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The Political Economy of Elites in Latin America

Beschreibung

Recent years have seen renewed interest in elites around the world, and their interconnection with power, privilege, social stratification, and social change. The contributors to this edited volume explore the many facets of the role of elites in the political economy of Latin America.

Autor

Jan Ickler is a researcher and Ph.D. candidate at the University of Kassel and coordinator at the Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS). He is focusing his doctoral research on the role of economic elites in Latin America's political economy. He studied philosophy, political sciences, and sociology and obtained his Master's degree in political economy. Rebeca Ramos Padrón is a postdoctoral researcher within the CALAS-Laboratory Project Confronting Inequalities in Latin America: Perspectives on Wealth and Power. Previously, Ramos was a DAAD fellow as a visiting professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Kassel. For over 20 years, she worked as a professor in the Chair of Sociology at the University of Havana (UH), serving as its vice-director for 7 years. Ramos completed her Ph.D. in sociology at the UH and her MA in International Social Work at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Member of the UNESCO Chair on Sustainable Human Development-UH and consultant for UN-HABITAT-Cuba. She has published on issues related to social policy systems, employment, and labor market insertion from a perspective of social inequalities, socio-ecological transformation, and human development in Cuba and Latin America.

Produktdetails

• Global Challenges in Political Economy
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9781032636726
• ISBN-10: 1032636726
• Artikelnr.: 71712291