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The purpose of this study is to describe the social conditions of the elderly in Mexico, in light of the World Health Organization's declaration of the Decade of Healthy Ageing. Mexico has approximately 15.1 million people aged 60 and over, making up 12% of the country's population. This will have consequences in the social arena, as well as in the governmental structures to award action programmes that favour providing adequate care for the elderly, within the framework of human rights. In this regard, in Mexico there is a deep commitment to strengthen public policy in this area. However, there are still older adults — women and men — in conditions far from healthy ageing. ; El propósito de este estudio es describir las condiciones sociales del adulto mayor en México, a la luz del pronunciamiento de la Organización Mundial de la Salud de un envejecimiento saludable. México cuenta con aproximadamente 15.1 millones de personas con 60 años y más, que configura el 12% de la población del país. Esto tendrá derivaciones en el entorno social, como también en las estructuras del Gobierno para adjudicar acciones en favor de apoyar una atención adecuada de los adultos mayores, en el marco de los derechos humanos. Al respecto, en México existe un gran compromiso por fortalecer la política pública en esta materia. No obstante, aún existen adultos mayores —mujeres y hombres— en condiciones alejadas de un envejecimiento saludable. ; O objetivo deste estudo é descrever as condições sociais dos idosos no México, à luz do pronunciamento da Organização Mundial da Saúde sobre o envelhecimento saudável. O México tem aproximadamente 15,1 milhões de pessoas com 60 anos ou mais, o que totaliza 12% da população do país. Isso terá consequências no ambiente social, bem como nas estruturas do governo para alocar ações em prol do apoio ao cuidado adequado aos idosos, no âmbito dos direitos humanos. Nesse sentido, no México há um grande compromisso de fortalecer as políticas públicas nessa área. No entanto, ainda existem idosos – mulheres ...

Thus far, very little is known of the social origin and position of scribes and calligraphers in the premodern Islamic world. The difficulty in finding data on the biographies and activities of the professional practitioners of calligraphy in historiographical works is probably one of the main causes of this regrettable situation. Taking as a starting point the results of some previous groundbreaking research, the present article gathers scattered information retrieved from different sources about two calligraphers from the Horn of Africa that lived and worked in the Middle East during the Mamlūk period. In the analysis of these two cases, it is hoped that some light will be shed on the presence of calligraphic masters from the Horn in the Arab world from which may be gained, on a more general level, a better picture of the personalities of calligraphers in the Islamic world.

Moral, economic, and political issues related to the present move to militarize Costa Rica and extend military influence in Central America.

The means used in an election system to evaluate alternative systems, that is, conditions on social choice functions, are examined. "A condition on a social choice function is an if-then statement which specifies that if a certain designated relationship exists then some particular alternative or alternatives are not in the social choice set." The conditions in the social choice literature are compiled & the relationships among these conditions are presented. Nearly all conditions are classified into three groups, & these are then subdivided. Among the types of conditions discussed are those referred to as ethical, aggregation, & rationality conditions, all of which are dealt with separately. Further research in the area is encouraged. 9 Figures. G. Simpson.

Wulf Gaertner provides a comprehensive account of an important and complex issue within social choice theory: how to establish a social welfare function while restricting the spectrum of individual preferences in a sensible way. Gaertner's starting point is K. J. Arrow's famous 'Impossibility Theorem', which showed that no welfare function could exist if an unrestricted domain of preferences is to be satisfied together with some other appealing conditions. A number of leading economists have tried to provide avenues out of this 'impossibility' by restricting the variety of preferences: here, Gaertner provides a clear and detailed account, using standardized mathematical notation, of well over forty theorems associated with domain conditions. Domain Conditions in Social Choice Theory will be an essential addition to the library of social choice theory for scholars and their advanced graduate students