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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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
¿Cómo explicar la campaña para revocar a la alcaldesa de Lima Metropolitana, Susana Villarán? Una hipótesis sobre el poder y la política en la capital
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2013)
The present essay attempts to explain the formation of a sector who leaded the campaign to revokeLima Metropolitana’s mayor, Susana Villarán, in 2013. The analysis focuses on the nature of power relations, within which ...
Mamá, ¿ya estás viniendo? Varones y mujeres proveedores de recursos y cuidados
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2015)
This paper analyses how labor, family and labor-family relationships have changed recently in Peru and analyses also their effects on the household division of work in families where both parents perceive salaries. Our ...
¿A dónde van los que quieren salir adelante? Estudiantes de nuevas universidades privadas y la búsqueda del éxito: el caso de la Universidad César Vallejo
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2014)
This paper presents the phenomenon of the private universities that have emerged in our country during the nineties. This increase of alternatives to access to higher education has generated a sense of significant progress ...
Populismo: el ruido y la ira
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2014)
Ernesto Laclau, emeritus professor of the University of Essex, UK, visited Ecuador in March 2012. In his open conference at FLACSO, Quito, Laclau presented his peculiar interpretation of «populism». The present article ...
El futuro de la población peruana: problemas y oportunidades
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2015)
This paper presents the trends and characteristics of the Peruvian population up to 2050 based both on official statistics and author’s estimates. Issues discussed include growth, changes in vital rates, age structure, the ...
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 ...