scholarly journals Manifestos and ideology: methodological issues and applications to Latin America

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriela Tarouco ◽  
Rafael Madeira ◽  
Soraia Vieira
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Latin American Country ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Coding Scheme ◽  
Intercoder Reliability ◽  
Party Manifestos

Abstract: In this paper we compare the recent dataset of Latin American country party manifestos as coded by the Manifest Project database to other estimations of position on the left-right scale and to another coding of the same documents, discussing their limits and potentialities. The differences found between results offer an interesting opportunity to discuss the method, its reliability, and the validity of the coding scheme and the scales. Our findings suggest that the fragile reliability of the hand-coded content analysis could be circumvented by employing intercoder reliability tests and that users must be cautious when basing conclusions on this project’s results.

scholarly journals INCURSION OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN MANAGEMENT EXCELLENCE AWARDS: AN ANALYSIS IN THE LATIN-AMERICAN CONTEXT

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 150
Author(s):  
Pedro Carlos Resende Junior ◽  
André Luiz Nascimento Reis
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Theoretical Knowledge ◽  
Management Process ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Collecting Methods

The aim of this article is to describe the relationship between theoretical knowledge management assumptions and knowledge management process involving Models and Awards for Management Excellence in Latin America.  Relevant literature was reviewed by carrying out a survey based on document analysis involving requirement of models and awards for excellence in management in the following countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico. This research study used qualitative data-collecting methods by means of a content analysis technique, carried out between February 2013 and December 2014.  The corpus was treated by using a content analysis technique, where categories of analysis were codified based on criteria, items and management process requirements of the models investigated. The findings show that the mains theoretical knowledge management assumptions are present, in some degree, in models of management excellence in Latin America, but highlight the fact that these models present different structure and maturity levels, some of which combine knowledge management with strategic perspectives and innovation management. This survey made it possible to produce consistent analyses based on pre-existing models that consider knowledge management as the basis of organization.

The Chilean Socialist Party: Prolegomena to its Ideology and Organization

1978 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benny Pollack
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Latin American Country ◽  
Common Knowledge ◽  
Socialist Party ◽  
Military Coup ◽  
Liberal Democratic ◽  
The Military ◽  
National Electorate

It is common knowledge that, prior to the military coup of 1973, Chile was the only Latin American country to have strong workers' political parties of the European type. Many reasons have been given for this phenomenon, but it is clear that Chile has been the only country in Latin-America to allow the development of Marxist parties with strong appeal and a strong following, within the framework of what could be called liberal, democratic processes. Up to 1970, the electoral force of the Socialist and Communist Parties in Chile oscillated between 20 and 30 per cent of the total national electorate. This rose to more than 40 per cent during 1975.

Social Archaeology in Latin America?: Comments to T. C. Patterson

1997 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 365-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Augusto Oyuela-Caycedo ◽  
Armando Anaya ◽  
Carlos G. Elera ◽  
Lidio M. Valdez
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Latin American Country ◽  
Historical Period ◽  
Social Archaeology ◽  
Present Evidence ◽  
Academic Level ◽  
Marxist Ideology ◽  
Published Paper

The published paper by Patterson (1994) gives the impression that Latin American archaeology has a significant orientation toward social archaeology. We present evidence, however, that indicates the restricted nature of social archaeology in time (1970s and early 1980s) and space (Cuba, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela). Social archaeology developed only in a political context where the model pursued by the state was sympathetic to marxist ideology during a specific historical period. Further, at the academic level, social archaeology gradually lost appeal to students in those countries where it developed because of the politicization of the archaeological discourse at universities and the lack of a relationship between practice and theory (epistemological theory). The practical aspects of social archaeology have never passed beyond those of cultural history produced under the schema of a national state archaeology. Consideration of the realities under which archaeology developed in each Latin American country leads to a broader understanding of the context in which social archaeology exists in Latin America today.

