Breve historia de la globalización

Breve historia de la globalización
Author: Jürgen Osterhammel
Publisher: Siglo XXI Editores
Total Pages: 151
Release: 2019-11-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 9876299093

¿A qué llamamos "globalización" y cuándo comenzó? La pregunta parece sencilla, porque desde los años noventa del siglo XX el término aparece como el único disponible para dar nombre a una época marcada por pautas de consumo, estilos de vida y modos de comunicación más o menos uniformes. Pero este consenso apurado oculta el potencial polémico del concepto. Los apóstoles de la globalización celebran el inicio de una nueva era de crecimiento y bienestar luego de la caída del bloque soviético. Los adversarios vislumbran la dominación global del gran capital en detrimento de la democracia, los derechos de los trabajadores, los países pobres y el medio ambiente. Lejos de pensar la globalización como un movimiento irreversible, Osterhammel y Petersson la toman como "faro de búsqueda" para entender el mundo en que vivimos. Así, no ven un fenómeno estático que lo explica todo, sino un proceso hecho de "embestidas globalizadoras" y "desglobalizadoras" a escala mundial, de interacciones observables y rivalidades políticas que involucran Estados nacionales, empresas, grupos, individuos, y que producen ganadores y perdedores. En un formidable esfuerzo de síntesis, que les permite conceptualizar y periodizar pero también recurrir a ejemplos de la vida cotidiana, trazan una historia de las conexiones globales en función de su estabilidad y su importancia. Atentos a las tensiones entre impulsos globalizadores y defensivos o proteccionistas, Osterhammel y Petersson se asientan en un minucioso recorrido para construir una obra de referencia imprescindible. Con un posfacio escrito para los lectores de habla hispana, en el que los autores reflexionan sobre la coyuntura incierta del siglo XXI, este libro aporta además una perspectiva necesaria para pensar el resurgimiento, luego de la crisis financiera de 2008, de populismos nacionalistas que vuelven a poner en entredicho la globalización.

De la sociedad de las naciones a la globalización: Visiones desde América y Europa

De la sociedad de las naciones a la globalización: Visiones desde América y Europa
Author: Andrés Medina (editor)
Publisher: Ediciones UCSC
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2021-06-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 9566068190

El contenido de este texto dice relación directa con las investigaciones que presentaron diferentes académicos nacionales y extranjeros en el V Congreso Chile España, que se desarrolló en la Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción durante el año 2018. Las temáticas que se consideraron en dicha actividad, tuvieron directa relación con la Historia de las Relaciones Internacionales y se iniciaron con el origen y rol de la Sociedad de Naciones el año 1919, culminando con la iniciativa americana en este campo, representada por UNASUR y su actual condición.

LA GLOBALIZACIÓN. CONCEPTO PARA LA CONSTRUCCIÓN DE LA HISTORIA DEL MUNDO ACTUAL

LA GLOBALIZACIÓN. CONCEPTO PARA LA CONSTRUCCIÓN DE LA HISTORIA DEL MUNDO ACTUAL
Author: Sergio Rigo Martínez
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 99
Release: 2012-10-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 1291107142

La globalización representa nuestro mundo actual. Gracias, en gran medida a las nuevas tecnologías, nuestro planeta se está reduciendo a la mínima expresión: las herramientas de comunicación, como internet, nos permiten con tan solo un click conocer lo que está pasando al otro lado del mundo en décimas de segundo. No obstante, y como veremos, la globalización no solo atiende a factores comunicativos sino que también afecta a las propias personas en su día a día: las marcas comerciales, los comportamientos sociales, la forma de vestir o el ocio son muchos de los otros componentes que también forman parte de este mundo globalizado.

The Routledge Handbook of Spanish in the Global City

The Routledge Handbook of Spanish in the Global City
Author: Andrew Lynch
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2019-08-08
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1317506731

The Routledge Handbook of Spanish in the Global City brings together contributions from an international team of scholars of language in society to offer a conceptual and empirical perspective on Spanish within the context of 15 major cosmopolitan cities from around the world. With a unique focus on Spanish as an international language, each chapter questions the traditional and modern notions of language, place, and identity in the urban context of globalization. This collection of new perspectives on the sociology of Spanish provides an insightful and invaluable resource for students and researchers seeking to explore lesser-known areas of sociolinguistic research.

The Oxford Handbook of the History of Psychology: Global Perspectives

The Oxford Handbook of the History of Psychology: Global Perspectives
Author: David B. Baker
Publisher: OUP USA
Total Pages: 662
Release: 2012
Genre: History
ISBN: 0195366557

The science and practice of psychology has evolved around the world on different trajectories and timelines, yet with a convergence on the recognition of the need for a human science that can confront the challenges facing the world today. Few would argue that the standard narrative of the history of psychology has emphasized European and American traditions over others, but in today's global culture, there is a greater need in psychology for international understanding. This volume describes the historical development of psychology in countries throughout the world. Contributors provide narratives that examine the political and socioeconomic forces that have shaped their nations' psychologies. Each unique story adds another element to our understanding of the history of psychology. The chapters in this volume remind us that there are unique contexts and circumstances that influence the ways in which the science and practice of psychology are assimilated into our daily lives. Making these contexts and circumstances explicit through historical research and writing provides some promise of greater international insight, as well as a better understanding of the human condition.

