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Democracy in Practice
In spite of the expanding role of public participation in environmental decisionmaking, there has been little systematic examination of whether it has, to date, contributed toward better environmental management. Neither have there been extensive empirical studies to examine how participation processes can be made more effective. Democracy in Practice brings together, for the first time, the collected experience of 30 years of public involvement in environmental decisionmaking. Using data from 239 cases, the authors evaluate the success of public participation and the contextual and procedural factors that lead to it. Thomas Beierle and Jerry Cayford demonstrate that public participation has...
Retos del Estado constitucional: transparencia y combate a la corrupción.
Entre los nuevos problemas que enfrenta el Estado constitucional de derecho destaca la corrupción. Este mal ha lacerado las democracias contemporáneas, ya que su impacto negativo no se circunscribe al ámbito económico, sino que afecta el funcionamiento del Estado, debilita la legitimidad institucional y reduce la calidad de vida de todos. Es un fenómeno que se extiende en todas latitudes y se encuentra lejos de ser exclusivo de los países cuyas democracias no se han consolidado o de aquellos en los que ni siquiera se visibiliza. Así, es fundamental fortalecer el combate a la corrupción, siendo necesario para la garantía de los derechos humanos y el afianzamiento de las democracias. Por ello, es un tema de actualidad cuyo análisis requiere de todos los sectores, a fin de ofrecer respuestas que abonen a los logros alcanzados. Con esa intención surge la idea de publicar el presente libro, como espacio plural e interdisciplinario que acoge las voces de personas expertas y especialistas, quienes desde una visión crítica nutren el debate en la materia y ofrecen propuestas que abonen al debate.
Monuments, Empires, and Resistance
From AD 1550 to 1850, the Araucanian polity in southern Chile was a center of political resistance to the intruding Spanish empire. In this book, Tom D. Dillehay examines the resistance strategies of the Araucanians and how they used mound building and other sacred monuments to reorganize their political and culture life in order to unite against the Spanish. Drawing on anthropological research conducted over three decades, Dillehay focuses on the development of leadership, shamanism, ritual, and power relations. His study combines developments in social theory with the archaeological, ethnographic, and historical records. Both theoretically and empirically informed, this book is a fascinating account of the only indigenous ethnic group to successfully resist outsiders for more than three centuries and to flourish under these conditions.
Dilemas ambientais-urbanos em duas metrópoles latino americanas
Esta obra contribui para refletir sobre as intempéries naturais e os impactos ambientais ocasionados pela ação humana sobre duas grandes cidades mundiais, São Paulo e Cidade do México. Apresenta análises sobre diferentes aspectos que se tornaram grandes dilemas ambientais-urbanos em cidades que cresceram, mas que não foram estruturadas para receber a quantidade de pessoas que ali habitam ou que por ali passam todos os dias e todo o fluxo decorrente delas. Por meio dos estudos é possível perceber que a trajetória de ambas as cidades a partir da segunda metade do século XX, se aproximam quanto aos problemas e a complexidade, bem como à emergência da questão ambiental como uma dimensão transversal e urgente.
Trübner's American and Oriental Literary Record
A monthly register of the most important works published in North and South America, in India, China, and the British colonies: with occasional notes on German, Dutch, Danish, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian books.
Mexican Political Biographies, 1935-2009
"Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies."
Introduction To Control Of Oscillations And Chaos
This book gives an exposition of the exciting field of control of oscillatory and chaotic systems, which has numerous potential applications in mechanics, laser and chemical technologies, communications, biology and medicine, economics, ecology, etc.A novelty of the book is its systematic application of modern nonlinear and adaptive control theory to the new class of problems. The proposed control design methods are based on the concepts of Lyapunov functions, Poincare maps, speed-gradient and gradient algorithms. The conditions which ensure such control goals as an excitation or suppression of oscillations, synchronization and transformation from chaotic mode to the periodic one or vice ver...
Open Government
In a world where web services can make real-time data accessible to anyone, how can the government leverage this openness to improve its operations and increase citizen participation and awareness? Through a collection of essays and case studies, leading visionaries and practitioners both inside and outside of government share their ideas on how to achieve and direct this emerging world of online collaboration, transparency, and participation. Contributions and topics include: Beth Simone Noveck, U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer for open government, "The Single Point of Failure" Jerry Brito, senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, "All Your Data Are Belo...
