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        Science and Environment in Chile

        Science and Environment in Chile

        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

        The Economics of Contemporary Latin America

        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

        Cultural Code

        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

        Beyond Imported Magic

        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?

        Technologies of Choice?

        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

        Poverty, Inequality, and Policy in Latin America

        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

        Bond Markets in Latin America

        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

        The Tropics of Empire

        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

        Environmental Justice in Latin America

        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

        Confronting the Coffee Crisis

        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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