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Cities, Slums and Gender in the Global South
Developing regions are set to account for the vast majority of future urban growth, and women and girls will become the majority inhabitants of these locations in the Global South. This is one of the first books to detail the challenges facing poorer segments of the female population who commonly reside in ‘slums’. It explores the variegated disadvantages of urban poverty and slum-dwelling from a gender perspective. This book revolves around conceptualisation of the ‘gender-urban-slum interface’ which explains key elements to understanding women’s experiences in slum environments. It has a specific focus on the ways in which gender inequalities are can be entrenched but also allevi...
A History of Family Planning in Twentieth-century Peru
History of Family Planning in Twentieth-Century Peru
Latin America and the Caribbean
Through the twin themes of the environment and development, Brad D. Jokisch introduces students to the regions of Latin American and the Caribbean through a concise, comprehensive, and cohesive overview. Designed for courses in either geography or Latin American Studies, this text covers the physical geography, environmental hazards, and a concise history of the region, along with treatment of economic issues—including China’s role—urbanization, population trends, and international migration. Regional chapters on Brazil, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, the Andes, and the Southern Cone ensure that students understand the distinct areas of Latin America as well as the region a...
The Cabrito Path
Libro en inglés sobre el consumo del cabrito con recetas tradicionales y de autor. "La senda del cabrito se compone de textos relacionados con el cabrito en México, animal común en la Mixteca, el norte y el Bajío del país; en ellos se plasman vivencias del autor y de varios expertos (caprinocultores, historiadores, cronistas y chefs) que comparten de manera amena datos relevantes mediante relatos, entrevistas y reportajes. La sección de recetas se divide en 3 apartados: Platillos clásicos de la región noreste de México; Recetas de autor, creadas por reconocidos chefs mexicanos de talla internacional, y Preparaciones contemporáneas y novedosas creadas por Juan Ramón Cárdenas."
Global Monitoring Report 2013
Global Monitoring Report (GMR) 2013 provides an annual assessment of progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and addresses this year's theme of rural-urban dynamics and the MDGs.
The New Global Frontier
'This remarkable book convincingly challenges urban misconceptions about such issues as growth, poverty and the environment, and uses compelling evidencebased arguments to demonstrate why urbanization is the most important 21st century priority. Its ambitious, comprehensive scope ... ensures that it will become an indispensable classic for policymakers, practitioners and academics.'. Caroline Moser, Director, Global Urban Research Centre, Manchester University. 'Too many policymakers fear our urban future, seeing only slums and strife. With the help of this excellent and timely volume, they sh.
Brazil, 1964-1985
An insightful study of the political, economic, and social changes Brazil experienced during the twenty-year rule of its Cold War military regime. Cuba’s revolution in 1959 fueled powerful anti-Communist fears in the United States. As a result, in the years that followed, governments throughout Central and South America were toppled in U.S.-backed military coups, and by 1977 only three democratically elected leaders remained in all of Latin America. This perceptive study, coauthored by a revered historian and a prominent economist, examines how the military rulers of Brazil profoundly altered the nation’s economy, politics, and society during their two decades in power, and it explores the lasting impact of these changes after democracy was restored. Comparing and contrasting the history, programs, methods, and goals of Brazil’s Cold War–era authoritarian government with the military regimes of Peru, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, and Uruguay, authors Herbert Klein and Francisco Vidal Luna offer a fascinating, detailed analysis of the Brazilian experience from 1964 to 1985, one of the darkest, most difficult periods in Latin American history.
Modern Brazil
The first social history examining all aspects of Brazil's radical transition from a predominantly rural society to an urban one.
Searching for a Better Society
As in most of the rest of Latin America, Peruvian economic strategy has gone in something of a circle, from long-established orientation toward an open economy with minimal state intervention to a period of state-led development, then back again to what looks like the starting point. In the 1960s, the Peruvian people had their first real chance to make a democratic choice between continuation of the country's open-economy orientation or change, & they chose change. Using this as his starting point, Sheahan explains how their choice was not provoked by any economic crisis but by other major influences. The majority of Peruvians, he shows, were seeking objectives more fundamental than economic...
