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Las organizaciones no gubernamentales. Un moledo integral de gestión y control

Las organizaciones no gubernamentales (ONG) son entidades basadas en una ideología solidaria y altruista que preside todas sus actuaciones y, en consecuencia, su gestión. Uno de sus rasgos más característicos y a la vez diferenciadores es su sistema de financiación, que no proviene del beneficiario ...

Theories of financial disturbance

an examination of critical theories of finance from Adam Smith to the present day

Theories of Financial Disturbance examines how the operations of market-driven finance may initiate and transmit disturbances to the economy at large, by looking in detail at how various economists envisaged such disturbances occurring. Contents: Introduction Part I: A Premonition of Financial Fragility 1. Adam Smith ...

Reflections of eminent economists

In this collection of autobiographical essays, 26 prominent scholars detail their professional development, while offering insight into their lives and philosophies. With candor and humor they relate how they came to the field of economics, as well as how their views have evolved over the ...

Economic policy under uncertainty

the role of truth and accountability in policy advice

Economic Policy under Uncertainty maintains that the question of truth and accountability has not received particular attention in the literature on economic methodology. It goes on to argue that pragmatic theories relate concepts of truth to the beliefs, thoughts and intentional actions of individuals, blurring ...

Neo-liberal economic policy

critical essays

Over the past two decades there has been a prevailing shift in economic policy in many countries. This reflects the continuing rise of neo- liberalism # the doctrine that economic policy should #leave it to the market# and that governments should retreat from market intervention. This ...

The origins of Law and Economics

essays by the Founding Fathers

This unique collection of largely unpublished papers brings together the founding fathers of law and economics to provide their own views on the origins and intellectual history of the field. Law and economics emerged as a separate field of scholarship during the early 1960s, fueled ...

The economic analysis of civil Law

This comprehensive and established book - first published in German - explains the new approach of law and economics to civil law. Written by two of Europe's leading scholars in the field, it provides a thorough yet accessible economic analysis of tort law, contract law and ...

The european social model

modernisation or evolution?

This timely book explores the development of the European Social Model and questions whether the relatively high level of social protection provided, both in terms of social welfare provision and in the creation of workers# rights and employment regulation, is sustainable. Contents: Preface 1. The ...

The economics of european integration

limits and prospects

It is of paramount importance that European firms, investors and countries, take into consideration the implications, changes and opportunities of European integration in their decision-making processes. This is reinforced by the fact that the EU has been continuously evolving and enlarging. This textbook is one ...

CE marking, product standards and World Trade

CE Marking, the European system of mandatory product safety standards, has created major obstacles for US exporters to the European Union (EU). CE Marking, Product Standards and World Trade is one of the first books to analyze the nature and dynamics of this major non-tariff ...

El crédito horario de los representantes de los trabajadores

Formularios de contratos

Desde que en 1998 se editaran por primera vez estos formularios han visto la luz un buen número de normas reguladoras del fenómeno asociativo. El más trascendente de los textos legales promulgados desde aquella fecha ha sido, sin duda, la Ley Orgánica 1/2002, de ...

Formularios de Urbanismo

(Actualizado a la Ley 7/2002 de Ordenación Urbanística de Andalucía)

La vulneración del plazo razonable en el proceso penal

En los últimos años, el derecho constitucional a un proceso sin dilaciones indebidas, que venía siendo un simple actor secundario, con un papel casi ornamental en el escenario procesal real, se ha transformado por su frecuente aparición en uno de los personajes más populares y ...

Las instalaciones esenciales para la competencia

un estudio de Derecho público económico

El orden natural del mercado es el conflicto que significa la libre competencia, esto es, la lucha entre los competidores; si bien, como todo conflicto sometido a Derecho, en esa pelea no sirve cualquier medio, sino aquellos que están permitidos por el ordenamiento #en rigor ...

Estudios sobre la protección penal del Medio Ambiente en el ordenamiento jurídico español

En el primer capítulo sobre el bien jurídico en los delitos contra el medio ambiente en el CP español de 1995, abordamos, en primer lugar, la cuestión relativa a la tutela del medio ambiente en los ámbitos más relevantes, como son los relacionados con el ...

The WTO and the regulation of international trade

trade disputes between the European Union and the United States

This book provides a critical overview and assessment of the WTOs dispute settlement procedures in the context of several recent trade-related disputes between the EU and the US. Case studies provide comprehensive insights into the contemporary regulation of international trade and workings of the WTO ...

Spatial economics

#Masahisa Fujita is undoubtedly the leading scholar in spatial economics. Being the (co-) author of the two main books in urban economics and economics of geography, he was especially well qualified to edit this collection of readings in that field. Anyone who wishes to get ...

Economic growth, material flows and the environment

new applications of structural decomposition analysis and physical input-output tables

Rutger Hoekstra examines the complex relationship between the monetary economy and the materials flows that are extracted and emitted by economic activities. These physical flows are responsible for many important environmental problems such as unsustainable resource depletion, waste production and climate change. This book discusses ...

The economics of technology diffusion and energy efficiency

Technological change plays a crucial role in realizing energy efficiency improvements and, therefore, in ameliorating the conflict between economic growth and environmental quality. However, the diffusion of new technologies can prove a costly and lengthy process, meaning that many firms do not invest in best-practice ...