A History of Colombian Literature

A History of Colombian Literature
Author: Raymond Leslie Williams
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 773
Release: 2016-06-13
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 131649540X

In recent decades, the international recognition of Nobel Laureate Gabriel García Márquez has placed Colombian writing on the global literary map. A History of Colombian Literature explores the genealogy of Colombian poetry and prose from the colonial period to the present day. Beginning with a comprehensive introduction that charts the development of a national literary tradition, this History includes extensive essays that illuminate the cultural and political intricacies of Colombian literature. Organized thematically, these essays survey the multilayered verse and fiction of such diverse writers as José Eustacio Rivera, Tomás Carrasquilla, Alvaro Mutis, and Darío Jaramillo Agudelo. Written by a host of leading scholars, this History also devotes special attention to the lasting significance of colonialism and multiculturalism in Colombian literature. This book is of pivotal importance to the development of Colombian writing and will serve as an invaluable reference for specialists and students alike.

Why INEGI? The saga of a Mexican institution in search of the truth

Why INEGI? The saga of a Mexican institution in search of the truth
Author: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía
Publisher: INEGI
Total Pages: 516
Release: 2021-08-19
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN:

The book presents the National Institute of Statistics and Geography, what is and how it has developed over time, since it was founded in 1983. The Institute is today an eminently technical and at the same time autonomous body of the Mexican State.Beyond a chronology of events, this book raises two needs that have marked the Institute's evolution: the first, to properly measure the many components of reality, whether social, economic or natural; and the second, decisive for the public's trust and whose absence would invalidate the purposes of the previous need, to preserve the information from any consideration, other than strictly professional, in all stages of its production and dissemination.This work conveys INEGI's transcendence as an indispensable institution for the country to respond to the fundamental question, common to all human beings: to know and understand the reality of their environment.

Political Ecology of Agriculture

Political Ecology of Agriculture
Author: Omar Felipe Giraldo
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2019-02-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 303011824X

This study discusses an original proposal aimed at critically analyzing the power relations that exist in contemporary agriculture. The author endeavors herein to clarify some of the strategies that industrial agribusiness, in collusion with the state and multilateral structures, sets in motion in order to functionalize the lives of millions of farmers, so that their bodies, enunciations, and sensibilities can be repurposed in accordance with the dynamics of capital accumulation. The argument is based on the idea that agro-extractivism cannot be thought of exclusively as an economic-political and technological system, but as a complex interweaving of cultural meanings, aesthetics, and affections, which, amalgamated under the abstract name of "development", act as a support for the whole system's scaffolding. The book also explores the other side of the coin, describing how, and under what conditions, social movements are responding to the calamities generated by this model. The central thesis is that many ongoing agroecological processes are providing one of the most interesting guidelines at present for visualizing transitions towards post-development, post-extractivism, and the construction of multiple worlds beyond the sphere of capital. Political ecology of agriculture joins the calls that question the cultural project of modernity and the predatory sense imposed by the globalized food empire, and invites recognition of the importance of agroecology in the context of the end of the fossil-fuel era and the likely collapse of our industry-based civilization.

Enciclopedia de Lingüística Hispánica

Enciclopedia de Lingüística Hispánica
Author: Javier Gutiérrez-Rexach
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 1774
Release: 2016-01-29
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 131749802X

The Enciclopedia de Linguistica Hispánica provides comprehensive coverage of the major and subsidiary fields of Spanish linguistics. Entries are extensively cross-referenced and arranged alphabetically within three main sections: Part 1 covers linguistic disciplines, approaches and methodologies. Part 2 brings together the grammar of Spanish, including subsections on phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Part 3 brings together the historical, social and geographical factors in the evolution of Spanish. Drawing on the expertise of a wide range of contributors from across the Spanish-speaking world the Enciclopedia de Linguistica Hispánica is an indispensable reference for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Spanish, and for anyone with an academic or professional interest in the Spanish language/Spanish linguistics.

Revolution and (Post) War, 1917-1922

Revolution and (Post) War, 1917-1922
Author: Clara Isabel Serrano
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2023-08-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 1000920925

This book focuses on the Russian Revolution of 1917, the legacy of the First World War, and Mussolini and Italian fascism – offering an important overview of the major themes of the early 20th century. Using a methodical approach and employing a wide range of sources, the nine chapters provide a re-analysis and synthesis of these three major subjects and looks at how the world was reshaped during the period of 1917–1922. This volume also discusses lesser-known subjects in Anglo-Saxon historiography: the effects of the Russian Revolution in Spain and in the Islamic world, as well as the consequences of the Portuguese participation in the First World War in Africa, and the German memory of that conflict. By linking these themes, this book sheds a light on how since the early 21st century we have witnessed a rise of populism and extremism. Dealing with one of the most paradigmatic periods of Contemporary History, this book is essential for scholars and students of History, International Relations, Postcolonial Studies, and African Studies programs, as well as librarians and diplomats, and for advanced training institutions, peacebuilding organizations, international NGOs, and the wider public.