Libros de

Hermana muerte

«Uno de los textos más hermosos y enigmáticos de Thomas Wolfe», dijo Faulkner de esta narración. La muerte en Nueva York de cuatro personajes anónimos le sirve para abordar uno de sus grandes temas: la desolación de las grandes ciudades contemporáneas. La primera de esas ...

Ciudadano y gasto público

por una gobernanza transparente y participativa

José Molina Molina es doctor en Economía, Sociólogo y Auditor de Cuentas. Y sobre todo, un hombre comprometido con la realidad social española, al servicio de la cual ha puesto sus vastos conocimientos y experiencia, no sólo durante su talentosa y exitosa trayectoria profesional sino ...

Soluciones jurídico privadas al problema de la dependencia

El proveer de atenciones y cuidados a los ancianos y a las personas dependientes constituye una imperiosa necesidad en nuestro país. Cuando el Estado o las Administraciones Públicas carecen de medios o de posibilidades reales para atender debidamente a este grupo de personas, surgen una ...

Africanus

el hijo del cónsul

La gran Trilogía de Roma. Ahora en formato bolsillo con tapa dura y sobrecubierta. Uan obra imprescindible para los aficionados a la novela histórica de calidad. A finales del siglo III a.C., Roma estaba a punto de ser aniquilada por los ejércitos cartagineses al ...

Designing organizations

strategy, structure, and process at the business unit and enterprise levels

This Third Edition of the groundbreaking book Designing Organizations offers a guide to the process of creating and managing an organization (no matter how complex) that will be positioned to respond effectively and rapidly to customer demands and have the ability to achieve unique competitive ...

La traición de Roma

La gran Trilogía de Roma. Ahora en formato de bolsillo con tapa dura y sobre cubierta. Una obra imprescindible para lso aficionados a la novela histórica de calidad. En la última novela de la Trilogía de Roma, tras Africanus: el hijo del cónsul y Las ...

Las legiones malditas

La gran Trilogía de Roma. Ahora en formato de bolsillo con tapa dura y sobre cubierta. Una obra imprescindible para los aficionados a la novela histórica de calidad. Publio Cornelio Escipión, que pasaría a la historia con el sobrenombre de Africanus, solo tenía veintiséis años ...

Re-reading Foucault

on Law, power and rights

Re-reading Foucault: On Law, Power and Rights is the first collection in English fully to address the relevance of Michel Foucault's thought for law. Foucault is the best known and most cited of the late twentieth-century's 'theory' academics. His work continues to animate ...

The social Atlas of Europe

Many of us think of European countries as discreet entities - their own languages, cultures, food, and economies squarely contained within their national boundaries. But in fact Europe is at once a unified place and a sophisticatedly fragmented one, and national boundaries rarely reflect its social ...

El despertar de la belleza

sesenta cuentos populares de los cinco continentes

Desde hace veinticinco años, Marita de Sterck, prestigiosa antropóloga y autora de literatura para niños y jóvenes, recopila cuentos populares de todo el mundo en los que la condición femenina ocupa un lugar central. Lejos de tópicos y estereotipos complacientes, la autora nos muestra en ...

The new Emperors

power and the princelings in China

China has become the powerhouse of the world economy and home to 1 in 5 of the world's population, yet we know almost nothing of the people who lead it. How does one become the leader of the world's newest superpower? And who ...

Security and defence policy in the European Union

In this updated and revised new edition the author examines recent developments to the European Union's Common Security and Defence Policy and assesses its systems, processes and limitations. He situates events in a clear historical context and provides wide-ranging theoretical approaches to aid understanding.

Teresa de Ávila

ublicada originalmente en 1951, esta biografía de santa Teresa de Jesús nos ofrece un retrato de cuerpo entero de la gran reformista, escritora y mística española. Un retrato que no se queda en el simple relato de los años y los hechos de una vida ...

Beautiful Game Theory

how soccer can help economics

A wealth of research in recent decades has seen the economic approach to human behavior extended over many areas previously considered to belong to sociology, political science, law, and other fields. Research has also shown that economics can provide insight into many aspects of sports ...

House of debt

how they (and you) caused the Great Recession, and how we can prevent it from happening again

The Great American Recession resulted in the loss of eight million jobs between 2007 and 2009. More than four million homes were lost to foreclosures. Is it a coincidence that the United States witnessed a dramatic rise in household debt in the years before the ...

Legal writing in plain english

a text with exercises

Admirably clear, concise, down-to-earth, and powerful - all too often, legal writing embodies none of these qualities. Its reputation for obscurity and needless legalese is widespread. Since 2001 Bryan A. Garner's "Legal Writing in Plain English" has helped address this problem by providing lawyers, judges ...

Is administrative Law unlawful?

Is administrative law unlawful? This is a central question in contemporary law and politics, and it has become all the more important with the expansion of the modern administrative state. While the federal government traditionally could constrain liberty only through acts of Congress and the ...

Alternative development strategies for the post-2015 Era

The global economic crisis of 2008-2009 exposed systemic failings at the core of economic policy making worldwide. The crisis came on top of several other crises, including skyrocketing and highly volatile world food and energy prices and climate change. This book argues that new policy ...

Perché il sud è rimasto indietro

«I meridionali sono privati non soltanto della libertà: la libertà di poter decidere del proprio destino, che solo un reddito decente, una buona istruzione, la fruizione di diritti collettivi e personali consentono. Sono privati anche della verità, quella di poter capire perché sono a questo ...

A propósito de Deleuze

El de Gilles Deleuze es un nombre común en el pensamiento contemporáneo. Un poco de Deleuze, se diría, va bien en todas partes, por algo tiene fama (Foucault dixit) de ser un pensador a la altura de los nuevos tiempos. Es legítimo, sin duda, utilizar ...