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Science and Environment in Chile
The Politics of Expert Advice in a Neoliberal Democracy
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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.
Science and Environment in Chile
The Politics of Expert Advice in a Neoliberal Democracy
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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.