Review

1942 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-65
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Common Sense ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
Latin American Country ◽  
Complete Information ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Earth ◽  
To Come

It is seldom that a reviewer is privileged to point out to readers a book which has wisdom, experience, common sense, practicality, scholarship, and imagination all at once. To come upon such a book devoted to Latin America at this crucial turn in our relationships with her and to be able to recognize the book as a complete and accurate manual of economic, social, and anthropological conditions in each Latin American country is indeed to make a find. Perhaps it was not unexpected that it should be so. Professor James is a distinguished geographer who has devoted more than twenty years of study and travel to our southern neighbors. He is foremost among the geographers who know their subject to be as much social science ("human geography") as natural science. He has always been willing and able to turn to any source, academic or local, which will explain why and how people fit the surface of the earth. He has long explored the reasons for the failure of frontier expansion and population growth in Latin America and has gone far to find those reasons. But it is still nonetheless heartening to find the result up to expectations. There has been a myth current for many years that the Germans have an Institut für Geopolitik in which complete information is to be found on likely foreign areas. Whether or not the myth is true as to Germans, Professor James' Latin America could offer a model for any such effort. No Norteamericano diplomat, businessman, soldier, scholar, Indianist, traveler, who needs to learn of the conditions of life the other Americans have met and still meet can afford to miss it.

scholarly journals First Report of Plasmid-Mediated qnrA1 in a Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Escherichia coli Strain in Latin America

2007 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 1527-1529 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana Castanheira ◽  
Andrea S. Pereira ◽  
Adriana G. Nicoletti ◽  
Antônio C. C. Pignatari ◽  
Afonso L. Barth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Latin American Country ◽  
Coli Strain ◽  
Conjugative Plasmid ◽  
Class 1 Integron ◽  
First Report ◽  
Class 1 ◽  
Encoding Gene

ABSTRACT Among 144 ciprofloxacin-resistant Escherichia coli isolated in Brazil, one (0.69%) QnrA1-producing isolate was detected. The qnrA1 gene was associated with ISCR1. The QnrA1 determinant was carried on a 41-kb conjugative plasmid, which also carried a FOX-type cephalosporinase encoding gene and a class 1 integron with the aadB and catB3 cassettes. This is the first report of a qnrA-carrying isolate in a Latin American country.

scholarly journals US and EU in Latin America: contours of competitive interaction

2021 ◽  
pp. 0
Author(s):  
Ilona Gritsenko
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
European Union ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Latin American Country ◽  
The United States ◽  
Competitive Interaction ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Eu

The paper outlines the contours of modern competitive interaction between the United States and the European Union in Latin America. Based on the Latin American country strategies of the US State Department and the European Commission documents, the author traces the priorities of the above mentioned global players in the region, highlighting those of them that are areas of conflict of interests between the US and the EU. Special attention is paid to the differences and commonalities in their approaches to topical issues and problematic items of the Latin American agenda.

scholarly journals International strategy of the 500 largest firms in Latin America: an analysis from its mission and vision

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 634-641
Author(s):  
José Satsumi López-Morales ◽  
Isabel Ortega-Ridaura
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
International Business ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
International Strategy ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Relevant Topic ◽  
Qualitative Technique

A mission and vision well designed are important for the business strategy. In addition, the Latin American firms are a relevant topic, but sub-studied in literature about international business. Thus, the main aim of this paper is identify the presence of international strategy (IS) in the strategic approaches of the 500 largest firms from Latin America. For this purpose, a qualitative technique of content analysis was carried out in official web pages of these firms. Several keywords were analyzed to locate the presence or absence of the IS. These words are: multinational, global, international, internationalization, world, worldwide, among others. With this, 375 firms were identified that mention the IE either its mission, vision or both. Likewise, this sample was subdivided in private firms (338) and state firms (37). The results indicate that the studied firms do not consider mostly the IE in the mission and vision. Another important finding is that companies consider the IS mostly in their vision. In adittion, another important finding is the increased presence of inclusion of IS in the vision of state companies (64.86%) above their private peers. Keywords: international strategy, Latin America, mission, vision, strategic approaches. JEL Classification: M15, M16

The Sad Story of Prisons

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelo Bergman
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Latin American Country ◽  
Substitution Effect ◽  
Original Data ◽  
Criminal Networks ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Dramatic Rise ◽  
Official Records

This chapter reviews the role of prisons in Latin America and the meager effects they have in containing crime and imposing deterrence, documenting the dramatic rise in incarceration in every Latin American country over the last two decades. Based on evidence from inmate surveys and from official records, it examines the failure of rehabilitation, incapacitation, and of deterrence, which backfires once released inmates get back to the streets and crime. It analyzes the “substitution” effect, whereby offenders locked up in prisons are replaced by others in the criminal networks of stolen goods and narcotics industries, so that incarceration barely has any impact on crime, particularly under HCE. Original data depicts the poor state of prisons in the region, the link between inmates and crimes committed outside the prisons, the high rates of recidivism, and many other indicators of poor prison policies.

