Estado y sociedad civil

Even before its budget crisis and recall election, California held a unique position in the United States. Often lauded as having the fifth largest economy in the world, California leads the nation in other measures as well, particularly cultural and political trends. But were it an independent state, it would have one of the world's most unusual democracies. In The California Republic Brian P. Janiskee and Ken Masugi bring together a diverse group of contributors to shed light on the Progressive nature of California government. In addition to thorough treatment of perennial issues like...

-Es deseable el socialismo? -Es acaso posible? En este agudo y conciso ensayo, G. A. Cohen toma como punto de partida un presunto viaje de campamento para demostrar que en algunas circunstancias el socialismo es muy atractivo para la mayoría de las person

In the central highland Maya communities of Guatemala, the demands of the global economy have become a way of life. This book explores how rural peoples experience economic and cultural change as their country joins the global market, focusing on their thoughts about work and sustenance as a way of learning about Guatemala’s changing economy. For more than a decade, Liliana Goldín observed in highland towns both the intensification of various forms of production and their growing links to wider markets. In this first book to compare economic ideology across a range of production systems,...

Jorge Díaz-Cardiel demuestra, al analizar las políticas y declaraciones de Obama en los últimos tres años y en sus propias biografías- que Obama es el presidente más pragmático que ha tenido América en un siglo. El autor analiza las políticas de Obama en economía, política internacional, educación, energía, reforma sanitaria, la finalización de las guerras de Irak y Afganistán y estudia el impacto que las decisiones de Obama han tenido en la opinión pública norteamericana y mundial, desde el punto de vista demoscópico y sociológico. Sobre todo, en lo que el autor considera...