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Anti-system politics

the crisis of market liberalism in rich democracies

Recent elections in the advanced western democracies have undermined the basic foundations of political systems that had previously beaten back all challenges-from both the left and the right. The election of Donald Trump to the US Presidency, only months after the United Kingdom voted to ...

When I say yes

How should we talk about desire, power and equality in the wake of the #Me Too debate? For Carolin Emcke, bestselling author and winner of the German Peace Prize, the debate demonstrates one thing above all: a conversation about abuse and sexuality has emerged that ...

The United Nations and Human Rights

The very concept of human rights implies governmental accountability. To ensure that governments are indeed held accountable for their treatment of citizens and others the United Nations has established a wide range of mechanisms to monitor compliance, and to seek to prevent as well as ...

Post-democracy after the crises

In Post-Democracy (Polity, 2004) Colin Crouch argued that behind the façade of strong institutions, democracy in many advanced societies was being hollowed out, its big events becoming empty rituals as power passed increasingly to circles of wealthy business elites and an ever-more isolated political class ...

The left case for Brexit

reflections on the current crisis

The Left Case for BrexitReflections on the Current CrisisRichard TuckLiberal left orthodoxy holds that Brexit is a disastrous coup, orchestrated by the hard right and fuelled by xenophobia, which will break up the Union and turn what’s left of Britain into a neoliberal dystopia ...

The loud minority

why protests matter in American democracy

How political protests and activism have a direct influence on voter and candidate behavior The “silent majority”—a phrase coined by Richard Nixon in 1969 in response to Vietnam War protests and later used by Donald Trump as a campaign slogan—refers to the supposed ...

Obstacle course

the everyday struggle to get an abortion in America

It seems unthinkable that citizens of one of the most powerful nations in the world must risk their lives and livelihoods in the search for access to necessary health care. And yet it is no surprise that in many places throughout the United States, getting ...

Criminology explains police violence

Criminology Explains Police Violence offers a concise and targeted overview of criminological theory applied to the phenomenon of police violence. In this engaging and accessible book, Philip M. Stinson, Sr. highlights the similarities and differences among criminological theories, and provides linkages across explanatory levels and ...

Law and justice around the World

a comparative approach

Law and Justice around the World is designed to introduce students to comparative law and justice, including cross-national variations in legal and justice systems as well as global and international justice. The book draws students into critical discussions of justice around the world today by ...

Global political economy

An expert team of international authors present a diverse and comprehensive selection of theories and issues, carefully brought together by experienced editor John Ravenhill. Crucially, debates are presented through a critical lens to encourage students to unpack claims, form independent views, and challenge assumptions. This ...

Comparative politics

With unparalleled empirical material, this is the most comprehensive introduction to comparative politics written by the leading experts in the field who bring together a diverse and informed international perspective on comparative politics. Five new authors join the team for the fifth edition, bringing fresh ...

Proportionality in action

comparative and empirical perspectives on the judicial practice

Proportionality in Action presents an empirical and comparative exploration of the proportionality doctrine, based on detailed accounts of the application of the framework by apex courts in six jurisdictions: Germany, Canada, South Africa, Israel, Poland and India. The analysis of each country is written and ...

Fundamentos del Derecho de la discapacidad

Esta obra aborda los derechos de las personas con discapacidad aportando un enfoque novedoso que justifica metodológicamente la existencia de un Derecho de la Discapacidad como rama específica del Derecho, y desgrana un amplio repertorio de contenidos materiales que componen la protección de las personas ...

La historia

El relato del pasado

La Historia vive en la actualidad una época de dudas, de vacilaciones e incluso de desencanto. Este libro pretende ahondar en esas dudas para tratar de disiparlas, ir al grano y poner fin, o un punto y aparte locuaz, al tiempo de desaliento que vivimos ...

Los designios de la emigración vasca y navarra hacia Cuba (1492-1936) Sílex

Este libro es un texto oportuno que ayuda a comprender mejor un importante destino de la emigración española hacia América, como es el caso de Cuba, nación hermana y entrañable donde, como se podrá comprobar en las páginas de este libro, la colonia vasco-navarra tuvo ...

Historia de la Transición en España (CD)

La dimensión internacional y otros estudios

Procedimientos administrativos de extranjería

Guía práctica

La presente guía analiza de manera clara y completa una materia tan densa y de actualidad como es la extranjería. Los lectores podrán encontrar respuesta a dudas acerca de los derechos y libertades de los extranjeros, qué documentación y requisitos son necesarios para la entrada ...

Plan de igualdad en las AA.PP. Paso a paso

Guía sobre cómo implementar un plan de igualdad en el ámbito de las Administaciones Públicas Sea el primero en dejar una reseña para este artículo

Partiendo de la experiencia que supuso la publicación de la Guía paso a paso de Cómo implementar un plan de igualdad en la empresa, nuestra nueva obra pretende dar respuesta a las preguntas que puedan surgir en la aplicación práctica de los planes de Igualdad ...

Cláusula IRPH

cómo reclamar y conseguir la devolución del dinero

Han sido cientos de miles los consumidores que han contratado una hipoteca con un tipo de interés variable, referenciada al IRPH (Índice de Referencia de Préstamos Hipotecarios). El TJUE, en su Sentencia de 3 de marzo de 2020, reconoce el derecho de los titulares de ...

Derecho a la educación

estrategias patriarcales contra la genealogia femenina

La educación tiene siempre un carácter instrumental. Se orienta, principalmente, a garantizar la adquisición de las capacidades necesarias para desarrollar las tareas previstas, en una determinada comunidad, para cada persona. Dicho proceso no sólo condiciona el destino social de cada cuál, sino la subjetividad y ...