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ABSTRACT Sometimes politicians must take indelible public stances under unresolved uncertainty about an outcome they cannot control, for example, consider the minority on a proposal that is bound to pass. Counter to the expectations that party platforms converge, and that rational individuals balk at betting against one another, we show this can lead ...
Jorge Fabrega, John Londregan
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On the Pursuit of Good Living in Highland Ecuador: Critical Indigenous Discourses of Sumak Kawsay
'Sumak' kawsay, a vision of good living originating in the thought of indigenous intellectuals, has attracted many commentators since its incorporation into Ecuador’s 2008 constitution.
Joe Quick, James T. Spartz
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The Chanka: Archaeological Research in Andahuaylas (Apurimac), Peru [PDF]
In AD 1438 a battle took place outside the city of Cuzco that changed the course of South American history. The Chanka, a powerful ethnic group from the Andahuaylas region, had begun an aggressive program of expansion.
Aráoz Silva, Miriam +2 more
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In this article we examine some historiographical positions on the Bolivian Agrarian Reform from 1953, in order to interpret it as a project that intentionally proposed a mixed national model of economic and agricultural development, which
Carla Estefanía Cirelli
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Peruvian cinema, national identity and political violence 1988-2004 [PDF]
The role of national cinema in shaping, reflecting and contesting a complex national identity that is the site of conflict and struggle is the central interest of this study of contemporary Peruvian cinema, 1988-2004.
Barrow, Sarah
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Clothing, race and identity : sumptuary laws in colonial Spanish America [PDF]
On holidays and other festive occasions, Andean peoples in the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru liked to dress up. According to sixteenth - century documents, wealthy Amerindians in Lima, Quito and other colonial cities enjoyed wearing a combination of ...
Akinjogbin +166 more
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Based on notified cases of human rabies exposure and human deaths by rabies to Colombia public health surveillance system between 2007 and 2016, we conducted a spatiotemporal analysis to identify epidemiological scenarios of high human rabies exposure ...
Marcela Rocío Arias Caicedo +4 more
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Other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) have recently been implemented in countries such as Colombia and, together with protected areas (PA), are crucial biodiversity conservation strategies.
Karina Gisell Rey Pulido +1 more
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Rural poverty in Mexico: assets and livelihood strategies among the Mayas of Yucatán [PDF]
Understanding poverty and sustainability needs livelihood studies that acknowledge heterogeneity at the community and household level. This is particularly true for Latin America where inequality and ethnicity are important aspects of poverty and ...
Gauthier, Remi +2 more
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Los mercados laborales latinoamericanos en los años 90: descifrar la década [PDF]
(Disponible en idioma inglés únicamente) En este trabajo se analiza el desempeño reciente de los mercados laborales latinoamericanos. Hallamos que los niveles de desempleo van en aumento en la mayoría de los países y subregiones de América Latina.
Carmen Pagés-Serra +2 more
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