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Book New Serial Titles

Download or read book New Serial Titles written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 2106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Essays in Population History  Volume One

Download or read book Essays in Population History Volume One written by Sherburne F. Cook and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-07-28 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1971.

Book PAIS International in Print

Download or read book PAIS International in Print written by Gwen Sloan and published by . This book was released on 1997-04 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Sewer of Progress

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  • Author : Cindy Mcculligh
  • Publisher : MIT Press
  • Release : 2023-07-25
  • ISBN : 0262545926
  • Pages : 357 pages

Download or read book Sewer of Progress written by Cindy Mcculligh and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2023-07-25 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A creative and comprehensive exploration of the institutional forces undermining the management of environments critical to public health. For almost two decades, the citizens of Western Mexico have called for a cleanup of the Santiago River, a water source so polluted it emanates an overwhelming acidic stench. Toxic clouds of foam lift off the river in a strong wind. In Sewer of Progress, Cindy McCulligh examines why industrial dumping continues in the Santiago despite the corporate embrace of social responsibility and regulatory frameworks intended to mitigate environmental damage. The fault, she finds, lies in a disingenuous discourse of progress and development that privileges capitalist growth over the health and well-being of ecosystems. Rooted in research on institutional behavior and corporate business practices, Sewer of Progress exposes a type of regulatory greenwashing that allows authorities to deflect accusations of environmental dumping while “regulated” dumping continues in an environment of legal certainty. For transnational corporations, this type of simulation allows companies to take advantage of double standards in environmental regulations, while presenting themselves as socially responsible and green global actors. Through this inversion, the Santiago and other rivers in Mexico have become sewers for urban and industrial waste. Institutionalized corruption, a concept McCulligh introduces in the book, is the main culprit, a system that permits and normalizes environmental degradation, specifically in the creation and enforcement of a regulatory framework for wastewater discharge that prioritizes private interests over the common good. Through a research paradigm based in institutional ethnography and political ecology, Sewer of Progress provides a critical, in-depth look at the power relations subverting the role of the state in environmental regulation and the maintenance of public health.

Book Anuario estad  stico

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  • Author : Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (México)
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2008
  • ISBN : 9789701351291
  • Pages : 664 pages

Download or read book Anuario estad stico written by Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (México) and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalog

Download or read book Catalog written by Mexico Norte (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Forsaken Harvest

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  • Author : Luis G. Cueva
  • Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
  • Release : 2020-11-05
  • ISBN : 1796015946
  • Pages : 512 pages

Download or read book Forsaken Harvest written by Luis G. Cueva and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2020-11-05 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historical monograph examines the decline of the hacienda estates within Jalisco, Mexico, during the early decades of the twentieth century. The book also explores the impact of the land reform program of President Lázaro Cárdenas in transforming the agrarian economic structure of the region. This study contributes to an ongoing lively debate about the hacienda system and the meaning of Cárdenas’s reforms. This is an important work because it explores the evolution of a regional socioeconomic system that promoted urban industrial growth at the expense of the rural poor. The model of regional development described is applicable to other areas of Mexico and underdeveloped Third World nations with extensive peasant populations. The research for this investigation has wider implications regarding issues of global hunger and malnutrition.

Book Elites and Economic Development

Download or read book Elites and Economic Development written by John Walton and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-09-10 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a detailed comparative analysis of development politics in four urban regions of Latin America, two in Mexico and two in Colombia. John Walton has based his studies on the assumption that the problems of economic growth are essentially political, that is, are problems of choice, decision-making, and the exercise of power. His fundamental purpose has been to discover how elites of different kinds are more and less successful in the promotion of economic development, which he defines as a process in the organization of a society leading not only to higher levels of efficient output but also to a more equitable distribution of benefits. At the time, the four cities compared were the second- and third-largest metropolitan areas in each country, Guadalajara and Monterrey in Mexico, Medellín and Cali in Colombia. This selection allows the author to pair, across countries, cases of early and large-scale industrialization (Monterrey and Medellín) with cases of more recent industrial growth in agricultural-commercial centers (Guadalajara and Cali). Walton presents historical introductions to each of the regions and integrates these with original fieldwork and interviews with more than three hundred members of the political and economic elites. The findings are extensive, but in general they demonstrate that where political and economic power is more broadly distributed, where elites are more open and accessible, and where organizational life is more active and coordinated, regions tend to develop qualitatively as well as quantitatively, showing increases both in productivity and in such benefits as public services, housing, education, and a more balanced distribution of income. If these characteristics are absent, regions may be industrialized but do not provide a broad sharing of the benefits. Walton places a good deal of emphasis on the role of foreign investments, demonstrating that the more penetrated regions are also the less developed. Finally, the results of these studies are used to evaluate and advance theories of underdevelopment and particularly of economic dependency.

