ARCHIVE

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2024
INEQUALITY

When Is Inequality Just?

A conversation with Thomas M. Scanlon

The Problem of Inequality is a Regulatory Issue

A conversation with James K. Galbraith

The Complexities of Inequality: Economic Development, Political Forces, and Globalization

A conversation with Branko Milanovic

Inequality in Latin America: From Colonial Exploitation to Modern Populism

A conversation with Göran Therborn

Tourism in the Economy and SocietyChallenges and Transformations in the Contemporary Tourism Sector

Aurora Pedro

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2024
LATIN AMERICAN CRITICAL THOUGHT

Rethinking the Development Question Through Latin American Critical Thought

Raúl Delgado Wise

Development StudiesValidity and Relevance of Latin American Critical Thought

Isaac Enríquez Pérez

Critical Thought TodayAnalogical Hermeneutics, Decoloniality and New Perspectives

Sigifredo Esquivel Marín

The Neoliberal Crossroads in Latin America and the CaribbeanChallenges and Perspectives for Counterhegemonic Development from the South

Raúl Delgado Wise

Urbanization without IndustrializationDisparities in Urban Living Conditions in Ecuador

Juan Fernández-Sastre

The Revenge of Jaime Guzmán and the ConcertaciónThe Political and Economic Elites and their Double Rejection of the Constituent Process in Chile (2022-2023)

Alejandro Pelfini and Alejandro Osorio-Rauld

JULY/AUGUST 2024
AGROECOLOGY

Perspectives and Challenges of Agroecology as a Pathway to Food Sovereignty and Environmental Sustainability

Miguel A. Altieri

Agroecology as a Construction of Meanings in the Face of the Civilization CrisisSocioecological Transformation and Collective Action Strategies

Inés Gazzano

Agroecology and the Conversion of the Industrial Agricultural ModelCreating Spaces of Hope on a Planet in Polycrisis

Clara I. Nicholls

Social Appropriation of AgroecologyKey to Sustainable Transformation of Local Food Systems

Luis L. Vázquez

The “Great Leap” of Agroecology in Mexico (2019-2024)A Special Case of Scaling Up

Víctor M. Toledo

Cultivating Self-Sufficiency in CitiesThe Socioecological Benefits of Urban Agroecology

Miguel A. Altieri

Is the Chilean Economic Model All That It's Said to Be?Growth, Stability, and Unresolved Challenges

Andrés Solimano

The Illusion of the Latin American “Emergency”Promises and Realities of Development in the Regional Context

Mylène Gaulard

MAY/JUNE 2024
CHINA IN AFRICA'S INDUSTRIALISATION

From “Made in China” to “Made in Africa”?A Tale of Three Industrial Towns in Sub-Saharan Africa

Liang Xu

MARCH/APRIL 2024
MIGRATION: ANOTHER VIEW

Has Indian Migration Influenced the Nation's Development Trajectory?

A conversation with Binod Khadria

Moving Towards More Inclusive SocietiesChanging National Narratives Through Arts and Cultural Activities

Wiebke Sievers

Seeking Solutions to the Planetary Environmental CrisisA Call to Individual and Collective Transformation

Miguel A. Altieri

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2024
MIGRATION

Who Benefits from Global Labor Flows?

A conversation with Immanuel Ness

Towards Regularisation of MigrationChallenges and Strategies for Moving Forward based on the Argentine Experience

Laura Gottero

The Challenge of Improving Higher Education in Latin AmericaObstacles, Reforms and Pathways to Academic Excellence and Effective Governance

Jamil Salmi

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2023
CLIMATE CHANGE

The Amazon is Getting Warmer and DrierIts Conservation Requires Cultural, Economic and Political Consensus

Carlos A. Nobre

Climate Change Produces Considerable Social ImpactsWhy is This Problem not Solved?

Cristina García Fernández

Agroecology and Climate ChangeThe Limits of Socioecological Resilience

Miguel A. Altieri

Raw Materials and Society in Latin AmericaReflections on Extractivism, Fiscal Policy and Socio-Ecological Sustainability

Hans-Jürgen Burchardt

Chile and China: Diplomacy and Cooperation in a Changing WorldBilateral Relationship, Global Challenges and Future Prospects

Dorotea López Giral

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2023
CHINA AND THE WORLD

China's Global Rise and China-US RivalryThe Impact on Latin America

Xing Li

Bridging Cultures to Avoid ConflictUnderstanding Historical Biases, Navigating International Relations and Fostering Global Harmony

Anshan Li

Modern Public ProcurementTransparency, Accountability and Sustainable Development

Gian Luigi Albano

Perspectives on Property, Work and PowerThe Excessive Power of Individualistic Property

Miguel Alfonso Martínez-Echevarría Ortega

JULY/AUGUST 2023
CHALLENGES IN THE CAPITALIST SYSTEM

The Capitalist Growth ImperativeCan It Be Overcome?

