The Latin American Challenge

Author : John E. Spillan,Nicholas Virzi,Mauricio Garita
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136195747

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Doing Business In Latin America by John E. Spillan,Nicholas Virzi,Mauricio Garita Pdf

Success in today's globalized business environment requires deep knowledge of varied areas, and the willingness to engage in commerce not just across geographic areas, but cross-culturally and environmentally as well. Doing Business in Latin America offers an in-depth look at a complex region, integrating practitioners’ and scholars’ ideas to examine business conducted in Latin America through the lens of international business and globalization. The book introduces, discusses, and explains in detail the historical, economic, cultural, political, and technological impacts of globalization and business conduct in Latin American countries. It also considers the contemporary business environment of the area, looking at how current country and regional factors have affected the process of starting and operating businesses. Finally, it looks forward to the emerging trends that portend the future of business in these countries. With its combination of contemporary analysis and historical discussion, this book is a vital tool to all scholars and practitioners with an interest in the opportunities offered by the current Latin American business environment.

Author : Bernardo Sorj,Danilo Martuccelli
Publisher : SciELO - Centro Edelstein
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9788579820816

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The Latin American challenge by Bernardo Sorj,Danilo Martuccelli Pdf

Based on the work of twenty renowned experts from the region, this ground-breaking book traces the new face of Latin America using clear, straightfoward language that is accessible to a general audience. The current panorama in the region creates new opportunities and dangers for social cohesion in democracy and a revitalized critical approach is needed to arrive at a global interpretation of the social dynamics in Latin America.

Author : E. Ellis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137439772

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China on the Ground in Latin America by E. Ellis Pdf

An analysis of the new physical presence of Chinese companies operating in Latin America and the Caribbean, the associated challenges that they face, and how they are impacting the region and its relationship with the PRC.

Author : Liliana Lyra Jubilut,Marcia Vera Espinoza,Gabriela Mezzanotti
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781800731158

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Latin America and Refugee Protection by Liliana Lyra Jubilut,Marcia Vera Espinoza,Gabriela Mezzanotti Pdf

Looking at refugee protection in Latin America, this landmark edited collection assesses what the region has achieved in recent years. It analyses Latin America’s main documents in refugee protection, evaluates the particular aspects of different regimes, and reviews their emergence, development and effect, to develop understanding of refugee protection in the region. Drawing from multidisciplinary texts from both leading academics and practitioners, this comprehensive, innovative and highly topical book adopts an analytical framework to understand and improve Latin America’s protection of refugees.

Author : Prof Dr Barbara Fritz,Professor Lena Lavinas
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781472446725

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A Moment of Equality for Latin America? by Prof Dr Barbara Fritz,Professor Lena Lavinas Pdf

Focusing on the limits and challenges of redistributive policies in Latin America, this volume synthesizes and updates the discussion of inequality in the region, introducing the perspective of global and transnational interdependencies. The book explores the extent to which redistributive policies have been interlinked with the provision and quality of public goods as well as with structural changes of the productive sector. Inspired by structuralist and neostructuralist thinking of Latin American economists, authors question the redistributive impact of the interplay of recent macroeconomic, fiscal and social policies, particularly under left and center-left administrations committed to greater equality.

Author : Michelle Fernandez,Carlos Machado
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030776022

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COVID-19's political challenges in Latin America by Michelle Fernandez,Carlos Machado Pdf

This book analyzes how COVID-19 impacted politics and how politics shaped the response to the pandemic in Latin America, the region which has become the epicenter of the global health crisis started in China. The volume brings together studies carried out in eight countries of the region – Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua and Uruguay – and show how the impacts and outcomes varied a lot across the region depending on the political processes under way in each country in the years preceding the pandemic and on the political responses adopted by each government to deal with the health crisis. The volume is divided into four parts, each one dedicated to a specific dimension of the relation between politics and COVID-19 in Latin America. The first part is dedicated to denialism, and presents three case studies of governments that denied the importance of the health crisis: Brazil, Mexico and Nicaragua. The second part takes Uruguay and Colombia as two opposite examples of successful and failed state action against COVID-19. The third part analyzes how social movements faced the pandemic in Brazil and Chile. Finally, the fourth part analyzes how public opinion reacted to political responses to COVID-19 in four countries: Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador and Mexico. COVID-19's Political Challenges in Latin America will be a valuable resource for political scientists, sociologists and other social scientists interested in understanding how the pandemic affected politics and how politics affected the fight against the biggest health crisis faced by humanity in the last hundred years.

Author : Luisa E. Delgado,Víctor H. Marín
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030284527

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Social-ecological Systems of Latin America: Complexities and Challenges by Luisa E. Delgado,Víctor H. Marín Pdf

Human societies are influencing nature in such a way that their independent analysis is no longer suitable. Fortunately, social-ecological systems provide a conceptual framework for the interconnected analysis of societies and ecosystems. However, in the case of Latin America, the complexity of social-ecological processes undermined a much-needed compilation of theoretical concepts, methods and case studies. Increasing readers’ understanding of such systems using a postnormal approach, the book discusses current concepts and methods with examples of studies from eight countries. It is a useful resource for social actors, government decision makers and scholars.

