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2. Moving towards universal health coverage: advanced practice nurse competencies.
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Honig, Judy, Doyle-Lindrud, Susan, and Dohrn, Jennifer
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CLINICAL competence , *CONSENSUS (Social sciences) , *CURRICULUM planning , *NATIONAL health insurance , *NURSE practitioners , *NURSES , *NURSING education , *SURVEYS , *LEADERS , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
Objective: this paper aims to describe the first phase of a project whose general goal was to develop a consensus-based set of advanced practice nurse competencies applicable to Latin American countries and, based on these competencies, produce an advanced practice nurse curricular prototype adapted to Latin American countries. The project was framed in a competency-based approach to advanced practice nursing education. The specific aims of the first phase of the project described in this paper were: 1) to identify a set of potential advanced practice nurse competencies that would serve as the template for Core Advanced Practice Nurse Competencies in Latin American countries and 2) to establish consensus for Core Advanced Practice Nurse Competencies in Latin American countries. Method: advanced practice nurse competencies were derived from a comprehensive review of published competencies and informed the development of a survey designed to assess the relevance of advanced practice nurse competencies in Latin American countries. The survey was distributed to nurse leaders and nurse educators. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: consensus for Core Competencies was established. Conclusion: the Core Advanced Practice Nurse Competencies presented can provide a structured framework to build educational programs aligned to the needs of the regional environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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3. The Definition of Security Agendas in Brazil and Argentina.
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Diamint, Rut and Herz, Monica
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NATIONAL security , *INTERNATIONAL relations - Abstract
Latin American countries do not define their security agenda. In fact the regional presence of the United States conditions the security agendas of the countries in the region and their capacity to establish autonomous national policies on the global , regional and sub regional spheres. Nevertheless the regional integration process in the southern cone and the international role that Brazil has been signaling it would like to play since the transition to democracy have allowed the governments of Brazil and Argentina to define some strategic orientations. During the last fifteen years the civil authorities have established some defense and security policies in the absence of direct intervention on the part of the armed forces, in contrast to previous periods. In this paper we shall analyze the conceptual sources incorporated by the political elite in both Argentina and Brazil and the means and resources available for decision making in the security sphere in these countries . We shall investigate the process of securitization in the regional context taking into account the interaction between endogenous and exogenous variables. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
4. Whig History, Periodization, and International Cooperation in the Southern Cone.
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Darnton, Christopher
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INTERNATIONAL cooperation , *MILITARY government , *HISTORY , *INTERNATIONAL economic relations , *ECONOMIC policy , *INTERNATIONAL economic integration ,ARGENTINA-Brazil relations ,LATIN American economic integration - Abstract
This paper analyzes the development of cooperation between Argentina and Brazil from their initial rapprochement of 1979 to the construction of Mercosur in 1991. It presents an account of cooperation that emphasizes the power and organizational interests of the armed forces and that challenges the prevailing emphases on democratization and neoliberalism. In doing so, it addresses a methodological problem for qualitative research in international relations: What can be done if our theories of why cooperation occurs affect our perceptions of when it begins? Conventional explanations of Argentine-Brazilian cooperation may be biased toward what historian Herbert Butterfield called 'Whig history,' which sees in past events associations that exist only in the present. These tendencies can alter our periodization of cases, omit or falsely reject important causal variables, and too readily confirm our preferred hypotheses, but they can also be corrected. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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5. Industrial Wage Inequality in Latin America in Global Perspective, 1900-2000.
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Frankema, Ewout
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WAGES , *ECONOMIC globalization , *EQUALITY & economics , *PAY equity , *FACTOR income distribution ,SOCIAL aspects - Abstract
Standard economic theories of wage inequality focus on the factor-biased nature of technological change and globalization. This paper examines the long-run development of industrial wage inequality in Latin America from a global comparative perspective. We find that wage inequality was comparatively modest during the first half of the twentieth century, but rising much faster during the post-war era than in other industrial countries. In-depth analyses of wage inequality trends in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile confirm this pattern, but also reveal notable country peculiarities. In Argentina and Chile, trend breaks coincided with large political-institutional shocks while in Brazil, wage inequality increased unabated under the wage regulation policies of successive post-war administrations. We argue that without taking national policies with respect to education and the labor market into account, economic theory cannot explain 'Latin American' patterns of wage inequality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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6. MERCADOS ACCIONARIOS Y SU RELACIÓN CON LA ECONOMÍA REAL EN AMÉRICA LATINA.
