This book examines the role of economic violence (violations of economic and social rights, corruption, and plunder of natural resources) within the transitional justice agenda. Because economic violence often leads to conflict, is perpetrated during conflict, and continues afterwards as a...

"The question of the meaning of progress and development is back on the political agenda. How to frame this discontent and search for new alternatives when either socialism or liberalism no longer provides a satisfactory framework? This book introduces in an accessible way the capability...

El articulo examina la situacion de la pobreza y equidad en America Latina, a partir de las evaluaciones mas recientes realizadas en la materia por la CEPAL, incluyendo informacion seleccionada sobre el caso de Chile. Se identifican los factores empiricamente asociados con la persistencia de la...