Journal of Latin American Studies

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  Año 2007, Vol. 39, Número 2 (May 2007). Texto Completo Ejemplar

  • Research Article

    • The Governance of Hydro-electric Dams in Brazil

      Sabrina McCormick

      • Resumen
      • Texto completo

      págs. 227-261

      

    • State-Civil Society Cooperation and Conflict in the Spanish Empire: The Intellectual and Political Activities of the Ultramarine Consulados and Economic Societies, c. 1780–1810

      Gabriel Paquette

      • Resumen
      • Texto completo

      págs. 263-298

      

    • On the Origins of ISI: The Latin American Cement Industry, 1900–30

      Xavier Tafunell Sambola

      • Resumen
      • Texto completo

      págs. 299-328

      

    • Political Space, Pro-Poor Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy in Honduras: A Story of Missed Opportunities

      José Cuesta

      • Resumen
      • Texto completo

      págs. 329-354

      

  • Commentary

    • A Poverty of Imagination: George W. Bush's Policy in Latin America

      William M. LeoGrande

      • Resumen
      • Texto completo

      págs. 355-385

      

  • Review

    • Jocelyn Olcott, Revolutionary Women in Postrevolutionary Mexico (Durham, NC, and London: Duke University Press, 2006), pp. ix+337, £60.00, 14.95 pb.

      Matthew Butler

      Es reseña de:

      • Revolutionary Women in Postrevolutionary Mexico

        Jocelyn Olcott

        Durham : Duke University Press, 2006

      • Texto completo

      págs. 387-389

      

    • Nils Jacobsen and Cristóbal Aljovín de Losada (eds.), Political Cultures in the Andes, 1750–1950 (Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2005), pp. xii+386, £67.00, £16.95 pb.

      Paulo Drinot

      Es reseña de:

      • Political Cultures in the Andes, 1750–1950

        Nils Jacobsen (ed. lit.), Cristóbal Aljovín de Losada (ed. lit.)

        Durham : Duke University Press, 2005

      • Texto completo

      págs. 389-391

      

    • Sidney Chalhoub, Vera Regina Beltrão Marques, Gabriela dos Reis Sampaio and Carlos Roberto Galvão Sobrinho (eds.), Artes e ofícios de curar no Brasil: Capítulos de História Social (Campinas, São Paulo: Editora Unicamp; IFCH; Cecult, 2003), pp. 428, pb.

      Gilberto Hochman

      Es reseña de:

      • Artes e ofícios de curar no Brasil: Capítulos de História Social

        Sidney Chalhoub (ed. lit.), Vera Regina Beltrão Marques (ed. lit.), Gabriela dos Reis Sampaio (ed. lit.), Carlos Roberto Galvão Sobrinho (ed. lit.)

        Campinas : Editora da Unicamp, 2003

      • Texto completo

      págs. 391-393

      

    • Roger A. Kittleson, The Practice of Politics in Postcolonial Brazil: Porto Alegre, 1845–1895 (Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005), pp. xi+266, $27.95, pb.

      Jeffrey D. Needell

      Es reseña de:

      • The Practice of Politics in Postcolonial Brazil: Porto Alegre, 1845–1895

        Roger A. Kittleson

        Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005

      • Texto completo

      págs. 393-395

      

    • Cynthia Radding, Landscapes of Power and Identity: Comparative Histories in the Sonoran Desert and the Forests of Amazonia from Colony to Republic (Durham, NC, and London: Duke University Press, 2006), pp. xxiv+431, £67.00, £16.95 pb.

      Christian Brannstrom

      Es reseña de:

      • Landscapes of Power and Identity: Comparative Histories in the Sonoran Desert and the Forests of Amazonia from Colony to Republic

        Cynthia Radding

        Durham : Duke University Press, 2006

      • Texto completo

      págs. 395-396

      

    • Hendrik Kraay and Thomas L. Whigham (eds.), I Die with My Country: Perspectives on the Paraguayan War, 1864–1870 (Lincoln, NE, and London: University of Nebraska Press, 2005), pp. x+257, £55.00, hb.

      Mario Héctor Pastore

      Es reseña de:

      • I Die with My Country: Perspectives on the Paraguayan War, 1864–1870

        Hendrik Kraay (ed. lit.), Thomas L. Whigham (ed. lit.)

        Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2005

      • Texto completo

      págs. 396-399

      

    • Hugo G. Nutini, Social Stratification and Mobility in Central Veracruz (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2005), pp. xi+178, £28.95, hb.

      David Skerritt Gardner

      Es reseña de:

      • Social Stratification and Mobility in Central Veracruz

        Hugo G. Nutini

        Austin : University of Texas Press, 2005

      • Texto completo

      págs. 399-401

      

    • Marcela García Sebastiani, Los antiperonistas en la Argentina peronista: radicales y socialistas en la política Argentina entre 1943 y 1951 (Buenos Aires: Prometeo Libros, 2005), pp. 296, $12.20, pb.

      Michael Goebel

      Es reseña de:

      • Los antiperonistas en la Argentina peronista: radicales y socialistas en la política argentina entre 1943 y 1951

        Marcela García Sebastiani

        Prometeo Libros, 2005. ISBN 9875740217

      • Texto completo

      págs. 401-403

      

    • Colectivo Oficios Varios, Arriba quemando el sol: estudios de historia social Chilena: experiencias populares de trabajo, revuelta y autonomía (1830–1940) (Santiago, Chile: LOM Ediciones, 2004), pp. 263, pb.

      Ángela Vergara

      Es reseña de:

      • Arriba quemando el sol: estudios de historia social Chilena: experiencias populares de trabajo, revuelta y autonomía (1830–1940)

        Colectivo Oficios Varios (ed. lit.)

        Santiago : LOM Ediciones, 2004

      • Texto completo

      págs. 403-405

      

    • Frederick H. Smith, Caribbean Rum: A Social and Economic History (Gainesville, FL, University Press of Florida, 2006), pp. xvi+339, $59.95, hb.

      John R. Ward

      Es reseña de:

      • Caribbean Rum: A Social and Economic History

        Frederick H. Smith

        Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2006

      • Texto completo

      págs. 405-406

      

    • Gretchen Helmke and Steven Levitsky (eds.), Informal Institutions and Democracy: Lessons from Latin America (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006), pp. viii+351, £43.50, 16.50 pb.

      Joe Forweraker

      Es reseña de:

      • Informal Institutions and Democracy: Lessons from Latin America

        Gretchen Helmke (ed. lit.), Steven Levitsky (ed. lit.)

        Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006

      • Texto completo

      págs. 406-407

      

    • Rachel Sieder, Line Schjolden and Alan Angell (eds.), The Judicialization of Politics in Latin America (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006), pp. viii+305, $69.95, hb.

      Rodrigo Uprimny

      Es reseña de:

      • The Judicialization of Politics in Latin America

        Rachel Sieder (ed. lit.), Line Schjolden (ed. lit.), Alan Angell (ed. lit.)

        Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

      • Texto completo

      págs. 408-410

      

    • Alfred P. Montero, Brazilian Politics: Reforming a Democratic State in a Changing World (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2006), pp. viii+167, £50.00, £16.99 pb; $59.95, $26.95 pb.

      William Nylen

      Es reseña de:

      • Brazilian Politics: Reforming a Democratic State in a Changing World

        Alfred P. Montero

        Cambridge : Polity Press, 2006

      • Texto completo

      págs. 410-412

      

    • Marcus Taylor, From Pinochet to the ‘Third Way’: Neoliberalism and Social Transformation in Chile (London: Pluto Press, 2006), pp. xi+224, £17.99, pb.

      Cristóbal Kay

      Es reseña de:

      • From Pinochet to the ‘Third Way’: Neoliberalism and Social Transformation in Chile

        Marcus Taylor

        London : Pluto Press, 2006

      • Texto completo

      págs. 412-413

      

    • Julio F. Carrión (ed.), The Fujimori Legacy: The Rise of Electoral Authoritarianism in Peru (University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 2006), pp. xiii+362, $85.00, $27.00 pb.

      John Crabtree

      Es reseña de:

      • The Fujimori Legacy: The Rise of Electoral Authoritarianism in Peru

        Julio F. Carrión (ed. lit.)

        University Park : Penn State University Press, 2006

      • Texto completo

      págs. 413-415

      

    • Sarah Babb, Managing Mexico: Economists from Nationalism to Neoliberalism (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2002), pp. xv+295, £24.95; $35.00, hb.

