Demoperfectocracia was the word used by the famous Costa Rican writer, Yolanda Oreamuno, to refer to the Costa Rican political system of the 1930s. The ironic meaning of the term was not accidental: at the time, various intellectuals and politicians ..

La presente obra explora temas como la arquitectura y el mobiliario de las casas en la época de la independencia y las dificultades que se enfrentaban los escritores costarricenses de finales del siglo XX y otros temas sociales y políticos de la époc..

This work presents a proposal for a new research agenda for the rural areas of Costa Rica, based on new contexts, challenges and concepts, and with a series of public policy recommendations for the rural Costa Rican world...

In 1907, the city of Heredia became the epicenter of the most important religious conflict experienced by Costa Rica in the 20th century. A complaint that the theory of evolution was taught in the Lyceum of that city, unleashed an increasingly intens..

This book outlines the historical antecedents of genetic erosion by monocultures and other predatory activities promoted by transnational corporations; the responses to this problem and the analysis of various international treaties that encourage th..

An analysis of the origin of the existing explanations about the social reform promoted by the government of Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia in Costa Rica from 1940-1943...

The roads less traveled tell the behind the scenes of some of the most important decisions and actions that redefined the foreign policy of Costa Rica, under the second administration of President Óscar Arias Sánchez (2006-2010). Additionally, this b..

Latin American public institutions of higher education, in particular Costa Rican ones, face important challenges: the enormous task of looking at themselves with a greater critical sense to propose and enable organizational and functional changes th..