6 Ergebnisse.

Excerpt from Political Changes in Guatemalan Indian Communities: A SymposiumFollowing the revolution of 1944, the intendente system was abolished and under a new constitution a new municipal policy was established. Elected mayors and town councils were re-established, but with the difference that the elections were intended to be competitive. Towards this end, poli tical parties were promoted. Silvert (1954) and the various cases to follow pro...

Excerpt from Political Changes in Guatemalan Indian Communities: A SymposiumFollowing the revolution of 1944, the intendente system was abolished and under a new constitution a new municipal policy was established. Elected mayors and town councils were re-established, but with the difference that the elections were intended to be competitive. Towards this end, poli tical parties were promoted. Silvert (1954) and the various cases to follow pro...

The result of many years of research in Guatemala, this volume utilizes the author's fieldwork as well as that of his colleagues and students to construct a set of concepts explaining how Guatemala reached the difficult circumstances in which it found itself in the 1960s-and still finds itself today.

This book argues that the energy process provides a basis for explaining, comparing, and measuring complex social evolution.

All social structures are essentially power structures dependent on energy. In this book, the author argues that social power affects humanity's approach to ecological, economic, and political problems, directing people to seek solutions that are often deceptively shortsighted.

This book is a study of the relationship between the use of energy in society and the general pattern of development in Great Britain during the 1870 1914 era.