Download or read book Ciudadan a y legitimidad democr tica en Am rica Latina written by Isidoro Cheresky and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-09-22 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lo largo de las tres décadas transcurridas desde el inicio de las transiciones post-autoritarias, hemos asistido a una mutación en las democracias de la región. La legitimidad electoral es indiscutible y se ha afirmado la voluntad ciudadana como sustento del poder. Ahora se constata un desplazamiento en la vida política. Una ciudadanía informada y vigilante alcanza una presencia contínua en la vida pública: el haber votado por unos u otros no la lleva a depositar una confianza definitiva en quienes gobiernan. La vigilancia, el juicio sobre las decisiones de gobierno, el veto y la autorrepresentación ilustran los rasgos que adquiere una democracia contínua. En algunos países el advenimiento de la democracia y su cambio de fisonomía se asociaron a la instalación de gobiernos reformistas, y en otros, a la emergencia de proyectos fundacionales. Esos nuevos gobiernos han resultado de los cambios ciudadanos mencionados y a la vez han procurado canalizarlos. Los diferentes enfoques compilados en este libro procuran dar cuenta de estas novedades que se presentan para los estudios políticos en América Latina. Isidoro Cheresky es Doctor en Ciencias Sociales por la Universidad de Toulouse Le Mirail y Licenciado en Sociología por la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Es investigador del CONICET en el Instituto de Investigaciones "Gino Germani" (UBA). EDITORIAL PROMETEO ARGENTINA. Este libro contiene el desarrollo de los siguientes temas: *Prólogo *Introducción, por Isidoro Cheresky *I Ciudadanía, identidad y organizaciones populares en América Latina *Movimientos sociales y participación política en Bolivia, por Fernando Mayorga *Ciudadanos, partidos y gobernadores, por Silvia Gómez Tagle *Definiciones de pertenencia e identidades oficialistas en la Argentina de Néstor Kirchner y el Brasil de Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, por María Dolores Rocca Rivarola *II Populismo, Estado y democracia en América Latina *Ciudadanía y democracia continua, por Isidoro Cheresky *Estado, democracia y ciudadanía en la Argentina poscrisis 2001, por Osvaldo Iazzetta *Hacia el socialismo del siglo XXI: los consejos comunales, sus cambios conceptuales y las percepciones de participantes en Caracas, por Margarita López Maya *III Instituciones democráticas, liderazgos y representación política en América Latina *Ciudadanía y democracia en la Argentina. Problemas de representación en perspectiva comparada, por Hugo Quiroga *Liderazgo de género y fin de un ciclo político en Chile. El gobierno de Michelle Bachelet, por Manuel Antonio Garretón *IV Espacio público, ciudadanía y participación política en América Latina *Poderes fácticos y democracia en México: sindicatos, caciques, monopolios y delincuencia organizada en un país en transición, por Alberto Olvera *Derechos sociotecnológicos y ciudadanía, por Ariel C. Armony *Giro judicial y legitimidad pública en la política argentina, por Lucas G. Martin Con este libro usted podrá conocer a fondo diferentes enfoques que procuran dar cuenta de las novedades para América Latina de una ciudadanía informada que alcanza una presencia contínua en la vida pública por medio de la vigilancia, el juicio sobre las decisiones de gobierno, el veto y la autorrepresentación. ¡Compre ya este libro y comience a conocer en profundidad diferentes enfoques que procuran dar cuenta de las novedades para América Latina de una ciudadanía informada que alcanza una presencia contínua en la vida pública por medio de la vigilancia, el juicio sobre las decisiones de gobierno, el veto y la autorrepresentación! Tags: democracia, ciudadanía, espacio público, populismo, socialismo del siglo XXI, liderazgo de género, organizaciones populares en América Latina.
Download or read book Democracy in Mexico written by Pablo González Casanova and published by New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1970 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Environmental Law in Developing Countries written by Marianela Cedeño Bonilla and published by IUCN. This book was released on 2004 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains a selection of papers on various legal issues of interest to developing countries which have been prepared by Fellows from InWent who came to Germany between 2002 and 2004 from Africa, Asia, and Latin America to research and write about subjects of their choice at the IUCN Environmental Law Centre.
