Libros de

Great catastrophe

armenians and turks inthe shadow of genocide

The destruction of the Armenians of the Ottoman Empire in 1915-16 was the greatest atrocity of World War I. Around one million Armenians were killed, and the survivors were scattered across the world. Although it is now a century old, the issue of what most ...

Fundamentos históricos y jurídicos de la libertad de testar

El presente estudio contiene una revisión en profundidad de la tesis doctoral elaborada por la autora, bajo la dirección de la profesora Margarita Fuenteseca, Catedrática de Derecho romano. Tiene como objetivo principal situar en su contexto histórico la figura de los herederos forzosos, esto es ...

Jurist in context

a memoir

This is the engaging and accessible intellectual memoir of a leading jurist. It tells the story of the development of his thoughts and writings over sixty years in the context of three continents and addresses the complexities of decolonisation, the troubles in Belfast, the contextual ...

Financial econometrics

models and methods

This is a thorough exploration of the models and methods of financial econometrics by one of the world's leading financial econometricians and is for students in economics, finance, statistics, mathematics, and engineering who are interested in financial applications. Based on courses taught around the ...

There is no planet B

a handbook for the make or break years

Feeding the world, climate change, biodiversity, antibiotics, plastics - the list of concerns seems endless. But what is most pressing, what are the knock-on effects of our actions, and what should we do first? Do we all need to become vegetarian? How can we fly in ...

A Republican Europe of States

cosmopolitanism, intergovernmentalism and democracy in the EU

Combining international political theory and EU studies, Richard Bellamy provides an original account of the democratic legitimacy of international organisations. He proposes a new interpretation of the EU's democratic failings and how they might be addressed. Drawing on the republican theory of freedom as ...

Macroeconomics for professionals

a guide for analysts and those who need to understand them

Understanding macroeconomic developments and policies in the twenty-first century is daunting: policy-makers face the combined challenges of supporting economic activity and employment, keeping inflation low and risks of financial crises at bay, and navigating the ever-tighter linkages of globalization. Many professionals face demands to evaluate ...

Cultural backlash

Trump, Brexit, and authoritarian populism

Authoritarian populist parties have advanced in many countries, and entered government in states as diverse as Austria, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, and Switzerland. Even small parties can still shift the policy agenda, as demonstrated by UKIP's role in catalyzing Brexit. Drawing on new evidence ...

On the brink

Trump, Kim, and the threat of nuclear war

In 2017, the world watched as President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un traded personal insults and escalating threats of nuclear war amid unprecedented shows of military force. Former Pentagon insider and Korean security expert Van Jackson traces the origins of the ...

The Cambridge Companion to comparative Family Law

Families and family law have encountered significant challenges in the face of rapid changes in social norms, demographics and political expectations. The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Family Law highlights the key questions and themes that have faced family lawyers across the world. Each chapter is ...

Women as constitution-makers

case studies from the new democratic era

That a constitution should express the will of 'the people' is a long-standing principle, but the identity of 'the people' has historically been narrow. Women, in particular, were not included. A shift, however, has recently occurred. Women's participation in constitution-making is now recognised as ...

Grounded nationalisms

Globalisation is not the enemy of nationalism; instead, as this book shows, the two forces have developed together through modern history. Malesevic challenges dominant views which see nationalism as a declining social force. He explains why the recent escalations of populist nationalism throughout the world ...

The Alt-Right

what everyone needs to know

In recent years, the so-called Alt-Right, a white nationalist movement, has grown at an alarming rate. Taking advantage of high levels of racial polarization, the Alt-Right seeks to normalize explicit white identity politics. Growing from a marginalized and disorganized group of Internet trolls and propagandists ...

Welfare and the Great Recession

a comparative study

Welfare and the Great Recession surveys and analyses welfare consequences in the period following the financial crisis in Europe. It investigates how the burdens of the recession were shared between countries, between different socio-economic groups across Europe, and within individual countries, and offers new evidence ...

Estudios sobre la mujer trabajadora y su protección jurídica

La sustitución empresarial de trabajadores huelguistas

el tratamiento jurídico-laboral del esquirolaje

Nuestro ordenamiento jurídico, y concretamente el artículo 6.5 del Real Decreto Ley 17/1977 sobre Relaciones de Trabajo, prohíbe al empresario sustituir a los trabajadores huelguistas por otros de nueva contratación y no vinculados a la empresa en el momento de convocarse la huelga ...

La cooperación procesal internacional en la sociedad del conocimiento

El libro colectivo La cooperación procesal internacional en la sociedad del conocimiento recoge una treintena de estudios de plena actualidad sobre las últimas cuestiones relacionadas con la cooperación procesal en el ámbito civil y penal. Así, este volumen se divide en distintos capítulos centrados en ...

El cambio estratégico

cómo hacer que las personas cambien su forma de sentir y de actuar

En este libro, el prestigioso psicólogo y psicoterapeuta Giorgio Nardone propone innovadoras soluciones terapéuticas basadas en la «experiencia emocional correctiva» para tratar específicamente las distintas formas de trastorno en el sujeto. Cuando una persona se halla atrapada en un problema psicológico hace falta introducirla en ...

Votar en tiempos de la Gran Recesión

España se ha acompasado a lo que ocurre en otros países europeos con el declive de los partidos tradicionales y el auge de nuevas formaciones. Una crisis económica mayúscula, el aumento de la desigualdad social y el desencanto hacia la política se han traducido en ...

Necroeconomía

el manual para entender la economía perversa

Marta Flich, «la musa de la izquierda», repasa desde la ironía y el humor las claves para entender, de una vez por todas, cómo funciona la economía. Si te inquietan el gasto social y la corrupción, si te preguntas a menudo por qué sigues siendo ...