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Reclaiming Latin America is a one-stop guide to the revival of
social democratic and socialist politics across the region. At the
end of the Cold War, and through decades of neoliberal domination
and the 'Washington Consensus' it seemed that the left could do
nothing but beat a ragged retreat in Latin America. Yet this book
looks at the new opportunities that sprang up through electoral
politics and mass action during that period. The chapters here warn
against over-simplification of the so-called 'pink wave'. Instead,
through detailed historical analysis of Latin America as a whole
and country-specific case studies, the book demonstrates the
variety of approaches to establishing a lasting social justice.
From the anti-imperialism of the Bolivarian Alternative for the
Americas in Venezuela, Bolivia and Cuba, to the more gradualist
routes being taken in Chile, Argentina and Brazil, Reclaiming Latin
America gives a real sense of the plurality of political responses
to popular discontent.
Bolivia leapt onto the front pages of the news in October 2003,
when the 'Gas Wars' protests caused the ousting of Bolivia's
President, Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada. In the Gas Wars the
indigenous inhabitants, trade unions, and other civil society
groups came together to protest the sale of Bolivian natural gas to
the United States through a pipeline leading to Chile. In the
unrest protestors were killed, and calls for the President to
resign grew ever louder. Bolivia has a long history of social
protest. In Cochabamba in 2000, the Water Wars saw nearly 10,000
people take to the streets against the privatisation of water. The
Bolivian peoples' strong stance against foreign interests and the
sale of their natural resources has been triggered by US pressure;
first in the 'war on drugs' - the fumigation of 'illegal' coca
crops - and pressure waged on a wider front of IMF structural
adjustments, and the neo-liberal regime. In Patterns of Protest,
UK-based Andean expert John Crabtree explains the antecedents of a
poor country's struggle against its most powerful neighbours, and
the predatory interests of global capitalism. In a strongly
indigenous nation, explains the influence of Quechua and Aymara
identity and organising in Bolivian politics, and analyses the
unique way that Boliva has united disparate populations - the urban
working class and the rural indigenous people - to demand that
Bolivian natural resources benefit Bolivians first.
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This profile provides a guide to the major recent economic, social,
and political developments within Peru, viewed through the eyes of
Peruvians themselves. John Crabtree emphasizes the depth of social
divides in a country where more than half the population lives in
poverty and without access to adequate employment. He analyzes the
weakness of democratic institutions and the lack of political
"voice" of the majority of men and women, while examining the
background to the country's poor human rights record in recent
years. Peru is burdened with heavy foreign debts, and subject to
IMF-designed adjustment policies. Exploitation of its tremendous
resource wealth, including its gold, oil, and forests, has led, not
to prosperity, but to depredation and environmental damage. Its
climate and geology mean that Peru is also highly prone to natural
disasters, and the chaos and poverty they engender. Nonetheless,
Peruvians are resilient people. This book shows how, through a
myriad of locally-based initiatives and institutions, they seek to
forge a better future for themselves and their children. The book
is richly illustrated throughout with original photographs.
While leftist governments have been elected across Latin America,
this 'Pink Tide' has so far failed to reach Peru. Instead, the
corporate elite remains firmly entrenched, and the left continues
to be marginalised. Peru therefore represents a particularly stark
example of 'state capture', in which an extreme concentration of
wealth in the hands of a few corporations and pro-market
technocrats has resulted in a monopoly on political power. Post the
2016 elections, John Crabtree and Francisco Durand look at the ways
in which these elites have been able to consolidate their position
at the expense of genuine democracy, with a particular focus on the
role of mining and other extractive industries, where extensive
privatization and deregulation has contributed to extreme
disparities in wealth and power. In the process, Crabtree and
Durand provide a unique case study of state development, by
revealing the mechanisms used by elites to dominate political
discussion and marginalize their opponents, as well as the role
played by external actors such as international financial
institutions and foreign investors. The significance of Crabtree's
findings therefore extends far beyond Peru, and illuminates the
wider issue of why mineral-rich countries so often struggle to
attain meaningful democracy.