Christoph Deutschmann

CareA Right that the State Must Guarantee

Karina Batthyány

MAY/JUNE 2023
CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT: ANOTHER VIEW

Culture and Entrepreneurship: How They Relate

A conversation with Shaker A. Zahra

Cultural Diversity in IndiaHindering or Helping Development?

Abdul Shaban

The Maasai People of KenyaA Cultural Symbol and Key Player in the Tourism Industry

John O. Kakonge

Whose Fault are Those Earthquakes?We Need the Brightest Minds, Science and Great Wealth

Walter E. Block

MARCH/APRIL 2023
CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT

What Makes One Economy More Efficient Than Another?

A conversation with Luigi Guiso

Culture and Institutions, Both are Important for the Economy

A conversation with Thierry Verdier

Polarisation in Central and Eastern EuropeBetrayal of the Political Class?

Gabriella Ilonszki

The Living LabsA Non-Traditional Model of Local Development

Carmen Parra Rodríguez

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2023
DIVISIVE POLITICS: ANOTHER VIEW

Collusive Elite, Divided PublicReligio-Political Polarization in Indonesia

Burhanuddin Muhtadi

Political Polarisation in MexicoThe Enduring Rift in National Projects

Pablo Vargas González

Bolivian IdentityIndianism versus Miscegenation

H. C. F. Mansilla

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2022
DIVISIVE POLITICS

The Fallacy of Polarisation in ColombiaPolarisation as a Political Strategy

Egoitz Gago Antón

Political Polarisation in SpainIt is Multifaceted and Has both Positive and Negative Consequences

Luis Miller

The Persistence of Evism without EvoSocial Unrest Remains Latent in Bolivia

Franz Flores Castro

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2022
IBEROAMERICAN ALLIANCE: CULTURAL SPACE

The Consolidation of the Ibero-American Cultural SpaceA Pending and Delayed Task

Cástor Miguel Díaz Barrado

The Bourbon Institutional Order of the Province of VenezuelaA Discriminatory, Exclusive, Unequal and Deeply Hierarchical Society

Yuleida Artigas

Searching for Solutions to Priority ProblemsA Problematic Precept in the Social Sciences and Humanities

Flor Urbina Barrera

Towards more Sustainable and Responsible Tourism ExperiencesSome Considerations and Proposals

Asunción Fernández-Villarán and Marina Abad-Galzacorta

JULY/AUGUST 2022
IBEROAMERICAN ALLIANCE

Development of the Ibero-American Economic AreaMain Obstacle Today: Ideological

Martín G. Romero Morett

The Consolidation of the Ibero-American Alliance Youth are Key

Tomás Calvo Buezas

Provision of Public Goods and Services by Subnational Governments The Case of Decentralisation in Colombia

Ricardo A. Bello Gómez

The Need for Humanist Values in the Face of Social and Political Relativism Aesthetics, Social Science and Critical Common Sense

H. C. F. Mansilla

MAY/JUNE 2022
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: PUBLIC VALUE

Creating Good and Just Societies

A conversation with Mark H. Moore

The Meaning of Human Work Work is not Only Financial Remuneration

Antonio Argandoña

Moral Education A Vital Enterprise Misunderstood

Susana Frisancho

MARCH/APRIL 2022
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: PROFESSIONALIZATION

Professionalization of the Civil Service Main Challenges

Gregorio Montero

There is no Modernization without Professionalization The Pending Subject in Latin America

Rafael Martínez Puón

The Impossibility of Authentically Critical Thinking in the Different Versions of Marxism The Legitimizing Ideology of the Intellectual Sectors

H. C. F. Mansilla

Constitutional Limits to the International Protection of Foreign Investment The Cases of Colombia and Ecuador

Enrique Prieto-Ríos

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2022
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Open Government and its Enemies Where They Are and How They Act

Martín Cutberto Vera Martínez

Ethical and Aesthetic Normatives in Latin American Popular Culture A Critique of the Current Situation

H. C. F. Mansilla

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021
LIES AND POST-TRUTH

The Long, Numerous, Effective and Harmful Legs of Lying Lies and Politics in Dictatorship and Democracy in Argentina

Lucas Martín and Camila Luna

Fake News and Post-Truth Results of a New Communication Paradigm

Ignacio Blanco Alfonso

The Modernization of the Andean Area Complex Aspects in the Cultural and Ideological Sphere

H. C. F. Mansilla

Why Stigmatize Polarization and Crude, Frank and Sincere Language? Response to Eduardo Pizarro

Carlos Eduardo Vasco Uribe

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2021 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

Innovation and Economic Growth in a Time of Climate Crisis

A conversation with Martin Fransman

Science, Technology and Innovation in Bolivia Visions and Projections

Blithz Y. Lozada Pereira

Democracy in Colombia Under Intensive Care?