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Brugger, Samuel and Ortiz, Edgar
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STOCK exchanges , *ECONOMETRIC models ,LATIN American economy - Abstract
The paper examines the relationship between the performance of Latin American stock markets with their real economies, applying seven econometric models for the cases of Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico. The relationship between stock market yields in these countries and their respective GDPS is examined and compared, applying to the series for each country unit root tests, cointegration analysis, error correction model analysis, Granger causality modeling, self-regression vector analysis, stimulus and response functions, and variance decomposition analysis. The series comprise the following stock markets: Argentina's MERVAL, Brazil's BOVESPA, Chile's IGPA, and Mexico's IPC, as compiled by Economática. The GDP series were obtained from the Cepalstat data base. The series are monthly and are for the period 1993-2005. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
7. Perfil educativo y laboral de los nuevos y viejos migrantes regionales censados en Argentina y Brasil.
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Sala, Gabriela Adrian
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EMIGRATION & immigration , *EDUCATION of immigrants , *FOREIGN workers , *BOLIVIANS , *PARAGUAYANS , *URUGUAYANS , *ARGENTINES - Abstract
In the last quarter of the 20th century, Argentina was still concentrating the largest amount of intra-regional migrants in the southern cone of Latin America, whereas the number of Bolivian, Paraguayan, Uruguayan and Argentine migrants in Brazil was also increasing. This paper identifies the differences and transformations in the education and labor profile of new and old regional migrants recorded in Argentina and Brazil. Thus, it analyzes the distribution following the criterion of education level and occupation of migration cohorts determined by the year in which residence was taken up in both countries. It also shows differences between native and migrant workers. The conclusion arrived to is that in Argentina, the higher schooling of the new regional migrants did not substantially affect the segregation in occupations with a lower qualification, in branches such as agriculture, construction, manufacturing and housework. In Brazil, the increase in the number of Paraguayans, Bolivians, Uruguayans and Argentinians coming in matched a heterogeneization of the predominantly qualified profiles of the last three groups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
8. The Antithetical Notion of Democracy in Argentina and Brazil.
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Murdaco, Barry
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POLITICAL philosophy , *DEMOCRACY , *LIBERALISM , *EQUALITY - Abstract
My paper deals with the shortcomings of democratic political theory in Latin America. I criticize the minimialist conception of democracy defined along procedural lines i.e. elections. I contend that this conception of democracy is far too narrow and formalistic, and abstracts too much from the substantive essence of democracy which I define as liberty, equality, and happiness. My paper then is divided into two parts. In the first part, I explore liberal theory to see the concept of liberal-democracy developed from Hobbes to Mill; from there I try to demonstrate how inherent contradictions within liberal theory led to a regression in liberal-democracy, from a regime designed to secure human rights and provide happiness to the populace, to what we have today which does not provide for that. To demonstrate this empirically leads to the second part. I look to Argentina and Brazil, ostensibly democratic and wealthy yet besieged by violence and inequality. Violence is the key variable I explore, I believe it to be a manifestation of inequality, but more importantly I think it constitutes the grossest violation of the promises of liberal-democracy. Ultimately I conclude that a true democratic order must look both to its subjective essence and its objective form, I propose a dialetical relationship as the means to establish that, to raise subjectivist concerns to a matter of necessity in constituting a regime as democratic. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2007
9. Economics and Security: The Counter-Intuitive Case of Latin America, 1945-2007.
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Kacowicz, Arie M.
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INTERNATIONAL relations , *REALISM , *LIBERALISM , *COMMUNISM , *INTERNATIONAL cooperation - Abstract
The article examines the assumptions suggested by international relations (IR) paradigms, including realism, liberalism and Marxism, regarding the links between economics and security in Latin America since 1945. It provides an overview of the empirical peculiarities of Latin American IR from 1945-2007. It outlines potential explanations and hypotheses to understand the peculiarities of Latin American political, economic and security issues. It discusses the Argentine-Brazilian cooperation and the formation of the South American Union.
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- 2008
10. Sinopsis de la obra en idiorna inglés.
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ECONOMIC stabilization , *PRICING , *ECONOMIC policy - Abstract
The intention of this paper is to compare the theoretical framework of stabilization programs that Latin America has experienced during the last twenty years so to consider which one fits reality. Also, orthodox and heterodox adjustments implemented in South America are analyzed. From the experience of Argentina and Brazil, the conclusion is that, in order to reach long term, with a heterodox adjustment, it is necessary to consider the temporary character of price freezing and the adoption of administered prices, once inflationary inertia has diminished and the coordination of agent's expectations has taken place. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1988
11. Sinopsis de la obra en idioma inglés.
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STRATEGIC planning , *SUCCESS , *COMMERCIAL policy , *ECONOMIC policy , *FOREIGN trade promotion , *INTERNATIONAL trade - Abstract
In the 1960's, various Latin American countries began to implement an external sector development strategy by utilizing policies that would increase their amount of exported goods. The success that is encountered with such policies is dependent upon several key factors and instruments, including financial, import, and commercial policies. The goal of the paper is to review the success that varying countries, such as Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico, after the policy has been implemented.
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- 1985
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