Primera Guerra Mundial

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Por mucho tiempo ha quedado la historia electoral latinoamericana prisionera de una leyenda negra seg n la cual la representaci n pol tica moderna fue fundamentalmente un fracaso. Las causas que se indican Para explicar este fen meno son conocidas: caudillos, guerras civiles, dominaci n externa, cultura heterog nea y corrupci n, entre otras. Los trabajos reunidos en este volumen ense an que esa visi n oscura fue principalmente el resultado de un espejismo cultural.

El enfoque de sistemas surgio como un intento de superar la ciencia reduccionista que se habia mostrado incapaz de comprender los complejos fenomenos sociales y aun los biologicos y psicologicos. Francisco R. Sagasti ha sido uno de los impulsores de esta relativamente nueva tendencia del pensamiento en America Latina y en este libro examina la aplicacion que se dio, desde 1970, al enfoque de sistemas que comprende la conceptualizacion, la formulacion y la puesta en practica de politicas para el desarrollo cientifico y tecnologico en paises latinoamericanos.