Download or read book The North American Mosaic written by Commission for Environmental Cooperation (Montréal, Québec). Secretariat and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The North American Mosaic has four overarching features. First, it is, to the extent feasible, based on comparable information on the status and trends of major indicators of the state of the environment in Canada,Mexico, and the United States. Second, the report confirms that these three countries together make up an incredibly complex, dynamic, and interconnected ecosystem in which humans play a dominant and decisive role. Third, the report raises important and sometimes disquieting questions concerning the sustainability of some current trends. Finally, the report is a reminder that our economic, social, and physical well-being are utterly dependent on the life-sustaining services provided by nature. This report emphasizes the importance of developing mutually compatible economic, social, and environmental goals and policies across the three-country region.
Download or read book Governing the Metropolis written by Eduardo Rojas and published by David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. This book was released on 2008 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores key metropolitan management issues, presents practical principles of good governance as they apply to the metropolis, and unfolds cases of institutional and programmatic arrangements to tackle such issues.
Download or read book Schooling as Violence written by Clive Harber and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-26 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asking fundamental and often uncomfortable questions about the nature and purposes of formal education, this book explores the three main ways of looking at the relationship between formal education, individuals and society: * that education improves society * that education reproduces society exactly as it is * that education makes society worse and harms individuals. Whilst educational policy documents and much academic writing and research stresses the first function and occasionally make reference to the second, the third is largely played down or ignored. In this unique and thought-provoking book, Clive Harber argues that while schooling can play a positive role, violence towards children originating in the schools system itself is common, systematic and widespread internationally and that schools play a significant role in encouraging violence in wider society. Topics covered include physical punishment, learning to hate others, sexual abuse, stress and anxiety, and the militarization of school. The book both provides detailed evidence of such forms of violence and sets out an analysis of schooling that explains why they occur. In contrast, the final chapter explores existing alternative forms of education which are aimed at the development of democracy and peace. This book should be read by anyone involved in education - from students and academics to policy-makers and practitioners around the world.
Download or read book The Third Way written by Anthony Giddens and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-05-29 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The idea of finding a 'third way' in politics has been widely discussed over recent months - not only in the UK, but in the US, Continental Europe and Latin America. But what is the third way? Supporters of the notion haven't been able to agree, and critics deny the possibility altogether. Anthony Giddens shows that developing a third way is not only a possibility but a necessity in modern politics.
Download or read book Assessing the Left Turn in Ecuador written by Francisco Sánchez and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the “left turn” in Latin American politics, specifically through the lens of Ecuador and the effects of the Citizens’ Revolution’s actions and public policies on relevant actors and institutions. Through a comprehensive analysis of one country’s turn to the left and the outcomes generated by that process, the authors and editors provide a clearer understanding of the ways in which the popular desire for change (predominant through the region in recent times, as a response to late-twentieth-century neoliberalism) was realized—or not. The particular case of Ecuador further potentiates analysis of the entire region-wide process, considering that the “corrector” cycle is now at an end, and that the economic and international conditions that favored the return of left governments have also changed.
Download or read book Civic Education written by Richard G. Niemi and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2005-05-11 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sound democratic decisions rely on a citizenry with at least a partial mastery of the rules and workings of democratic government. American high schools, where students learn the basics of citizenship, thus ought to play a critical role in the success of democracy. Yet studies examining the impact of high school government and civics courses on political knowledge over the past quarter-century have generally shown that these courses have little or no effect. In this important book, Richard G. Niemi and Jane Junn take a fresh look at what America's high school seniors know about government and politics and how they learn it. The authors argue convincingly that secondary school civics courses do indeed enhance students' civic knowledge. This book is based on the most extensive assessment to date of civic knowledge among American youth--the 1988 National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) Civics Assessment. The authors develop and test a theoretical model to explain the cognitive process by which students learn about politics and they conclude by suggesting specific changes in the style and emphasis of civics teaching.
