives, the relationship between transitional justice, distributive justice, and economic efficiency in the settlement of internal armed conflicts. They specifically discuss the role of land reform as an instrument of these goals, and examine how the balance between different perspectives has been attempted (or not) in selected cases of internal armed conflicts, and how it should be attempted in principle. Although most chapters closely examine the Colombian case, some provide a comparative perspective that includes countries in Latin America, Africa, and Eastern Europe, while others examine some of the more general, theoretical issues involved.

Download or read book Social Justice for Children and Young People written by Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-08-27 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the goal of a social justice approach for children is to ensure that children “are better served and protected by justice systems, including the security and social welfare sectors.” Despite this worthy goal, the UN documents how children are rarely viewed as stakeholders in justice rules of law; child justice issues are often dealt with separate from larger justice and security issues; and when justice issues for children are addressed, it is often through a siloed, rather than a comprehensive approach. This volume actively challenges the current youth social justice paradigm through terminology and new approaches that place children and young people front and center in the social justice conversation. Through international consideration, children and young people worldwide are incorporated into the social justice conversation.

Download or read book Innovating with Concept Mapping written by Alberto Cañas and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-08-20 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Concept Mapping, CMC 2016, held in Tallinn, Estonia, in September 2016. The 25 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 135 submissions. The papers address issues such as facilitation of learning; eliciting, capturing, archiving, and using “expert” knowledge; planning instruction; assessment of “deep” understandings; research planning; collaborative knowledge modeling; creation of “knowledge portfolios”; curriculum design; eLearning, and administrative and strategic planning and monitoring.

Download or read book Las TIC y las Sociedad Digital Doce a os despu s la Ley Tomo I Modernizaci n para el Sector TIC y sus recursos esenciales written by Édgar González López and published by Universidad Externado. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Las Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones (TIC) han irrumpido en forma vertiginosa en todos los sectores de la nueva sociedad de la información y del conocimiento, de forma que ya no es posible entender los entornos de la sociedad actual sin analizar y comprender cómo ha sido permeada por estas tecnologías que conectan a los ciudadanos a través de las telecomunicaciones. Diez años después de expedida, la Ley de TIC se reformó mediante la Ley 1978 de 2019. Estos dos acontecimientos justifican el nuevo proyecto investigativo que hoy presentamos a consideración de los lectores con el propósito de que conozcan sus contenidos, sus finalidades, sus aciertos, sus eventuales desaciertos y las mejoras que se pueden incorporar. Esta obra tiene como objetivo inicial analizar el nuevo marco normativo y las reformas introducidas con la Ley 1978 de 2019, muy orientadas al sector de las telecomunicaciones. La investigación se orienta a estudiar el derecho de la competencia en el sector de las TIC, así como los nuevos retos que la sociedad digital y las tecnologías disruptivas le plantean a la sociedad y al derecho administrativo en Colombia. En consideración a su relación temática, y con el fin de facilitar su organización y lectura, la presente obra se divide en dos tomos: el primero relacionado con Las TIC y las telecomunicaciones y el derecho a la competencia, y el segundo referido al Ecosistema digital en sus distintos desarrollos y las tecnologías disruptivas. No cabe duda de la importancia de esta obra, tanto para los lectores especializados como para los interesados en el sector de las TIC y las telecomunicaciones, y de su aporte para el análisis de las instituciones que lo conforman: los proveedores de redes y servicios de telecomunicaciones, los proveedores de plataformas y servicios TIC, los usuarios y todos aquellos que de una u otra forma intervienen en la sociedad del conocimiento virtual.

Download or read book Latin America in Times of Global Environmental Change written by Cristian Lorenzo and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-08-05 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume discusses the challenges of Latin America in global environmental geopolitics. Written by leading experts, this book brings together Latin American research on global environmental change. They cover a range of topics such as climate change, water, forest and biodiversity conservation connected with science policies, public opinion, priorities of international funds, and international politics of Latin American countries. The book describes the discrepancy between the international priorities and the regional needs or country interests. It includes several case studies and analyses the cooperation in multilateral negotiations on climate change. It also offers a synthesis of debates around global environmental changes and Latin American politics, which the authors have previously promoted in different academic events in South America, including in Santiago de Chile in Chile, and Buenos Aires and Ushuaia in Argentina. This book assesses the environmental problems from different perspectives, highlights the scientific development in the environmental changes affecting Latin America and offers a new view on geopolitics to help face those issues. Specialist readers in international relations, political sciences, environmental sciences, geography and geopolitics will appreciate this up-to-date examination of Latin America and the global environmental change.

Download or read book False Feathers written by Debora Weber-Wulff and published by Springer Science & Business. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since human beings have been writing it seems there has been plagiarism. It is not something that sprouted with the advent of the Internet. Teachers have been struggling for years in countries all over the globe to find good methods for dealing with the problem of plagiarizing students. How do we spot plagiarism? How do we teach them not to plagiarize? And how do we deal with those who have been found out to be plagiarists? The purpose of this book is to collect material on the various aspects of plagiarism in education with special attention given to the German problem of dissertation plagiarism. Since there is a wide-spread interest in the German plagiarism situation and in strategies for dealing with it, the book is written in English in order to be accessible to a larger audience.

