Prosecutorial Accountability and Victims' Rights in Latin America (Michel Vernica)(Pevná vazba)

Prosecutorial Accountability and Victims' Rights in Latin America (Michel Vernica)(Pevná vazba)

The responsibility of any state is to protect its citizens. But if a state, either through omission or commission, fails to investigate and prosecute crime then what remedies do citizens have? Veronica Michel investigates procedural rights in Chile, Guatemala, and Mexico that allow citizens to call

Media Systems and Communication Policies in Latin America (Guerrero M.)(Pevná vazba)

Media Systems and Communication Policies in Latin America proposes, tests and analyses the liberal captured model. It explores to what extent to which globalisation, marketization, commercialism, regional bodies and the nation State redefine the media's role in Latin American

Women in Colonial Latin America, 1526 to 1806 - Texts and Contexts(Pevná vazba)

Accountability Across Borders: Migrant Rights in North America (Bada Xchitl)(Paperback)

Collecting the diverse perspectives of scholars, labor organizers, and human-rights advocates, Accountability across Borders is the first edited collection that connects studies of immigrant integration in host countries to accounts of transnational migrant advocacy efforts, including case studies

Performance Constellations: Networks of Protest and Activism in Latin America (Fuentes Marcela A.)(Pevná vazba)

Latin America and the Global Cold War (Field Thomas C.)(Pevná vazba)

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 with the wider Global South, this volume produces the first truly global history of contemporary

British Combat Aircraft in Latin America (Rivas Santiago)(Pevná vazba)

This book covers the story of all the British military aircraft that served in Latin America since 1940. Though the presence of British combat types is now almost gone from the skies over Latin America, its legacy will last for a long time. After World War II, Britain was happy to sell the most

Handbook of Climate Change and Biodiversity (Leal Filho Walter)(Pevná vazba)

Water Management and Climate Change in the Focus of International Master Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean.- Mangrove Conservation Policies in the Gulf of Guayaquil.- Biodiversity Issues Should be Better Taken into Account in the Energy Transition.- Approaches to Ecosystem Services and

Mexican Gothic (Moreno-Garcia Silvia)(Pevná vazba)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - 'It's Lovecraft meets the Bront s in Latin America, and after a slow-burn start Mexican Gothic gets seriously weird.'--The Guardian IN DEVELOPMENT AS A HULU ORIGINAL LIMITED SERIES PRODUCED BY KELLY RIPA AND MARK CONSUELOS - NOMINATED FOR THE BRAM STOKER AWARD - NAMED

Latino Civil Rights in Education: La Lucha Sigue (Colon-Muniz Anaida)(Paperback)

Latino Civil Rights in Education: La Lucha Sigue documents the experiences of historical and contemporary advocates in the movement for civil rights in education of Latinos in the United States. These critical narratives and counternarratives discuss identity, inequality, desegregation, policy,

Charity for and by the Poor: Franciscan and Indigenous Confraternities in Mexico, 1527-1700 (Dierksmeier Laura)(Pevná vazba)

Spanish colonization of Latin America in the sixteenth century continues to provoke scholarly debate. Spanish missionaries employed various strategies to convert indigenous inhabitants to the Catholic faith, including operating schools, organizing choirs, and establishing charitable brotherhoods

Leonard Freed: Black in White America: 1963-1965 (Freed Leonard)(Pevná vazba)

The definitive collection of Leonard Freed's seminal and timely 1968 civil rights photo-essay, in a fresh and expanded editionIn 1962, white American photojournalist Leonard Freed was on assignment in Berlin. He photographed an African American soldier standing in front of the wall. The irony of

Casa Moderna: Latin American Living (Jodidio Philip)(Pevná vazba)

Since the modernism pioneered by Oscar Niemeyer in Brazil, Latin America has become one of the world's most exciting locations for contemporary architecture. The wide architectural range, set amid varied climates, social conditions, and environments, has brought international attention to a

A Short History of U.S. Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean (McPherson Alan)(Paperback)

A Short History of U.S. Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean presents a concise account of the full sweep of U.S. military invasions and interventions in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean from 1800 up to the present day. Engages in debates about the economic, military,

Accountability and Social Accounting for Social and Non-Profit Organizations (Andreaus Michele)(Pevná vazba)

Traditional economic and accounting theories focus on investor - owned enterprise which deal with the production of goods and services to maximise its economic value for shareholders. This book offers an alternative perspective. It focusses on non-profit organisations that produce goods and

Trauma and Human Rights: Integrating Approaches to Address Human Suffering (Butler Lisa D.)(Paperback)

Human rights violations and traumatic events often comingle in victims' experiences; however, the human rights framework and trauma theory are rarely deployed together to illuminate such experiences. This edited volume explores the intersection of trauma and human rights by presenting the

Slavery and Silence: Latin America and the U.S. Slave Debate (Naish Paul D.)(Pevná vazba)

In the thirty-five years before the Civil War, it became increasingly difficult for Americans outside the world of politics to have frank and open discussions about the institution of slavery, as divisive sectionalism and heated ideological rhetoric circumscribed public debate. To talk about

Development in Latin America: Critical Discussions from the Periphery (Fernndez Vctor Ramiro)(Pevná vazba)

This edited volume discusses the development theory advanced by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in the 1940s, and its transformations through the second half of the twentieth century. In this time frame, the authors identify two approaches: structuralism

Sovereign Forces: Everyday Challenges to Environmental Governance in Latin America (McNeish John-Andrew)(Pevná vazba)

Sovereignty is a significant force regarding the ownership, use, protection and management of natural resources. By placing an emphasis on the complex intertwined relationship between natural resources and diverse claims to resource sovereignty, this book reveals the backstory of contemporary

Neoliberalism from Below: Popular Pragmatics and Baroque Economies (Gago Vernica)(Paperback)

In Neoliberalism from Below-first published in Argentina in 2014-Ver nica Gago examines how Latin American neoliberalism is propelled not just from above by international finance, corporations, and government, but also by the activities of migrant workers, vendors, sweatshop workers, and other

Great Escapes Latin America. The Hotel Book - Angelika Taschen

From the Amazon rainforest to Patagonia glaciers, from Caribbean beaches to the summits of the Andes, from colonial cities to deserts: Latin America is a fascinating destination. Angelika Taschen presents hand-picked addresses for travelers: lodges and country estates, design hotels and green

In Defense of Universal Human Rights (Howard-Hassmann Rhoda E.)(Pevná vazba)

Should African and Muslim-majority countries be obliged to protect LGBT rights or do such rights violate their cultures? Should Western-based corporations be held liable if their security guards injure union activists in another part of the world, or should such decisions be settled under local or

Radical Pacifism in Modern America: Egalitarianism and Protest (Mollin Marian)(Pevná vazba)

Radical Pacifism in Modern America Egalitarianism and Protest Marian Mollin Radical Pacifism in Modern America traces cycles of success and decline in the radical wing of the American peace movement, an egalitarian strain of pacifism that stood at the vanguard of antimilitarist organizing and

Human Rights and Liberty (Ogden Charlie)(Pevná vazba)