Tensiones y transiciones en las relaciones internacionales

El fenómeno migratorio va al alza. En 2014, la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones reportó 214 millones de personas que dejaron su lugar de residencia en la búsqueda de uno mejor para vivir y desarrollarse. Un año después la cifra se elevó a 232 millones. En este contexto, México ha experimentado un cambio sustancial: pasó de ser “productor” de migrantes a un punto de confluencia de personas que llegan, se van, regresan y trasforman a las comunidades, lo que ha traído consigo nuevas dinámicas y retos sociales. En esta realidad pulsante, esta obra aborda, desde...

This book talks about the approaches that different countries and systems have addressed when trying to improve the quality of teaching and research services in the university level. It gives a recount on the context and the precedents that this topic has nowadays, in relation to university quality and how this is qualified globally. The authors emphasize on the importance of the new rules of management, in where the common denominator is the notion of accountability and also another point worth mentioning is the way they classify university institutions in four types: the Missionaries (they...

"They came for her husband. The trucks arrived with a crash, the occupants came down screaming, their grandchildren played in the street, both ran scared. It was seven thirty in the afternoon. They were followed by at least six men. Others stayed outside, on duty. In the rustic interior courtyard, María Ordóñez could only hug the little ones. The only room with a door inside the house was the one below. The invaders tore her down. But there was no one behind. They seized a laptop, a tablet, a camera, two cell phones: the reporter's work tools. He slept on the top floor. The fatigue of two...

This report is the first Spanish-language publication in the Lincoln Institute's series of policy focus reports. The analyses and case studies are based on presentations made by participants in the International Seminar on Urban Vacant Land: New Challenges and Opportunities, held in April 1999 in Rio de Janeiro, and jointly sponsored by the Lincoln Institute and the Municipality of Rio de Janiero. The report explores the origins of urban vacant land and develops viable strategies and actions to address its consequences.

Mezcla de ensayo político, crónica periodística y relato de viaje, este retrato del ascenso de la nueva izquierda en Sudamérica incluye desde estadísticas económicas e interpretaciones históricas hasta letras de canciones populares.