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Justicia e Injusticias en Venezuela: Estudios de Historia Social del Derecho    by Rogelio Pérez Perdomo
Price: $7.99 USD. 99590 words. Published by Quid Pro Books on June 11, 2010. .

Analysis of institutions of law, politics, and reform in Venezuela 1780-2000, from the leading voice. El tema principal es la relación entre la justicia y la política. No está explorada usando una hipótesis sencilla, e.g. que la justicia ha estado siempre al servicio de la política. Tal tipo de hipótesis empobrecería el análisis... El aparato de justicia es necessario pero es peligroso.
Inside the State: The Bracero Program, Immigration, and the I.N.S.    by Kitty Calavita
Price: $9.99 USD. 99200 words. Published by Quid Pro Books on July 12, 2010. .

A socio-political study of the rise and fall of the Bracero worker program and what it means for immigration policy and organizational theory. A classic book with continuing substantive and methodological value. As a new Foreword notes, worries about immigration and labor persist, as does basic dysfunction of the present form of INS. Digging deeper reveals the persistence of a structural catch-22.
Swimming in Oil    by Benjamin James
Price: $3.99 USD. 68970 words. Published on April 16, 2013. .

Swimming in Oil is a crime thriller set amidst a world of drugs and arms smuggling in Venezuela and Colombia. The novel provides a reality-check from the centres of power, corruption and intrigue sprouting from the conspiratorial world of Venezuelan socialism under the last days of Hugo Chávez. Are the politicians the good guys or the bad guys - sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction.
Chávez, Maduro and the shame of Venezuelan hunger    by Benjamin James
Price: Free! 860 words. Published on April 27, 2013. .

A short essay advocating why only free market economics can be a solution to the daily indignity of queuing for basic foodstuffs in what should be a booming oil economy.
The Maduro Papers    by Benjamin James
Price: Free! 4590 words. Published on May 5, 2013. .

Some observations about the Venezuelan President elected in April 2013.His victory is being questioned as I write but how did he behave during the days of Chavez? How might he behave now? I have used these questions as a sub-plot to a novel I wrote earlier this year entitled, "Swimming in Oil". These notes may spur you to read the book - I hope so.