Recently added articles from Ibero-americana:
TRADE LIBERALIZATION, EXPORT PERFORMANCE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN JAMAICA*
Jul 01, 2007; ... I. INTRODUCTION Since the 1980s trade liberalization has become an increasingly common feature of economic policy in developing countries. Some developing countries have unilaterally liberalized trade in an attempt to integrate into the global economy and promote economic growth. In ...
THE NATION'S NARRATIVE. LITERATURE AS URBAN AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS: TESTIMONY IN BELLE ÉPOQUE RIO DE JANEIRO
Jul 01, 2007; ... I. INTRODUCTION "Nations - wrote Gellner - unlike the brotherhood of man favoured by the Enlightenment, are exclusive clubs" (Gellner, 1997:68). This exclusive club allegory may be applied to the Republican Regime installed in 1889 in Brazil, which would put into practice and would ...
INVESTIGATING THE PERFORMANCE OF CARIBBEAN COMMERCIAL BANKS IN THEIR MOBILIZATION AND USE OF SAVINGS
Jul 01, 2007; ... I. INTRODUCTION With declining Foreign aid flows to the region, Caribbean countries now need to intensify their focus on national and regional means of financing development. The Monterrey Consensus (2002) notes that many developing countries increasingly depend on local funds to finance ...
THE ILLEGAL DRUG INDUSTRY IN LATIN AMERICA: THE COCA-COCAINE COMMODITY VALUE CHAIN
Jul 01, 2007; ... I. INTRODUCTION In this article we will analyze the way in which the coca-cocaine industry has been organized recently, indicating how the changes in its organization have affected the functioning of the industry at the various phases of production and trafficking. Drug production and ...
UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION VS NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY - THE CASES OF ARGENTINA AND CHILE*
Jul 01, 2007; ... I. INTRODUCTION One of the major problems in the implementation of International Law on Human Rights from its beginning has been the contradiction between the principle of national sovereignty and the idea of universality. This is also mirrored in the concept of "universal jurisdiction" ....
Caribbean Slave Revolts and the British Abolitionist Movement
Jul 01, 2007; ... Gelien Matthews, Caribbean Slave Revolts and the British Abolitionist Movement. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2006 (xii + 197 pages). Gelien Matthews brilliantly examined the impact of slave revolts in the British West Indies on the abolition movement. There is a focus ...
EDITOR'S NOTE/NOTA DEL EDITOR
Jan 01, 2007; ... It is my pleasure to present the first issue of Iberoamericana. Nordic Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies in 2007. Offering a platform to the study of the ever-changing economic, social, and political conditions of the region, the journal has normally emphasized the analysis of most ...
INTRODUCTION
Jan 01, 2007; ... This issue of Iberoamericana focuses on the remarkable transformation of the global order that has taken place since the end of the Cold War, a period when the "Globalization" concept has become a common buzzword. Although many were, and still are, skeptical about its use as an analytical ...
GLOBALIZATION, GOVERNANCE AND THE STATE: SOME PROPOSITIONS ABOUT GOVERNING
Jan 01, 2007; ... I. INTRODUCTION The conventional model of governance is based on the role of the State and its various organizations in making and implementing laws. This model is not only centered on the State, but is also hierarchical, with authoritative decisions made at the top of the hierarchy of ...
THE NEW DEVELOPMENTALISM AND CONVENTIONAL ORTHODOXY
Jan 01, 2007; ... I. INTRODUCTION After the failure of the neo-liberal policies prescribed by rich nations to promote macroeconomic stability and development, Latin America has become home to a clear movement for rejecting "conventional orthodoxy". Does this mean that today more developed countries, with ...
"LATINOAMERICA": REFLECTIONS AROUND GLOBALIZATION, STATE, NATIONHOOD, AND DEVELOPMENT
Jan 01, 2007; ... I. INTRODUCTION The aim of this paper is to analyze the relation between state and nation in the light of systemic changes since the late 1980s; a period of time that has been generally identified with the word "globalization". This concept is still a rather loose one that does not yet ...
