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The construction of the rule of law in nascent democracies: ...

The construction of the rule of law in nascent democracies: ...

Rebecca Bill Chavez

Judicial autonomy in Latin America Rebecca Bill Chavez, Stanford University. Dept. of Political Science. The Construction of the Rule of Law in Nascent Democracies: Judicial Autonomy in Latin America A Dissertation Submitted to the  ...
Globalization and Geopolitics in the Middle East: Old Games, ...

Globalization and Geopolitics in the Middle East: Old Games, ...

Anoushiravan Ehteshami

James A. Bill and Rebecca Bill Chavez, 'The Politics of Incoherence: The United States and the Middle East', Middle East Journal, 56 (4), 2002, 562–75. Globalization – The Way to Go? As shown in the previous chapter, much debate  ...
The Oxford Handbook of Law and Politics

The Oxford Handbook of Law and Politics

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REBECCA BILL CHAVEZ THE fortification of the rule of law is increasingly seen as a necessity for nascent democracies across the globe. The past decade has witnessed a growing recognition by political scientists that an independent ...
Journal of International Affairs

Journal of International Affairs

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Taking the State to Court: The Importance of Judicial Autonomy in New Democracies Semra A. Mesulam The Rule of Law in Nascent Democracies: Judicial Politics in Argentina Rebecca Bill Chavez Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, ...
Taiwan Journal of Democracy

Taiwan Journal of Democracy

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Rebecca Bill Chavez Abstract Electoral democracy has shown remarkable resilience in Latin America, but the quality and depth of democracy in the region remain at risk. The real threat to democratic government in Latin America is not a  ...
The Political Economy of Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka: ...

The Political Economy of Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka: ...

Nikolaos Biziouras

At Annapolis, Rebecca Bill Chavez,Gale Mattox, Ellie Malone, Yong Deng, Mike Kellermann, Linda Hull, George Nakos, Tassos Liakos, Alexis Alevras, and R. J. Goodman made sure thatI finished this book. Finally,I would like to thanka ...
The Rule of Law in Nascent Democracies: Judicial Politics in ...

The Rule of Law in Nascent Democracies: Judicial Politics in ...

Rebecca Bill Chavez

Special thanks go to Tom Bendel, Kurt Beyer, Chuck Cochran, Yong Deng, Linda Hull, Ellie Malone, Gale Mattox, William Miller, Arthur Rachwald, Perla Sasson- Henry, and Pam Schmitt. I deeply appreciate the unwavering support provided by  ...
The Struggle for Constitutional Power: Law, Politics, and ...

The Struggle for Constitutional Power: Law, Politics, and ...

Tamir Moustafa

Rebecca Bill Chavez, The Rule of Law in Nascent Democracies: Judicial Politics in Argentina (Stanford University Press, 2004). For more studies that share these assumptions, see Herman Schwartz, The Struggle for Constitutional Justice in ...
Handbook of South American Archaeology

Handbook of South American Archaeology

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These styles were categorized by Karen and Sergio Chavez with the Quechua term, "Yaya-Mama" (K. Chavez 1988; S. Chavez and K. Chavez 1975); Portugal Ortiz used the Aymara term "Pa'Ajano" (1981) as did Browman writing "Pajano" ...
Ancient South America

Ancient South America

Karen Olsen Bruhns

186 12.2 Site of Pucara, Peru (photograph courtesy of Karen Mohr Chavez and Sergio Chavez) 187 12.3 Kidder Temple, Pucara (photograph courtesy of Karen Mohr Chavez and Sergio Chavez) 188 12.4 Pucara-style figure 189 12.5 Recuay  ...
Shadowed Lives: Undocumented Immigrants in American Society

Shadowed Lives: Undocumented Immigrants in American Society

Leo R. Chavez

Janice E. Stockard & George Spindler, CSCA Series Coeditors, 2006 ABOUT THE AUTHOR Leo R. Chavez was born in Alamogordo, New Mexico. His family has a long history in New Mexico. Chavez is a thirteenth—generation New Mexican ...
A Creature of Moonlight

A Creature of Moonlight

Rebecca Hahn

Rebecca Hahn. rebecca hahn rebecca hahn Copyright © 2013 by Rebecca Hahn All rights reserved. For. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT Boston New York. Title.
The Short Stories of Fray Angelico Chavez

The Short Stories of Fray Angelico Chavez

Angelico Chavez

This anthology is the first collection of fiction published since 1957 by one of New Mexico's leading men of letters.
The migrant workers and Cesar Chavez

The migrant workers and Cesar Chavez

Jan Young

Describes the causes and events of the California grape picker's strike and the role of Cesar Chavez in its successful resolution.
La Conquistadora: The Autobiography of an Ancient Statue

La Conquistadora: The Autobiography of an Ancient Statue

Angelico Chavez

Fray Angelico Chavez has been called a renaissance man and New Mexico's foremost twentieth-century humanist by biographer Ellen McCracken.
Cesar Chavez

