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Stein, Rosa Emilia Rodriguez. "Collective action in peripheral nations: A comparative analysis of five Central American countries." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184789.
Full textTeichgräber, Martin H. (Martin Hubert). "Political Parties in Central America: A Reassessment." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1994. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500670/.
Full textRueda, Luis-Fernando. "Trade and economic integration in Central America." Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.405149.
Full textJones, Ursula. "Decorated metates in prehispanic Lower Central America." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1992. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1355098/.
Full textPettiford, Lloyd. "Changing conception of security in Central America." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.239845.
Full textPaulsson, Joseline. "Girls in Youth Gangs in Central America." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Romanska och klassiska institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-131103.
Full textBrizuela, Reyes Beatriz <1976>. "Assessment of Tsunami Hazard in Central America." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2009. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/2007/1/thesis_PhD_Bea_print1.pdf.
Full textBrizuela, Reyes Beatriz <1976>. "Assessment of Tsunami Hazard in Central America." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2009. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/2007/.
Full textMARTINEZ, BARAHONA Elena. "Seeking the Political Role of the Third Government Branch: A comparative approach to high courts in Central America." Doctoral thesis, European University Institute, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1814/7931.
Full textExamining board: Prof. Pilar Domingo (Universidad de Salamanca) ; Prof. Carlo Guarnieri (Università di Bologna) ; Prof. Donatella Della Porta (European University Institute) ; Prof. Philippe C. Schmitter (European University Institute)(Supervisor)
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Until recently, Courts were not an important component of political science research on Latin America. The quantity of research on the judiciary does not compare even remotely to the vast literature on others institutions. However, despite the relative inattention to their role, courts are institutions whose performance has concrete and relevant effects on the socio-political system. Indeed, Courts have currently emerged as active participants in the political process offering new opportunities to citizens, social movements, interest groups, and politicians. Focusing on three countries of Central America (Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Guatemala), this dissertation illustrates how far the political system in these countries is shaped in significant ways by the role of Courts as political institutions. Throughout a comparative approach, this study offers what may be the first cross-national analysis explicitly designed to serve as a comprehensive measure of the political role of High Courts.
Clark, Tiffanie R. "Central Americans in Movement: A Diasporic Revival of Poesia Comprometida." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1593273591518189.
Full textDavid, J. Sky. "Intelligent Discontent, Agitation, and Progress: A Time-Series Analysis of National Revolts in Central America 1960-1982." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1997. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278172/.
Full textPapageorgiou, Ioannis. "Eléments de supranationalité dans le processus d'intégration politique en Amérique centrale à partir des années 1980." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/211546.
Full textCáceres, Calix Diego José. "Earthquake Sources and Hazard in northern Central America." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala University, Department of Earth Sciences, 2003. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-3389.
Full textNorthern Central America is a tectonically complex zone defined by its borders with Cocos and North America plates. The Middle America subduction zone and the strike-slip motion along the North America-Caribbean plate boundary, in that order, control most of its deformation. The interaction between the different elements of the studied area is evident from the high seismicity in the region, especially along plate boundaries. Also in the interior of the region, seismicity shows that deformation takes place, though in lesser degree. In a time window of 30 years, three earthquakes with moment magnitude larger than 7 struck northern Central America evincing the need to estimate the seismic hazard for the zone. To tackle the problem, we compiled a catalogue of hypocenters commencing in 1964, defined seismogenic sources and described the evolution of earthquake activity through a Poisson model. Probabilistic seismic hazard (PSH) calculations for the next 50 years were performed. The highest estimate of seismic hazard was obtained for the zone adjacent to the subduction zone. Because of the fundamental importance of demarcating seismogenic sources in the PSH analysis, i.e. defining the seismotectonic model, we extended the catalogue to cover 102 years for the whole northern Central America. We have studied the North America-Caribbean plate boundary in order to refine the fault representation. Different techniques were used, like that of body-waveform modeling, allowing us to limit the extent of depth of faulting to 20 km. The seismic moment tensor was used to estimate the deformation velocities on known tectonic structures, including those of the Honduras depression and borderland faults. Finally, we made use of the Coulomb stress criterion to determine the relation between earthquake occurrence and static stress changes following major earthquakes.
Cavalluzzi, Martin Ray. "Taxonomy of Larval Blennioidei of Belize, Central America." W&M ScholarWorks, 1992. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539617642.
Full textPritchard, Matthew Earl Kanamori H. "Recent crustal deformation in west-central South America /." Diss., Pasadena, Calif. : California Institute of Technology, 2003. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-06022003-105512.
Full textReed, Aaron Wesley. "Granivory in the prairie of central North America /." Search for this dissertation online, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ksu/main.