Download or read book Indigenous Amazonia Regional Development and Territorial Dynamics written by Walter Leal Filho and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together a valuable collection of case studies and conceptual approaches that outline the present state of Amazonia in the 21st century. The many problems are described and the benefits, as well as the achievements of regional development are also discussed. The book focuses on three themes for discussion and recommendations: indigenous peoples, their home (the forest), and the way(s) to protect and sustain their natural home (biodiversity conservation). Using these three themes this volume offers a comprehensive critical review of the facts that have been the reality of Amazonia and fills a gap in the literature.The book will appeal to scholars, professors and practitioners. An outstanding group of experienced researchers and individuals with detailed knowledge of the proposed themes have produced chapters on an array of inter-related issues to demonstrate the current situation and future prospects of Amazonia. Issues investigated and debated include: territorial management; indigenous territoriality and land demarcation; ethnodevelopment; indigenous higher education and capacity building; natural resource appropriation; food security and traditional knowledge; megadevelopmental projects; indigenous acculturation; modernization of Amazonia and its regional integration; anthropogenic interventions; protected areas and conservation; political ecology; postcolonial issues, and the sustainability of Amazonia.

Download or read book Las TIC y la sociedad digital Doce a os despu s de la ley Tomo I written by Luz Mónica Herrera Zapata and published by U. Externado de Colombia. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Las Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones (TIC) han irrumpido en forma vertiginosa en todos los sectores de la nueva sociedad de la información y del conocimiento, de forma que ya no es posible entender los entornos de la sociedad actual sin analizar y comprender cómo ha sido permeada por estas tecnologías que conectan a los ciudadanos a través de las telecomunicaciones. Diez años después de expedida, la Ley de TIC se reformó mediante la Ley 1978 de 2019. Estos dos acontecimientos justifican el nuevo proyecto investigativo que hoy presentamos a consideración de los lectores con el propósito de que conozcan sus contenidos, sus finalidades, sus aciertos, sus eventuales desaciertos y las mejoras que se pueden incorporar. Esta obra tiene como objetivo inicial analizar el nuevo marco normativo y las reformas introducidas con la Ley 1978 de 2019, muy orientadas al sector de las telecomunicaciones. La investigación se orienta a estudiar el derecho de la competencia en el sector de las TIC, así como los nuevos retos que la sociedad digital y las tecnologías disruptivas le plantean a la sociedad y al derecho administrativo en Colombia. En consideración a su relación temática, y con el fin de facilitar su organización y lectura, la presente obra se divide en dos tomos: el primero relacionado con Las TIC y las telecomunicaciones y el derecho a la competencia, y el segundo referido al Ecosistema digital en sus distintos desarrollos y las tecnologías disruptivas. No cabe duda de la importancia de esta obra, tanto para los lectores especializados como para los interesados en el sector de las TIC y las telecomunicaciones, y de su aporte para el análisis de las instituciones que lo conforman: los proveedores de redes y servicios de telecomunicaciones, los proveedores de plataformas y servicios TIC, los usuarios y todos aquellos que de una u otra forma intervienen en la sociedad del conocimiento virtual.

Download or read book Big Water written by Jacob Blanc and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A transnational approach to the history of a key Latin American border region"--Provided by publisher.

Download or read book Cultural Organizations Networks and Mediators in Contemporary Ibero America written by Diana Roig-Sanz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-01-03 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book proposes an innovative conceptual framework to explore cultural organizations at a multilateral level and cultural mediators as key figures in cultural and institutionalization processes. Specifically, it analyzes the role of Ibero-American mediators in the institutionalization of Hispanic and Lusophone cultures in the first half of the 20th century by means of two institutional networks: PEN (the non-governmental writer’s association) and the International Institute of Intellectual Cooperation (predecessor to UNESCO). Attempting to combine cultural and global history, sociology, and literary studies, the book uses an analytical focus on intercultural networks and cultural transfer to investigate the multiple activities and roles that these mediators and cultural organizations set in motion. Literature has traditionally studied major figures and important centers of cultural production, but other regions and localities also played a crucial role in the development of intellectual cooperation. This book reappraises the place of Ibero-America in international cultural relations and retrieves the lost history of key secondary actors. The book will appeal to scholars from international relations, global and cultural history, sociology, postcolonial Studies, world and comparative literature, and New Hispanisms. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429299407, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Download or read book The Pocket Guide to Health Promotion written by Glenn Laverack and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2014-07-16 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 'Pocket Guide to Health Promotion' is a short, punchy and practical guide aimed at students and practitioners. The book includes precise definitions and examples of key concepts and methods in health promotion practice and a chapter by chapter description of the management planning, strategy selection, implementation and evaluation of health promotion programmes. Written in an accessible and concise style, the book offers the reader a practical and flexible resource that is ideal for students and practitioners looking to plan and implement health promotion activities. A must buy for those new to health promotion or who want a pocket guide to this core health activity. "Clearly written and practical, this excellent guide will prove indispensible to practitioners of health promotion globally, and a very useful starting point for students. It will be worth buying a pocket to put it in!" David Ross, Professor of Epidemiology and International Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK "The Pocket Guide to Health Promotion is easy to navigate with complex concepts in health promotion explained in a user-friendly way. Whether you are practicing health promotion or studying the discipline, this will be a welcome addition to any book shelf." Dr James Woodall, Co-Director of the Centre for Health Promotion Research & Course Leader MSc Public Health, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK