Tecnología contra la probreza. Sam Pitroda, el ejemplo de India (Magis 422)

Sin pretensiones de universalidad, que implique el propósito de sacar conclusiones definitivas, este libro explica la conformación de los estados nacionales, los procesos históricos que llevaron a ellos y los debates filosóficos que surgieron en su constitución. Los autores invitan a los lectores a sumergirse en los luminosos caminos de la filosofía y la teoría política, intentando sembrar en el lector la semilla de la duda.

"They came for her husband. The trucks arrived with a crash, the occupants came down screaming, their grandchildren played in the street, both ran scared. It was seven thirty in the afternoon. They were followed by at least six men. Others stayed outside, on duty. In the rustic interior courtyard, María Ordóñez could only hug the little ones. The only room with a door inside the house was the one below. The invaders tore her down. But there was no one behind. They seized a laptop, a tablet, a camera, two cell phones: the reporter's work tools. He slept on the top floor. The fatigue of two...

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,...

La primera historia completa de la CIA. Durante los últimos sesenta años, la CIA ha conseguido mantener una excelente reputación a pesar de su terrible trayectoria, escondiendo sus errores en archivos de alto secreto. Ahora, Tim Weiner, ganador del Pulitzer por sus trabajos periodísticos sobre los servicios secretos estadounidenses, nos ofrece la historia definitiva de la CIA. A partir de más de cincuenta mil documentos y cientos de entrevistas, Legado de cenizas reconstruye la apasionante historia de la agencia secreta más famosa y temida del mundo, desde su creación tras la Segunda...