Full textKibbey, Richard. "Central America: An Attempt at Modern Economic Growth." PDXScholar, 1993. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1233.
Full textBrom, Charlotte. "The human rights of the child : the case of street children in Central America." Thesis, McGill University, 2002. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=78205.
Full textThe international framework for children's human rights law, composed primarily of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the principles inherent to it, can be described as based on a doctrine of integral protection, a notion developed primarily by Central American legal scholars. At the same time, however, most Central American states ignore their obligations to conform their domestic legislation to these standards.
This thesis is meant to provide Central American countries with guidelines captured by a model referred to as UPPP2. Its main objective is for States to acknowledge that the plight of street children needs to be understood; prevented by adequate domestic legislation; and requires protection by effective implementation and provision of justice.
Lohse, Stephen Alan. "U.S. Foreign Assistance and Democracy in Central America: Quantitative Evaluation of U.S. Policy, 1946 Through 1994." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1996. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277758/.
Full textBailey, Brie. "The Guatemalan Peace Accords indigenous rights and the promise of peace /." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2009. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0024676.
Full textJakubowski, Jonathan Robert. "Do criminal deportations affect homicide rates in Central America?" Connect to Electronic Thesis (CONTENTdm), 2010. http://worldcat.org/oclc/645461022/viewonline.
Full textPetersen, Douglas Peter. "A Pentecostal theology of social concern in Central America." Thesis, Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.483625.
Full textJohn, Jennifer Ruth. "Postclassic Maya Ceramic Iconography at Lamanai, Belize, Central America." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.498768.
Full textSmith, Hazel Anne. "European Community policy towards Central America in the 1980s." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1993. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1317/.
Full textAguilar, Pilar. "Teacher education in Central America : the effectiveness of provision." Thesis, University of Hull, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.335206.
Full textOffen, Karl Henry. "The Miskitu kingdom landscape and the emergence of a Miskitu ethnic identity, northeastern Nicaragua and Honduras, 1600-1800 /." Digital version accessible at:, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
Full textRueda-Junquera, Fernando. "La reactivación del Mercado Común Centroamericano /." Burgos : Servicio de Publ., Universidad de Burgos, 1999. http://www.gbv.de/dms/sub-hamburg/308708601.pdf.
Full textGeary, James P. "Social Realism in Central America: the Modern Short Story Translated." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1215444512.
Full textAlejo, Anna M. "Central American refugees in Costa Rica." FIU Digital Commons, 1990. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1191.
Full textMoe, Cailey Catherine. "Multilingualism and Multiculturalism: Opinions from Spanish-Speaking English Learners from Mexico, Central America, and South America." PDXScholar, 2017. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4059.
Full textMaldonado, Tito. "Regional Precipitation Study in Central America, Using the WRF Model." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Luft-, vatten och landskapslära, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-182208.
Full textNederbörden i Central Amerika har uppskattats med dynamisk nedskalning för två utvaldaperioder, januari 2000 och september 2007. Global återanalysdata från NCEP-NCARsåteranalysprojekt har använts som randdata och initialdata till den regionalaklimatmodellen WRF. De studerade månaderna uppvisar stora variationer inederbördsmönster, t ex lite (mycket) nederbörd under januari och mycket (lite) nederbördunder september för kustområdena längs Stilla havet (Karibiska havet). Fyra nästladedomäner över Central Amerika har använts med en upplösning på 90 km (d01), 30 km (d02),10 km (d03) och 3,3 km (d04). Simuleringarna initialiserades var 5:e dag och de första 6timmarna efter varje initialisering används för modellens anpassning till initialtillståndet.Totalt 8 experiment genomfördes (4 för varje månad) för att studera: (a) två olika sätt attparameterisera konvektion i Cumulusmoln (CPS), Kain-Fritsch (KF) och Grell-Devenyi (GD)och (b) den fysikaliska interaktionen mellan de nästlade domänerna (en- respektive tvåvägsnästlade scheman).För januari 2000 var det god överensstämmelse mellan modellerad och observeradnederbörd. Modellen beskriver väl såväl mängden nederbörd som den rumsligafördelningen, t ex den stora kontrasten mellan kustområdena längs Stilla havet och Karibiskahavet.För september 2007 uppvisar den modellerade nederbörden stora skillnader i de olikaexperimenten för de yttre domänerna (d01, d02, d03). För den inre domänen (d04) ärresultaten från de olika experimenten betydligt mer lika, särskilt för experimenten medenvägs nästlade scheman. Vidare skiljer sig den modellerade nederbörden väsentligt frånobserverad nederbörd under september 2007. Detta kan förklaras med felaktiga randdatapå grund av problemet i återanalys data att reproducera perioder med övergång från varmtill kall El Niño. I alla experiment gav KF mer nederbörd än GD, det kan förklaras med att GDbättre reproducerar kortvarig, intensiv nederbörd. Det finns en viss tröghet innannederbörden i GD aktiveras, vilket innebär större frekvens av lite eller ingen nederbörd. Närnederbörden väl utvecklas blir den dock intensiv. WRF-modellen klarar inte av att återgespecifika nederbördshändelser för de genomförda experimenten, vilket betyder att 5-dagarär för lång simuleringstid för att kunna reproducera specifika händelser. Slutligen,interaktion mellan de nästlade domänerna skapar diskontinuiteter i nederbördsmöns.
