La cotidianidad de la democracia participativa (Alternativas al desarrollo)

La cotidianidad de la democracia participativa (Alternativas al desarrollo)
Author: Carlos Armando Peralta Varela
Publisher: ITESO
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2014-06-18
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 6079361264

¿La sociedad civil es el motor que puede impulsar la democratización en un país como México? En esta obra se ofrece una investigación sobre la participación de las organizaciones de la sociedad civil (OSC) y sus representantes en los espacios institucionales creados oficialmente para propiciar el involucramiento de la ciudadanía en el diseño de políticas públicas. A través de un análisis crítico de tres escenarios en un estado pionero como Jalisco, donde se utilizó por primera vez la figura de la iniciativa popular para impulsar una nueva norma legal, el autor busca calibrar las posibilidades de una cogestión por parte de los sectores de la sociedad civil incorporados en los organismos públicos y, a la vez, evidencia los límites intrínsecos de las OSC y su desempeño. Además, ofrece una serie de recomendaciones para quienes integran las OSC para hacer más eficiente su trabajo en los espacios que les cede el gobierno e incidir así en una mayor democratización de la sociedad. (ITESO)

Christian Democracy in Latin America

Christian Democracy in Latin America
Author: Scott Mainwaring
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 428
Release: 2003
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780804745987

Christian Democracy swept across parts of Latin America, gaining influence in Venezuela in the 1940s, Chile in the 1950s, El Salvador and Guatemala in the 1960s, and Costa Rica and Mexico in the 1980s. This book offers an overview of Christian Democracy in the region— underscoring its remarkable diversity—and examines the Christian Democratic organizations of Chile and Mexico, which are still major parties today. The concluding section analyzes the demise of formerly significant Christian Democratic parties in El Salvador, Guatemala, Peru, and Venezuela. Christian Democracy in Latin America provides the definitive stufy of the nature, rise, and decline of Christian Democracy in Latin America. The book enriches the broader theoretical literature on political parties by highlighting the distinctive strategic dilemmas parties face, and the distinctive objectives they pursue, in contexts of fragile democracy or of authoritarian regimes.

Transmedia Archaeology

Transmedia Archaeology
Author: C. Scolari
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2014-11-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1137434376

In this book, the authors examine manifestations of transmedia storytelling in different historical periods and countries, spanning the UK, the US and Argentina. It takes us into the worlds of Conan the Barbarian, Superman and El Eternauta, introduces us to the archaeology of transmedia, and reinstates the fact that it's not a new phenomenon.

Human Scale Development

Human Scale Development
Author: Manfred A. Max-Neef
Publisher:
Total Pages: 132
Release: 1991
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Presents a people-centred approach to development.

The Territorial Peace

The Territorial Peace
Author: Douglas M. Gibler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2012-09-13
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1107016215

Douglas M. Gibler argues that threats to homeland territories force domestic political centralization within the state. Using an innovative theory of state development, he explains patterns of international conflict and democracy in the world over time.

Nomadic Subjects

Nomadic Subjects
Author: Rosi Braidotti
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2011-05-24
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 023151526X

For more than fifteen years, Nomadic Subjects has guided discourse in continental philosophy and feminist theory, exploring the constitution of contemporary subjectivity, especially the concept of difference within European philosophy and political theory. Rosi Braidotti's creative style vividly renders a productive crisis of modernity. From a feminist perspective, she recasts embodiment, sexual difference, and complex concepts through relations to technology, historical events, and popular culture. This thoroughly revised and expanded edition retains all but two of Braidotti's original essays, including her investigations into epistemology's relation to the "woman question;" feminism and biomedical ethics; European feminism; and the possible relations between American feminism and European politics and philosophy. A new piece integrates Deleuze and Guattari's concept of the "becoming-minoritarian" more deeply into modern democratic thought, and a chapter on methodology explains Braidotti's methods while engaging with her critics. A new introduction muses on Braidotti's provocative legacy.

Is Technology Good for Education?

Is Technology Good for Education?
Author: Neil Selwyn
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2016-06-07
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0745696503

Digital technologies are a key feature of contemporary education. Schools, colleges and universities operate along high-tech lines, while alternate forms of online education have emerged to challenge the dominance of traditional institutions. According to many experts, the rapid digitization of education over the past ten years has undoubtedly been a ‘good thing’. Is Technology Good For Education? offers a critical counterpoint to this received wisdom, challenging some of the central ways in which digital technology is presumed to be positively affecting education. Instead Neil Selwyn considers what is being lost as digital technologies become ever more integral to education provision and engagement. Crucially, he questions the values, agendas and interests that stand to gain most from the rise of digital education. This concise, up-to-the-minute analysis concludes by considering alternate approaches that might be capable of rescuing and perhaps revitalizing the ideals of public education, while not denying the possibilities of digital technology altogether.

Democratic Phoenix

Democratic Phoenix
Author: Pippa Norris
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2002-09-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780521010535

Conventional wisdom suggests that citizens in many countries have become disengaged from the traditional channels of political participation. Commentators highlight warning signs including sagging electoral turnout, rising anti-party sentiment, and the decay of civic organizations. But are these concerns justified? This book compares systematic evidence for electoral turnout, party membership, and civic activism in countries around the world and suggests good reasons to question assumptions of decline. Not only is the obituary for older forms of political activism premature, but new forms of civic engagement may have emerged in modern societies to supplement traditional modes. The process of societal modernization and rising levels of human capital are primarily responsible, although participation is also explained by the structure of the state, the role of agencies, and social inequalities.

Participation and Democratic Theory

Participation and Democratic Theory
Author: Carole Pateman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 134
Release: 1970
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780521290043

Shows that current elitist theories are based on an inadequate understanding of the early writings of democratic theory and that much sociological evidence has been ignored.