Analysis of different (inter-)national dimensions of inequality in labor, social and environmental regimes, wealth research, and democracy in an international perspective.
Consideration of political, social, ecological and economic processes in countries of the Global South; UN Sustainable Development Goals today and tomorrow.
Analysis of political, economic, and social processes in societies dependent on raw material exports as well as their behavior within the international system.
Studies on the consequences of socio-ecological crises and on the conditions, opportunities and risks of addressing them in a North-South context.
As a Center for Advanced Latin American Studies, CALAS seeks to foment research of interest in the social sciences and humanities in Latin America, applying historical, scientific and systematic approaches and employing transdisciplinary and transregional dialogue.
As an interdisciplinary research center, the Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos pools research on Latin America at the University of Kassel and organizes as well as supports international cooperations, collaborations and various research projects.
The Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) is an international non-governmental institution with associative status at UNESCO, created in 1967. It currently brings together 736 research and postgraduate centers in the field of social sciences and humanities in 51 countries in Latin America and other continents.
This volume examines the social, political, economic and cultural legacies of the last three colonies of the Spanish Empire: Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines. The three former colonies offer an ideal setting for applying + + +
Climate change, species extinction, massive exploitation of resources, environmental pollution, the consumption of non-renewable but vital elements – all these are symptoms of a planetary crisis that is currently threatening the very existence of ecosystems + + +
In the wake of high world market prices, many commodity states experienced an economic boom at the beginning of the 21st century. In this context, Latin America attracted a great deal of international attention with + + +
The Cuban labor market has been undergoing far-reaching structural change for several years, which is of central importance for the future development of the island. Despite the high relevance of the changes in labor policy, + + +
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