A Brief History of Bolivia, 2nd EditionRecent decades have witnessed major reform within Bolivia: an impressive democratic and economic resurgence, a more modern electoral system, and technological and communications expansion. Political slogans celebrate a "Bolivia, la Nueva" (The New Bolivia), but the problems and dilemmas of the past - political instability and authoritarianism; social Injustice and inequality; illicit drug trafficking and regional isolation - continue to haunt the present. A Brief History of Bolivia offers a concise yet comprehensive account of the history of Bolivia
Functional Inequalities Markov Semigroups and Spectral Theory
In this book, the functional inequalities are introduced to describe: (i) the spectrum of the generator: the essential and discrete spectrums, high order eigenvalues, the principle eigenvalue, and the spectral gap; (ii) the semigroup properties: the uniform intergrability, the compactness, the convergence rate, and the existence of density; (iii) the reference measure and the intrinsic metric: the concentration, the isoperimetic inequality, and the transportation cost inequality.
China, today an emerging world industrial power, underwent almost continuous revolutionary change throughout the 20th century. In the fierce battle for control of China in the years following the 1911 revolution, Mao Zedong emerged as the dominant leader, promising a society free of inequality, poverty and foreign control.
This Companion features original essays on the complexity of globalization and its diverse and sometimes conflicting effects. Written by top scholars in the field, it offers a nuanced and detailed examination of globalization that includes both positive and critical evaluations. Introduces the major players, theories, and methodologies, addresses the foremost concerns of global inequality, corruption, international terrorism, war, and the future of globalization - wide-ranging and comprehensive, an excellent text for undergraduate and graduate students in a range of disciplines.
Книга рассматривает роль культурного наследия в современных формах неравенства по социальному, половому и этническому признаку. Для всех интересующихся отношениями между культурой и обществом.
"Culture, Class, Distinction" is major contribution to international debates regarding the role of cultural capital in relation to modern forms of inequality. Drawing on a national study of the organisation of cultural practices in contemporary Britain, the authors review Bourdieu's classic study of the relationships between culture and class in the light of subsequent debates.