Cesar Chavez

Ginger Wadsworth

During the Great Depression, many people had to work long hours and were barely paid enough to survive. Cesar Chavez felt this treatment was unfair and worked to secure more rights.
Cesar Chavez

Cesar Chavez

Lola M. Schaefer

Simple text and photographs depict the life of Cesar Chavez, the Mexican American labor leader who achieved justice for migrant farm workers by creating a union to protect their rights.
Chávez: A Distinctive American Clan of New Mexico

Chávez: A Distinctive American Clan of New Mexico

Angelico Chavez

Following his ordination as a Franciscan priest in 1937, Chvez performed the difficult duties of an isolated back-country pastor, an army chaplain in World War II, and became an author of note, as well as something of an artist and muralist ...
Recovering the U. S Hispanic Literary Heritage Series: ...

Recovering the U. S Hispanic Literary Heritage Series: ...

Angelico Chavez

This collection contains poems composed during the years 1925 through 1932 and gathered privately by the poet Fray (or Friar) Angélico Chávez of New Mexico who gained wide renown as an artist and man of letters.
Cesar Chavez: A Photo-illustrated Biography

Cesar Chavez: A Photo-illustrated Biography

Lucile Davis

Presents the biography of Cesar Chavez, the Mexican American labor leader who achieved justice for migrant farm workers by creating a union to protect their rights.
Cesar Chavez: Crusader for Social Change

Cesar Chavez: Crusader for Social Change

Brenda Haugen

Presents the life of Cesar Chavez, focusing primarily on his work organizing the National Farm Workers Association and working for improved working and living conditions for all Mexican Americans.
The Language of the Heart: A Cultural History of the ...

The Language of the Heart: A Cultural History of the ...

Trysh Travis

17. Sandage, Born Losers, 2. 18. The most thoughtful of the various Bill Wilson biographies is Matthew J. Raphael's Bill W. and Mr. Wilson. See also Cheever, My Name is Bill; Hartigan, Bill W.; and Thomsen, Bill W. 19. Raphael, Bill W., 61, ...
Cesar Chavez: Champion of Workers

Cesar Chavez: Champion of Workers

Tyler Schumacher

"A brief introduction to the life of Cesar Chavez, the Mexican American activist who founded the first successful farm workers' union in the United States"--Provided by publisher.
The Legislative Branch of the Federal Government: Purpose, ...

The Legislative Branch of the Federal Government: Purpose, ...

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Rebecca Ann Felton (b. June 10, 1835, near Decatur, Ga.—d. Jan. 24, 1930, Atlanta, Ga.) Rebecca Ann Felton (née Rebecca Ann Latimer) was a political activist, writer, and lecturer and the first woman seated in the U.S. Senate. Rebecca ...
César Chávez

César Chávez

Elizabeth Hudson-Goff

Elizabeth Hudson-Goff, Kerri O'Hern, Jonatha A. Brown. Chávez began to believe that farm workers did not have to live in terrible conditions. They could organize and work together. Poor people could change their own lives! In i952, the CSO ...
The Revolutionary Imaginations of Greater Mexico: Chicana/o ...

The Revolutionary Imaginations of Greater Mexico: Chicana/o ...

Alan Eladio Gómez

In Texas: Luis Alvarez, Estevan Azcona, Manolo Callahan, Emmet Campos, Alex Chávez, Veronica Delgado, Melissa Forbis, Tamara Ford, Rebecca Gamez, Gloria Garza, Jennifer Goett, Pablo Gonzalez, Daniel Guerra, Cale Layton, Veronica ...
The Political Spirituality of Cesar Chavez: Crossing ...

The Political Spirituality of Cesar Chavez: Crossing ...

Luis D. Leon

The Political Spirituality of Cesar Chavez: Crossing Religious Borders maps and challenges many of the mythologies that surround the late iconic labor leader.
Tiwanaku: Ancestors of the Inca

Tiwanaku: Ancestors of the Inca

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The YatjoMama Religious Tradition as an Antecedent of Tiwanaku, Sergio Chavez 3,1; Map concept by Karen and Sergio Chavez, drawn by Sue Cary, Melissa Nethery, and Jennifer Shonrz; 3.2-4^ Drawings and photos by Karen and Sergio ...
Border Lives: Fronterizos, Transnational Migrants, and ...

Border Lives: Fronterizos, Transnational Migrants, and ...

Sergio Chávez

In Border Lives, Sergio Chávez moves past Tijuana's notorious image as a hub of sex, drugs, and crime to tell the story of the diverse group of individuals who use both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border as a resource to construct their ...
Heads of State: Icons, Power, and Politics in the Ancient ...

Heads of State: Icons, Power, and Politics in the Ancient ...

Denise Y Arnold

35–69. Eds. Helaine Silverman and William H. Isbell (New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2002). Courtesy of Sergio Chávez. From Sergio Chávez (2002:41). (Marx 1973 [1894], Vol. 3:337–38). So, for Marx, fetishism would seem ...

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