Sociology's contribution to our understanding of the Latin American development process has been closely linked to studies on the social structure and stratification of the region and to analyses and interpretations of the various social groups' characters and behaviour. This investigative effort has been directed towards ascertaining the specific forms taken by the structure of social groups and classes in the regi n, since it had been postulated that these traits -which are an inherent part of Latin America- were determinants of the patterns which the development process would foll…
This article provides an overview of a number of changes that have taken place in the region's economy, together with their effects in terms of its social stratification, and analyses the different social sectors' options for political action. A series of economic changes have altered both the traditional heterogeneity of the Latin American economy and the relative weight of its various sectors; this is reflected, for example, 9n the heightened importance of agribusiness and the reciprocal penetration of the services and production sectors. Today a generic distinction between i…
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Los indicadores recientes de la economía uruguaya muestran señales evidentes de expansión de
su actividad. Esa tendencia favorable se observa tambien a nivel de las expectativas de sus
agentes económicos, como en el clima económico global lo que hace suponer que la actual
coyuntura representa una inflexión en el prolongado ajuste que sobrevino a la crisis del inicio de
los años '80..
Ese crecimiento económico real está fuertemente condicionado por factores tanto externos
como internos, interrelacionados entre sí. La aceleración de la tendencia aperturista de la
economía, en…
This second edition of the Social panorama of Latin America is an expression of the ECLAC secretariat's continuing efforts to incorporate the social dimension into the Commission's annual appraisals of regional development. The present report covers twice as many countries as the first, and the information has been updated using the most recent figures made available to the secretariat by the countries concerned; in addition, data for intervening years and for the latter part of the 1980s have been included. In the aggregate, the information analysed here is sufficient to provide a f…
Esta segunda edición del Panorama social de América Latina es la expresión del esfuerzo de la Secretaría de la CEPAL por incorporar permanentemente la dimensión social en las evaluaciones del desarrollo regional que la Comisión realiza todos los años. En el presente informe se duplicó el número de países considerados, y se actualizó la información con las cifras más recientes que los países han puesto a disposición de la Secretaría; además, se agregaron datos de los años intermedios y de fines de la década pasada. En conjunto, los antecedentes analizados permiten trazar un perfil bastante caba…