A gender parity horizon in Latin America: the political representation of women

Includes bibliography

Towards a theory of change

Includes bibliography

Towards a theory of the small firm: theoretical aspects and some policy implications

Includes bibliography

Fly your kite: a metaphor for a theory of territorial development

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The dilemmas of political legitimacy

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Towards a theory of change

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On the article by Raúl Prebisch, Towards a theory of change": comments"

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Index of political instability in Brazil, 1889-2009

This article aims to develop an index of political instability (ins) in Brazil between 1889 and 2009, reflecting a wide-ranging set of multiple phenomena that represent conflicts between the different social groups. By presenting different definitions of what is understood by political instability in the economics literature and by using multiple historical events —coups d’état, civil conflicts, constitutional or unconstitutional overthrow and changes in the composition of 50% of the ministerial cabinet— different indicators are obtained which are then synthesized into a single index using the principal component technique, to obtain an ins for Brazil between 1889 and 2009.