Title: A Concise History of the Parish and Vicarage of Halifax, in
the county of York.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print
EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United
Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries
holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats:
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million books, along with substantial additional collections of
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HISTORY OF BRITAIN & IRELAND collection includes books from the
British Library digitised by Microsoft. As well as historical
works, this collection includes geographies, travelogues, and
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people of Great Britain and Ireland. Works also explore the
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insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Crabtree, John;
1836. ix. 563 p.; 8 . 10360.ee.23.
Modeling chemical reactions and mechanisms can be of great benefit
to the chemical process industry. A typical chemical mechanism is a
database composed of thousands of reactions involving a hundred or
more species. A fundamental prerequisite of mechanism analysis and
classification is the ability to map atomic reactions. Reaction
mapping is also fundamental in the analysis of biological pathways,
enzymatic reaction data, tracer experiments, and the consistency
checking of pathway databases. Biological molecules often have
complex structures that can be nearly impossible to validate
manually. Until now, reaction mapping approaches have relied on
solutions based on attempts to partially solve NP-Complete problems
or limiting the type of reaction processed. This book presents
algorithms that are uniquely capable of mapping any reaction that
can be represented as a set of chemical graphs, efficiently and
optimally. MechA, a system built for mechanism analysis using an
expert system as well as these algorithms is also described. This
book should be of interest to those with a background in
cheminformatics, bioinformatics, algorithms, expert systems, or
chemical engineering.
While leftist governments have been elected across Latin America,
this 'Pink Tide' has so far failed to reach Peru. Instead, the
corporate elite remains firmly entrenched, and the left continues
to be marginalised. Peru therefore represents a particularly stark
example of 'state capture', in which an extreme concentration of
wealth in the hands of a few corporations and pro-market
technocrats has resulted in a monopoly on political power. Post the
2016 elections, John Crabtree and Francisco Durand look at the ways
in which these elites have been able to consolidate their position
at the expense of genuine democracy, with a particular focus on the
role of mining and other extractive industries, where extensive
privatization and deregulation has contributed to extreme
disparities in wealth and power. In the process, Crabtree and
Durand provide a unique case study of state development, by
revealing the mechanisms used by elites to dominate political
discussion and marginalize their opponents, as well as the role
played by external actors such as international financial
institutions and foreign investors. The significance of Crabtree's
findings therefore extends far beyond Peru, and illuminates the
wider issue of why mineral-rich countries so often struggle to
attain meaningful democracy.
Since Evo Morales was elected president in 2006 as leader of the
MAS - the first social movement to achieve political power in Latin
America - Bolivia has seen radical changes and continues to
generate huge interest worldwide. In this revealing new book,
Crabtree and Chaplain show how ordinary people have responded to
the process of change that have taken place in the country over the
last few years. Based on a wealth of interview material and
original reportage, the book enters the terrain of grass-roots
politics, identifying how Bolivians work within the country's
social movements and how they view the effects that this
participation has achieved. It asks how they see their lives as
being altered - for better or for worse - by this experience, as
well as how they evaluate the experience of becoming politically
involved, often for the first time. This unique bottom-up analysis
explores the often complex relationship between Bolivia's people,
social movements and the state, highlighting both the achievements
and limitations of the MAS administration. In doing so, it casts
important new light both on the nature of the Bolivian 'experiment'
and its implications for participatory politics in other parts of
the developing world.
Reclaiming Latin America is a one-stop guide to the revival of
social democratic and socialist politics across the region. At the
end of the Cold War, and through decades of neoliberal domination
and the 'Washington Consensus' it seemed that the left could do
nothing but beat a ragged retreat in Latin America. Yet this book
looks at the new opportunities that sprang up through electoral
politics and mass action during that period. The chapters here warn
against over-simplification of the so-called 'pink wave'. Instead,
through detailed historical analysis of Latin America as a whole
and country-specific case studies, the book demonstrates the
variety of approaches to establishing a lasting social justice.
From the anti-imperialism of the Bolivarian Alternative for the
Americas in Venezuela, Bolivia and Cuba, to the more gradualist
routes being taken in Chile, Argentina and Brazil, Reclaiming Latin
America gives a real sense of the plurality of political responses
to popular discontent.
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