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Political Strategies in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica /

Table of Contents: “…Conflicting political strategies in late formative to early classic central Jalisco /…”
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Financial integration in Latin America : a new strategy for a new normal /

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Hybrid cultures strategies for entering and leaving modernity / by García Canclini, Néstor

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The reader and the text interpretative strategies for Latin American literatures / by Sorensen, Diana

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Latino/a biblical hermeneutics : problematics, objectives, strategies /

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Maya intellectual renaissance identity, representation, and leadership / by Montejo, Victor, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Maya identity and interethnic relations -- Pan-Mayanism : the complexity of Maya culture and the process of self-representation -- Representation via ethnography : mapping the Maya image in a Guatemalan primary-school social-studies textbook -- The multiplicity of Maya voices : Maya leadership and the politics of self-representation -- Truth, human rights, and representation : the case of Rigoberta Menchú -- The ethnohistory of Maya leadership -- Theoretical basis and strategies for Maya leadership -- Maya ways of knowing : modern Maya and the elders -- Leadership and Maya intellectuality -- Indigenous rights, security, and democracy in the Americas : the Guatemalan situation -- The twenty-first century and the future of the Maya in Guatemala.…”
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Stealing lives the globalization of baseball and the tragic story of Alexis Quiroz / by Marcano Guevara, Arturo J., 1968-

Table of Contents: “…-- Going to Vietnam -- In baseball purgatory -- The Mesa miracle -- The Dominican disaster -- "That's just your story" -- The pursuit of justice goes terribly wrong -- Seventh-inning stretch, Chicago, New York, Maracay -- The final inning -- Repairing the global ballpark -- Human rights, labor standards, and major league baseball's exploitation of children in Latin America -- Global ballpark repair strategies.…”
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Cultures of legality judicialization and political activism in Latin America /

Table of Contents: “…Gomez -- The Mapuche people's battle for land : litigation as a strategy to defend indigenous land rights / Anne Skj'vestad -- Judicialization in Argentina : legal culture, or opportunities and support structures? …”
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The new Latin American left Utopia reborn /

Table of Contents: “…: introduction to the study of the new Latin American left / César Rodríguez-Garavito, Patrick Barrett and Daniel Chavez -- Brazil : Lula's government, a critical appraisal / Félix Sánchez, João Machado Borges Neto and Rosa Maria Marques -- Venezuela : populism and the left : alternatives to neo-liberalism / Edgardo Lander -- Uruguay : the left in government : between continuity and change / Daniel Chavez -- Colombia : the new left : origins, trajectory and prospects / César Rodríguez-Garavita -- Argentina : the left, parties and movements : strategies and prospects / Federico L. Schuster -- Mexico : yearnings and utopias : the left in the third millennium / Armando Bartra -- Bolivia : the left and the social movements / Luis Tapia -- Promises and challenges : the Latin American left at the start of the twenty-first century / Atilio A. …”
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Community capacity and resilience in Latin America /

Table of Contents: “…Imbach, and Felicia Ramirez -- Building local strategies for the adaptation to climate change of farming livelihoods : review of a participatory approach applied in Mesoamerica / Claudia Bouroncle, Alejandro C. …”
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Development and semi-periphery post-neoliberal trajectories in South America and Central Eastern Europe /

Table of Contents: “…Cohen -- Development and dependency, developmentalism, and alternatives / José maurício Domingues -- Political culture, identity politics, and political contention -- Indigenous movements and their proposals in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru / Xavier Albó -- Path dependency in identity politics in Estonia / Raivo Vetik -- Integration parliaments in Europe and Latin America : explaining variations / Juliana Erthal -- Ideas and the role of elites and advocacy networks : translating and legitimating the frontiers of institutional reforms -- Marketing professional expertise by (re)inventing states : professional rivalries between lawyers and economists as hegemonic strategies in the international market for the reproduction of national state elites / Yves Dezalay and Bryant Garth -- Identity, policy preferences and the perception of the European integration process among the Hungarian elites / György Lengyel and Borbála Göncz -- Critical junctures, institutional legacies and epistemic communities : limits and possibilities of a development agenda in Brazil / Carlos Henrique Santana -- Economic reforms, public policies and development -- Development and citizenship in the semi-periphery : reflecting on the Brazilian experience / Krista Lillemets -- The periphery paradox in innovation policy : Latin America and Eastern Europe compared / Rainer Kattel and Annalisa Primi -- Lula's government as the Brazilian experiment with social democracy / Fabiano Santos.…”
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Youth at risk in Latin America and the Caribbean understanding the causes, realizing the potential /

Table of Contents: “…-- Key messages -- Designing effective interventions -- Policy conclusions -- Introduction -- The motivation for the study -- Definitions, data, and methodologies -- The organization of the report -- Laying the groundwork -- Motivations for focusing on at-risk youth -- The youth cohort, particularly those considered at-risk, is growing -- The costs of not investing in at-risk youth is very high for young people, their families, and society -- A conceptual framework and its application for policymaking -- The conceptual framework and definitions -- Moving from the conceptual framework to policy -- Identifying at-risk youth for better programming and targeting -- A characterization of at-risk youth -- Using the risk typology for targeting prevention programs -- Using the risk typology for targeting for second chances -- Conclusions -- Informing policy by understanding of the trends and causes of risky behavior in LAC -- Understanding the nature and the magnitude of risky behavior -- Leaving school without learning -- Difficult integration into the labor market : joblessness and job turnover -- Risky sexual behavior -- Crime and violence -- Substance use -- Identifying the factors that put youth at risk -- Why do young people engage in risky behavior -- Key factors correlated with risky behaviors -- Cumulative effect of factors -- Conclusions -- Helping young people to make good choices : programming, policy, and implementation -- Principles for building an effective portfolio for youth at risk -- Investing in at-risk youth leads to lower demands on the public purse in the future -- Preventing risky behavior begins at birth -- At-risk youth need second chances -- Effective targeting is the key to results -- The most effective portfolio will prioritize policies and programs that affect multiple risks -- Include only effective policies in the portfolio -- Prioritizing what works -- Core policies : strategies that work and are recommended for implementation -- Nine promising approaches that ought to work and should be tried, accompanied by careful impact evaluation -- General policies with a surprisingly strong effect on youth at risk -- Moving from a wish list to action -- Improving the portfolio for at-risk youth in a budget-constrained environment : reallocate resources away from ineffective programs toward recommended programs -- Improving the portfolio for at-risk youth in a budget-constrained environment : collecting, analyzing, and using data -- Assign and coordinate institutional responsibilities based on comparative advantages -- Investing in youth in LAC : key messages and conclusions -- Key messages -- Defining an effective portfolio of policies and programs -- Moving forward -- Appendix A : Population in LAC by age and sex -- Appendix B : Methodology for estimating the cost of negative youth behavior -- Appendix C : Methodology for devising the typology of at-risk youth -- Appendix D : Measuring youth outcomes -- Appendix E : Estimated taxpayer costs and crime-reduction benefits of 16 crime prevention programs -- Appendix F : Sources of information for evaluated programs.…”
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Africans to Spanish America expanding the diaspora /

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Fragile Governance and Local Economic Development : Theory and Evidence from Peripheral Regions in Latin America /

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