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In January 1995, four Latin American countries, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay joined their destinies within a common and ambitious enterprise called MERCOSUR. MERCOSUR, the Common Market of the South, represents an important economic integration area that generates a GDP of $US 600 billion, providing a market of 200 million people spread over an area of 12 million square km. Initially, MERCOSUR performance has been more than successful, as intra-MERCOSUR trade has increased significantly. However, the elimination of intra-MERCOSUR tariffs will not be efficient if at the same time the sharp variability of nominal exchange rates artificially affects the relative prices of different products. The question as to the choice of the optimal exchange rate system to be adopted among MERCOSUR countries becomes critical if MERCOSUR states attempt to go further along the path of increasing their trade flows of goods and services. The study contributes to filling this gap by providing some alternative answers to this issue. The analysis has been based on three pillars: a theoretical review of exchange rate systems; a review of the European experience; and an analysis of the Latin American experience.

The paper develops an interpretation of neoliberalism through the analysis of the concept of «human capital». Following Michel Foucault's lectures on La naissance de la biopolitique, in order to put the matter in a clearer historical perspective, in the first part of the paper I explain the basic principles of classical political economy and the biopolitical role of the state in traditional liberal thinking. In the second part I analyse neoliberalism. The theory of «human capital», in particular, let me argue that neoliberalism is not only an economic view, but a theory that claims to explain every kind of human behaviour. Moreover, it emerges that this theory is rooted in a biological interpretation of human nature. In the last part, through the analysis of some historical examples, I examine some consequences of neoliberal biopower. In details, I clarify the new role of the state in such a system of power and the neoliberal strategy to manage human behaviour.

In January 1995, four Latin American countries, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay joined their destinies within a common and ambitious enterprise called MERCOSUR. MERCOSUR, the Common Market of the South, represents an important economic integration area that generates a GDP of $US 600 billion, providing a market of 200 million people spread over an area of 12 million square km. Initially, MERCOSUR performance has been more than successful, as intra-MERCOSUR trade has increased significantly. However, the elimination of intra-MERCOSUR tariffs will not be efficient if at the same time the sharp variability of nominal exchange rates artificially affects the relative prices of different products. The question as to the choice of the optimal exchange rate system to be adopted among MERCOSUR countries becomes critical if MERCOSUR states attempt to go further along the path of increasing their trade flows of goods and services. The study contributes to filling this gap by providing some alternative answers to this issue. The analysis has been based on three pillars: a theoretical review of exchange rate systems; a review of the European experience; and an analysis of the Latin American experience.

La trata de mujeres y niñas con fines de explotación sexual es un flagelo que vulnera los derechos humanos de las mujeres, que conlleva a condiciones de esclavitud y de tortura en pleno siglo XXI. El siguiente trabajo intenta dar cuenta de estas condiciones, ahondando en los mecanismos que hacen viable su existencia, la complicidad del entramado de una red de poder que involucra a vastos sectores de la sociedad, la permanencia de un sistema machista que contempla estas prácticas; y la problematización de la trata en función de las reflexiones de autoras que analizaron la cotidianeidad de los centros de detención clandestina durante la última dictadura militar en la Argentina y las condiciones estructurales que convirtieron al sistema capitalista en el mejor aliado del patriarcado. ; Facultad de Periodismo y Comunicación Social

In January 1995, four Latin American countries, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay joined their destinies within a common and ambitious enterprise called MERCOSUR. MERCOSUR, the Common Market of the South, represents an important economic integration area that generates a GDP of $US 600 billion, providing a market of 200 million people spread over an area of 12 million square km. Initially, MERCOSUR performance has been more than successful, as intra-MERCOSUR trade has increased significantly. However, the elimination of intra-MERCOSUR tariffs will not be efficient if at the same time the sharp variability of nominal exchange rates artificially affects the relative prices of different products. The question as to the choice of the optimal exchange rate system to be adopted among MERCOSUR countries becomes critical if MERCOSUR states attempt to go further along the path of increasing their trade flows of goods and services. The study contributes to filling this gap by providing some alternative answers to this issue. The analysis has been based on three pillars: a theoretical review of exchange rate systems; a review of the European experience; and an analysis of the Latin American experience.

This paper summarises a research project carried out in the 1997-1999 period with CONICET support. It is centred on the negotiation process among different social actors regarding the relocation of a shanty town placed downtown Cordoba. Based on a case study, the aim is to present some considerations regarding the participation of the different actors as well as to find out about the effectiveness of the state in carrying out this type of policies. First, a summary is made of the different aspects of the negotiation process for the relocation of Villa El Pocito. It is important to mention that this process started in 1991 within the Mesa de Concertación de Políticas Sociales (Social Policies Co-ordination Table) and it ends in 1998 with the moving of the people to their new houses. During this period the conditions of the political and social context changed in the Cordoba province which affected the process in its different stages. Secondly, an evaluation is made of the housing policy applied here using the criteria of efficiency and efficacy. As a conclusion, questions are made on the impact of such actions on the inhabitants-beneficiaries and on the urban structure as a whole. ; El presente artículo sintetiza una investigación realizada en el período 1997-1999 con financiamiento de CONICET, centrada en el estudio del proceso de negociación entre diferentes actores sociales para la relocalización de un asentamiento marginal localizado en el centro de la ciudad de Córdoba. Interesa, a partir de la evaluación de un estudio de caso, presentar algunas cuestiones en relación con la participación de los diferentes actores involucrados así como indagar sobre la efectividad del Estado en la consecución de este tipo de políticas. En primer término, se sintetizan brevemente aspectos relativos al proceso de negociación para la relocalización de la Villa El Pocito. En relación con este punto, es importante mencionar que este proceso se inicia (en 1994) en el marco de la Mesa de Concertación de Políticas Sociales y ...