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En las sociedades contemporáneas, las formas de comunicación, socialización e información cambian constantemente e influyen en los procesos de construcción social de la realidad. Los medios de comunicación, las redes sociales y los procesos de difusión masiva imponen concepciones sobre el bien y el mal, la seguridad, la ética, el delito y el delincuente, y además transforman la relación entre la criminología, la justicia y la política criminal; de este modo, generan procesos de control y reacción social mediados por los usuarios de estas fuentes, que tienen consecuencias reales sobre la comprensión de la cuestión criminal. Esta obra desarrolla los problemas derivados de esa co...
El fenómeno de la corrupción adquiere cada vez mayor relevancia en las políticas transnacionales de lucha contra el delito. Para abordarlo, no es suficiente conocer los conceptos, las categorías dogmáticas y los delitos sobre el particular; antes bien, es necesario reconocerlo como un fenómeno complejo, multidimensional y en permanente transformación. La corrupción hoy en día forma parte del complejo fenómeno criminal vinculado a las redes trasnacionales de criminalidad, pues son los delincuentes de cuello blanco los que conforman el capital social de esas organizaciones criminales. Entre políticos, partidos políticos, empresarios, comerciantes, banqueros, funcionarios públicos,...
This book is a collection of studies of drug policies in several Latin American countries. The chapters analyze the specific histories of drug policies in each country, as well as related phenomena and case studies throughout the region. It presents conceptual reflections on the origins of prohibition and the “War on Drugs,” including the topic of human rights and cognitive freedom. Further, the collection reflects on the pioneering role of some Latin American countries in changing paradigms of international drug policy. Each case study provides an analysis of where each state is now in terms of policy reform within the context of its history and current socio-political circumstances. Concurrently, local movements, initiatives, and backlash against the reformist debate within the hemisphere are examined. The recent changes regarding the regulation of marijuana in the United States and their possible impact on Latin America are also addressed. This work is an important, up-to-date and well-researched reference for all who are interested in drug policy from a Latin American perspective.
Myles Abbott was a hustler by nature. His reputation as an astute dealer superseded him. However, he'd give it all up to have and to hold the woman his heart belonged to. If only he didn't hesitate. Reluctantly accepting her departure, he dove deeper into the same street life he was ready to leave behind. Putting up a wall around his heart, he determined love would never get him again.Everleigh Noble was torn apart when she was forced to decide the safety of her family would triumph over her lover's heart. Over time, burying the agony of her choice, she finds a way to prosper. She almost has it all; a dream career and a rich, handsome fiancé. Still, something's not right. Below the surface is where her true heart beats. Years later, tragedy strikes, bringing Myles and Everleigh together. The past refuses to be left behind. Yet, when secrets are revealed, and old wounds resurface, some things will live while others will need to die. Will their love be amongst what survives?
• The perfect time for a reissue: In October 2009, PBS will air a ninety-minute primetime special on Joan Baez as part of the Emmy Award-winning American Masters series. Told often from Baez’s perspective, but supported by a rich performance and historical archive, the documentary centers on her career as a musician, power as an artist, those who influenced her, and those she championed. She will also be on a 27-city U.S. tour starting July 2009.. • A musical force and a catalyst for social change: At the age of eighteen Baez was an international star with a Time magazine cover story; fifty years later she has thirty-three albums to her credit. She also marched alongside Martin Luther King, Jr., was jailed for supporting the draft resistance, and sang in the first Amnesty International tour. An extraordinary woman who has led an eventful life, Baez’s memoir is as honest, unpretentious, and courageous as she is. .
The ancient Celtic repertoire offers the fingerstyle guitarist a tantalizingly wide range of moods and emotions from sad laments to lyrical ballads to vibrant dance rhythms. This collection presents a vast array of fingerpicking guitar solos settings on timeless airs, hornpipes, reels, planxties, set dances, jigs, slip jigs, marches, songs and compositions by the renowned 17th century blind Irish bard, Turlough O'Carolan. the solos are in varied guitar tunings and are presented in notation and tablature. Performance notes and suggested listening guides are also included. 27 songs from this book are on the CD.
Alphabetically arranged biographies of 132 musicians.
Today's moviegoers and critics generally consider some Hollywood products--even some blockbusters--to be legitimate works of art. But during the first half century of motion pictures very few Americans would have thought to call an American movie "art." Up through the 1950s, American movies were regarded as a form of popular, even lower-class, entertainment. By the 1960s and 1970s, however, viewers were regularly judging Hollywood films by artistic criteria previously applied only to high art forms. In Hollywood Highbrow, Shyon Baumann for the first time tells how social and cultural forces radically changed the public's perceptions of American movies just as those forces were radically chan...