Apariencias engañosas

"Traces the political careers of two 'fundamental figures' of the Revolution, both of whom thought that Mexico's future lay in modernization through industrialization. Although Lombardo supported Alemán for the presidency in 1946, the 'bifurcation' soon took place as each had a different vision of the proper road to modernization"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58

"Assesses the local impact of the Bourbon reforms on northwest Mexico and sheds light on the effectiveness - or lack thereof - of the reform plan"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

The book edited by researchers Thomas Calvo and Paulina Machuca - both members of the project "Proyecto Vencer la distancia" (Overcoming the distance) - comprises the participation of fourteen specialists in the discipline of social sciences. "If the Philippines and Mexico had had very close relationships in the two and a half centuries that the Manila Galleon was sailing (1565-1815), the relations diluted when Mexico chose Independence and the Philippines continued under Spanish domain until 1898. It was precisely these years of disagreement that we were interested in: like all the periods...

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...