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Desde el análisis cualitativo, mediante entrevistas a profundidad a trabajadores, sindicalistas, profesionales, empresarios y actores claves de la industria azucarera, esta obra analiza los cambios en los tipos de contratación de los corteros, avaladas por iniciativas legales, que han incidido en la precarización, la tercerización laboral y la fragmentación del colectivo de trabajadores. La adhesión al Pacto Global y la posterior publicación de informes anuales de sostenibilidad basados en los principios del GRI, marcaron una nueva forma de relación entre los trabajadores y la patronal. Esto implicó, además, la revisión de antiguas ayudas sociales personalizadas y arbitrarias, man...
Esta obra presenta el trabajo de investigación realizado durante cinco años por el equipo interdisciplinario del Observatorio de Restitución y Regulación de Derechos de Propiedad Agraria, el cual está conformado por unidades académicas de las universidades Nacional, Rosario, Norte, Sergio Arboleda y Sinú. Esta iniciativa financiada por Colciencias incluyó dentro de su agenda de investigación un seguimiento a la implementación de la política desde distintos enfoques metodológicos y disciplinarios. Los equipos de investigación recolectaron información en distintas zonas del país, principalmente en el Caribe colombiano, mediante entrevistas a víctimas del conflicto armado, empresarios, políticos, funcionarios públicos, jueces y magistrados de restitución de tierras e hicieron un seguimiento a las sentencias de restitución de tierras. Así mismo, con el fin de recoger un cuerpo sólido de evidencia, participaron también en intervenciones en instancias como la Corte Constitucional, para así presentar las sólidas conclusiones que se recogen en este libro.
This book develops a new theory of territorialism and international legal status of territories. It (i) defines the concept of territory, explaining how territories are created; (ii) redefines the concept of statehood, illustrating that statehood (rather than the statehood criteria) is territorial legal status established in the formal sources of international law; and (iii) grounds non-state territorial entities in the sources of international law to explain their international legal status. This fresh new theoretical perspective has both scholarly and practical importance, providing a tool helping decision-makers and judges in the practical application of international law both internationally and domestically.
Should the idea of economic man—the amoral and self-interested Homo economicus—determine how we expect people to respond to monetary rewards, punishments, and other incentives? Samuel Bowles answers with a resounding “no.” Policies that follow from this paradigm, he shows, may “crowd out” ethical and generous motives and thus backfire. But incentives per se are not really the culprit. Bowles shows that crowding out occurs when the message conveyed by fines and rewards is that self-interest is expected, that the employer thinks the workforce is lazy, or that the citizen cannot otherwise be trusted to contribute to the public good. Using historical and recent case studies as well as behavioral experiments, Bowles shows how well-designed incentives can crowd in the civic motives on which good governance depends.
Set in the wake of Hurricane Maria, Xavier Navarro Aquino's unforgettable debut novel follows a remarkable group of survivors searching for hope on an island torn apart by both natural disaster and human violence. Camila is haunted by the death of her sister, Marisol, who was caught by a mudslide during the huracán. Unable to part with Marisol, Camila carries her through town, past the churchyard, and, eventually, to the supposed utopia of Memoria. Urayoán, the idealistic, yet troubled cult leader of Memoria, has a vision for this new society, one that in his eyes is peaceful and democratic. The paradise he preaches lures in the young, including Bayfish, a boy on the cusp of manhood, and Morivivi, a woman whose outward toughness belies an inner tenderness for her friends. But as the different members of Memoria navigate Urayoán's fiery rise, they will need to confront his violent authoritarian impulses in order to find a way to reclaim their home. Velorio--meaning "wake"--is a story of strength, resilience, and hope; a tale of peril and possibility buoyed by the deeply held belief in a people's ability to unite against those corrupted by power.
Socio-legal researchers increasingly recognise the need to employ a wide variety of methods in studying law and legal phenomena, and the need to be informed by an understanding of debates about theory and method in mainstream social science. The papers in this volume illustrate how a range of topics, including EU law, ombudsmen, judges, lawyers, Shariah Councils and the quality assurance industry can be researched from a socio-legal perspective. The objective of the collection is to show how different methods can be used in researching law and legal phenomena, how methodological issues and debates in sociology are relevant to the study of law, and the importance of the debate between "struct...
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COMPARATIVE URBANISM ‘Comparative Urbanism fully transforms the scope and purpose of urban studies today, distilling innovative conceptual and methodological tools. The theoretical and empirical scope is astounding, enlightening, emboldening. Robinson peels away conceptual labels that have anointed some cities as paradigmatic and left others as mere copies. She recalibrates overly used theoretical perspectives, resurrects forgotten ones long in need of a dusting off, and brings to the fore those often marginalised. Robinson’s approach radically re-distributes who speaks for the urban, and which urban conditions shape our theoretical understandings. With Comparative Urbanism in our hands,...