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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Figures -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Conceptual Issues -- 2. The "Serpent's Egg": Civil Society's Dark Side -- 3. Association and Context in a Third-wave Democracy -- 4. Civic Engagement and Social Dysfunction -- 5. A Cross-National Analysis -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index

AbstractThe fast-paced landing of China in Latin America raises the question of how such a complex relationship is being built from little previous contact. Focusing on Colombia's printed media, the article examines the construction of China's public image. A Janus-faced view of China is initially revealed: a growing power perceived as an auspicious trade partner on the one hand; a troubling new actor in the international context on the other. Further analysis shows shades of grey that reveal a multifaceted, continuously evolving image of China that tells us much about both countries. The depiction of China's rising power, whose direction and purpose suggest a paradigm of "modernity without enlightment," brings light to Colombia's unsettled accounts with democracy and development. The article sets a launching pad for further research on such mutually constitutive relationships.

The fast-paced landing of China in Latin America raises the question of how such a complex relationship is being built from little previous contact. Focusing on Colombia's printed media, the article examines the construction of China's public image. A Janus-faced view of China is initially revealed: a growing power perceived as an auspicious trade partner on the one hand; a troubling new actor in the international context on the other. Further analysis shows shades of grey that reveal a multifaceted, continuously evolving image of China that tells us much about both countries. The depiction of China's rising power, whose direction and purpose suggest a paradigm of "modernity without enlightment," brings light to Colombia's unsettled accounts with democracy and development. The article sets a launching pad for further research on such mutually constitutive relationships. (China Q/GIGA)

As David Pion-Berlin explains in his Introduction, this collection of essays seeks to link the field of Latin American civil-military studies to major theoretical approaches in mainstream political science. Accordingly, the contributors draw from the rationalist, structuralist, and culturalist approaches in an effort to break what the editor of this book views as a long-standing isolation of Latin Americanists in general, and the region's civil-military specialists in particular, "from the major intellectual traditions, currents, and debates in political science and in the field of comparative politics" (p. 16). Therefore, the stated purpose of this volume is to reexamine civil-military relations in Latin America, taking into account major contextual changes (the wave of democratization in the region, the transition to free market economies, the end of the Cold War) and the potential contribution of mainstream analytical perspectives to new insights into this important theme in Latin American politics.

El trabajo introduce el concepto de derechos sociotecnológicos. Se trata de una conceptualización que complementa y actualiza la teoría democrática, enfocando desde el ejercicio de la ciudadanía al impacto que tienen ciencia, comunicaciones y tecnología en una sociedad democrática, y más precisamente, sobre su esfera pública. Como herramienta teórica, los derechos sociotecnológicos nos permiten abordar las posibilidades y limitaciones asociadas al acceso, participación, protección y reconocimiento que definen la relación entre tecnología y sociedad. Se parte del principio de que resulta efectivo estudiar la democracia desde la perspectiva del ejercicio de la ciudadanía, identificando allí la distribución de la exclusión, el alcance efectivo de los derechos y la permanente redefinición de lo que son los derechos de ciudadanía. Dado que el desarrollo en ciencia y tecnología plantea retos a la teoría y práctica de la democracia, por ejemplo, respecto de la batería de derechos tradicionales, nos encontramos ante una desarticulación entre debates científicos o técnicos y los debates que caracterizan a la esfera pública democrática. Ejemplos de estas áreas grises, que la teoría tradicional enfoca con dificultad, son las decisiones científicas y técnicas de impacto social, definiciones jurídicas de privacidad y nuevos medios o espacios virtuales de socialización. Los derechos sociotecnológicos ofrecen una herramienta para abordar estos problemas, habilitando el diagnóstico de nuevos procesos de exclusión y permitiendo el planteamiento de alternativas de desarrollo incluyente desde la participación y ampliación de la ciudadanía democrática.

Certain cities—most famously New York, London, and Tokyo—have been identified as "global cities," whose function in the world economy transcends national borders. Without the same fanfare, formerly peripheral and secondary cities have been growing in importance, emerging as global cities in their own right. The striking similarity of the skylines of Dubai, Miami, and Singapore is no coincidence: despite following different historical paths, all three have achieved newfound prominence through parallel trends.In this groundbreaking book, Alejandro Portes and Ariel C. Armony demonstrate how the rapid and unexpected rise of these three cities recasts global urban studies. They identify the constellation of factors that allow certain urban places to become "emerging global cities"—centers of commerce, finance, art, and culture for entire regions. The book traces the transformations of Dubai, Miami, and Singapore, identifying key features common to these emerging global cities. It contrasts them with "global hopefuls," cities that, at one point or another, aspired to become global, and analyzes how Hong Kong is threatened with the loss of this status. Portes and Armony highlight the importance of climate change to the prospects of emerging global cities, showing how the same economic system that propelled their rise now imperils their future. Emerging Global Cities provides a powerful new framework for understanding the role of peripheral cities in the world economy and how they compete for and sometimes achieve global standing

Over the last quarter century, no other city like Miami has rapidly transformed into a global city. The Global Edge charts the social tensions and unexpected consequences of this remarkable process of change. Acting as a follow-up to the highly successful City on the Edge, The Global Edge examines Miami in the context of globalization and scrutinizes its newfound place as a major international city. Written by two well-known scholars in the field, the book examines Miami's rise as a finance and banking center and the simultaneous emergence of a highly diverse but contentious ethnic mosaic. The Global Edge serves as a case study of Miami's present cultural, economic, and political transformation, and describes how its future course can provide key lessons for other metropolitan areas throughout the world