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Lo social y el capitalismo no existen: el desafío de Bruno Latour
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2015)
Bruno Latour, a former philosopher who turned to anthropology and sociology, whose work is so much known as controversial, has been developing a radical restatement of contemporary social sciences,with broad consequences ...
La discriminación racial, étnica y social en el Perú: balance crítico de la evidencia empírica reciente
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2014)
There is a growing interest in studying discrimination in Peruvian Social Science. Against this backdrop, this article seeks to assess critically recent empirical research on discrimination in Peru, with an emphasis on ...
Entre la incertidumbre y el individualismo. Ética científica de la adversidad y nanotecnología en el Perú
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2015)
Practising science in Peru means facing adversity. Due to the country’s recent economic growth and despite its weak institutions, there is a growing (yet insufficient) interest in raising the investment in science, technology ...
«Negra soy, color bonito»: el papel de la «raza» en la identidad de los afrodescendientes en el Perú
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2014)
This document is based on a recent study on the relation between ethnicity, culture, «race» and ancestry among Afro-Peruvians. Findings show that while construction of the «black» or Afrodescendant identity in Peru holds ...
Agencia, conflicto y desarrollo humano en Ayacucho: el caso de Sacsamarca post Sendero Luminoso
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2015)
The district of Sacsamarca, located in the province of Huanca Sancos in the region of Ayacucho in Peru, was one of the most affected districts by the Internal Armed Conflict during the eighties (CAI, in Spanish). Violence, ...
El impacto del robo y el hurto en la economía doméstica: un estudio exploratorio sobre los datos de Lima Metropolitana
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2015)
This research estimates the impact of robbery and theft in the household economies of the victims, according to their socioeconomic background. We analyze the current situation of Lima Metropolitana between 2011 and 2012, ...
Consideraciones sobre las tensiones en la intermediación política del movimiento cocalero en el Perú
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2013)
In Peru, the coca growers’ movement emerged as a response to the State stance against the proliferation of illicit cultivation of coca leaf. To defend this product, this social movement has appealed mainly to three kinds ...
Camisea, compensaciones y diversificación de actividades de subsistencia en la comunidad nativa de Cashiriari (Cusco-Perú)
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2015)
The Camisea Gas Project, which is one of the largest gas exploration and exploitation projects in Latin America, has been operating since 2000 in the southeast Amazon of Cusco in Peru, in territory historically occupied ...
Infancia, calle y supervivencia: el caso de La Paz y El Alto (Bolivia)
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2015)
Children out of family relationships enter the world of street and socialize with groups of peers with whom they share daily activities like work, theft and alcohol and inhalants consumption. Their lives are commonly ...
Entre la abundancia y la escasez de agua: discursos, poder y biocombustibles en Piura, Perú
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2013)
In early 2000 the promotion of biofuels in Peru was set through the construction of discourses stressing their benefit to the country. Biofuels would not only respond to the increasing prices of fossill fuels in international ...