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Creating a learning society

a new approach to growth, development, and social progress

Since its publication Creating a Learning Society has served as an effective tool for those who advocate government policies to advance science and technology. It shows persuasively how enormous increases in our standard of living have been the result of learning how to learn, and ...

Intellectual property in the life sciences

a global guide to rights and their applications

Intellectual Property in the Life Sciences: A Global Guide to Rights and Their Applications, Second Edition provides crucial guidance on all major IP issues affecting the life sciences sector. It uniquely satisfies two practical needs: a global reach that reflects the worldwide markets within which ...

An Emerald guide to the english legal system

Emerald's Guide to the English Legal System is an ideal introductory book for the person who needs an insight into how the English Legal System functions at all levels. The book is updated to 2015. This book examines the workings of the English Legal ...

Economics rules

why economics works, when it fails, and how to tell the difference

The economics profession has become a favourite punching bag in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. Economists are widely reviled and their influence derided by the general public. Yet their services have never been in greater demand. To unravel the paradox, we need to ...

Traditions and transformations

the rise of german constitutionalism

German constitutionalism has gained a central place in the global comparative debate, but what underpins it remains imperfectly understood. Its distinctive conception of the rule of law and the widespread support for its powerful Constitutional Court are typically explained in one of two ways: as ...

The affluent society revisited

This book revisits John Kenneth Galbraith's classic text The Affluent Society in the context of the background to, and causes of, the global economic crisis that erupted in 2008. Each chapter takes a major theme of Galbraith's book, distils his arguments, and then ...

Mad money

Mad money is a classic of international relations and international political economy literature. It also has profound modern relevance. First published by Manchester University Press in 1998, the book called for an end to the volatility of international financial markets. Markets had grown, technology had ...

Beasts and gods

Democracy is sold to us on its ability to deliver equal opportunity, and to give every citizen an equal voice. Yet time and again we see that this is not the case: power and spoils alike flow to the few, while the many are left ...

A history of the barricade

In the history of European revolutions, the barricade is a glorious emblem, especially the barricades of Paris, which graced all the revolts of the nineteenth century. The barricade was always a makeshift construction, the word derives from barrique or barrel, but it served as an ...

Hacker, hoaxer, whistleblower, spy

the many faces of Anonymous

Here is the ultimate book on the worldwide movement of hackers, pranksters, and activists that operates under the non-name Anonymous, by the writer the Huffington Post says "knows all of Anonymous' deepest, darkest secrets." Half a dozen years ago, anthropologist Gabriella Coleman set out to ...

Politics in a time of crisis

Podemos and the future of democracy in Europe

'Now is a time of systemic change, at all levels. This is a call for rejuvenation, radicalization, and effective communications to carry out the ideological battle, as well as a real aspiration to govern.' The political party, Podemos, stands on the edge of a historic ...

The reproach of hunger

food, justice and money in the 21st century

In 2000 the world's leaders and experts agreed that the eradication of hunger was the essential task for the new millennium. Yet in the last decade the price of wheat, soya and rice have spiraled, seen by many as the cause of widening poverty ...

Ciò che resta della democrazia

Derive oligarchiche, delegittimazione dei partiti, scollamento tra istituzioni e popolo, dominio dei poteri economici. Perché proprio quando la democrazia sembra diventata ovvia, la partecipazione deperisce e il potere reale diventa sempre più opaco e indiscutibile? Può rinascere un’energia politica nuova e dissidente che rompa ...

Moscacieca

Vivere significa progettare ciò che ancora non è e si vuole che sia. Sopravvivere significa dibattersi per non farsi sopraffare. Oggi la politica si è trasformata in una convulsa agitazione di tecnici della sopravvivenza. L’agitazione può dare l’impressione di voler dischiudere chissà quale ...

Dentro e contro

quando il populismo è di governo

In Italia assistiamo a un fenomeno politico inquietante: un populismo di tipo nuovo, virulento e nello stesso tempo istituzionale. Tanto più preoccupante perché emerge non dal margine ma dal centro stesso del potere. Non dal basso ma dal cuore del Governo. Crisi di fiducia verso ...

Strategic management

competitiveness and globalization. Concepts and cases

Examine strategic management with the market-leading text that sets the standard for the most intellectually rich, yet thoroughly practical, analysis of strategic management today. Written by highly respected experts Hitt, Ireland, and Hoskisson, STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT: COMPETITIVENESS AND GLOBALIZATION, CONCEPTS AND CASES, Eleventh Edition, combines the ...

International project finance in a nutshell

The book provides a basic introduction to the legal and financial issues that arise at each stage of a project finance transaction. It contains a comprehensive overview of the concept of project finance and includes extensive coverage of the overall legal structure of a project ...

El ojo vago

Hay cosas peores que tener un ojo vago. Por ejemplo, que los chicos del barrio se metan contigo o que tus padres no te hagan caso. Esto le sucede al protagonista de nuestra historia hasta que decide cambiar de punto de vista: «DESCUBRÍ QUE TAPANDO ...

De la prueba científica a la prueba pericial

Este libro ofrece el más completo análisis de la prueba pericial desde un punto de vista epistemológico que se puede encontrar en la literatura en lengua castellana. Incluye un detenido estudio de la experiencia estadounidense en el tratamiento de la prueba pericial, sus déficits y ...

Libro de algunos ricohombres

Hacia mediados del siglo XVII, el veinticuatro sevillano don JUAN RAMÍREZ DE GUZMÁN escribía un extenso manuscrito, el Libro de algunos ricoshombres…, en el que, meticulosamente, ofrecía una completa relación de las descendencias de los linajes de buena parte de los conquistadores de Sevilla desde ...