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‘Latin American Modernity, and yet...’ by Sharman, Adam

“…The article examines two ‘postmodern’ critiques of modernity: a general history which argues that it was never solely Western, and a work of Latin American cultural criticism which wishes to leave a modernity seen as eurocentric. …”
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Facebook for e-moderation - a Latin-American experience by Hernandez, R., Guetl, Christian, Amado-Salvatierra, H.

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Spectral encounters: the Latin American immigrant and other ghosts of England by Delgado, Oscar

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Parity and non-parity determinants of exchange rates in Latin American economies by Ho, Catherine Soke Fun, Syed Mohamed, Mohamed Ariff

“…This paper reports how non-parity fundamental factors together with parity factors are correlated with exchange rate movements. Seven Latin American countries were included in this study using a selection criterion that for a pair of countries to be included, the pair must have more than 50 per cent of trade with the group chosen. …”
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Cointegration and Exogeneity in Eurobanking and Latin American Banking: Does Systemic Risk Linger? by Simpson, John

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The crime rate of five Latin American countries: does income inequality matter? by Goh, Lim Thye, Law, Siong Hook

“…Despite the Latin American region being the home to only 9 per cent of the global population, the region has the world's highest combined level of income inequality, with a measured net Gini coefficient of 48.3 (UNICEF, 2011) and has also registered approximately 40 per cent of the world's murders. …”
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Testimonio as counter-propaganda: a comparative analysis of Latin-American women's testimonial literature by Mason, Sofia Sandina Maniscalco

“…Despite their loyalty to utopian and egalitarian ideals, sexism from within leftist movements and governments is exposed and denounced by the female protagonists as patriarchal institutions, traditions and gendered identities are consistently undermined. Latin American women, as guerrilleras, organisers and members of peasant and indigenous communities, present themselves as defiant protagonists who, aside from the male-dominated master narratives of the superpowers, demonstrate the strength of their political agency, psychological resilience and ideological convictions.…”
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How Spanish Multinationals implement CSR in Latin American countries: a focus on the energy sector by Llera Bagüés, Maria

“…Here, the energy sector is used as a guiding tool for the analysis due to the dominant position of the Spanish energy multinationals in the Latin American market. Therefore, the aim of this study is to explore the main reasons which motivate the Spanish energy multinationals to implement their CSR strategies in their Latin American subsidiaries and which issues must be taken into consideration. …”
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Unsettled screens: The Cinema of Latin America by Traverso, Antonio

Subjects: “…Latin American cinema…”
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Transitional justice and economic, social and cultural rights: contributions and challenges from a Latin American perspective by Méndez Royo, Daniela Paulina

“…Moreover, it conducts a case study of Chile to provide a specific transitional justice context, comparing the inclusion of an economic, social and cultural rights approach in this country with other Latin American experiences. It is concluded that there is still a marginal inclusion of an economic, social and cultural rights approach in transitional justice processes in Latin America. …”
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Lack of Latin American women in senior-level positions in Spain-based companies: Barriers to objective career success by Quishpi, J.E.

“…Latin Americans are considered one of the largest immigrant groups in the country. …”
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Automatic Test Item Creation in Self-Regulated Learning: Evaluating Quality of Questions in a Latin American Experience by Wesiak, G., Rizzardini, R., Amado-Salvatierra, H., Guetl, Christian, Smadi, M.

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Spanish and Latin American women writers in the literry canon: a paratextual study of anthologies of fantastic literature (1946-2016) by García, Patricia

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Ensuring open access to European, Latin American and Caribbean research: a description of the OpenAIRE and NECOBELAC FP7 Projects by Furnival, Chloe

“…Brief article that outlines two Open Access projects, OpenAIRE – Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe – and NECOBELAC – Network of Collaboration between Europe and Latin American Caribbean Countries, both of which count on the input and cooperation of team members of the Centre for Research Communications (CRC) at the University of Nottingham.…”
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Decline of US hegemony?: a challenge of ALBA and a new Latin American integration of the twenty-first century, edited by Bruce M.... by Muhr, Thomas

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The quality of democracy revisited: exploring the effects of government alternation and presidential power in Latin America by Hernandez Gonzalez, Manuel

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Influences, identity and historiography in Colombia: the reception of Brazilian modernism (1940s–1960s) by Botti, Giaime

Subjects: “…Architectural history; Latin American modernism; Architectural magazines; Traveling ideas; Colombian modernism…”
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Regional integration and labour law: a comparative analysis of the EU and Mercosur by Pucheta, Mauro Leonardo

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Class politics and migrants: collective action among new migrant workers in Britain by Però, Davide

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Resistance, solidarity and empowerment: an ethnographic study of precarious migrant workers’ organising in the Italian logistics sector by Cioce, Gabriella

“…Most of the research participants consisted of first-generation migrant workers (i.e. Africans, Latin Americans, and Eastern Europeans) employed as logistics workers and unionised with a social movement union named S.I. …”
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