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The geopolitics of shaming

when human rights pressure works-- and when it backfires

A bold new perspective on the strategic logic of international human rights enforcement When a government violates the rights of its citizens, the international community can respond by exerting moral pressure and urging reform. Yet many of the most egregious violations appear to go unpunished ...

Pharmanomics

how big pharma threatens global health

In Pharmanomics, investigative journalist Nick Dearden digs down into the way we produce our medicines and finds that Big Pharma is failing us, with catastrophic consequences. Big Pharma is more interested in profit than health. This was made clear as governments rushed to produce vaccines ...

Shattered nation

inequality and the geography of a failing state

Britain was once the leading economy in Europe; it is now the most unequal. In Shattered Nation, leading geographer and author of Inequality and the 1% shows that we are growing further and further apart. Visiting sites across the British Isles and exploring the social ...

The cost of living crisis

(and how to get out of it)

We are living through a cost of living crisis, with interest rate hikes and the prices of everyday consumables and energy bills sky-rocketing. Why is this happening? Sometimes we are told that wages are too high, or that the government has "printed" too much money ...

Abortion beyond the law

building a global feminist movement for self-managed abortion

Drawing on years of research with activists around the world, sociologist Naomi Braine describes the strategies, politics, and tactics of direct action feminists bringing abortion pills, information, and support to people seeking to end unwanted pregnancies. From combatting the legal strictures of Bolsonaro's Brazil ...

Carbon democracy

political power in the age of oil

With the rise of coal power, the producers who oversaw its development acquired the ability to shut down energy systems, a threat they used to build the first mass democracies. Oil offered the West an alternative, and with it came a new form of politics ...

Own this!

how platform cooperatives help workers build a democratic Internet

Winner of the First Prize in the Joyce Rothschild Book Awards Platform cooperatives reimagine a world where domestic workers can double their income by establishing their own platform-an internet where platforms such as Twitch, Twitter, and Roblox were owned by their streamers, users, and creators ...

Someone else's empire

British illusions and American hegemony

SOMEONE ELSE'S EMPIRE dispels the myth of a 'Global Britain' that punches above its weight in the world. The reality, argues Tom Stevenson, is that Britain lacks even the barest outline of an independent foreign policy. The impetus for so many policy decisions, from ...

The ends of resistance

making and unmaking democracy

Since the rise of Donald Trump and other right-wing authoritarians worldwide, we have been told to "resist." But this kind of opposition looks surprisingly like restoring the status quo. Under the banner of resistance, liberals and progressives have encouraged voting for Democrats, reading the mainstream ...

FinTech

finance, technology and regulation

In this comprehensive, accessible work, Ross P. Buckley, Douglas W. Arner, and Dirk A. Zetzsche offer an ideal reference for anyone seeking to understand the technological transformation of finance and the role of regulation: the world of FinTech. They consider FinTech technologies including artificial intelligence ...

Risk in the Roman world

Modern risk studies have viewed the inhabitants of the ancient world as being both dominated by fate and exposed to fewer risks, but this very readable and groundbreaking new book challenges these views. It shows that the Romans inhabited a world full of danger and ...

International law

Written by one of the world's leading international lawyers, this is a landmark publication in the teaching of international law. International law can be defined as 'the rules governing the legal relationship between nations and states'. However, with political, diplomatic and socio-economic factors shaping ...

Defensive nationalism

explaining the rise of populism and fascism in the 21st century

A stunningly novel account of why populism and fascism are on the rise in the early 21st century. Today we find in the most technologically advanced societies, wild conspiracy theories and a broad distrust of science and expertise have created deep political divisions that are ...

American criminal procedure today

Using real-world scenarios developed from actual field experiences, and authentic documents such as warrants, American Criminal Procedure Today bridges the gap between theoretical presentations of criminal procedure and on-the-job experiences. Comprehensive, conversational, and co-written by the one of the foremost authors in the Criminal Justice ...

MEMENTO EXPERTO-Deontología y Responsabilidad Profesional de los Gestores Administrativos

El Memento Experto Deontología y Responsabilidad Profesional de los Gestores Administrativos recoge todas las cuestiones referentes a la responsabilidad del gestor que asume en sus relaciones con los clientes, así como a sus consecuencias externas y a los elementos internos de control de los Colegios ...

Transparencia, protección de datos y la Ley Whistleblowing

aplicación práctica

Desde que, el pasado 13 de marzo de 2023, entrara en vigor la Ley 2/2023, de 20 de febrero, reguladora de la protección de las personas que informen sobre infracciones normativas y de lucha contra la corrupción, han surgido numerosos «problemas técnicos» ocasionados por ...

An ever-closer Union?

Towards a comprehensive approach of the European disintegration process

The EU was created with the aim of promoting an ever-closer union among the peoples of Europe. For decades, the European project has been consolidated to the extent that new countries have joined the EU and its supranational governance areas have been gradually increasing. In ...

El impacto de internet de las cosas en la ciudadanía europea

Con el desarrollo de IoT (internet de las cosas), el procesamiento de datos amplia tanto su complejidad como sus posibilidades de uso, entre los que destaca el desarrollo de la IA. Al mismo tiempo, se identifican una serie de efectos colaterales de esta tecnología que ...

Canales de información y protección del denunciante en las Administraciones locales

Estudios sobre la Ley 2/2023, de 20 de febrero

Canales de información y protección del denunciante en las Administraciones locales. Estudios sobre la Ley 2/2023, de 20 de febrero. Con la aprobación de la ley de 2/2023, de 20 de febrero, reguladora de la protección de las personas que informen sobre infracciones ...

El ingreso mínimo vital

Se ofrece al lector una obra teórica y práctica sobre la última prestación no contributiva incorporada al sistema de Seguridad Social español como es el Ingreso Mínimo Vital (IMV). Esta segunda edición está plagada de múltiples novedades. Presenta una nueva estructura dividida en dos partes ...