Mann, Crystal P. "Intracaldera geology of the llopango Caldera, El Salvador, Central America." Thesis, McGill University, 2003. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=79044.
Full textBest, E. H. "Mexican foreign policy and Central America since the Mexican Revolution." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.383997.
Full textVazquez, Eric A. "Realms of Inconsequence: U.S. Imaginaries of Central America, 1979-2005." Research Showcase @ CMU, 2015. http://repository.cmu.edu/dissertations/607.
Full textSievert, Ulrica. "El Niño Southern Oscillation, Temperature and Precipitation over Central America." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Luft-, vatten och landskapslära, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-303324.
Full textI syftet att utöka individuell kunskap om de viktigaste klimatsystemen som påverkar temperatur och nederbörd över den tropiska kontinenten Centralamerika, gjordes en studie. Komponenter såsom den karibiska lågaltituds-jeten (CLLJ The Caribbean Low Level Jet), den intertropiska konvergenszonen (ITCZ The Intertropical Convergence Zone) och västra halvklotets varmvattenspool (WHWP The Western Hemisphere Warm Pool) är huvudsakliga system som påverkar det regionala klimatet och dessa interagerar med topografin. I sin tur delar den upp Centralamerika i Stilla havssidan samt Karibiska sidan, två skiljda regioner ur ett meteorologiskt perspektiv. Dygnsdata, för temperatur och nederbörd inom en tidsperiod av 35 år (1981-2015) för 9 olika meteorologiska stationer, har undersökts för att identifiera mönster kopplat till den södra El Niño-oscillationen (ENSO The El Niño Southern Oscillation). Avsaknad data beräknades med rutinfunktionen rellenaf, som har utvecklats av universitetet i Costa Rica - Centret för geofysisk forskning. Funktionen estimerar datavärden utifrån principiella komponenter -och autoregressiv metod. Från den kompletta datan kunde det identifieras att Stilla havssidan är huvudsakligen kännetecknat av en torrperiod och en regnperiod, medan säsongsvariationerna i nederbörd för Karibiska sidan är mindre. Den årliga temperaturcykeln för hela regionen erhåller små skillnader i amplitud, med andra ord är temperaturen mer eller mindre konstant genom årets gång. Med undantag för de mer nordliga stationerna Belize och Puerto Barrios där lägre temperaturer förekommer under norra halvklotets vintermånader som är orsakat av kallfronter. ENSO är ett lågfrekvent atmosfäriskt system som har påverkan på det regionala klimatet genom att interagera med de tidigare nämna CLLJ, ITCZ and WHWP. De starka faserna El Niño och La Niña observerades och jämfördes med anomalier för temperatur, nederbörd och vindfält på 925 hPa nivå (huvudsakligen fokus på CLLJ). En majoritet av negativa (positiva) anomalier för nederbörd kunde observeras under El Niño (La Niña) fenomen för Stilla havssidan. Dock fanns inte denna relation för den Karibiska sidan. Det fanns heller ingen koppling mellan temperatur och ENSO. Det kunde även ses att CLLJ är starkare (svagare) i februari för la niña (el niño) och starkare (svagare) i juli för el niño (la niña).
Murray, Malcolm R. "The environmental effects of mangrove clearance in Belize, Central America." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/21441.
Full textFuentes, J. A. "Transnational enterprises, technology and Central American economic integration." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.381570.
Full textMason, George W. "Improving regiomal security in Central America : military engagment options for Nicaragua /." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2002. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/02Dec%5FMason.pdf.
Full textThesis advisor(s): Harold A. Trinkunas, Jeanne Giraldo. Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-70). Also available online.
Pascual, Alejandra Leonor. "O processo pacificador de contadora na America Central: uma tentativa de solução latino-americana para os conflitos latino-americanos." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFSC, 1990. https://repositorio.ufsc.br/handle/123456789/106309.
