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81. School Choice In Chile: Two Decades
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82. Violence and the Latin American
 
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83. The Expectation of the Poor: Latin
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84. Politics and Education in Argentina
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85. The Jewish White Slave Trade and
 
86. Latin American student activism:
87. The Organization of American States,
 
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88. The Organization of American States
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89. Cooperation, Conflict and Consensus
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90. Knowledge and Learning in the
 
91. Ejido organization in Mexico,
 
92. Spatial Organization of New Land
93. Irrigation at High Altitudes:
 
94. Lulac: The Evolution of a Mexican
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95. The Value of Health: A History
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96. Raising Student Learning in Latin
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97. Socially Inclusive Business: Engaging
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98. Leadership From the Margins: Women
 
99. Latin American Prose in English
 
100. Handmade Money: Latin American

81. School Choice In Chile: Two Decades of Educational Reform (Pitt Latin American Studies)
by Varun Gauri
Paperback: 160 Pages (1999-01-07)
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Asin: 0822956780
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School Choice in Chile examines the dramatic educational decentralization and privatization of schools in Chile.  In the early 1980s, the Pinochet regime decentralized schooling, providing vouchers for parental choice of public or private schools.  At the same time, the government supposedly gave the administration of schools to local municipalities.  Although the reform has merit and is defended by some as a major achievement, Varun Gauri shows the many ways in which it has not worked.

In this process of reform, neither the administration of schools nor school content was really decentralized from the Ministry of Education, nor did students gain equality of educationaly opportunity or better schooling outcomes.  These failures of the post-welfare model are due partly to Chile’s political and economic problems of the era, but are also evidence of flaws at its core, at least where education is concerned.

The study presents data for an original survey of 726 households in Greater Santiago that finds more evidence for social and economic stratification among Chilean schools than past analyses have shown.  Gauri finds that information about school quality, a sense of entitlement, and the use of specific search techniques increase the odds that a child attends a school with high achievement scores.  Gauri offers some insights as he supports the criticism that market forces might exacerbate inequalities without necessarily generating clear gains in academic achievement.  In the new system, many parents continued to be ill-informed about differences among schools, nonacademic factors played a major role in school selection, schools appeared to use entrance exams to practice a form of “creaming,” and parental wealth was a strong determinant of whether families were willing and able to take full advantage of choice programs.

These are extremely timely findings, especially in light of the current debate over school choice and vouchers in the United States.  Because the United States has little experience in school choice, School Choice in Chile presents a convincing and necessary report on an almost twenty-year-old experience with information from which all nations can learn.  Parents, policy analysts in education and social welfare, as well as those studying political science, public policy, and education, will find it extremely useful.
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82. Violence and the Latin American Revolutionaries (A Foreign Policy Research Institute book)
Hardcover: 246 Pages (1988-01-01)
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Asin: 0887381952
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83. The Expectation of the Poor: Latin American Base Ecclesial Communities in Protestant Perspective (American Society of Missiology Series)
by Guillermo Cook
 Paperback: 316 Pages (1985-11)
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Asin: 0883442094
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84. Politics and Education in Argentina 1946-1962 (Latin American Realities)
by Monica Esti Rein
Hardcover: 225 Pages (1998-04)
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Asin: 0765602091
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This study focuses on the formal education system in Argentina during the 1940s, the 1950s, and the early 1960s. It analyzes the link between politics and education against the backdrop of changing social conditions in Argentina under the regimes of Peron, Lonardi and Aramburu (the Liberating Revolution), and Frondizi, by evaluating textbooks, official bulletins, childrens' periodicals, speeches, and personal interviews. ... Read more


