El discurso de los DDHH como herramienta para justificar el embargo económico de EEUU a Cuba, 1993 – 2001

El tema central de esta monografía, es el ejercicio de construcción discursiva en torno a los Derechos Humanos (DDHH) que tiene lugar en el periodo de 1993 – 2001 con ocasión de la aprobación de la Ley Helms-Burton en los EEUU. Se trata de considerar los elementos en virtud de los cuales los DDHH pueden instrumentalizarse y politizarse con fines de reivindicación que no necesariamente coinciden con la esencia misma que los caracteriza. Ello, empleando como base teórica la proposición metodológica del Análisis Crítico del Discurso y la hegemonía, como concepto de imposición moral, intelectual y politica, de conformidad con la postulación teórica desarrollada por Antonio Gramsci.

O impacto da política externa dos EUA nas relações entre Brasil e Cuba (1996-2004)

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

El rol de las ONG de España en el internacionalización de la causa de las Damas de Blanco. Estudio de caso: Solidaridad Española con Cuba (2005-2012)

El interés de este estudio de caso es demostrar el rol de la ONG Solidaridad Española con Cuba en la creación de una red transnacional de defensa de las Damas de Blanco, un movimiento social cubano disidente. Esto, tras reconocer que el apoyo por parte de ésta y otras organizaciones e instituciones internacionales es de gran importancia para lograr las reivindicaciones sociales propuestas por las Damas de Blanco, a partir de los hechos ocurridos en la Primavera Negra en el año 2003. Tanto las organizaciones como el movimiento social, aseguran que ha existido una violación sistemática de los Derechos Humanos de los disidentes de este país, y asimismo, una opresión de sus demandas, lo que ha hecho que el apoyo internacional se convierta en la clave de un futuro cambio.

Long-and-short haul : Hearings before the Committee on Interstate Commerce, United States Senate, Seventy-fourth Congress, second session, on H.R. 3263, an act to amend paragraph (1) of section 4 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended February 28, 1920 (U.S.C., title 49, sec. 4) May 11 to May 28, 1936.

Burton K. Wheeler, chairman; Fred H. Brown, presiding, May 26, 1936.

Business under the new price laws; a study of the economic and legal problems arising out of the Robinson-Patman Act and the various fair trade and unfair practices laws,

"Table of cases": p. [441]-447.

The Affordable Care Act and the Transformation of US Health Care

The neoliberal period was accompanied by a momentous transformation within the US health care system.  As the result of a number of political and historical dynamics, the healthcare law signed by President Barack Obama in 2010 ‑the Affordable Care Act (ACA)‑ drew less on universal models from abroad than it did on earlier conservative healthcare reform proposals. This was in part the result of the influence of powerful corporate healthcare interests. While the ACA expands healthcare coverage, it does so incompletely and unevenly, with persistent uninsurance and disparities in access based on insurance status. Additionally, the law accommodates an overall shift towards a consumerist model of care characterized by high cost sharing at time of use. Finally, the law encourages the further consolidation of the healthcare sector, for instance into units named “Accountable Care Organizations” that closely resemble the health maintenance organizations favored by managed care advocates. The overall effect has been to maintain a fragmented system that is neither equitable nor efficient. A single payer universal system would, in contrast, help transform healthcare into a social right.

Universities, SMEs and innovation frameworks : think global, act local?

Universities are increasingly encouraged to take a leading role in economic development, particularly through innovation. Simultaneously, economic development policy itself is increasingly focused on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), creating overlapping interactions in the roles of government policy, universities and SMEs and the processes of innovation creation and dissemination. This paper examines issues arising from these developments and relating to the key stakeholders (industry, government and universities in particular), the enabling mechanisms (network governance, relevant education, training and learning, and suitable structures), and local and cross-local links. The authors then use quantitative analysis of 450 SMEs in the UK to begin to evaluate the roles of universities and highlight areas for further theoretical development.