Sujetos sociales, organizaciones, conflicto, intervención social

¿En qué consiste la acción socioeducativa? ¿Cómo ha de realizarse? ¿En qué condiciones? ¿Cómo, en qué y desde qué presupuestos ha de evaluarse? El libro describe detalladamente cada uno de los modelos de orientación más usuales: psicoanalíticos, centrados en el cliente, teoría de la comunicación, orientación socioeducativa, dinámica de grupos y pedagogía de grupos, entre otros, y su metodología. Dedica un amplio apartado a la identidad profesional del pedagogo social.

Results of a regional settlement study which argue that the emergence of highly nucleated early Wankarani villages can be attributed to concentration of highly productive land for a mixed farming-herding economy, defense, and labor pooling. There is little evidence of exotic imported goods, but some indication of small-scale village specialization and economic interdependence. The full regional settlement dataset is available online to complement the volume. Complete text in English and Spanish.

While gangs and gang culture have been around for countless centuries, The Gang is one of the first academic studies of the phenomenon. Originally published in 1927, Frederic Milton Thrasher's magnum opus offers a profound and careful analysis of hundreds of gangs in Chicago in the early part of the twentieth century. With rich prose and an eye for detail, Thrasher looked specifically at the way in which urban geography shaped gangs and posited the thesis that neighborhoods in flux were more likely to produce gangs. Moreover, he traced gang culture back to feudal and medieval power systems...

Ethnohistoric accounts have been a constant source of inspiration for archaeologists in their efforts to interpret the archaeological record of Central America. However, limited knowledge of the actual archaeological record of this region has been a missing link in the reasoning used to connect the rich ethnohistoric detail known for these societies with the material remains left by prehistoric chiefdoms. The author makes major contributions to forging that missing link by documenting the settlement patterns of the region around the site of El Hatillo. The study allows us to trace the...