Download or read book Handbook on Political Trust written by Sonja Zmerli and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political trust – in government, parliament, or political parties – has taken centre stage in political science for more than half a century, reflecting ongoing concerns with the legitimacy and functioning of representative democracy. To provide scholars, students and policy makers with a tool to navigate through the complexity of causes and consequences of political trust, this Handbook offers an excellent overview of the conceptual, theoretical, methodological and empirical state of the art, complemented by accounts of regional particularities, and authored by international experts in this field.
Download or read book Assessing the Quality of Democracy written by Larry Diamond and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2005-11-25 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description
Download or read book Representations of Youth written by Christine Griffin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-25 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Representations of Youth examines the various constructions of 'youth' and 'adolescence' in recent British and North American research. Mainstream and radical approaches have presented a series of 'crises' about young people in relation to, among other things, unemployment, 'teenage pregnancy' and 'delinquency'. This book considers research in psychology, sociology, education, criminology and cultural studies in order to assess these accounts. The author offers a critical review of a wide range of findings about young people in areas as diverse as education and training, leisure, family life and sexuality. She shows that whilst youth research texts do not reflect young people's experiences in any straightforward manner, they do indicate the various complex and contradictory ways in which 'youth', 'adolescence' and specific groups of young people are represented in contemporary western societies. In so arguing, she presents new terms for thinking about the position of young people today. This is an important new text accessibly written for students of sociology, social psychology and contemporary culture in both Britain and the USA. It will also be of great interest to social science researchers in a range of other disciplines.
Download or read book Party System Collapse written by Jason Seawright and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-24 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most party systems are relatively stable over time. Yet in the 1980s and 1990s, established party systems in Peru and Venezuela broke down, leading to the elections of outsider Alberto Fujimori and anti-party populist Hugo Chavez. Focusing on these two cases, this book explores the causes of systemic collapse. To date, scholars have pointed to economic crises, the rise of the informal economy, and the charisma and political brilliance of Fujimori and Chavez to explain the changes in Peru and Venezuela. This book uses economic data, surveys, and experiments to show that these explanations are incomplete. Political scientist Jason Seawright argues that party-system collapse is motivated fundamentally by voter anger at the traditional political parties, which is produced by corruption scandals and failures of representation. Integrating economic, organizational, and individual considerations, Seawright provides a new explanation and compelling new evidence to present a fuller picture of voters' decisions and actions in bringing about party-system collapse, and the rise of important outsider political leaders in South America.
Download or read book Democracy and the Public Space in Latin America written by Leonardo Avritzer and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2009-01-10 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a bold new study of the recent emergence of democracy in Latin America. Leonardo Avritzer shows that traditional theories of democratization fall short in explaining this phenomenon. Scholars have long held that the postwar stability of Western Europe reveals that restricted democracy, or "democratic elitism," is the only realistic way to guard against forces such as the mass mobilizations that toppled European democracies after World War I. Avritzer challenges this view. Drawing on the ideas of Jürgen Habermas, he argues that democracy can be far more inclusive and can rely on a sphere of autonomous association and argument by citizens. He makes this argument by showing that democratic collective action has opened up a new "public space" for popular participation in Latin American politics. Unlike many theorists, Avritzer builds his case empirically. He looks at human rights movements in Argentina and Brazil, neighborhood associations in Brazil and Mexico, and election-monitoring initiatives in Mexico. Contending that such participation has not gone far enough, he proposes a way to involve citizens even more directly in policy decisions. For example, he points to experiments in "participatory budgeting" in two Brazilian cities. Ultimately, the concept of such a space beyond the reach of state administration fosters a broader view of democratic possibility, of the cultural transformation that spurred it, and of the tensions that persist, in a region where democracy is both new and different from the Old World models.
Download or read book Party Systems in Latin America written by Scott Mainwaring and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book generates a wealth of new empirical information about Latin American party systems and contributes richly to major theoretical debates about party systems and democracy.
