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The crime of all crimes

toward a criminology of genocide

Cambodia. Rwanda. Armenia. Nazi Germany. History remembers these places as the sites of unspeakable crimes against humanity, and indisputably, of genocide. Yet, throughout the twentieth century, the world has seen many instances of violence committed by states against certain groups within their borders-from the colonial ...

International negotiation

process and strategies

Negotiation has always been an important alternative to the use of force in managing international disputes. This textbook provides students with the insight and knowledge needed to evaluate how negotiation can produce effective conflict settlement, political change and international policy making. Students are guided through ...

The psychological foundations of evidence Law

Evidence law is meant to facilitate trials that are fair, accurate, and efficient, and that encourage and protect important societal values and relationships. In pursuit of these often-conflicting goals, common law judges and modern drafting committees have had to perform as amateur applied psychologists. Their ...

The digital transformation playbook

rethink your business for the digital age

Rethink your business for the digital age. Every business begun before the Internet now faces the same challenge: How to transform to compete in a digital economy? Globally recognized digital expert David L. Rogers argues that digital transformation is not about updating your technology but ...

IV Jornadas de Arqueología e Historia Medieval de la Frontera Inferior de Al-Andalus

Vol.2: La Lusitania tras la presencia islámica (713-756 d.C. / 94-138 H)

SUMARIO: Presentación. Bruno Franco Moreno, Miguel Alba y Santiago Feijoo. · El reino visigodo a comienzos del siglo VIII: debilidad interna y actitud ante la presencia islámica. Paulina López Pita. · El Islam y su expansión en Occidente: efectos tomados como causas. Emilio González Ferrín. · La Lusitania ...

Corruption and government

causes, consequences, and reform

The second edition of Corruption and Government updates Susan Rose-Ackerman's 1999 book to address emerging issues and to rethink old questions in light of new data. The book analyzes the research explosion that accompanied the fall of the Berlin Wall, the founding of Transparency ...

Périclès

la démocratie athénienne à l'épreuve du grand homme

Dans la culture occidentale, Périclès a le rare privilège de donner son nom à un « Siècle », incarnant l’apogée politique et culturel du monde grec. Pour autant, faut-il croire l’historien Thucydide lorsqu’il soutient, à propos d’Athènes : « C’était, de nom, une démocratie ...

International pecking orders

the politics and practice of multilateral diplomacy

In any multilateral setting, some state representatives weigh much more heavily than others. Practitioners often refer to this form of diplomatic hierarchy as the 'international pecking order'. This book is a study of international hierarchy in practice, as it emerges out of the multilateral diplomatic ...

Power and international relations

a conceptual approach

Contrary to conventional wisdom, the concept of power has not always been central to international relations theory. During the 1920s and 30s, power was often ignored or vilified by international relations scholars-especially in America. Power and International Relations explores how this changed in later decades ...

Predicting the presidency

the potential of persuasive leadership

Millions of Americans-including many experienced politicians-viewed Barack Obama through a prism of high expectations, based on a belief in the power of presidential persuasion. Yet many who were inspired by candidate Obama were disappointed in what he was able to accomplish once in the White ...

Coup d'État

a practical handbook

"Coup d Etat" astonished readers when it first appeared in 1968 because it showed, step by step, how governments could be overthrown. Translated into sixteen languages, it has inspired anti-coup precautions by regimes around the world. In addition to these detailed instructions, Edward Luttwak s ...

Coplas para sobrevivir

Conchita Piquer, los vencidos y la represión franquista

Durante la posguerra española, el régimen franquista sometió a los vencidos a un aparato de represión que buscaba aniquilarles tanto física como psicológicamente. Este libro identifica tres amenazas psicológicas principales: el terror continuo, el duelo bloqueado y el estrés traumático. Numerosos testimonios posteriores han destacado ...

Género, memoria y cultura visual en el primer franquismo

(materiales cotidianos, más allá del arte)

"Género, memoria y cultura visual en el primer franquismo (materiales cotidianos, más allá del arte)" aborda la construcción y recepción de las identidades de género en la cultura visual del periodo autárquico en España (1938-1953). El estudio de los materiales culturales de la vida cotidiana ...

La identitat catalana en temps de Napoleó (1808-1814)

Quart volum de la col·lecció que el Centre d'Història Contemporània de Catalunya dedica a l'anàlisi de l'origen de la formació de la consciència identitària del poble català des dels segles de l'alta edat mitjana, que va ser quan Catalunya va ...

Bioethical insights into values and policy

climate change and health

Changes in earth’s atmosphere, oceans, soil, weather patterns, and ecosystems are well documented by countless scientific disciplines. These manifestations of climate change harm public health. Given their goals and social responsibilities, influential health organizations recognize health impacts compounded by geography, social values, social determinants ...

Lawrence of Arabia's war

the arabs, the british and the remaking of the Middle East in WWI

Rarely is a book published that revises our understanding of an entire world region and the history that has defined it. This groundbreaking volume makes just such a contribution. Neil Faulkner draws on ten years of field research to offer the first truly multidisciplinary history ...

La Révolution Française

1787-1804

La Révolution française est ici revisitée à la lumière des recherches qui ont vu le jour depuis la célébration du Bicentenaire. L'ouvrage est ordonné selon un plan qui, tout en respectant le récit chronologique, insiste sur des aspects thématiques. Deux approches ont été privilégiées ...

Suárez por Suárez

Adolfo Suárez, figura y fondo (1977-1982)

Adolfo Suárez fue uno de los grandes protagonistas de la Transición española, quizás la figura que mejor la representa, y el primer presidente del Gobierno elegido democráticamente después del Régimen de Franco. Su figura, los relevantes acontecimientos para la historia reciente de nuestro país de ...

On the medieval origins of the Modern State

The modern state, however we conceive of it today, is based on a pattern that emerged in Europe in the period from 1100 to 1600. Inspired by a lifetime of teaching and research, On the Medieval Origins of the Modern State is a classic work ...

El cielo de Colón

técnicas navales y astronómicas en el viaje del Descubrimiento

Casi todo lo que podría decirse sobre el descubrimiento de América y sus circunstancias se ha dicho ya. Este libro no aspira a descubrir el Descubrimiento ni a rectificar —aunque en algún punto no tenga más remedio que hacerlo— las conclusiones de tantos eruditos, historiadores ...