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The Politics of Clientelism
"In Latin America the state is the prime regulator, coordinator, and pace-setter of the entire national system, the apex of the pyramid from which patronage, wealth, power, and programs flow. The state bears responsibility for the realization of civic needs, providing goods and services to each citizen. Doing so requires the exercise and maintenance of social and political control. It is John Martz's contention that clientelism underlines the fundamental character of Latin American social and political life. As the modernizing bureaucratic state has developed in Latin America, there has been a concurrent shifting away from clientelistic relationships. Yet in one form or another, political cl...
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the UNCOMMON MAN
The UNCOMMON MAN, shares the author’s life in the Philippines, for his wife, children and grandchildren to cherish. The book is written in the format of an Autobiography. The contents are based purely on memories and recollections of the author and any discrepancies or variations from actual facts are purely incidental and not intentional."
Life and Death in the Andes
"Kim MacQuarrie tells ... stories of South America's history, from Butch Cassidy to Che Guevara to cocaine king Pablo Escobar to the last survivor of an Indian tribe, all ... set in the Andes Mountains"--
The Life and Crimes of Pablo Escobar
As leader of one of the world’s most notorious and powerful drug organizations, Pablo Escobar made billions of dollars in the drug trade and murdered thousands of people. He had his own fleet of airplanes, multiple mansions, and even a private zoo, not to mention his own army of criminals. While at the helm of the Medellin Cartel, this Colombian drug lord was responsible for smuggling in 80% of the cocaine that entered the United States of America. In 1990, his net worth was estimated at US $30 billion. Imagine what his net worth would be in 2010 dollars! How did Escobar become one of the most powerful Colombian drug lords? Let’s find out by exploring his life of crime in this book.
"We Are Now the True Spaniards"
This book is a radical reinterpretation of the process that led to Mexican independence in 1821—one that emphasizes Mexico's continuity with Spanish political culture. During its final decades under Spanish rule, New Spain was the most populous, richest, and most developed part of the worldwide Spanish Monarchy, and most novohispanos (people of New Spain) believed that their religious, social, economic, and political ties to the Monarchy made union preferable to separation. Neither the American nor the French Revolution convinced the novohispanos to sever ties with the Spanish Monarchy; nor did the Hidalgo Revolt of September 1810 and subsequent insurgencies cause Mexican independence. It was Napoleon's invasion of Spain in 1808 that led to the Hispanic Constitution of 1812. When the government in Spain rejected those new constituted arrangements, Mexico declared independence. The Mexican Constitution of 1824 affirms both the new state's independence and its continuance of Spanish political culture.
Terrorism in Perspective
Introduction -- What is terrorism? -- History of terrorism -- International terrorism -- Terrorist tactics around the globe -- Homegrown terrorism in the united states -- Media coverage of terrorism -- Women terrorists -- Technology and terrorism -- Counterterrorism.
A Tale of Three Thirsty Cities
In A Tale of Three Thirsty Cities: The Innovative Water Supply Systems of Toledo, London and Paris in the Second Half of the Sixteenth Century, Chaim Shulman presents an analysis of three projects of urban water supply systems carried out between 1560s–1610s. The technical and economic differences between these projects resulted from external conditions not directly related to the water supply problem. Although the same basic technology was apparently available at the time in all cases, the geographical, engineering, entrepreneurial and cultural nature of each region differed. The inhabitants’ wellbeing improvement achieved varied accordingly. Much broader insights are drawn on the policies of the three monarchies regarding the initiative of and support for grand scale public works in general.