scholarly journals Narrativas do tempo presente no jornalismo de revista: um olhar sobre a cobertura da América Latina em 45 anos da Revista Veja

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 192
Author(s):  
Valquiria Michela John ◽  
Felipe Da Costa ◽  
Guilherme Felipe Busnardo ◽  
Pricilla Tiane Vargas ◽  
Robson Souza Dos Santos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Memory Representation ◽  
The World ◽  
America Latina ◽  
Latin American Countries

Veja é a revista de maior circulação no Brasil e uma das quatro de maior circulação no mundo, portanto, desempenha um importante papel na construção de representações quanto aos assuntos e temáticas que aborda. Em setembro de 2013, a revista completou 45 anos, marco histórico para o jornalismo brasileiro. Ao longo dessas mais de quatro décadas, Veja ajudou a construir não só Brasil, mas também a construir e difundir memórias sobre outros povos, outras nações, outras culturas. Entre esses vários “outros” estão os países da América Latina que, não raro, foram destaque de capa na revista ao longo desse período. Ao abordar temáticas ligadas aos países da América Latina, a revista contribui para o reforço a certas memórias, a representações referentes a esses países. A pesquisa teve como objetivo analisar a construção das representações sobre a América Latina realizadas por Veja ao longo de seus 45 anos de história. Como procedimento metodológico, foi utilizada a Análise de Conteúdo.  Palavras-chave: América Latina; Memória; Representação; Revista Veja.AbstractVeja is the largest circulated magazine in Brazil and one of the four largest in the World, therefore it plays an important role in the construction of the representation of the topics and thematic it approaches. In September 2013, the magazine turned 45, a landmark for Brazilian journalism. Along these more than four decades, Veja helped build not only Brazil, but also to build and spread memories about other people, nations and cultures. Among these various "others", many countries in Latin America frequently got prominent cover space over that period. In addressing thematic connected to Latin American countries, the magazine contributes to the enhancement of certain memories and representations regarding such countries. The research aimed to analyze the construction of representations about Latin America performed by Veja throughout its 45 years of history. Content analysis was used as methodological procedure.  Key words: América Latina; Memory; Representation; Revista Veja.Resumem:Veja es la mayor revista de circulación en Brasil y una de las cuatro de mayor circulación en el mundo, por lo tanto, desempeña un papel importante en la construcción de representaciones sobre los temas que aborda. En septiembre de 2013, la revista ha completado 45 años, un gran acontecimiento para el periodismo brasileño. Durante estos más de cuatro décadas, Veja ayudó a construir no sólo el Brasil, sino también los recuerdos de otras naciones, otras culturas.  Entre estos diversos "otros" son los países latinoamericanos que en varias ocasiones han aparecido en la revista durante ese período. Al abordar las cuestiones relacionadas con los países del América Latina, la revista ayuda a fortalecer ciertos recuerdos, representaciones de estos países. La investigación tuvo como objetivo analizar la construcción de representaciones de América Latina llevada a cabo por la revista durante sus 45 años de historia. Como procedimiento metodológico, se utilizó el análisis de contenido.

Migration vs. development? The case of poverty and inequality in Mexico

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agustín Escobar Latapi
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
International Migration ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Opportunity Cost ◽  
Inequality Index ◽  
Poverty And Inequality ◽  
And Migration

Although the migration – development nexus is widely recognized as a complex one, it is generally thought that there is a relationship between poverty and emigration, and that remittances lessen inequality. On the basis of Latin American and Mexican data, this chapter intends to show that for Mexico, the exchange of migrants for remittances is among the lowest in Latin America, that extreme poor Mexicans don't migrate although the moderately poor do, that remittances have a small, non-significant impact on the most widely used inequality index of all households and a very large one on the inequality index of remittance-receiving households, and finally that, to Mexican households, the opportunity cost of international migration is higher than remittance income. In summary, there is a relationship between poverty and migration (and vice versa), but this relationship is far from linear, and in some respects may be a perverse one for Mexico and for Mexican households.

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