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Energy Transitions in Latin America

This book comprehensively analyzes the challenges and opportunities associated with transitioning to sustainable energy systems in Latin America. Recognizing that energy transition goes beyond mere change…

Armando Barrientos

Social Protection in Latin America

This open access book offers a comprehensive analysis of social protection in Latin America, its origins, institutions, and outcomes. The chapters are organised in three groups. The earlier chapters discu…

Indigenous Political Representation in Latin America

This book presents a comparative analysis of the struggles of Latin American indigenous peoples for effective representation in national political systems in the region. Through a detailed exploration of …

Urban Wetlands in Latin America

This book is about the contribution of urban wetlands in livable cities. Urban wetlands are very valuable blue-green infrastructure spaces for human settlements, yet they are disappearing as a result of u…

Liniers

Night Stories: Folktales from Latin America

Three Latin American folktales include the story of La Yuna, a mermaid who lures men to her underwater domain, the tale of La Lechuza, an enormous owl with the face of a woman, and two gauchos' encounter …

Liniers

Night Stories: Folktales from Latin America

Three Latin American folktales include the story of La Yuna, a mermaid who lures men to her underwater domain, the tale of La Lechuza, an enormous owl with the face of a woman, and two gauchos' encounter …

Gustavo Palamone

Presidential Impeachment in Latin America

This book pursues a comparative and interdisciplinary approach to assess presidential impeachments in Latin America. Mixing methodologies from legal studies and political science, it provides a novel and …

Francisco Valdés-Ugalde

Democracy in Latin America

Between 1978 and 2006, most Latin American countries joined the "third wave of democracy". However, as elected governments were set in place all over the region, authoritarian actors often manag…

Lean Manufacturing in Latin America

This book reports theoretical and practical aspects related to the application of lean manufacturing tools in companies established in Latin America. The book is divided into sections according to the too…

Analysis and PDE in Latin America

This book presents the extended abstracts of the 2022 International Conference: Multidisciplinary Aspects in Mathematics and its applications (ICMAM) Latin America conference. The book presents the curren…

The Gibson Brothers

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Gisela Heffes,

Visualizing Loss in Latin America

Visualizing Loss in Latin America engages with a varied corpus of textual, visual, and cultural material with specific intersections with the natural world, arguing that Latin American literary and cultur…

Roberto Dominguez

EU Foreign Policy Towards Latin America

The second edition of EU Foreign Policy Toward Latin America systematically examines the main aspects of the EU-Latin America relationship. The chapters provide an in-depth analysis of the long-term trend…

Guillaume Fontaine, Carlos Rodrigues de Caires, Taymi Milán, Alejandro Hernández-Luis

Tackling Corruption in Latin America

This book examines anti-corruption policies in Latin America. It compares best practices in public procurement and state budgets in order to provide new insights into policy design for governments, civil …

Julie Massal

Emotions and Protests in Latin America

The book examines the role of emotions in protest. This allows us to understand how and why a protest or a social actor emerges and persists, despite various obstacles, including strong repression. It thu…

Global Value Chains in Latin America

¿This book examines the governance and institutional dimensions of the global value chain (GVC) and the barriers of local firms to participate in chains. Focusing on Latin America, this collection analyze…

Pablo Mejia-Reyes, Patricio Aroca

Regional Business Cycles in Latin America

This book analyzes regional business cycles in Latin America. The authors explain the nature of regional business cycles and discuss different sources of regional economic fluctuations such as technology …

Latin America and the Global Cold War

"Latin America and the Global Cold War analyzes more than a dozen of Latin America's forgotten encounters with Africa, Asia, and the Communist world, and by placing the region in meaningful dialogue …

Media Capture in Africa and Latin America

How can current debates on ¿media capture¿ be understood within the contexts of Africa and Latin America? This edited collection provides a nuanced exploration of media capture¿a critical yet contested co…