Antología de la planeación en México, 1917-1985

En las últimas décadas el tema del desarrollo social ha vuelto a la agenda de la investigación y las políticas públicas, despertando un intenso debate teórico y empírico en torno a su significado y al alcance de las políticas y mecanismos con los que se le busca impulsar. La concepción de desarrollo social se apoya en una mayor comprensión no sólo de la diversidad y complejidad de las necesidades de los seres humanos y de las sociedades que éstos construyen, sino también de la intrincada red de interacciones que mantienen con el entorno ambiental, y en una visión de futuro que...

An lisis prolijo del desenvolvimiento de la administraci n p blica mexicana a partir del intento reciente por cambiar la estructura organizativa heredada de la Colonia y la etapa independiente.

Los de abjo treats what is perhaps the saddest period in modern Mexican history, a period of aimless slaughter when a whole nation was plunged into strife by leaders who had few clear ideas of what they were striving for. The reader shares the same disillusionment that the author himself must have felt as he met leader after leader whose revolutionary zeal was merely a disguise for base passions and desires.

The main body of the book is the facsimile and transcription of the collection of themanuscript and typed letters and telegraphs mailed between artist Frida Kahlo and doctor LeoEloesser, and enriched with contributions written by experts in art and medicine such as CarlosMonsivais, Teresa del Conde, Juan Pascoe, and others. The group of letters corresponds to 3phases covering from 1936 to 1951: The first part reflects a courteous friendship and a paternalrelationship of total confidence and where she consults him for all medical and personal matters. The second part of the correspondence airs ...