Eduardo Pizarro

JULY/AUGUST 2021
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Science and Technology in the United States

A conversation with David Audretsch

Scientific and Technological Development in China

A conversation with Richard P. Appelbaum

Science in Venezuela The Policies That Built It and Those That Have Destroyed It

Claudio Bifano

The Development of Science, Technology and Innovation in Mexico Recent History and Challenges

Rodolfo García Galván

Technological Capability Building in Developing Countries Experiences of South Korea, Mexico and Bangladesh

Mozammel Huq

The Digital and Scientific-Technological Revolution in Education Education and Technology or Education as Technology

Félix García Moriyón

MAY/JUNE 2021
RELIGION

Religion Can Be Positive for Economic Progress, and Negative Too

A conversation with Rachel McCleary and Robert Barro

Are Moral Rules Given by God?

A conversation with Ryan McKay

Religion and Politics in Mexico Situation, Reactions and Pending Readings

Edgar Zavala Pelayo

Secularism in Europe Consequence of Modernity?

Manuel Reus Canals SJ

MARCH/APRIL 2021
COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM

Colonization and Decolonization of Asia

A conversation with Prasenjit Duara

How to Achieve Deep Decolonisation

A conversation with Josef Estermann

Environmentally Friendly and Productive Agriculture is Possible Bioclimatology as a Feasibility Tool

Eusebio Cano Carmona

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2021
EDUCATION

Every Learner Matters and Matters Equally

A conversation with Melvin Ainscow

School Leadership in Hong Kong

A conversation with Allan Walker

Democracy in Weak States The Situation in Latin America and Mexico in Particular

Alberto Arellano Ríos

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2020
RULE OF LAW

The Rule of Law: A Facilitator for the Pursuit of Happiness

A conversation with Randy E. Barnett

The Rule of Law in Latin America

A conversation with Rogelio Pérez Perdomo

The Challenges of Spanish Constitutional Law The Consensus, the Monarchy, Catalonia

Olivier Lecucq

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2020
ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Can Entrepreneurship Lead to Development?

A conversation with Zoltán J. Ács

Not All Entrepreneurship is Productive

A conversation with Magnus Henrekson

The Latin American University and Entrepreneurship The Role it Should Play and the Obstacles

María Messina Scolaro

Entrepreneurship Education in Basic Education The Mexican Case

Javier Damián Simón

Scandals and Anti-Corruption Policies in Latin America The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Manuel Balán

Distrust of Government is Necessary A Look at Representative Democracy in Argentina

Enrique Peruzzotti

JULY/AUGUST 2020
REGIONAL INTEGRATION

The European Union: Peace and Stability through Economic Integration

A conversation with John McCormick

The Asian Path of Regional Integration

A conversation with Françoise Nicolas

Latin American Regionalism Motives, Contradictions and Perspectives

Peter Birle

The Mirage of “Identity” Living with Those Who Are Different

Alfonso García Martínez y Antonia María Sánchez Lázaro

The Delusional Rationalisation of Racism The Case of “Human Zoos”

Juan M. Sánchez Arteaga

MAY/JUNE 2020
PANDEMIA

COVID-19: The Economic Consequences of How We React

A conversation with Hans-Joachim Voth

Can Latin America Weather the Coronavirus Pandemic?

A conversation with Carlos Malamud

Progress between Suffering and Death The Evolution of Chile's Public Health System

Marcelo Sánchez Delgado

More of the Same Latin American Extractivism in the 21st Century

Alicia Puyana Mutis

MARCH/APRIL 2020
DEMOCRACY AND LIBERALISM

Do You Live in a Democracy?: What All Democracies Have in Common

A conversation with Larry Diamond

Quality Democracy: What Does it Depend On?

A conversation with Leonardo Morlino

Liberalism is More than Markets

A conversation with Timothy Garton Ash

The Disenchantment of Chileans Does Higher Education have anything to do with it?

José Joaquín Brunner

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2020
LIBERALISM: ANOTHER VIEW

Liberalism in Latin America: Why It Hasn't Worked

A conversation with Ileana Rodríguez

Liberalism as a Philosophy and as a Political Order: What it Is, and What it Is Not

A conversation with John Skorupski

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2019
GOVERNANCE

Governing Complex Societies: The Role of the State

A conversation with B. Guy Peters

The Quality of Government: What is it About?

