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The Construction of Muslim Identities in Contemporary Brazil
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 184

The Construction of Muslim Identities in Contemporary Brazil

This book represents a contribution to the studies of Muslim minorities, and can be compared and contrasted to the analysis of Islam in Europe and in the USA. Besides presenting data about the largest Muslim community in Latin America, an area of the globe that is still ignored by those who study the “Muslim diaspora”, this book contributes to the understanding of religious dynamics in minority contexts, as well as issues involving integration of immigrants.

Becoming Maya
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 273

Becoming Maya

In Mexico's Yucatán peninsula, it is commonly held that the population consists of two ethnic communities: Maya Indians and descendants of Spanish conquerors. As a result, the history of the region is usually seen in terms of conflict between conquerors and conquered that too often ignores the complexity of interaction between these groups and the complex nature of identity within them. Yet despite this prevailing view, most speakers of the Yucatec Maya language reject being considered Indian and refuse to identify themselves as Maya. Wolfgang Gabbert maintains that this situation can be understood only by examining the sweeping procession of history in the region. In Becoming Maya, he has ...

Report of the Twenty-Third Regular Meeting of the Executive Committee 2003
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 152

Report of the Twenty-Third Regular Meeting of the Executive Committee 2003

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: Unknown
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  • Publisher: IICA

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Greening NAFTA
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 348

Greening NAFTA

A portrait of the CEC notes its establishment as the first international organization created to address "trade and the environment" issues, discussing such topics as the unprecedented resources and opportunities available within North America and what the agency can teach mainstream society about environmental protection and economic integration. (Politics & Government)

A Selected Guide to the Literature of the Flowering Plants of Mexico
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1020

A Selected Guide to the Literature of the Flowering Plants of Mexico

This bibliography is a guide to the literature on Mexican flowering plants, beginning with the days of the discovery and conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards in the early sixteenth century.

Interlingual Communication and Pragmatic Alterations in Legal Discourse
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 348
Doing Business 2015
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 331

Doing Business 2015

Twelfth in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 189 economies, Doing Business 2015 measures regulations affecting 10 areas of everyday business activity: Starting a business Dealing with construction permits Getting electricity Registering property Getting credit Protecting minority investors Paying taxes Trading across borders Enforcing contracts Resolving insolvency Labor market regulations This year's report will present data for a second city for the 11 economies with more than 100 million inhabitants. These are Bangladesh, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Russian Federation, and the United States. Three of the 10 topics covere...

Doing Business 2018
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1217

Doing Business 2018

Fifteen in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 190 economies, Doing Business 2018 measures aspects of regulation affecting 10 areas of everyday business activity: • Starting a business • Dealing with construction permits • Getting electricity • Registering property • Getting credit • Protecting minority investors • Paying taxes • Trading across borders • Enforcing contracts • Resolving insolvency These areas are included in the distance to frontier score and ease of doing business ranking. Doing Business also measures features of labor market regulation, which is not included in these two measures. The report updates all indicators as of June 1, 20...

North America at the Crossroads
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 582

North America at the Crossroads

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Doing Business 2014
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 314

Doing Business 2014

Eleventh in a series of annual reports comparing business regulations in 189 economies, Doing Business 2014 measures regulations affecting 11 areas of everyday business activity around the world.