Conceptos fundamentales de ciencia política

La vinculación entre política exterior, hegemonía y Estados pequeños, utilizando un estudio de caso para contrastar la conducta de tres países centroamericanos, con la influencia de Estados Unidos como potencia hegemónica, y la de tres países bálticos, bajo la hegemonía de Rusia, lleva al autor por tres caminos que tradicionalmente las investigaciones sobre las relaciones internacionales han recorrido en forma separada. Carlos Murillo demuestra que el análisis de la política exterior no se limita al estudio comparativo, sino que profundiza en las percepciones y las auto imágenes...

La apropiación de la tierra, su explotación y el conjunto de relaciones sociales y económicas establecidas a su alrededor son el tema del presente libro. Se toma como escala espacial la villa de San Gil (actual departamento de Santander), y como eje temporal el siglo XVIII

In the central highland Maya communities of Guatemala, the demands of the global economy have become a way of life. This book explores how rural peoples experience economic and cultural change as their country joins the global market, focusing on their thoughts about work and sustenance as a way of learning about Guatemala’s changing economy. For more than a decade, Liliana Goldín observed in highland towns both the intensification of various forms of production and their growing links to wider markets. In this first book to compare economic ideology across a range of production systems,...

The Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean seeks to respond to the demands of users who require reliable and sound statistical information in order to analyse the economic, social and environmental situation of the region. This year's edition includes information available up to mid-December 2012. This edition of the Statistical Yearbook is similar in structure to the 2011 edition as no significant changes have been made in terms of content or design. The Yearbook comprises four chapters. The first covers demographic and social indicators and continues to reflect special...