(Izdošanas datums: 07-Nov-2023, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Harvard University Press, ISBN-13: 9780674278332)
The gripping story of the trailblazing Zelia Nuttall, whose decoding of Aztec cosmology, rigorous fieldwork, and passion for collecting helped shape our understanding of Mexicos pre-Columbian past-- The first biography of Zelia Nu...Lasīt vairāk
The first biography of Zelia Nuttall (18571933), a pioneering Mexican-American anthropologist whose work on Aztec cosmology and mastery of ancient codices helped shape our understanding of pre-Columbian Mexico. Grindle captures the appeal and contra...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 07-Nov-2023, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Harvard University Press, ISBN-13: 9780674278332)
The gripping story of the trailblazing Zelia Nuttall, whose decoding of Aztec cosmology, rigorous fieldwork, and passion for collecting helped shape our understanding of Mexicos pre-Columbian past-- The first biography of Zelia Nu...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 28-May-2021, Hardback, Izdevniecība: University of California Press, ISBN-13: 9780520369153)
This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press&;s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voic...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 28-May-2021, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: University of California Press, ISBN-13: 9780520329706)
This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press&;s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voic...Lasīt vairāk
This book addresses the broader questions of how both the content and the context of public policy affect its implementation. Through a series of case studies from Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Colombia, Zambia, Kenya, and India, ten scholars here demonst...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 21-Mar-2017, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691653990)
This book addresses the broader questions of how both the content and the context of public policy affect its implementation. Through a series of case studies from Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Colombia, Zambia, Kenya, and India, ten scholars here demonst...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 14-Mar-2016, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: Harvard University, The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, ISBN-13: 9780674088290)
In the twelve essays in Reflections on Memory and Democracy, an interdisciplinary group of contributors explores legacies of authoritarian political regimes noted for repression and injustice, questioning how collective experiences of violence...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 11-Jun-2012, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Harvard University Press, ISBN-13: 9780674065703)
Grindle (international development, Harvard U.) analyzes ten historical and contemporary case studies about challenges to patronage systems for staffing the public service in different countries. His primary concerns are the motivations of political...Lasīt vairāk
Many developing countries have a history of highly centralized governments. Since the late 1980s, a large number of these governments have introduced decentralization to increase democracy and improve services, especially in small communities far fro...Lasīt vairāk
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This brief edition of the bestselling, full-length Introduction to Comparative Poliics uses the same key themes to frame the presentation of each countrys politics, placing a strong emphasis on political economy. This editions easy to read 8x10 fo...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 01-Sep-2007, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: Harvard University, The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, ISBN-13: 9780674025936)
Looks at the modern history of Nicaragua, from the overthrow of the Somoza dictatorship to the election of President Violeta Chamorro. In 1976, at age twenty-five, Stephen Kinzer arrived in Nicaragua as a freelance journalist--and became a...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 15-Apr-2007, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691129075)
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Many developing countries have a history of highly centralized governments. Since the late 1980s, a large number of these governments have introduced decentralization to increase democracy and improve services, especially in small communities far fro...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 26-Jul-2004, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691117997)
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Poses an important question: how can we account for successful policy reform initiatives when the political cards are stacked against change? This book shows how the strategic choices of reform proponents alter the destinies of policy reforms by res...Lasīt vairāk
Despite the Odds poses an important question: How can we account for successful policy reform initiatives when the political cards are stacked against change? Theories of politics usually predict that reform initiatives will be unsuccessful...Lasīt vairāk
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In 1952 Bolivia was transformed by revolution. With the army destroyed from only a few days of fighting, workers and peasants took up arms to claim the country as their own. Overnight, the electorate expanded five-fold. Industries were turned over...Lasīt vairāk
Audacious Reforms examines the creation of new political institutions in three Latin American countries: direct elections for governors and mayors in Venezuela, radical municipalization in Bolivia, and direct election of the mayor of Buenos Aires...Lasīt vairāk
A political science scholar (academic affiliations not provided) examines institutional innovations and decisions to redistribute political power downward in Venezuela, Bolivia, and Argentina between 1989 and 1994, focusing on why such decisions were...Lasīt vairāk
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This book seeks to help understand how governments can be encouraged to perform better and how state capabilities can be developed in ways that allow markets and democracies to flourish. The contributors draw comparative lessons from specific efforts...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 01-Aug-1997, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Harvard University Press, ISBN-13: 9780674354173)
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The creation and preservation of capable states is a lengthy, laborious, and multifaceted process, fraught with opportunities for failure and misspent resources. It requires time, commitment, innovative ideas, consensus building, new rules of the...Lasīt vairāk
The 1980s and 1990s posed great challenges to governments in Latin America and Africa deeply affected by economic and political crises that weakened their ability to encourage economic development and provide for effective governance. Using case stud...Lasīt vairāk
