Con gran beneplácito se presenta a la comunidad académica y profesional el segundo número del Anuario Iberoamericano de Derecho de la Energía, el cual forma parte de la "Colección de Anuarios de Derecho Público Iberoamericano", que dirige el Profesor Jaime Rodríguez-Arana Muñoz desde la Universidad de la Coruña, España, en su calidad de presidente de Ius Publicum Innovatio y que en esta oportunidad es el libro conmemorativo de los veinte años de existencia del Departamento de Derecho Minero-Energético de la Universidad Externado de Colombia. Esta obra de investigación, integral. y ambiciosa, dirigida por el profesor Luis Ferney Moreno y coordinada por el profesor Carlos Villanueva, se presenta en el marco del Segundo Congreso Anual de la Asociación Iberoamericana de Derecho de la Energía (ASIDE) y de las XV Jornadas Internacionales de Derecho Minero Energético, celebradas, se reitera, con motivo de los veinte años de fundación del Departamento de Derecho Minero Energético de la Universidad Externado de Colombia, centro académico líder en el estudio del sector minero-energético en América Latina.

Constituye para mí una especial satisfacción y un honor participar en este Tercer Congreso de ASIDE en representación de la Federación Europea de Asociaciones de Derecho de la Energía (EFELA) y de la Asociación Española de Derecho de la Energía (AEDEN), sintiéndome también parte activa y muy comprometida en el esfuerzo de ampliar esta fecunda comunidad de juristas de la energía latinoamericana a España —como parte de la misma realidad y cultura jurídica—, así como a los numerosos países de Europa que se integran en EFELA.

These changes, together with the general advance in the study of regulation, undoubtedly demand a re-evaluation of the theory of regulation, its methodologies and scope of application. This book is a perceptive investigation of recent evolutions in the manner and extent of governance through regulation. Scholars and students of comparative politics, public policy, regulation theory, institutional economics and political sociology will find it to be essential reading. It will also prove a valuable source of reference for those working or dealing with regulatory authorities and for business managers in private industries and services operating under a regulatory framework.

In addition to setting forth rules and legal doctrines (with reference to practical application of the law), this volume surveys the key institutions that make and enforce the law in Mexico, and places them in their historical and cultural context.

This book presents the proceedings of International Conference on Knowledge Society: Technology, Sustainability and Educational Innovation (TSIE 2019). The conference, which was held at UTN in Ibarra, Ecuador, on 3–5 July 2019, allowed participants and speakers to share their research and findings on emerging and innovative global issues. The conference was organized in collaboration with a number of research groups: Group for the Scientific Research Network (e-CIER); Research Group in Educational Innovation and Technology, University of Salamanca, Spain(GITE-USAL); International Research Group for Heritage and Sustainability (GIIPS), and the Social Science Research Group (GICS). In addition, it had the endorsement of the RedCLARA, e-science, Fidal Foundation, Red CEDIA, IEEE, Microsoft, Business IT, Adobe, and Argo Systems. The term “knowledge society” can be understood as the management, understanding and co-creation of knowledge oriented toward the sustainable development and positive transformation of society. In this context and on the occasion of the XXXIII anniversary of the Universidad Técnica del Norte (UTN), the Postgraduate Institute through its Master of Technology and Educational Innovation held the I International Congress on Knowledge Society: Technology, Sustainability and Educational Innovation – TSIE 2019, which brought together educators, researchers, academics, students, managers, and professionals, from both the public and private sectors to share knowledge and technological developments. The book covers the following topics: 1. curriculum, technology and educational innovation; 2. media and education; 3. applied computing; 4. educational robotics. 5. technology, culture, heritage, and tourism development perspectives; and 6. biodiversity and sustainability.

Since its inception, anthropology's authority has been based on the assumption that it is a unified discipline emanating from the West. In an age of heightened globalization, anthropologists have failed to discuss consistently the current status of their practice and its mutations across the globe. World Anthropologies is the first book to provoke this conversation from various regions of the world in order to assess the diversity of relations between regional or national anthropologies and a contested, power-laden Western discourse. Can a planetary anthropology cope with both the 'provincial cosmopolitanism' of alternative anthropologies and the 'metropolitan provincialism' of hegemonic schools? How might the resulting 'world anthropologies' challenge the current panorama in which certain allegedly national anthropological traditions have more paradigmatic weight - and hence more power - than others? Critically examining the international dissemination of anthropology within and across national power fields, contributors address these questions and provide the outline for a veritable world anthropologies project.

People are often surprised to learn that although the current global levels of food production are sufficient to feed all of humanity, the problems of undernourishment increase year by year in many countries. Economic growth, while important, is not a guarantee for reducing hunger. The intensification of income concentration worldwide, in the face of the persistence of millions of hungry families, demonstrates that economic interest is not guided by the needs of humanity. Moreover, the problem of food no longer refers to the lack of food alone. Many people are still unaware that our diets are not simply choices of taste and tradition but the result of international dynamics driven by geopolitical factors, the trajectory of capitalism, and other ulterior forces. The authors deepen the link between international relations and food security by exploring the humanitarian and ethical importance of a solution to the problem of hunger; the role of the state as a strategically relevant actor in achieving food security; and the nature of the problem of food security in a world in which the rationale guiding food production and distribution is a capitalist one.