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Networks of Americanization: aspects of the American influence in Sweden
In: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis
In: Studia Anglistica Upsaliensia 79
BIODIVERSITY, CULTURE AND BIOECONOMY IN LATIN AMERICA
In: Chakiñan: revista de ciencias sociales y humanidades, Heft 18, S. 203-212
ISSN: 2550-6722
In Latin America, the immense existing biodiversity is associated with the abundance of enormous practically unknown regions and the presence of indigenous peoples, in some cases uncontacted. Along with the profusion of life forms that have been preserved over the years, the danger of genetic erosion caused by indiscriminate exploitation stands out on the one hand, and on the other the attempts at appropriation by institutions and natural persons, at the expense of the prejudice of the communities that inhabit those areas, of their habits of life and of their cultural practices. The purpose of this article is to reflect on these issues, based on the documentary information published by various authors. The examples presented also demonstrate that the region can take advantage of biodiversity for its own development, under a bioeconomy model, in which the efforts of science, education and production institutions coexist, supported by government policies of respect for the environment, indigenous populations and the legal protection of heritage.
Assessing the governance capacity to implement resource-oriented sanitation and waste management systems in urban areas of Latin America and the Caribbean
Sustainable approaches for waste management and sanitation are key to deal with the environmental and health challenges that growing urbanization is creating around the world. Implementing systems that allow to reuse resources contained in the organic waste streams (OWS) is an approach that can bring many benefits, especially in low-medium income areas as the Latin American and Caribbean region, where excreta, wastewater, and waste are not properly managed. The transformation towards these systems requires not only technological changes, but also changes in the way that urban waste and wastewater are governed. The aim of this study was to assess the capacity of the town of Chía (Colombia) to govern the transition towards resource-oriented sanitation and waste management systems. The Governance Capacity Framework (GCF) was used as a method to evaluate the governance capacity of the town to implement these systems. The assessment revealed that the capacity of Chía to govern the implementation of resource-oriented sanitation and waste management systems was low. Furthermore, governance factors that could be hindering the implementation of these systems were identified. Low level of knowledge of resource recovery from OWS in the public spheres, insufficient collaboration and communication across sectors and institutions that had competences on waste management and sanitation, short-term vision within the local decision-making processes and insufficient incentives to support local entrepreneurship on circular economy. Despite these challenges, analysis also revealed the existence of public-private partnerships and entrepreneurs working in successful initiatives linked with resource-oriented systems in Chía and other towns of Cundinamarca county. The study concluded that in Chía there was a gap between local initiatives of resource recovery from OWS that brought environmental, economic, and social benefits at small scale and its inclusion in the local and regional governance systems. Findings of this study touches upon many governance aspects such as knowledge, legislation, financing and even culture. Further research is needed to look closer to each of those and make concrete, feasible and effective proposals that bring change with a long-term sustainability vision. Finally, when analysing the results of the evaluation and making future proposals, strengths, and shortcomings of applying the GCF as an analytical tool for a specific case study like Chía need to be considered.
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The post-neoliberal South American development
In: Chakiñan: revista de ciencias sociales y humanidades, Heft 5, S. 18-39
ISSN: 2550-6722
This study addressed the triangular relations between Latin America, Beijing and Washington in the last 15 years using a process tracing technique on the economic and political models of the region. It specifically focused on the South American development during the post-Washington Consensus era, as well as the expanding influence of China over this region. The aim of this paper was to transmit the idea that the failure of neoliberalism in the 90s together with the expansionism of China have shaped the contemporary political and economic arena among the countries of South America. This work could help to understand the historical process of the construction of develop paradigms on the region and its impact on the society.
Kolonialita jako druhá tvář modernity: k současné latinskoamerické postkoloniální kritice modernity
In: Historická sociologie: časopis pro historické sociální vědy = Historical sociology : a journal of historical social sciences, Heft 1-2, S. 75-94
ISSN: 2336-3525
The paper focuses on the Latin American perspective on modernity, especially on the Peruvian sociologist Anibal Quijano's notion of coloniality. Coloniality is explained as a theoret- ical framework for critical reflection of modernity with an emphasis on the forms of knowledge (episteme) and on non-Western, more specifically Latin American historical experiences and perspectives. The aim is to introduce some Latin American efforts to critically understand coloniality as the other face of modernity and to develop a distinctive critique of capitalism, globalisation and Eurocentrism in their historical dynamics, In the first part, the paper briefly introduces Latin America as a geocultural place and a object of social research in a historical perspective. Special attention is paid to the question of racial classification and authenticity. In the second part, the paper focuses on the notion of coloniality as it was conceptualised by A. Quijano and by other Latin American authors. In the third and fourth parts, the paper deals with the problem of coloniality in wider epistemic contexts of modern social sciences and in relation to the notion of alterity and to the question of decolonisation of social scientific thinking. The final discussion addresses some of inspirational and problematic points of this conception such as problems of decolonisation, intellectual dependency and critique, and the problem of conceptualisation of differences in scientific discourses.
Českoslovenští uprchlíci ve studené válce: dějiny American Fund for Czechoslovak Refugees
In: Prameny a studie k dějinám československého exilu 1948-1989 sv. 8
Economic cooperation with Sweden under Public law 472, 80th Congress: Agreement between the United States of America and Sweden signed at Stockholm July 3, 1948, entered into force July 21, 1948
In: Treaties and other international acts series 1793
In: United States. Dept. of State. Publication 3287
Arlie Russell Hochschild: Strangers in Their Own Land. Anger and Mourning on the American Right
In: Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift, Band 1, Heft 5, S. 406-409
ISSN: 2535-2512
The Political Use of Force. Beyond National Security Considerations As a Source of American Foreign Policy
In: Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift, Band 112, Heft 3, S. 301-305
ISSN: 0039-0747
America Against the World. How We Are Different and Why We Are Disliked
In: Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review, Band 46, Heft 1, S. 164-168
The Post-American World
In: Mezinárodní vztahy: Czech journal of international relations, Band 44, Heft 4, S. 127
ISSN: 0543-7989, 0323-1844
Recenze: Wuthnow, Robert: After the Baby Boomers - How Twenty- and Thirty-somethings Are Shaping the Future of American Religion
In: Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review, Band 45, Heft 2, S. 451-454
American Plus: etnisk identitet hos finlandssvenska ättlingar i Nordamerika
In: Skrifter utgivna av Svenska Litteratursällskapet i Finland 658