Book Bolet  n informativo de nuevas adquisiciones

Download or read book Bolet n informativo de nuevas adquisiciones written by Banco de México (1925- ). Oficina de Servicios Bibliotecarios and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Water Resources in Mexico

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  • Author : Úrsula Oswald Spring
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2011-08-26
  • ISBN : 3642054323
  • Pages : 535 pages

Download or read book Water Resources in Mexico written by Úrsula Oswald Spring and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-08-26 with total page 535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water resources in Mexico are threatened by scarcity, pollution and climate change. In two decades water consumption doubled, producing water stress in dry seasons and semi-arid and arid regions. Water stress rises due to physical and economic stress. In seven parts a multidisciplinary team analyzes hydrological processes in basins and their interaction with climate, soil and biota. Competing water use in agriculture, industry and domestic needs require savings, decontamination processes and desalination to satisfy the growing demand. Water quality affects health and ecosystems. This creates conflicts and cooperation that may be enhanced by public policy, institution building and social organization.

Book Essays in Population History

Download or read book Essays in Population History written by Sherburne Friend Cook and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1974-01-01 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Illusion of Civil Society

Download or read book The Illusion of Civil Society written by Jon Shefner and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2015-11-09 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much has been written about how civil society challenges authoritarian governments and helps lead the way to democratization. These studies show that neoliberal economic policies have harmed many sectors of society, weakening the state and undermining clientelistic relationships that previously provided material benefits to middle- and low-income citizens, who are then motivated to organize coalitions to work for greater social justice and equality. Recognizing this important role played by civil society organizations, Jon Shefner goes further and analyzes the variegated nature of the interests represented in these coalitions, arguing that the differences among civil society actors are at least as important as their similarities in explaining how they function and what success, or lack thereof, they have experienced. Through an ethnographic examination extending over a decade, Shefner tells the story of how a poor community on the urban fringe of Guadalajara mobilized through an organization called the Unión de Colonos Independientes (UCI) to work for economic improvement with the support of Jesuits inspired by liberation theology. Yet Mexico’s successful formal democratic transition, won with the elections in 2000, was followed by the dissolution of the coalition. Neither political access for the urban poor, nor their material well-being, has increased with democratization. The unity and even the concept of civil society has thus turned out to be an illusion.

Book Rangelands

Download or read book Rangelands written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Estudio Hidrol  gico Del Estado de Jalisco

Download or read book Estudio Hidrol gico Del Estado de Jalisco written by Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (México) and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Wilderness of Wildlife Tourism

Download or read book Wilderness of Wildlife Tourism written by Johra Kayeser Fatima and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-05-08 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wildlife tourism is a growing multimillion-dollar industry within the hospitality and tourism industry. Wildlife tourism, in its simplest sense, is the creation of tour packages for watching wild animals in their natural habitats, and is particularly important in African and South American countries, Australia, India, Canada, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and Maldives, among others. This new book brings together the best voices in the field of wildlife tourism and provides a key understanding of wildlife tourism. It explores many important aspects of wildlife to date with related implications for various sectors, such as technology, education, corporations, and policymaking.

Book Essays in Population History  Mexico and the Caribbean

Download or read book Essays in Population History Mexico and the Caribbean written by Sherburne Friend Cook and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1971-01-01 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Monthly Bulletin

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  • Author : St. Louis Public Library
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1916
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 932 pages

Download or read book Monthly Bulletin written by St. Louis Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 932 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: