Two claims pervade the literature on the political economy of market reforms: that economic crises cause reforms; and that crises matter because they bring into question the validity of the economic model held to be responsible for them. Economic crises…

This essay illuminates the historical context of the contemporary language of globalization. It argues that the key concepts of the “global” began in ancient Greek thought about unseen space, before being reified through the Renaissance invention of the terrestrial globe.…

With the increasing demand for composite materials by the industry, the adhesive joints emer ge as an attractive alternative to traditional mechanical joints. The latter require as a preliminary step, the drilling of the laminates with consequent damage to the…

La categoría de “raza chilena”, como base étnica de la nación, es una invención intelectual, una representación que carece de fundamento objetivo. Se trata de un significante vacío que puede ser llenado con distintos rasgos, sean éstos biológicos, síquicos, culturales…

This dissertation sets out to examine the conceptual domains of CHANGE and
POSSESSION by selecting two main verbal classes, namely entity-specific change-ofstate verbs for the domain of CHANGE and contribute verbs for that of POSSESSION.
The most important step consisted…

La Ingeniería de Microondas y Radiofrecuencia ha ido adquiriendo una importancia cada vez mayor en los últimos años, incentivada en particular por el excepcional crecimiento de las comunicaciones móviles digitales. Es evidente una tendencia hacia frecuencias de operación más altas…