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Russia

the story of war

Outsiders view Russia as an aggressor, but Russians see themselves as surrounded by enemies, defensively fighting off invader after invader, or called upon by history to be the savior of Europe, or Christianity, or civilization itself, often at immense cost. As Gregory Carleton shows, war ...

Does Policy Analysis Matter?

exploring its effectiveness in theory and practice

Just how well can democracy incorporate knowledge and expertise through public policy analysts? This book examines the evolution of policy analysis, its use in legislative and regulatory bodies, and its use within the federal executive branch to improve governmental services.

Relaciones financieras entre España y la Unión Europea 2016

INDICE : I. Introducción II. Marco financiero plurianual 2014-2020 III. El presupuesto general de la Unión Europea IV. El presupuesto general de la UE 2016 V. Saldo financiero de los estados miembros con la Unión Europea 2011-2015 VI. El Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo (FED) VII. Relaciones ...

International Trade

A two-tier approach to learning makes this the most flexible book available: core theory within chapters is complemented by technical notes at the end of relevant chapters, allowing students to take their learning further. A fully up-to-date and comprehensive treatment of International Trade, this book ...

European Union Law

a very short introduction

The European Union is rarely out of the news and, as it deals with the consequences of the Brexit vote and struggles to emerge from the eurozone crisis, it faces difficult questions about its future. In this debate, the law has a central role to ...

The capital markets

evolution of the financial ecosystem

The Definitive Guide to Capital Markets Today and Tomorrow The Capital Markets breaks new ground with its peerless coverage of the evolution of the financial ecosystem, with a keen focus on the myriad changes since the Great Recession of 2007 to 2009. Developed by industry ...

The new geopolitics of Natural Gas

As the United States aggressively expands its exports of liquefied natural gas, it stands poised to become an energy superpower. This unanticipated reality is rewriting the conventional rules of intercontinental gas trade and realigning strategic relations among the United States, the European Union, Russia, China ...

Posthumous life

theorizing beyond the posthuman

Posthumous Life launches critical life studies: a mode of inquiry that neither endorses nor dismisses a wave of recent "turns" toward life, matter, vitality, inhumanity, animality, and the real. Questioning the nature and limits of life in the natural sciences, the essays in this volume ...

The calculus of happiness

how a mathematical approach to life adds up to health, wealth, and love

The description for this book, The Calculus of Happiness: How a Mathematical Approach to Life Adds Up to Health, Wealth, and Love, will be forthcoming.

Gentrifier

As urban job prospects change to reflect a more ‘creative’ economy and the desire for a particular form of ‘urban living’ continues to grow, so too does the migration of young people to cities. Gentrification and gentrifiers are often understood as ‘dirty’ words, ideas discussed ...

Toda la noche oyeron pasar pájaros

Una familia inglesa ligada a los negocios marítimos se traslada a vivir a un puerto del sur. A partir de los vínculos que establecen sus miembros con la sociedad portuaria de la zona se desarrolla, con una sinuosa astucia selectiva, un mosaico de relaciones en ...

Catholicism

a very short introduction

Despite a long history of external threats and internal strife, the Roman Catholic Church remains a vast and influential presence in our modern world. But what were its origins, and how has it changed and adapted over the centuries? After Pope Benedict XVI dramatically resigned ...

Histoire de l'Allemagne

de 1806 à nos jours

De l'histoire de l'Allemagne, nous avons surtout retenu ce qui nous concerne : 1870, deux guerres mondiales, les horreurs du nazisme, le mur et sa chute, la puissance économique retrouvée depuis la réunification. Nous savons aussi l'apport littéraire et philosophique des Allemands. Raconter ...

La Residencia de Estudiantes y la Ciudad Universitaria de Valencia

el Colegio Mayor Luis Vives

Proyectado en tiempos de la Segunda República, el Colegio Mayor Luis Vives, de la Universidad de Valencia, se ha convertido, casi exclusivamente, en el único referente valenciano, de carácter público, de la arquitectura racionalista de las primeras décadas del siglo XX y de su característico ...

España (1975-1993)

la sociedad de la Transición a la democracia

Este libro es una síntesis histórica de los cambios que experimenta la sociedad española durante el período de la Transición. Desde la perspectiva sociológica, económica, política y jurídica y los diferentes presupuestos metodológicos de sus especialistas, la transición a la democracia en España o bien ...

La renuncia a la acción social de responsabilidad

La Ley de Sociedades de Capital permite que la junta general pueda acordar, en cualquier momento, la renuncia a la acción social de responsabilidad, siempre que no se oponga a ello una minoría cualificada (art. 238.2). Tradicionalmente, se venía entendiendo que estábamos ante una ...

Religious war and religious peace in Early Modern Europe

Religious War and Religious Peace in Early Modern Europe presents a novel account of the origins of religious pluralism in Europe. Combining comparative historical analysis with contentious political analysis, it surveys six clusters of increasingly destructive religious wars between 1529 and 1651, analyzes the diverse ...

Proportionality and judicial activism

fundamental rights adjudication in Canada, Germany and South Africa

The principle of proportionality is currently one of the most discussed topics in the field of comparative constitutional law. Many critics claim that courts use the proportionality test as an instrument of judicial self-empowerment. Proportionality and Judicial Activism tests this hypothesis empirically; it systematically and ...

Castigos de Sancho IV

versión extensa (Ms. BNE 6559)

Este trabajo se centra en la edición y estudio de la versión extensa de los Castigos de Sancho IV, que supone una ampliación, pero también una reinterpretación, de la obra original surgida del escritorio de Sancho IV en el siglo XIII. Para la fijación del ...

Histoire de Venise

Parmi toutes les cités du monde, Venise peut se vanter avec raison d'avoir la plus extraordinaire des biographies. Depuis son origine, vraisemblablement à l'époque romaine, et jusqu'à son intégration à l'Italie en 1866, elle a connu les invasions barbares aux VIe ...