385 research outputs found
A revised Dataset of Real Wages in Latin America, 1920-2011
No full textThis long-term dataset makes three contributions to the statistics of the region. First, it offers yearly series of real wages, consistently defined over time and comparable across countries, informing about trajectories and turning points across distinct development and growth periods. Secondly, the addition of compatible series of income per worker makes it possible to calculate variables on interest such as a proxy for a wage share of income and the wage-to-income ratio. And, thirdly, by including series reflecting three skill levels, the data allows for the calculation of skill premiums, and in particular the skilled-to-unskilled wage ratio
Memorial que se diò al Rey N.S. Philipo IV quando se le presentò este libro... Fray Pedro de Alva y Astorga...
No full text2 ej. de la misma obraLugar y fecha de imp. tomados de la obra a que se alude en el texto, que se publicó bajo el tít. de "Sol veritatis..." (Madrid: Pablo de Val, 1660)Inic. grab.Enc. Perg.Sign.: A
The ‘Celtic-Barbarian Assemblage’: Archaeology and Cultural Memory in the Fiestas de Astures y Romanos, Astorga, Spain
No full textGonzález Álvarez, David and Alonso González, Pablo (2013): «The ‘Celtic-Barbarian Assemblage’: Archaeology and Cultural Memory in the Fiestas de Astures y Romanos, Astorga, Spain». Public Archaeology, 12(3): 155-180.The Fiestas de Astures y Romanos (The Festival of Astures and Romans) is a thriving historical re-enactment performed in the town of Astorga, in northwest Spain. The objective of our research has been to explore the complex interactions between politics, the public, and heritage management, and to evaluate their impact upon archaeology as a discipline. We draw on a participant ethnography carried out during the 2011 event. The concept of ‘Celtic-Barbarian Assemblage’ enables us to understand how different usages of the pre-Roman past condition identity politics and heritage policies at the local level. Finally, we refl ect upon our fi ndings and suggest potential lines of action to tackle what we perceive to be the increasing gap between public and academic archaeology in Spain, whose long-term consequences can be detrimental for the discipline as a whole.Peer reviewe
Must be an American Citizen
No full textLiving in a limbo state is something many individuals have experienced throughout America’s history, and it is something author Guadalupe Astorga has lived through firsthand. Though she has worked to make Los Angeles her home since moving from Mexico as a young girl, Astorga struggles with the legal definition of “American,” which causes her to feel as though she is living a border existence with “little to no control over [her] future.” Through an exploration of collected memories, Astorga fights against the fear, impatience, and doubt over her “American” identity, but as she waits for an interview that will decide how her immigration story will end, hope begins to fade
The Dictator and the Parties A Study on Policy Co-operation in Mineral Economies
No full textThis paper develops a game to study the possibility of co-operative behaviour in a situation where the political system is dominated by two strong, opportunistic parties competing in an economy highly dependent on the export of a commodity. Since a binding agreement as an external solution is unlikely to succeed due to the close association between the incumbent party and the government (the guardian), the paper explores the extent to which co-operation between political parties that alternate in office can rely on self-enforcing strategies to provide an internal solution. For appropriate values of the probability of re-election and the discount factor, it is possible to rely on reciprocity to sustain an early-stopping equilibrium. However, cooperation is undermined by low values of re-election probability out of current revenues and party myopia. In those circumstances, the self-policing solution might not be viable and an institutional response would be necessary. The game also sheds some light on the apparent paradox of situations in some mineral- rich democracies (such as the recent Venezuelan experience) where the enjoyment of considerable external revenues is followed by a period of economic stagnation, a deterioration of political stability, and the surge of a dictatorship threat.Political Economy, Non-cooperative games, Democracy, Mineral Economies, Venezuela
En búsqueda de las huellas del posneoliberalismo venezolano y latinoamericano. Mario Ayala, Pablo Quintero (comps). Diez años de revolución en Venezuela. Historia, balance y perspectivas (1999-2009). Editorial MAIPUE, Buenos Aires, 2009. 384 páginas.
No full textFil: Astorga, Sergio.
Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociale
Las provincias y el estado de sitio ante la Corte suprema, espresion de agravios é informe in voce por parte de Don Manuel J. Zavalla, por el doctor Don Adolfo Rawson.
No full text"Juicio seguido contra D. José Domingo Astorga."Mode of access: Internet
Mexico: Drug Trafficking Organizations and Political Change
No full textThe University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history.The media can be accessed here: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/mershon10/040710.mp4Luis Astorga is a researcher at the Institute of Social Research at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He is also coordinator of the UNESCO Chair on Economic and Social Transformations Connected with the International Drug Problem. Astorga is author of Seguridad, traficantes y militares [Security, drug traffickers and the military] (Tusquets, 2007), Drogas sin fronteras [Drugs without borders] (Grijalbo, 2003), El siglo de las drogas [The drugs century] (Plaza y Janés, 2005), and Mitología del 'narcotraficante' en México [Drug traffickers' mythology in Mexico] (UNAM/Plaza y Valdés, 1995). He has also published numerous chapters in edited volumes as well as various articles about drug trafficking in Mexico in scientific journals from Mexico, the United States, Colombia, France, Italy, India, Great Britiain, and Belgium. Astorga received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne.The Ohio State University. Center for Latin American StudiesOhio State University. Mershon Center for International Security Studie
La reforma de la iglesia del monasterio de Sancti Spiritus de Astorga en el siglo XVIII
No full textP. 159-181En la primera mitad del siglo XVIII se llevó a cabo una amplia reestructuración del monasterio, que incluyó la reforma de la iglesia. Esta fue proyectada por Pablo Antonio Ruiz, maestro de obra de la catedral de Astorga, utilizando tanto elementos propios del barroco como otros sacados del repertorio góticoS
Vías abandonadas: pasado, presente y futuro de la línea transversal Monfragüe-Astorga
No full textTrabajo de fin de Grado. Grado en Historia. Curso académico[ES] El trabajo estudia la vía férrea que unía Monfragüe con Astorga. Analiza el origen de la línea en el siglo XIX y su papel en el desarrollo económico y social del occidente español. Describe el estado actual del recorrido en sus diferentes tramos y especula sobre la posibilidad de recuperación de esta línea en el futuro.[EN]
The work studies the railway which linked Monfragüe with Astorga.
It analyzes the origin of the line during the nineteenth century and its role on the economic and social development of the Spanish West. It describes the current state of the way in its different sections and speculates on the possibility of this line being restored in the future
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