This book explores environmental policymaking in Mexico as a vehicle to understanding the broader changes in the policy process within a system undergoing a democratic transformation. It constitutes the first major analysis of environmental policymaking in Mexico at the national level, and examines the implementation of forestry policy in Mexico's largest rain forest, the Selva Lacandona of the state of Chiapas.
This pioneering collection offers a comprehensive investigation into how to study public policy in Latin America. While this region exhibits many similarities with the North American and European countries that have traditionally served as sources for generating public policy knowledge, Latin American countries are also different in many fundamental ways. As such, existing policy concepts and frameworks may not always be the most effective tools of analysis for this unique region. To fill this gap, Comparative Public Policy in Latin America offers guidelines for refining current theories to suit Latin America’s contemporary institutional and socio-economic realities. The contributors accomplish this task by identifying the features of the region that shape public policy, including informal norms and practices, social inequality, and weak institutions. This book promises to become the definitive work on contemporary public policy in Latin America, essential for those who study the area as well as comparative public policy more broadly.
Addressing one of the defining social issues of our time, The Politics of Gay Marriage in Latin America explores how and why Latin America, a culturally Catholic and historically conservative region, has become a leader among nations of the Global South, and even the Global North, in the passage of gay marriage legislation. In the first comparative study of its kind, Jordi Díez explains cross-national variation in the enactment of gay marriage in three countries: Argentina, Chile, and Mexico. Based on extensive interviews in the three countries, Díez argues that three main key factors explain variation in policy outcomes across these cases: the strength of social movement networks forged by activists in favor of gay marriage; the access to policy making afforded by particular national political institutions; and the resonance of the frames used to demand the expansion of marriage rights to same-sex couples.
North American relations have undergone profound changes over the last 15 years. NAFTA not only created the biggest trading bloc in the world; it was also a catalyst in the conceptualization of the continent as an integrated region. Whereas, prior to 9/11 relations remained primarily at the economic level, the attacks on the U.S. unleashed a new dynamic in North American relations that has seen a significant increase in cooperation in a large number of areas, including security. It remains to be seen whether a new security perimeter encompassing the three countries will emerge. But momentum toward greater collaboration and further integration appears to be afoot. Because of the enormous economic dependence on their mutual neighbour, both Canada and Mexico will need to cooperate with the U .S. on security matters given its importance since 9/11. Ongoing analysis of the evolution of security relations in North America and the impact on Mexico and Canada will therefore not only be likely to continue, but will be necessary. This book aims to contribute to this endeavour.
This book explores environmental policymaking in Mexico as a vehicle to understanding the broader changes in the policy process within a system undergoing a democratic transformation. It constitutes the first major analysis of environmental policymaking in Mexico at the national level, and examines the implementation of forestry policy in Mexico's largest rain forest, the Selva Lacandona of the state of Chiapas.
El éxito de los vendedores depende de su conocimiento de los procesos automáticos de toma de decisiones y de su capacidad para influir en ellos. La venta depende del filtro que el cliente utilice para juzgar al vendedor y a su producto. En este libro aprenderás cómo funciona el cerebro de los clientes a la hora de tomar decisiones, es decir, qué hace que un cliente tome una decisión u otra, y por qué a veces confía más en un vendedor que en otro; y qué decir, cómo y cuándo para condicionar esos automatismos mentales a tu favor y aumentar significativamente tus probabilidades de conseguir un sí.
En "Vientos del Sur", Raúl dirige el Centro de Acogida Municipal; aquella tarde de Junio, cuando el grupo de inmigrantes llega a sus puertas, no sospecha que aquello es el principio de una verdadera pesadilla; que su vida, va a dar un vuelco insospechado. El asesinato de uno de los recién llegados, y la injusta destitución de su cargo que la misma acarrea, inicia una frenética cadena de acontecimientos: La misteriosa ONG que le ofrece los medios para investigar, la cadena de acontecimientos que van sucediéndose, el asesinato de su mejor amigo, los recovecos a los que su búsqueda de la verdad le va acercando...y por fin el amor de Laura. Todo esto hace de "Vientos del Sur" una novela trepidante a veces, y de ritmo rápido siempre; en que la lucha contra muchas de las peores lacras que ensucian nuestra sociedad, se muestran con dureza. Al final, todo termina en una incierta batalla ganada, pero la guerra sigue, no se puede bajar la guardia.
Jordi Sevilla dirige una propuesta de reforma de la Administración General del Estado que proporcione un mejor servicio al ciudadano desde la apertura y la transparencia.
Este libro presenta lo que se esconde detrás del telón del mundo de los patrocinios deportivos con un completo análisis de los principales casos de éxito tanto en el patrocinio individual (por ejemplo Rafa Nadal y KIA), como patrocinio de equipos (Santander Ferrari), naming (ONO Estadi), patrocinio de competiciones (Liga BBVA). Esta obra también trata la respuesta en casos negativos (Tiger Woods, dopaje...), el uso del deporte como herramienta política (selecciones autonómicas) o como palanca para la audiencia televisiva.
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