Author : Ismael Aguilar-Barajas,Jürgen Mahlknecht,Jonathan Kaledin,Marianne Kjellén,Abel Mejía-Betancourt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781317906889

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Water and Cities in Latin America by Ismael Aguilar-Barajas,Jürgen Mahlknecht,Jonathan Kaledin,Marianne Kjellén,Abel Mejía-Betancourt Pdf

Approximately 80 per cent of the population of Latin America is concentrated in urban centres. Pressure on water resources and water management in cities therefore provide major challenges. Despite the importance of the issues, there has been little systematic coverage of the topic in book form. This work fills a gap in the literature by providing both thematic overviews and case study chapters. It reviews key aspects of why water matters in cities and presents case studies on topics such as groundwater management, green growth and water services, inequalities in water supply, the financing of water services and flood management. Detailed examples are described from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru, and there is also a chapter comparing lessons which might be learnt from US cities. Contributing authors are drawn from both within and outside the region, including from the Inter-American Development Bank, OECD and World Bank to set the issues in a global context.

Author : Steven Levitsky,James Loxton,Brandon Van Dyck,Jorge I. Domínguez
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 573 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107145948

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Challenges of Party-Building in Latin America by Steven Levitsky,James Loxton,Brandon Van Dyck,Jorge I. Domínguez Pdf

This book presents a new and conflict-centered theory of successful party-building, drawing on diverse cases from across Latin America.

Author : Noemi Levy,Jorge Bustamante
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429874413

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Financialisation in Latin America by Noemi Levy,Jorge Bustamante Pdf

Financial capital continues to dominate Western economic organisations, despite major financial and economic crises. While these have not affected Latin American countries in the same way, other economic problems emerged after the reversion of loose monetary policies that debilitated the export-led growth model. This book discusses the issue of the financialised globalisation model in Latin America, looking at the region’s relationship with the international market. This edited collection is divided into three main sections. The first section discusses regional trends highlighting issues of trade and payments in financialised economies, the impact on deindustrialisation, its effect on inequality, external capital movements and monetary policies. The second section analyses the failure of comparative advantages of the export-led model in Colombia, Argentina and Mexico. Finally, the last section deals with the growth of financial balance sheets in small and developing economies such as Chile; how growth, investment and big corporation evolution were affected in Brazil and Mexico; and the effects of foreign exchange activity in Mexico. Through these discussions, this book aims to deepen the understanding of the crisis of financialisation and the export-led model, raising the question of whether it is possible for this model to continue or if it requires major readjustments to unfold economic growth. This book provides a distinctive analysis of the financialisation mechanisms in developing countries in order to emphasise affinities and differences between the countries of the region in productive and financial terms. It will be of great interest to economic and social science scholars and students, to journalists specialising on economic and development issues, and, more importantly, to policy makers.

Author : Daniel Lederman,Marcelo Olarreaga,Guillermo E. Perry
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2008-10-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0821373099

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China's and India's Challenge to Latin America by Daniel Lederman,Marcelo Olarreaga,Guillermo E. Perry Pdf

The economic successes of China and India are viewed with admiration but also with concern because of the effects that the growth of these Asian economies may have on the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region. The evidence in 'China's and India's Challenge to Latin America' indicates that certain manufacturing and service industries in some countries have been negatively affected by Chinese and Indian competition in third markets and that LAC imports from China and India have been associated with modest unemployment and adjustment costs in manufacturing industries. The book also provides substantial evidence of positive aggregate effects for LAC economies associated with China's and India's greater presence in world exports, financial flows, and innovation. Chinese and Indian growth is creating new production possibilities for LAC economies, particularly in sectors that rely on natural resources and scientific knowledge.

Author : Barry Carr,John Minns
Publisher : ANU Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781925021240

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Australia and Latin America by Barry Carr,John Minns Pdf

This is a good time to reflect on opportunities and challenges for Australia in Latin America. Impressive economic growth and opportunities for trade and investment have made Latin America a dynamic area for Australia and the Asia Pacific region. A growing Latin American population, Australia’s attractiveness to Latin American students, a fascination with the cultural vibrancy of the Americas and an awareness of Latin America’s increasingly independent stance in politics and economic diplomacy, have all contributed to raising the region’s profile. This collection of essays provides the first substantial introduction to Australia’s evolving engagement with Latin America, identifying current trends and opportunities, and making suggestions about how relationships in trade, investment, foreign aid, education, culture and the media could be strengthened.

Author : Bernardo Sorj,Danilo Martuccelli
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008*
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 859958832X

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The Latin American challenge by Bernardo Sorj,Danilo Martuccelli Pdf

Author : Yanilda María González
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108830393

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Authoritarian Police in Democracy by Yanilda María González Pdf

Explains the persistence of violent, unaccountable policing in democratic contexts.

Author : Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies
Publisher : Kellogg Institute Democracy an
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 0268022135

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Criminality, Public Security, and the Challenge to Democracy in Latin America by Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies Pdf

The contributors to this book offer a collective assessment of some of the causes for the alarming rise in criminal activity in Latin America as new democratic regimes have taken root.