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Trabajo, género e igualdad

un estudio jurídico-laboral tras diez años de la aprobación de la LO 3/2007 para la igualdad efectiva de mujeres y hombres

La aprobación de La Ley Orgánica 3/2007, de 22 de marzo, para la igualdad efectiva de mujeres y hombre, supuso un punto de inflexión en el marco de las políticas dirigidas a hacer efectivo el derecho de igualdad de trato y de oportunidades entre ...

Public Law

Fresh, modern, and practical, Public Law provides law undergraduates with a unique approach to constitutional and administrative law, aptly demonstrating why this is an exciting time to be studying the subject. Writing in a fluid, succinct style, the authors carve a logical pathway through the ...

Oxford Concise Dictionary of Politics and International Relations

This bestselling dictionary contains over 1,700 entries on all aspects of politics and international relations. Written by a leading team of political scientists, it embraces the multi-disciplinary spectrum of political theory including political thinkers, history, institutions, theories, and schools of thought, as well as ...

Contestants, profiteers, and the political dynamics of marketization

how shareholders gained control rights in Britain, Germany, and France

Since the early 1980s, governments worldwide have taken many measures to expand the role of markets. Recent political events reflect widespread disenchantment with neoliberal policies, but it remains doubtful whether populist leaders will deliver the market restraints that many of their voters expect. This book ...

Protección jurídica de las personas menores de edad frente a la violencia

Se trata de presentar el marco normativo internacional y nacional sobre el fenómeno de la violencia contra la infancia, así como abordar más en detalle algunas cuestiones concretas del mismo. La obra aborda de manera unitaria e integral el problema de la violencia contra la ...

Counter-revolution

liberal Europe in retreat

Can open society survive? Is Europe disintegrating? How to overcome the economic crisis? Will Europeans feel secure again? Counter Revolution is a bold attempt to make sense of the extraordinary events taking place in Europe today. It examines the counter-revolution developing in Europe, exploring its ...

The new foundations of Labour Law

This book explores the challenges of globalisation and digitalisation to labour law and social security under three headings. The first, «The changing foundations of labour law» focuses on the law itself. Here the authors discuss how a changing political setting influences the very foundations of ...

Le lobbying en France

invention et normalisation d'une pratique politique

Cet ouvrage, resultat de quinze annees d'enquetes, aborde aussi bien la formation des lobbyistes que les scandales mediatises. Il souhaite, en cinq temps, depassionner le debat en apportant des reponses aux questions que se posent les journalistes, les hommes politiques ou les citoyens: combien ...

Organized crime

a very short introduction

For many people around the world, instances of what is described as organized crime may be part of their everyday experience; in their neighbourhoods, their streets, and the places they work and live. Policymakers, law enforcement, and the media rarely fail to bring up the ...

The European Union

a very short introduction

The European Union (EU) stands out as a fascinatingly unique political organisation. On the one hand, it has shown the potential for developing deep and wide-ranging cooperation between member states, going far beyond that found anywhere else in the world. On the other, it is ...

Development

a very short introduction

What do we mean by development? How can citizens, governments and the international community foster development? The process by which nations escape poverty and achieve economic and social progress has been the subject of extensive examination for hundreds of years.The notion of development itself ...

Autobiography

It may be useful that there should be some record of an education which was unusual and remarkable John Stuart Mill (1806-73), philosopher, economist, and political thinker, was the most prominent figure of nineteenth century English intellectual life and his work has continuing significance for ...

Oxford Dictionary of Finance and Banking

With over 5,500-including 150 new-accessible entries, this sixth edition of the bestselling Dictionary of Finance and Banking has been fully revised and updated to take into account the ever-developing financial landscape of the last five years. This comprehensive A-Z defines terms from all aspects ...

The economics, regulation, and systemic risk of insurance markets

Despite the importance of insurance in enabling individual and collective social, economic, and financial activities, discussions about the macroeconomic role and risks of insurance markets are surprisingly limited. This book brings together academics, regulators, and industry experts to provide a multifaceted array of research and ...

Who rules the Earth?

how social rules shape our planet and our lives

Worldwide, half a million people die from air pollution each year-more than perish in all wars combined. One in every five mammal species on the planet is threatened with extinction. Our climate is warming, our forests are in decline, and every day we hear news ...

Finance and investment

the European Case

Low growth, low investment, insufficient spend on infrastructure, weak bank lending to the corporate sector, and funding deficiencies of small and medium-sized enterprises are all causes of concern in Europe. To many, they point to fundamental problems in the financing of European companies and in ...

The rise of yeast

how the sugar fungus shaped civilization

From breakfast toast to evening wine, yeast is the microscopic thing that we cannot live without. We knew what yeast did as an invisible brewer and baker long before we had a clue about the existence of microorganisms. Ten thousand years ago, our ancestors abandoned ...

Coercion

the power to hurt in international politics

From the rising significance of non-state actors to the increasing influence of regional powers, the nature and conduct of international politics has arguably changed dramatically since the height of the Cold War. Yet much of the literature on deterrence and compellence continues to draw (whether ...

The myth of international order

why weak States persist and alternatives to the State fade away

In February of 2011, Libyan citizens rebelled against Muammar Qaddafi and quickly unseated him. The speed of the regime's collapse confounded many observers, and the ensuing civil war showed Foreign Policy's index of failed states to be deeply flawed-FP had, in 2010, identified ...

From Maimonides to Microsoft

the Jewish Law of Copyright since the birth of print

Jewish copyright law is a rich body of jurisprudence that developed in parallel with modern copyright laws and the book privileges that preceded them. Jewish copyright law owes its origins to a reprinting ban that the Rome rabbinic court issued for three books of Hebrew ...