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Social Sciences
"The one source that sets reference collections on Latin American studies apart from all other geographic areas of the world.... The Handbook has provided scholars interested in Latin America with a bibliographical source of a quality unavailable to scholars in most other branches of area studies." —Latin American Research Review Beginning with volume 41 (1979), the University of Texas Press became the publisher of the Handbook of Latin American Studies, the most comprehensive annual bibliography in the field. Compiled by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress and annotated by a corps of more than 130 specialists in various disciplines, the Handbook alternates from year to year b...
The Friendly Liquidation of the Past
Constitutional reform has been one of the most significant aspects of democratization in late twentieth-century Latin America. In The Friendly Liquidation of the Past -- one of the first texts to examine this issue comprehensively -- Van Cott focuses on the efforts of Bolivia and Colombia to incorporate ethnic rights into their fragile democracies. On the basis of interviews with more than 100 participants in the reforms, Van Cott demonstrates how goals promoted by social movements -- recognizing ethnic diversity, expanding political participation and improving representation, and creating spheres of cultural and territorial autonomy -- were placed on the constitutional reform agenda in the ...
Drugs, Society, and Behavior
The articles contained in [this book] are a collection of facts, issues, and perspectives designed to provide the reader with a framework for examining current drug-related issues.--Preface.
Derecho constitucional general
CONTENIDO: El estado como encuadramiento moderno del poder - El constitucionalismo moderno - El origen constitucional - El estado de derecho - La constitución y el estado de derecho - La participación de los gobernados en el ejercicio del poder - La constitución y la representación.
Criminología
Introducción; El ámbito de la criminología; La criminología en el mundo; La criminología en Colombia; La divergencia; Divergencia, desviación y criminalidad; Dilemas centrales de la criminología; Comprensión de la conducta divergente; Énfasis médico-Biológico; Énfasis psicologíco; Énfasis sociológico; Énfasis antropológico cultural; Énfasis político - económico; Reacción social ante la desviación; El ámbito de la reacción social; Reacción social institucional; Reacción social informal; Prevención de la desviación; El ideal de una reacción social humanística.
Handbook of Latin American Studies
Contains scholarly evaluations of books and book chapters as well as conference papers and articles published worldwide in the field of Latin American studies. Covers social sciences and the humanities in alternate years.
