*Winner of the AEJMC-Knudson Latin America Prize 2017* Social movements throughout contemporary Latin America are successfully influencing and shaping media policy. In this highly original, detailed, and in-depth study, Silvio Waisbord and María Soledad Segura scrutinize the goals, tactics, and impact of civic media movements across the region, demonstrating the full extent of media activism on domestic policy and politics. Media Movements goes beyond simple conceptions of 'the national' versus 'the global' to reveal the complicated process of media policy-making, and to evaluate the significance of local political elites and citizens, global actors, and legal frameworks. With success rates varying across the region, the authors offer an assessment of the impact of citizens' mobilization on policy-making, as well as the effects of legislation on ownership, funding, community media, non-profit media, and public media.

Este libro sintetiza A lo largo de mi vasta carrera como protesista y ocularista me he nutrido de experiencias de profesionales, de pacientes y de investigación. Este libro reúne todos estos conocimientos e investigaciones para contribuir aún más a la excelencia de la profesión de ocularista. En este trabajo hago referencia a todos los puntos necesarios a considerar en la adaptación de prótesis oculares y trato con el paciente, desde la anatomía del ojo, tumores y cirugías más frecuentes, implantes de órbita, prótesis oculares, mis inventos y rehabilitación palpebral. En síntesis todo lo que pueda mejorar dramáticamente la calidad de vida de los pacientes.

The physicist Neils Bohr allegedly wrote that “Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future”. Many academics believe that serious scholars should never attempt to write about the future, but some awareness of the ways in which the future of e-government may evolve is needed if well-grounded long-term decisions about issues such as infrastructures, institutions and educational programs are to be made. In addition, future-oriented research is of the utmost importance for informed public debate about technological developments with far reaching societal implications. This book marks the 25th anniversary of the permanent study group on e-government of the European Group for Public Administration, and the papers here were first presented at their 2012 meeting in Bucharest, Romania. The invited authors were not asked for rigorous analyses based on systematic empirical research or deeply rooted in a theoretical framework; instead they were challenged to write thoughtful and measured, but provocative, essays about ICT and public administration in the coming decade. Their contributions are reflections on the nature of new and emerging technologies in the public sector and their impact on government and on democracy itself. The book is divided into three sections: the past and present as starting point for thinking about the future of e-government, imagining the future of government, and implications for research and practice. The many questions raised by developments in ICT for future public administration are presented in a clear and thought-provoking manner, and merit more debate. This volume represents a departure from the normal run of academic publications. It is intended both to provoke academics and administrators to think about questions which will affect all of our futures and to offer a range of creative ideas about how the opportunities presented by technology can be exploited to provide better government and governance.

The social sciences have made fundamental contributions to the understanding of the economic, political and social life of nations in the past century. Social science libraries now have an important role to play in the context of the information society as significant sources of academic and social knowledge. This work provides information on the development and use of digital resources in the social sciences emphasizing best practices; an articulation of some of the problems presented to providing these resources; and a view to the use of these resources to support sustainable development.

El big data, entendido como la gestión y el almacenamiento masivo de datos, es una tendencia por explotar a día de hoy. La industria audiovisual, consciente de ello, empieza a orientar estrategias de negocio con ideas de personalización de contenidos, segmentación de perfiles o predicción de tendencias. Comprender todas las posibilidades que nos ofrece el big data supone entender las dinámicas internas del negocio, así como las fuentes de datos de las que podemos extraer información y la interacción que podemos realizar con ellas. Y también nos permite formular mejores preguntas y tomar decisiones acertadas. Este libro ofrece un recorrido por el proceso de gestión de datos en la empresa, con introducción de explicaciones técnicas y especial atención a la toma de decisiones del business intelligence.

Lo valioso de la obra es que integra conocimientos para la superación individual y organizacional, de tal forma que las claves puedan ser asimiladas por gente sin preparación académica, y por directores corporativos o presidentes de cualquier ámbito. Destacando que el método de creación de la riqueza, es el mismo en cualquier parte del mundo, aquí el autor lo esclarece de forma simple y de aplicación inmediata; donde prevalece el significado del dinero, con su relación que tiene con la eficiencia y la productividad, para la competitividad en los campos; económico, social, y político. El autor plantea que los países de las economías emergentes para que puedan desarrollarse, tienen que llevar el progreso sostenido y sustentable a todos sus habitantes, como desarrollo social. Establece que es un error que los beneficios de la tecnología se limiten al campo industrial o empresarial, porque su campo es la civilización y la cultura. Y aclara porque los valores humanos y la ética, son los pilares de las sociedades, y en combinación con el desarrollo económico, generan la prosperidad de las naciones. E invita a los individuos y a las sociedades, a mejorar sus pensamientos, para decidir en que y, como quieren vivir y convivir, para realizar las acciones necesarias, porque de la forma de pensar germina la conducta del crecimiento integral continúo".

Economic Policy and Human Rights presents a powerful critique of three decades of neoliberal economic policies, assessed from the perspective of human rights norms. In doing so, it brings together two areas of thought and action that have hitherto been separate: progressive economics concerned with promoting economic justice and human development; and human rights analysis and advocacy. Focussing on in-depth comparative case studies of the USA and Mexico and looking at issues such as public expenditure, taxation and international trade, the book shows that heterodox economic analysis benefits greatly from a deeper understanding of a human rights framework. This is something progressive economists have often been skeptical of, regarding it as too deeply entrenched in 'Western' norms, discourses and agendas. Such a categorical rejection is unwarranted. Instead, human rights norms can provide an invaluable ethical and accountability framework, challenging a narrow focus on efficiency and growth. A vital book for anyone interested in human rights and harnessing economics to create a better world.