Libros de

Herederos de Tárraco: Tarragona

Patrimonio Mundial: una nueva visión

El ano 2000 la UNESCO reconoció los monumentos romanos de Tarragona, la antigua Tárraco como Patrimonio Mundial. Se trata de un mérito excepcional en que se tuvo en cuenta los esfuerzos hechos por una ciudad contemporánea para convivir con los restos de su pasado de ...

La escuela de la ignorancia

y sus condiciones modernas

A pesar de los esfuerzos de la propaganda oficial, actualmente resulta difícil seguir disimulando el constante declive de la inteligencia crítica y del sentido de la lengua en que han desembocado las reformas escolares que desde hace años lleva imponiendo la clase dominante y sus ...

Diosas, santas y malditas

arquetipos del Eterno Femenino en la cultura

Diosas del amor y la guerra, diosas del cine; mujeres amadas más allá de la muerte; mujeres fantásticas: gatas, pantera, vampiras; mujeres del cielo, de la tierra y del infierno; formas arquetípicas del Eterno Femenino. Mujeres alzadas sobre todo, contra todo. Mujeres sublimes. Este libro ...

El negocio de la prensa en su historia iberoamericana

Hoy, cuando la prensa vive un período de crisis que va más allá del soporte en el que se ofrece, es imprescindible reflexionar sobre los modelos de negocio y sobre los cambios que ha experimentado a lo largo de su historia. De esto trata este ...

El arte de la subversión en la España inquisitorial

Fernando de Rojas y Francisco Delicado (con dos notas sobre Cervantes)

Algunos estudiosos han detectado un elemento subversivo en la visión corrosiva que Fernando de Rojas y Francisco Delicado dejaron traslucir, en La Celestina (1499) y La Lozana andaluza (1530), sobre la sociedad cristiana en que tuvieron que vivir. Este libro va más allá de tales ...

Enjoyable econometrics

Econometrics can at first appear a highly technical subject, but it can also equip the practitioner with a useful skillset of smart ways to formulate research questions and collect data. Enjoyable Econometrics applies econometric methods to a variety of unusual and engaging research questions, often ...

The Cambridge Companion to the United States Constitution

This Companion provides a broad, historically informed introduction to the study of the US constitutional system. In place of the usual laundry lists of cases, doctrines, and theories, it presents a picture of the constitutional system in action, with separate sections devoted to constitutional principles ...

Constituent assemblies

Comparative constitutional law has a long pedigree, but the comparative study of constitution-making has emerged and taken form only in the last quarter-century. While much of the initial impetus came from the study of the American and French constituent assemblies in the late eighteenth century ...

The shaping of EU competition law

Based on a unique and comprehensive database, The Shaping of EU Competition Law combines qualitative and quantitative approaches to shed light on the evolution of EU competition law. It brings a new perspective to some of the most topical issues in the field including due ...

Principles of contemporary corporate governance

Now in its fourth edition, Principles of Contemporary Corporate Governance offers comprehensive coverage of the key topics and emerging themes in private sector corporate governance. It explains both the principles of corporate governance systems and their real-world application in an authoritative and engaging manner. This ...

Big copyright versus the people

how major content providers are destroying creativity and how to stop them

When the idea of copyright was enshrined in the Constitution it was intended to induce citizens to create. Today, however, copyright has morphed into a system that offers the bulk of its protection to a select number of major corporate content providers (or Big Copyright ...

The logics of gender ustice

state action on women's rights around the world

When and why do governments promote women's rights? Through comparative analysis of state action in seventy countries from 1975 to 2005, this book shows how different women's rights issues involve different histories, trigger different conflicts, and activate different sets of protagonists. Change on ...

Red tape

managing excess in Law, regulation and the courts

Red Tape tells the sometimes astonishing story of the making of laws, both good and bad, the recent explosion in rule making, and the failure of repeated attempts to rationalise the statute books - even governments themselves are concerned about the increasing number and complexity of ...

Sveriges Riksbank and the history of central banking

Written in celebration of its 350th anniversary in 2018, this book details the history of the central bank of Sweden, Sveriges Riksbank, as presented by Klas Fregert. It relates the bank's history to the development of other major central banks around the world. Chapters ...

Intellectual property and new International economic order

oligopoly, regulation, and wealth redistribution in the global knowledge economy

In economic sectors crucial to human welfare – agriculture, education, and medicine – a small number of firms control global markets, primarily by enforcing intellectual property (IP) rights incorporated into trade agreements made in the 1980s onward. Such rights include patents on seeds and medicines, copyrights for ...

The growth of shadow banking

a comparative and institutional analysis

The 'shadow banking system' refers to a system of credit-provision occurring outside of the official regulatory perimeter of commercial banks. Facilitated by securitization vehicles, mutual funds, hedge funds, investment banks and mortgage companies, the function and regulation of these shadow banking institutions has come under ...

Corporate friction

how corporate law impedes American progress and what to do about it

Corporate law in the United States requires directors to manage firms in the interests of shareholders, which means never sacrificing profits in service of other stakeholders or interests. In this timely, groundbreaking book, David Yosifon argues that this rule of 'shareholder primacy' is logically, ethically ...

Modelling mortality with actuarial applications

Actuaries have access to a wealth of individual data in pension and insurance portfolios, but rarely use its full potential. This book will pave the way, from methods using aggregate counts to modern developments in survival analysis. Based on the fundamental concept of the hazard ...

Political capitalism

how economic and political power is made and maintained

Problems associated with cronyism, corporatism, and policies that favor the elite over the masses have received increasing attention in recent years. Political Capitalism explains that what people often view as the result of corruption and unethical behavior are symptoms of a distinct system of political ...

Modern evolutionary economics

an overview

Evolutionary economics sees the economy as always in motion with change being driven largely by continuing innovation. This approach to economics, heavily influenced by the work of Joseph Schumpeter, saw a revival as an alternative way of thinking about economic advancement as a result of ...