Социология
5875 кн.
"Una contribución sumamente valiosa a la historia de la violencia social y el derecho español tanto en la metrópolis como en las colonias" Eric Vang Yong, Universidad de California, San Diego. "Este libro es excepcional en su cobertura de archivo así como en su profundidad historiográfica. Sus interpretaciones revisionistas de las investigaciones disponibles serán bien recibidas por la comunidad académica". Ann Twinam, Universidad de Texas, Austin. Para los Historiadores, los...
| Автор | Víctor M. Uribe Urán |
El libro Lo que decimos de ellos tiene por objetivo central analizar los discursos e imaginarios históricos —entendidos como el conjunto de creencias (mitos, símbolos, ideas, etcétera) de individuos y sociedades y cómo se transmiten en un momento determinado— que describen al Perú y Chile, a partir de la guerra del Pacífico (1879-1883), en la historiografía y los textos escolares peruanos. Una vez decodificados, es decir, descritos y contextualizados en los rasgos distintivos que remiten a...
| Автор | Daniel Parodi Revoredo |
Since 2000, approximately 440,000 Mexicans have migrated to the United States every year. Tens of thousands have left children behind in Mexico to do so. For these parents, migration is a sacrifice. What do parents expect to accomplish by dividing their families across borders? How do families manage when they are living apart? More importantly, do parents' relocations yield the intended results? Probing the experiences of migrant parents, children in Mexico, and their caregivers, Joanna...
| Автор | Joanna Dreby |
The political upheaval in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala had a devastating human toll at the end of the twentieth century. A quarter of a million people died during the period 1974-1996. Many of those who survived the wars chose temporary refuge in neighboring countries such as Honduras and Costa Rica. Others traveled far north, to Mexico, the United States, and Canada in search of safety. Over two million of those who fled Central America during this period settled in these three...
| Автор | Maria Cristina Garcia |
Planerische Entscheidungen auf kommunaler Ebene werden immer vielschichtiger. Ein Grund hierfür liegt darin, dass das Regelwerk komplexer geworden ist: umfangreiche rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen des Landes-, Bundes- und des EU-Rechts müssen berücksichtigt und eingehalten werden. Damit steigt nicht nur der Arbeitsaufwand von Planungsverfahren für die Verwaltung, sondern auch von außen sind die Abläufe der Verfahren nur noch schwer nachzuvollziehen. Dieser Band zeigt auf, wie es gelingen kann, die...
| Автор | Группа авторов |
A groundbreaking argument for the political rights of animals In When Animals Speak, Eva Meijer develops a new, ground-breaking theory of language and politics, arguing that non-human animals speak—and, most importantly, act—politically. From geese and squid to worms and dogs, she highlights the importance of listening to animal voices, introducing ways to help us bridge the divide between the human and non-human world. Drawing on insights from science, philosophy, and politics, Meijer provides...
| Автор | Eva Meijer |
After living in San Francisco for fifteen years, journalist Gordon Young found himself yearning for his Rust Belt hometown: Flint, Michigan, the birthplace of General Motors and the “star” of the Michael Moore documentary <I>Roger & Me.</I> Hoping to rediscover and help a place that had once boasted one of the world’s highest per capita income levels but had become one of the country's most impoverished and dangerous cities, he returned...
| Автор | Gordon Young |
This magnificently produced atlas provides a unique visual survey of the profound economic, political, and social changes taking place in China, as well as their implications for the world at large. <br /><br />China has the world's fastest-growing economy and is the second-largest trading nation. With its pro-entrepreneurial outlook and population of 1.3 billion, it offers unique opportunities for domestic and overseas investors. This dynamic volume provides an abundance of...
| Автор | Robert Benewick |
Herbert Marcuse, Erich Fromm, Max Horkheimer, Franz Neumann, Theodor Adorno, Leo Lowenthal—the impact of the Frankfurt School on the sociological, political, and cultural thought of the twentieth century has been profound. <i>The Dialectical Imagination</i> is a major history of this monumental cultural and intellectual enterprise during its early years in Germany and in the United States. Martin Jay has provided a substantial new preface for this edition, in which he reflects on the...
| Автор | Martin Jay |
Drawing on research from around the world, this atlas gives shape and meaning to statistics, making it an indispensable resource for understanding global inequalities and an inspiration for social and political action. Inequality underlies many of the challenges facing the world today, and <i>The Atlas of Global Inequalities</i> considers the issue in all its dimensions. Organized in thematic parts, it maps not only the global distribution of income and wealth, but also inequalities...
| Автор | Ben Crow |