85. The Jewish White Slave Trade and the Untold Story of Raquel Liberman (Latin American Studies)
by Nora Glickman
Hardcover: 190 Pages (1999-11-01)
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Asin: 0815333005
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This book recounts the events involving Raquel Liberman, an impoverished immigrant to Argentina that was forced by circumstances into prostitution, and the powerful Zwi Migdal, which controlled the recruitment and deployment of Jewish prostitutes in Argentina while maintaining mutually profitable relations with corrupt politicians and policemen. Liberman's story is presented as an example of individual courage and determination in the face of the violence and corruption of the prostitution business. Her struggle with the Zwi Migdal and triumphant public victory over her oppressors was widely publicized in newspapers and magazines, and was a political cause celebre in its time. This book gives readers an intimate view of how the affair caught the public imagination, and was interpreted and transformed by the artistic imagination. ... Read more


86. Latin American student activism: participation in formal volunteer organizations by university students in six Latin cultures (Voluntary action research series)
by David Horton Smith
 Hardcover: 169 Pages (1973)

Isbn: 0669895733
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87. The Organization of American States, Second Edition
by O. Carlos Stoetzer
Hardcover: 464 Pages (1993-05-30)
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Isbn: 0275936333
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This is a complete update and revision of Stoetzer's classic reference work on the Organization of American States (OAS), first published by Praeger in 1965. The work will provide the reader with an understanding of the OAS in today's world and will give a realistic and indepth interpretation of the inter-american system, its background, and its development. The work not only deals with basic information, such as the activities and organization of the most important organs and institutions of the OAS, its commissions and agencies; it also covers the changes that have taken place over the last forty-five years, since the founding of the OAS in 1948, including much material not readily available from other sources. ... Read more


88. The Organization of American States (International Organizations Series) (Volume 11)
by David Sheinin
 Hardcover: 209 Pages (1995-01-01)
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Asin: 1560002433
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89. Cooperation, Conflict and Consensus in the Organization of American States
by Carolyn M. Shaw
Hardcover: 224 Pages (2004-04-17)
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Asin: 1403962219
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Institutional rules--procedural, structural, and normative--are held to play important roles in affecting strategies and outcomes. Their influence is widely recognized in domestic politics, but their role in international politics remains relatively underdeveloped. In this close examination of how institutional rules have affected the relative influence and power of members of the Organization of American States, Shaw demonstrates the importance of rules where they are often considered to be least effective: shaping the behavior of a hegemon, the United States. Four factors are considered important in analyzing the effects of institutional rules: the level of consensus among Latin American members, the extent of threat to regional stability, the amount of resources needed to address an issue, and the reliance on norms, including non-intervention and state sovereignty. Tracing their interaction, Shaw finds that the rules affected state and organizational decisions in the highly germane area of conflict resolution. By demonstrating the importance of organizational rules where they might be expected to be least effective, this is an important contribution to the study of international relations.
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90. Knowledge and Learning in the Andes: Ethnographic Perspectives (Liverpool University Press - Liverpool Latin American Studies)
Paperback: 272 Pages (2002-05-01)
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Asin: 085323518X
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The aim of this book is to explore the current research into the ways in which Andean peoples create, transmit, maintain and transform their knowledge in culturally significant ways, and how processes of teaching and learning relate to these. The contributions, from eminent researchers in anthropology, sociology, cultural studies and linguistics, include cross-disciplinary approaches, and cover a diverse geographic area from Ecuador to Peru, Bolivia and Northern Chile. The case studies reflect on the variously harmonious and conflictive relationships between knowledge, power, communicative media and cultural identities in Andean societies, from within local, national and global perspectives.
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91. Ejido organization in Mexico, 1934-1976 (Special studies - UCLA Latin American Center Publications ; v. 1)
by Dana Markiewicz
 Unknown Binding: 84 Pages (1980)

