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Science and Environment in Chile

The Politics of Expert Advice in a Neoliberal Democracy

by Javiera Barandiarán

ISBN: 9780262535632

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: July 31, 2018

The politics of scientific advice across four environmental conflicts in Chile, when the state acted as a “neutral broker” rather than protecting the common good.

The Economics of Contemporary Latin America

by Beatriz Armendáriz and Felipe Larraín B.

ISBN: 9780262533157

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: May 12, 2017

Analysis of Latin America's economy focusing on development, covering the colonial roots of inequality, boom and bust cycles, labor markets, and fiscal and monetary policy.

Cultural Code

Video Games and Latin America

by Phillip Penix-Tadsen

ISBN: 9780262034050

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: February 12, 2016

How culture uses games and how games use culture: an examination of Latin America's gaming practices and the representation of the region's cultures in games.

Beyond Imported Magic

Essays on Science, Technology, and Society in Latin America

Edited by Eden Medina, Ivan da Costa Marques and Christina Holmes

Foreword by Marcos Cueto

ISBN: 9780262526203

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 15, 2014

Studies challenging the idea that technology and science flow only from global North to South.

Technologies of Choice?

ICTs, Development, and the Capabilities Approach

by Dorothea Kleine

ISBN: 9780262018203

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: February 8, 2013

A new framework for assessing the role of information and communication technologies in development that draws on Amartya Sen's capabilities approach.

Poverty, Inequality, and Policy in Latin America

Edited by Stephan Klasen and Felicitas Nowak-Lehmann

ISBN: 9780262113243

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: December 12, 2008

Experts examine the dynamics of poverty and inequality in Latin America and policies to address them using new tools and data.

Bond Markets in Latin America

On the Verge of a Big Bang?

Edited by Eduardo Borensztein, Kevin Cowan, Barry Eichengreen and Ugo Panizza

ISBN: 9780262026321

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: June 13, 2008

The first comprehensive examination of the importance of local bond market development in Latin America, with conceptual and comparative assessments, case studies of six countries, and new, unique data sets.

The Tropics of Empire

Why Columbus Sailed South to the Indies

by Nicolás Wey Gómez

ISBN: 9780262232647

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: June 13, 2008

A radical revision of the geographical history of the discovery of the Americas that links Columbus's southbound route with colonialism, slavery, and today's divide between the industrialized North and the developing South.

Environmental Justice in Latin America

Problems, Promise, and Practice

Edited by David V. Carruthers

ISBN: 9780262533003

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: February 15, 2008

Scholars and activists investigate the emergence of a distinctively Latin American environmental justice movement, offering analysis and case studies that illustrate the connections between popular environmental mobilization and social justice in the region.

Confronting the Coffee Crisis

Fair Trade, Sustainable Livelihoods and Ecosystems in Mexico and Central America

Edited by Christopher M. Bacon, V. Ernesto Méndez, Stephen R. Gliessman, David Goodman and Jonathan A. Fox

ISBN: 9780262524803

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: January 18, 2008

Combining interdisciplinary research with case study analysis at scales ranging from the local to the global, Confronting the Coffee Crisis reveals the promise and the perils of efforts to create a more sustainable coffee industry

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