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  • - To Govern and To Serve
     
    £93.99

    This book presents insights from several countries in Latin America and beyond on how to organize critical sectors, such as education, roads and water, to improve quality, access and affordability.

  • - The Case of the Extractive Industry in Peru
     
    £93.99

    This book analyses the institutional development that the Peruvian state has undergone in recent years within a context of rapid extractive industry expansion. It addresses the most important institutional state transformations produced directly by natural resources growth.

  • by B. Schneider
    £47.99

    Development economists and practitioners agree that close collaboration between business and government improves industrial policy, yet little research exists on how best to organize that. This book examines three necessary functions--information exchange, authoritative allocation, and reducing rent seeking--across experiences in Latin America.

  • - The Long-Term Capability Impacts of Extractive-Led Development
    by Areli Valencia
    £47.99

    This book uncovers a historical dependency on smelting activities that has trapped inhabitants of La Oroya, Peru, in a context of systemic lack of freedom.

  • by Flora Lu, Gabriela Valdivia & Nestor L. Silva
    £93.99

    This book addresses the political ecology of the Ecuadorian petro-state since the turn of the century and contextualizes state-civil society relations in contemporary Ecuador to produce an analysis of oil and Revolution in twenty-first century Latin America.

  • by María José Álvarez-Rivadulla
    £63.49 - 93.99

    This book unveils the political economy of land squatting in a third world city, Montevideo, in Uruguay. From a social movements/contentious politics perspective, the book challenges the assumption that socioeconomic factors such as poverty were the only causes triggering land squatting.

  • - From Neo-Liberalism to the 'Pink Tide'
     
    £114.49

    This volume examines the ways in which the socio-economic elites of the region have transformed and expanded the material bases of their power from the inception of neo-liberal policies in the 1970s through to the so-called progressive 'pink tide' governments of the past two decades.

  • - Reform and Challenges in Times of Uncertainty
     
    £93.99

    This study of taxation in Latin America takes a novel approach to the subject, using a framework that posits three dimensions for studying taxes-historical, relational, and transnational.

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    - Corporate Social Responsibility
    by Wenyuan Wu
    £38.49

    This book focuses on corporate social responsibility (CSR) records of Chinese oil investments in five Latin American countries: Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, Colombia, and Venezuela. It is ideal for audiences interested in the political economy of the oil industry, China, Latin America, and corporate social responsibility.

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    by Theodore Kahn
    £38.49

    This book explores the political economy of subnational development in Mexico. The argument is developed through a paired comparison of two states in central Mexico, Puebla and Queretaro. This work will be of interest to students of Latin American and Mexican politics, regional development, and government-business relations.

  • - To Govern and To Serve
     
    £93.99

    This book presents insights from several countries in Latin America and beyond on how to organize critical sectors, such as education, roads and water, to improve quality, access and affordability.

  • Save 14%
    by Theodore Kahn
    £38.49

    This book explores the political economy of subnational development in Mexico. The argument is developed through a paired comparison of two states in central Mexico, Puebla and Queretaro. This work will be of interest to students of Latin American and Mexican politics, regional development, and government-business relations.

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    by Ignacio Puente
    £74.49

    Shallow capital markets are a key bottleneck for private sector development in Latin America. And proposes a shift in the financial development discussion from institutional explanations focused only on rules to an actor-based argument centered on the role of institutional investors, in particular pension funds .

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