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A presente dissertação tem como objeto o processo pacificador do Grupo de Contadora na América Central. Trata-se de demonstrar que os conflitos na América Latina devem ser resolvidos pelos próprios países da região, sem hegemonias nem interferências forâneas. A pesquisa desenvolve-se a partir de uma problemática concreta latino-americana: a situação de conflito na América central, agravada no início da década de oitenta, chegando a uma situação de grande confronto bélico entre alguns países da região. Procura-se mostrar a participação de diversos atores internacionais acerca do conflito (principalmente a nível de governo) bem como a postura dos membros face à crise centro-americana. Dentre estes "atores", destaca-se a ação do chamado "Grupo de Contadora" - surgido no início de 1983 - e ação de Contadora enquanto experiência - sem precedentes no contexto latino-americano - de busca de solução para os conflitos por meio do entendimento multilateral entre as nações, dentro do respeito aos princípios do direito internacional. O processo de pesquisa desenvolve-se dentro de uma estrutura de três capítulos e uma conclusão. O primeiro capítulo procura mostrar o papel adotado pelos Estados Unidos, a Europa Ocidental e a União Soviética frente ao conflito centro-americano, num período compreendido, aproximadamente, entre o início da década de oitenta e o ano de 1983 - começo da atuação de Contadora. No segundo apresenta-se as caraterísticas dos governos da América Central, "protagonistas da crise", tanto em relação ao conflito regional, quanto à condução da política interna, O terceiro capítulo mostra o surgimento, ação e propostas do Grupo de Contadora para a pacificação da América Central, os avanços e retrocessos do Grupo na discussão do conflito, bem como a participação da comunidade internacional. As conclusões ressaltam que a paz, a segurança e a prosperidade da América Latina dependem da solução da crise centro-americana e que a experiência de Contadora teve uma importância intrínseca, independente da efetiva viabilização de suas propostas. Contadora traduz um rica experiência para o futuro da comunidade latino-americana, pois significa a possibilidade de criação de mecanis-mos latino-americanos para a solução dos próprios conflitos regionais.
Garcia, Andres. "State Building and Regionalism in Latin America: Central America and the Rio De La Plata, 1810-1850." FIU Digital Commons, 2000. https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3836.
Full textGomez, Menjivar Jennifer Carolina. "Liminal Citizenry: Black Experience in the Central American Intellectual Imagination." The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1305915276.
Full textMason, George W. "Improving regional security in Central America : military engagement options for Nicaragua." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/3582.
Full textNicaragua plays an essential role in the stability and security of the Central American sub region. The de-stabilizing influence of Sandinista policies in the 1980s gave way to the possibility of a cooperative security community in the 1990s. However, border disputes and increased arms and drug trafficking have recently threatened the trend toward increased stability and sub regional security. Sub regional confidence-building measures adopted immediately following the election of Violeta Chamorro have collapsed in the last two years. This collapse of confidence-building measures has led to increased tensions between Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, and Costa Rica. The U.S should promote Nicaraguan participation in regional confidence-building measures in order to reduce these tensions. In addition, the relationship between the U.S. and Nicaragua is still strained from the policies of the Sandinista and Reagan administrations. Although relations have been normalized between the two countries, steps should be taken to expand the current passive relationship into a more active one. Confidence-building measures between the U.S. and Nicaragua will help to alleviate some of the strain between the two countries. This thesis recommends U.S. involvement and participation in re-establishing confidence-building measures in the sub region. A perceived gap in U.S.-Nicaraguan civilian engagement could be filled through the implementation of a comprehensive military engagement plan. The use of confidence-building measures in military engagement will foster stability and security in the sub region and strengthen U.S.-Nicaraguan relations.
Reeves, Richard Guy. "Molecular zoogeography and evolution of primary freshwater fishes in Central-America." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.340798.
Full textReinholtz, Amanda, and Amanda Reinholtz. "Reforestation, Water Yield, and Management of Micro-Watersheds in Central America." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/12531.
Full textLey, Debora. "Sustainable development, climate change, and renewable energy in rural Central America." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2013. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:90ce7966-ad99-4bcc-9192-001712ca03f1.
Full textLopez, Rojas Jose. "An Analysis of Investments by Multilateral Development Banks in Central America." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2844.
Full textORDONEZ, JOHNATHAN. "WHEN POLICY MEETS POLITICS: BORDER DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION IN CENTRAL AMERICA." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2434/547536.
Full textLara, Perla Claudia Elizabeth. "Epidemiology of blood-borne viral infections with special reference to Central America /." Stockholm, 2000. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2000/91-628-4194-7/.
Full textHudler, Dale Brent. "Modeling paleolandscapes in central Texas /." Digital version accessible at:, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
Full textLyon, Scott William. "Breaking down barriers: Market opportunities for Appalachian forest products in Central America." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34328.
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