Latin American Studies Dissertations and Theses
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Voces para intentar escribir otra historia: Niños, Cine y Conflicto Armado Colombiano
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)This work focuses on how art, especially cinema, has portrayed the Colombian internal conflict. It is important to notice which stories were chosen to be depicted, and how certain situations, such as the creation of new ... -
The Connection of Power, People, and Place: Evaluating Environmental Equity Content in the 100 Resilient Cities Strategies of Latin America
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)This study explores the frequency and depth of equity content within nine 100 Resilient Cities (100 RC) Latin American resilience plans. The research contributes to previous academic discussions by showing how often and ... -
Universalism and Targeting the Poor: A Dual Approach to Fight Poverty in Brazil (1988-2001)
(University of Kansas, 2018-12-31)While much of the analyses on cash-transfer programs have focused on the governments of former Brazilian presidents Fernando Henrique Cardoso and Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva, this study shifts the focus to the regional ... -
A Woman's Place: The Cuban Revolution and Gender Inequality in the Home
(University of Kansas, 2003-05-31)This thesis is an empirical study of changes in Cuban women's public and private lives from the 1959 Revolution to 1990. It describes the colonial gender ideology that has influenced present-day male and female relations, ... -
DEFINING PERCEPTIONS OF WATERSHED MANAGEMENT IN A GREAT PLAINS AND IN AN ANDEAN WATERSHED
(University of Kansas, 2014-08-31)The goal of this thesis project was to explore the perception groups related to watershed management in a Great Plains and in an Andean Watershed. It is essential for watershed stakeholders to acknowledge that there are ... -
The Making of a Crisis in Mexico: An Inductive Analysis of Media Sentiment and Information Cascades on the Value of the Mexican Peso during the 2008 Global Financial Crisis
(University of Kansas, 2014-08-31)In the two decades prior to the 2008 financial crisis, the Mexican government pursued policies aimed at liberalizing markets, while simultaneously trying to ensure the stability of the peso. These policies consisted of ... -
De Ambitu Et Leges De Ambitu
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To Spain and Back: Changing Roles and Identities of Ecuadorian Female Migrants
(University of Kansas, 2013-05-31)In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Ecuadorian migration to Spain expanded due to economic and political push and pull factors between the two countries. Through the feminization of migration, women came to represent ... -
Affirmative Action in Higher Education and Afro-Descendant Women in Bahia, Brazil
(University of Kansas, 2011-05-31)Affirmative Action in Higher Education and Afro-Descendant Women in Bahia, Brazil In 2001, the federal government of Brazil under President Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1995 - 2003) passed laws to remedy racial and socioeconomic ... -
The Microfinance Marvel: Where Does Hope Meet Reality?
(University of Kansas, 2010-12-15)There is an immense worldwide focus on microfinance as a means to abate poverty. What began as small loans provided to microentrepreneurs for business purposes has come to include consumer loans and other financial services ... -
CURRICULAR CHOICES FOR ELITE BILINGUAL SCHOOLS ON COLOMBIA'S CARIBBEAN COAST: AMERICAN ACCREDITATION OR THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE
(University of Kansas, 2010-06-14)Discusses the movement towards international recognition among "elite" bilingual schools on Colombia's Caribbean coast, with a special focus on U.S. accrediting agencies and the International Baccalaureate. -
Misión Madres Del Barrio: A Bolivarian Social Program Recognizing Housework and Creating A Caring Economy in Venezuela
(University of Kansas, 2008-08-20)ABSTRACT: This thesis began as a project about Misión Madres del Barrio; and it quickly transformed into a glimpse of the Bolivarian Revolution underway in Venezuela. Misión Madres del Barrio (MMB) is one of the pioneering ... -
Afro-Peruvian Identity and Its Connection with the Land:The Guayabo-Chincha Case
(University of Kansas, 2009-01-29)Most contemporary Afro-Peruvian communities suffer social, spatial and economic discrimination. The country's hierarchical social structure is the legacy left by the Spaniards since the colonial period. National rhetoric ... -
The Commercialization of Microfinance: Efficiency or Exploitation?
(University of Kansas, 2009-12-18)This thesis seeks to analyze the commercialized developments of the microfinance industry in Mexico. Additionally, I will trace the history of poverty and inequality in Mexico, with an emphasis on urbanization and the ... -
In the Womb of the Earth: Sex in the Maya Cave Setting
(University of Kansas, 2009-08-28)In this thesis, I investigate how caves, both spatially and symbolically, have been associated with sex among Maya groups, examine whether the link between landscape features and sex can increase our understandings of Mayan ... -
Family, Work, and Migration: Transborder Networking among Tlapanecs from La Montaña
(University of Kansas, 2009-01-20)Within the last decade, members of indigenous Tlapanec households in Guerrero, Mexico have increasingly participated in network migration between La Montaña and the United States for job opportunities. Social networking ... -
Enterprising Women and Village Banking in Urban Paraguay: Current impacts and future implications for social change
(University of Kansas, 2008-07-29)This thesis examines Fundación Paraguaya's Comité de Mujeres Emprendedoras (village banking) program and analyzes its potential as a tool for poverty alleviation, female empowerment and social change in Paraguay. The data ...