Isbn: 0879035013
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92. Spatial Organization of New Land Settlement in Latin America (Dellplain Latin American Studies)
by Jacob O. Maos
 Paperback: 179 Pages (1983-09)
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Isbn: 0865316260
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93. Irrigation at High Altitudes: The Social Organization of Water Control Systems in the Andes (Society for Latin American Anthropology Publication, Vo)
Paperback: 305 Pages (1994-06)
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Isbn: 0913167665
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94. Lulac: The Evolution of a Mexican American Political Organization
by Benjamin Marquez
 Paperback: 141 Pages (1993-04)
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Isbn: 0292751540
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95. The Value of Health: A History of the Pan American Health Organization (Rochester Studies in Medical History)
by Marcos Cueto
Paperback: 249 Pages (2007-03-31)
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Asin: 1580462634
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Marcos Cueto, a widely published medical historian, presents an appealing and well-documented narrative that describes the origins of public health and the creation of PAHO and culminates with the Organization's response to globalization and its commitment to the Millennium Development Goals. The history of PAHO's institutional heritage, notes the author, is "a rich testimony to the depth and breadth of health's value . . . as an indispensable requirement for peace, security, tolerance, and solidarity . . . and a means of achieving equity . . . in all social spheres." Marcos Cueto is professor in the School of Public Health at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru, and editor of Missionaries of Science: The Rockefeller Foundation and Latin America (Indiana University Press, 1994). ... Read more


96. Raising Student Learning in Latin America: The Challenge for the 21st Century (Latin American Development Forum)
by Emiliana Vegas, Jenny Petrow
Paperback: 252 Pages (2007-09-26)
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Asin: 0821370820
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In the effort to meet enrollment targets for compulsory education in Latin America, the drive to achieve universal coverage seems to have left education quality behind. In the face of meager student performance, understanding what and how students are learning have emerged as salient issues facing policy makers in a region that has already achieved considerable success in the area of access to basic education. As many countries in the region embark on a series of reforms addressing issues of quality and equity in basic education, shifting their focus away from educational expansion, information on the policies and programs that can contribute to achieving student learning will be vital. This book brings to light recent advances in our understanding of the policies and programs that affect student learning in order to provide policy makers in Latin America and other developing regions tools for effective education policy making. ... Read more


97. Socially Inclusive Business: Engaging the Poor through Market Initiatives in Iberoamerica (David Rockefeller Center Series on Latin American Studies)
Paperback: 200 Pages (2010-06-01)
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Asin: 0674053362
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The idea that market mechanisms can mobilize social change by engaging the poor in win-win scenarios is gaining increased world attention. Companies, social sector organizations, and development agencies are all beginning to glean the potential that lies among the world's poorest people, both as an untapped productive force and a neglected consumer market. This book aims to demonstrate how the private sector can become part of the solution of poverty.

In this study, the authors assess market initiatives in Iberoamerica by large corporations, cooperatives, small and medium enterprises, and nonprofit organizations.

A task force drawing on nine teams of researchers from various business schools and universities in nine countries examined 33 experiences, seeking to uncover "what's needed" for building new business value chains that help move people out of poverty.

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98. Leadership From the Margins: Women and Civil Society Organizations in Argentina, Chile, and El Salvador
by Serena Cosgrove
Paperback: 248 Pages (2010-09-01)
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Asin: 0813548004
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Leadership from the Margins describes and analyzes the unique leadership styles and challenges facing the women leaders of civil society organizations (CSOs) in Argentina, Chile, and El Salvador.Based on ethnographic research, Serena Cosgrove's analysis offers a nuanced account of the distinct struggles facing women, and how differences of class, political ideology, and ethnicity have informed their outlook and organizing strategies. Using a gendered lens, she reveals the power and potential of women's leadership to impact the direction of local, regional, and global development agendas. ... Read more


99. Latin American Prose in English Translation. A bibliography.
by Claude [Ed] Hulet
 Paperback: Pages (1965)

Asin: B003RRBUX4
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100. Handmade Money: Latin American Artisans in the Marketplace
by Walter F. Morris Jr.
 Paperback: 355 Pages (1996-11)
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Isbn: 082703699X
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