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Este estudio se aparta de la visión convencional que considera que la garantía de los derechos humanos corresponde exclusivamente al Estado. Los autores plantean que toda la sociedad es garante de este ejercicio pleno de los derechos humanos y, específicamente, son los propios actores sociales quienes juegan un papel significativo en el ámbito local, ofreciendo los espacios sociales que sirven de base y expresión de una vida civilizada en la cual los conflictos se resuelven pacíficamente mediante principios basados en el respeto, la tolerancia y la igualdad entre los seres humanos.
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Due to the dramatic growth of the Latino population in America, in combination with the relative decline of the Anglo (non-Hispanic white) share, Latino Studies is increasingly at the forefront of political concern. With Latino Politics: Identity, Mobilization, and Representation, editors Rodolfo Espino, David L. Leal, and Kenneth J. Meier bring together essays from a number of leading scholars to address the ever-more important issues within the field. Providing an overview of issues surrounding Latino identity and political opinion--such as differences among Latino groups based on national origin, the importance of descriptive representation, and issues of competition and cooperation, part...
A collection of inter-disciplinary perspectives on conflicts in childhood from international scholars, ranging from adult representations of children in literature, law and education to those experienced in children’s everyday lives.
This primer for teachers (prospective and practicing) asks readers to question the historical present and their relation to it, and in so doing, to construct their own understandings of what it means to teach, to study, to become "educated" in the present moment. Curriculum theory is the scholarly effort – inspired by theory in the humanities, arts and interpretive social sciences – to understand the curriculum, defined here as "complicated conversation." Rather than the formulation of objectives to be evaluated by (especially standardized) tests, curriculum is communication informed by academic knowledge, and it is characterized by educational experience. Pinar recasts school reform as ...