A conversation with Bo Rothstein

Positive Education and Socialisation Key Elements for Violence Prevention in the 21st Century

Paquita Sanvicén-Torné

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2019
LIBERALISM

The True Values of Liberalism

A conversation with Deirdre Nansen McCloskey

The Guiding Principle of Libertarianism

A conversation with Walter E. Block

The Impossible Guatemala The Challenge of Modernising Anomic Institutions

Luis Mack y Jeanie Herrera

The Agrifood Situation in Venezuela Towards a New Strategy

Alejandro Gutiérrez S.

JULY/AUGUST 2019
SOCIAL CHANGE

The Problems of Collective Life and Social Change

A conversation with Guy Bajoit

Change Through Democratic Deliberation

A conversation with Mark Warren

Large Social Phenomena and Their Coming About

A conversation with Theodore Schatzki

MAY/JUNE 2019
ECONOMIC PRAGMATISM

The Journey of China and India to Economic Development

A conversation with Pranab Bardhan

The Way To Go About Achieving Economic Development

A conversation with David Ellerman

The Driving Forces of Capitalism

A conversation with Christoph Deutschmann

Endogenous Development Local Initiatives in a Global World

Antonio Vázquez Barquero

MARCH/APRIL 2019
CAPITALISM AND ANTICAPITALISM

How to Fix Capitalism

A conversation with Paul Collier

The Anti-Capitalist Movement

A conversation with Simon Tormey

Development Banks Scope and Limitations

Victor Manuel Isidro Luna

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2019
POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND SOCIAL CONFLICT

The Problem with Violence in Politics

A conversation with Kimberly Hutchings

Violence in the African Great Lakes Region: Violence Begets Violence

A conversation with René Lemarchand

Fake News in the Brazilian Elections Business Organisation and Political Manipulation

Henrique Wellen

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2018
POLITICAL VIOLENCE

Why Do Regimes Resort to Political Violence?

A conversation with Paul Hollander

Colombia, An Irresolvable Conflict?

A conversation with Vicente Torrijos

Ethics and Politics Variations on a Discontinuous Relationship

Roberto Follari

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2018
IDENTITY

The Nation and its Construction

A conversation with Andreas Wimmer

National Identity and Nationalism: A Look Into Japan

A conversation with David Leheny

The State, Religion, Democracy The Transformation of Western Europe

Alfonso Pérez-Agote

Identity and Citizenship Evolution of Two Essential Components of Modernity

Juan Antonio Taguenca Belmonte

Reinventing Venezuela What is Required for Real Change

Javier B. Seoane C.

JULY/AUGUST 2018
POVERTY

Universal Basic Income: A Precarisation Scheme

A conversation with Mateo Alaluf

Unconditional Basic Income Is it Fair, is it a Left-Wing or a Right-Wing Proposal?

Daniel Raventós

Poverty in the Capitalist System Why hasn't it Disappeared?

Víctor Manuel Isidro Luna

Measuring Poverty Forms and Consequences

Araceli Damián González

MAY/JUNE 2018
CORRUPTION

Public Corruption

A conversation with Susan Rose-Ackerman

Corruption in Education

A conversation with Muriel Poisson

Tax Corruption

A conversation with Binh Tran-Nam

MARCH/APRIL 2018
POPULISM

Popular Politics

A conversation with Kevin Olson

Populism and Democracy The Representation of the People in Latin America

Susana Villavicencio

The Nature of Populism Some Contemporary Ideas

José Luis Villacañas Berlanga

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2018
DEMOCRACY

Liberal Democracy as Soft Despotism

A conversation with Ryszard Legutko

Democracy and Economic Growth

A conversation with Rita Yi Man Li

Switzerland’s Democratic System

A conversation with Hans-Peter Schaub

Democracy in Question The Alternatives

Ángela Sierra González

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2017
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Oil and Rent-seeking Capitalism in Venezuela

A conversation with Asdrúbal Baptista

Singapore’s Economic Development Experience

A conversation with Mitchell Wigdor

Science and Technology for Development Dominican Republic and Globalisation

Diógenes Aybar

The Developmental State Towards a New Concept

Judit Ricz and Barnabás Szabó

The Role of Business in Society A Review of Opinions in Venezuela

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2017
STATE OF EDUCATION

About this Issue

Paulo Freire Educator and Thinker for the 21st Century

Judith Reyes García

The Role of Education in Society A Review of Opinions in Venezuela

Fostering Education in Venezuela A Review of Proposals for Educational Improvement

Are Journals in Education Widely Consulted? An Exploratory Survey

JULY/AUGUST 2017
SOCIAL INNOVATION

Editorial Statement

The University and Social Innovation

A conversation with Germán Mejía

Social Innovation A Transformation Factor?

Juan-Luis Klein

Conditional Cash Transfer Programmes in Latin AmericaLesson for Other Regions of the World

Joanna Gocłowska-Bolek

The Impact of the “Solidarity Economy” on the Working Class An Analysis from the Brazilian Experience

Henrique Wellen