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Entender la dinámica a través de la cual se construye la cohesión social en América Latina supone una inversión de perspectiva frente a la tendencia dominante que enfatiza los problemas sociales que afligen el continente. Si desconocer estas dificultades sería caer en apologías conservadoras, para entender cómo nuestras sociedades generan cohesión social no podemos dejar de identificar igualmente los enormes recursos positivos de integración y de creatividad socio-cultural existentes en nuestras sociedades.

More than 53 million Latinos now constitute the largest, fastest-growing, and most diverse minority group in the United States, and the nation’s political future may well be shaped by Latinos’ continuing political incorporation. In the 2012 election, Latinos proved to be a critical voting bloc in both Presidential and Congressional races; this demographic will only become more important in future American elections. Using new evidence from the largest-ever scientific survey addressed exclusively to Latino/Hispanic respondents, Latino Politics en Ciencia Política explores political...

This report is the first Spanish-language publication in the Lincoln Institute's series of policy focus reports. The analyses and case studies are based on presentations made by participants in the International Seminar on Urban Vacant Land: New Challenges and Opportunities, held in April 1999 in Rio de Janeiro, and jointly sponsored by the Lincoln Institute and the Municipality of Rio de Janiero. The report explores the origins of urban vacant land and develops viable strategies and actions to address its consequences.