LA AGENDA ESTATAL Y SUS TENSIONES: GOBERNABILIDAD, DESARROLLO Y EQUIDAD*
Jan 01, 2007; ... 1. INTRODUCCIÓN La agenda estatal suele reflejar las cuestiones socialmente problematizadas que consiguen suscitar la a tención de las instituciones que conforman al Estado en sus distintos niveles (nacional o subnacionales) y poderes (ejecutivo, legislative o judicial).1 El estado ...
ARE REGIONAL BLOCS LEADING FROM NATION STATES TO GLOBAL GOVERNANCE? A SKEPTICAL VIEW FROM LATIN AMERICA
Jan 01, 2007; ... I. INTRODUCTION Regionalism was once thought to be an intermediate step towards global governance. Through it, nation states would gradually transfer sovereignty upwards to the regional level. Regional groupings would therefore constitute stepping stones, as opposed to stumbling blocs, ...
THE COLOMBIAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT VERSUS THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND: ECONOMIC REFORMS, SOCIAL RIGHTS AND SOVEREIGNTY
Jan 01, 2007; ... I. INTRODUCTION One of the implications of the process of globalization concerns the diffusion of regulatory competences across governance levels and across state borders. New regulating actors have appeared on the scene, both externally (e.g. IMF, WTO) and internally (e.g ....
GLOBALIZATION, DEMOCRACY AND THE STATE IN MEXICO. A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF CONTEMPORARY TRENDS OF GOVERNANCE PRIVATIZATION AND REGIONALIZATION
Jan 01, 2007; ... I. INTRODUCTION During the late 1980s, the so-called democratic transitions in Latin America were largely explained by looking into state actors and institutions' capability to accommodate democratic claims (O' Donell and Schmitter, 1986). This state-centric emphasis on top-down driven ...
LA GOBERNABILIDAD EN EL MARCO DE LA COOPERACIÓN AL DESARROLLO: DESAFÍOS CONCEPTUALES Y TENDENCIAS POLÍTICAS EN AMÉRICA LATINA
Jan 01, 2007; ... I. INTRODUCCIÓN En la última década, la promoción de gobernabilidad se ha convertido en un enfoque principal de la cooperación al desarrollo. Los grandes donantes y las instituciones financieras internacionales han asumido esta dimensión como un tema transversal en sus políticas de ...
LOS ESTADOS LATINOAMERICANOS FRENTE A LOS DESAFÍOS DE LA GLOBALIZACIÓN
Jan 01, 2007; ... I. LA INCERTIDUMBRE EN EL CONTEXTO INTERNACIONAL El sistema internacional ha experimentado en las últimas décadas importantes cambios que impactan en la realidad sociopolítica y económica de los Estados y, en consecuencia, desafían a la política exterior de los países a un proceso de ...
DIPLOMACIA A VÍAS PARALELAS. RESPUESTAS INSTITUCIONALES A LA INTERNACIONALIZACIÓN DE CHILE
Jan 01, 2007; ... I. INTRODUCCIÓN Se ha escrito y debatido bastante sobre la adaptación institucional al cambio (ver debate en Mintzberg, Brian y Voyer, 1997; Zurbriggen, 2006). En este artículo se da cuenta de la experiencia del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile y su proceso de modernización ...
THE IMPACT OF NEW REGIONALISM ON TRADE POLICY MAKING: THE CASE OF MERCOSUR AND THE FTAA*
Jan 01, 2007; ... I. INTRODUCTION Since the '90s, Latin American Countries (LACs) have been signing and negotiating many trade agreements, constituting what is called new regionalism (BID/IADB, 2002). In contrast to the old type, new regionalism has two main features: on the one hand, is a uni-dimensional ...
GLOBALIZACIÓN Y REFORMA DEL ESTADO EN CHILE
Jan 01, 2007; ... I. INTRODUCCIÓN El propósito de este trabajo es describir a grandes rasgos las conclusiones de una investigación reciente sobre el proceso y resultados de la Reforma del Estado chileno, especialmente en el período 1990-2005: ¿Por qué ocurrio lo que ocurrió y por qué se atascaron algunas ...