      Carlos Figueroa Ibarra

      Es reseña de:

      • Managing Mexico: Economists from Nationalism to Neoliberalism

        Sarah Babb

        Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2002

      • Texto completo

      págs. 415-417

      

    • JoAnn Martin, Tepoztlán and the Transformation of the Mexican State: The Politics of Loose Connections (Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 2005), pp. xiv+276, $50.00, hb.

      John Stolle-McAllister

      Es reseña de:

      • Tepoztlán and the Transformation of the Mexican State: The Politics of Loose Connections

        JoAnn Martin

        Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2005

      • Texto completo

      págs. 417-419

      

    • Roberto Gargarella, Pilar Domingo and Theunis Roux (eds.), Courts and Social Transformation in New Democracies: An Institutional Voice for the Poor? (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006), pp. xiv+311, £65.00, hb.

      Julio Faundez

      Es reseña de:

      • Courts and Social Transformation in New Democracies: An Institutional Voice for the Poor?

        Roberto Gargarella (ed. lit.), Pilar Domingo (ed. lit.), Theunis Roux (ed. lit.)

        Aldershot : Ashgate, 2006

      • Texto completo

      págs. 419-420

      

    • Jane S. Jaquette and Gale Summerfield (eds.), Women and Gender Equity in Development Theory and Practice (Durham, NC, and London: Duke University Press, 2006), pp. ix+365, $84.95, $23.95 pb; £64.00, £14.95, pb.

      Amy Lind

      Es reseña de:

      • Women and Gender Equity in Development Theory and Practice

        Jane S. Jaquette (ed. lit.), Gale Summerfield (ed. lit.)

        Durham : Duke University Press, 2006

      • Texto completo

      págs. 421-422

      

    • Sallie Hughes, Newsrooms in Conflict: Journalism and the Democratization of Mexico (Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2006), pp. x+286, $22.95, pb.

      James Painter

      Es reseña de:

      • Newsrooms in Conflict: Journalism and the Democratization of Mexico

        Sallie Hughes

        Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2006

      • Texto completo

      págs. 423-424

      

    • Arturo Santa-Cruz, International Election Monitoring, Sovereignty and the Western Hemisphere Idea (New York and London: Routledge, 2005), pp. xiii+287, £52.00, hb.

      Andrew F. Cooper

      Es reseña de:

      • International Election Monitoring, Sovereignty and the Western Hemisphere Idea

        Arturo Santa-Cruz

        New York : Routledge, 2005

      • Texto completo

      págs. 425-426

      

    • Salvador Martí i Puig, Tiranías, rebeliones y democracia: itinerarios políticos comparados en Centroamérica (Barcelona: Edicions Bellaterra, 2004), pp. 327, pb.

      Carlos Figueroa Ibarra

      Es reseña de:

      • Tiranías, rebeliones y democracia: itinerarios políticos comparados en Centroamérica

        Salvador Martí Puig

        Barcelona : Bellaterra, 2004. ISBN 84-7290-260-9

      • Texto completo

      págs. 426-427

      

    • Samuel Farber, The Origins of the Cuban Revolution Reconsidered (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2006), pp. 212, $49.95, $19.95 pb.

      Antoni Kapcia

      Es reseña de:

      • The Origins of the Cuban Revolution Reconsidered

        Samuel Farber

        Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2006

      • Texto completo

      págs. 428-429

      

    • Eduardo Sáenz Rovner, La conexión Cubana: narcotráfico, contrabando y juego en Cuba entre los años 20 y comienzos de la Revolución (Bogotá: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, 2005), pp. 265, pb.

      Antoni Kapcia

      Es reseña de:

      • La conexión Cubana: narcotráfico, contrabando y juego en Cuba entre los años 20 y comienzos de la Revolución

        Eduardo Sáenz Rovner

        Bogotá : Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, 2005

      • Texto completo

      págs. 430-431

      

    • Robin D. Moore, Music and Revolution: Cultural Change in Socialist Cuba (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press and Chicago, IL: Columbia College, Center for Black Music Research, 2006), pp. xvi+350, $25.95; £15.95, pb.

      Cristóbal Díaz Ayala

      Es reseña de:

      • Music and Revolution: Cultural Change in Socialist Cuba

        Robin D. Moore

        Berkeley : University of California Press, 2006

      • Texto completo

      págs. 431-433