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The secret club that runs the world

inside the fraternity of commodity traders

Kate Kelly, acclaimed journalist and author of Street Fighters, investigates the world of commodities traders. When most of us think of the drama of global finance, we think of stocks and bonds. But commodities? Crude oil and soya beans? Copper and wheat? What could be ...

The political geography of inequality

regions and redistribution

This book addresses two questions - why some political systems have more centralized systems of interpersonal redistribution than others, and why some political unions make larger efforts to equalize resources among their constituent units than others. This book presents a new theory of the origin of ...

The Dominican Republic

becoming a one-party State?

Is democracy in danger in the Dominican Republic? Is the country headed toward sustained one-party rule? In an effort to understand the state of Dominican democracy and rule of law, CSIS Americas Program director Carl Meacham led a six-month initiative to answer these questions. This ...

The principles and practice of international aviation Law

The Principles and Practice of International Aviation Law provides an introduction to, and demystification of, the private and public dimensions of international aviation law. Unlike other global sectors, the air transport industry is not governed by a discrete area of the law, but by disparate ...

Ancient Crete

from successful collapse to democracy's alternatives, Twelfth to Fifth Centuries BC

'Ancient Greece' with its associations of city states, democratic governance, and iconic material culture, can no longer be envisaged as a uniform geographical or historical entity. The Classical city-states of Crete differed considerably in culture, history and governance from those of central Greece. In this ...

The economic and social history of Brazil since 1889

This is the first complete economic and social history of Brazil in the modern period in any language. It provides a detailed analysis of the evolution of the Brazilian society and economy from the end of the empire in 1889 to the present day. The ...

The moral foundation of economic behavior

This book explains why moral beliefs can and likely do play an important role in the development and operation of market economies. It provides new arguments for why it is important that people genuinely trust others-even those whom they know don't particularly care about ...

The Oxford guide to Treaties

From trade relations to greenhouse gases, from shipwrecks to cybercrime, treaties structure the rights and obligations of states, international organizations, and individuals. For centuries, treaties have regulated relations among nation states. Today, they are the dominant source of international law. Thus, being adept with treaties ...

Natural Law

a jewish, christian, and islamic trialogue

This book is an examination of natural law doctrine, rooted in the classical writings of our respective three traditions: Jewish, Christian, and Islamic. Each of the authors provides an extensive essay reflecting on natural law doctrine in his tradition. Each of the authors also provides ...

From communism to capitalism

theory of a catastrophe

Both a unique witness of transformative events in the late 20th century, and a prescient analysis of our present economic crises from a major French philosopher, Michel Henry's From Communism to Capitalism adds an important economic dimension to his earlier social critique. It begins ...

Endgame for ETA

elusive peace in the Basque Country

The violent Basque separatist group ETA took shape in Franco's Spain, yet claimed the majority of its victims under democracy. For most Spaniards it became an aberration, a criminal and terrorist band whose persistence defied explanation. Others, mainly Basques (but only some Basques) understood ...

Practical enterprise risk management

how to optimize business strategies through managed risk taking

Practical Enterprise Risk Management addresses the real need for organizations to take more managed risks in order to maximise business strategies and achieve long term goals. Based on ISO 31000 and applying current best practice, it provides templates and examples that can be adapted for ...

Zone of crisis

Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran and Iraq

The West Asian states of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and Iran have over the last few decades represented an arc of crisis. Characterised by fractured and dysfunctional political elites, fraught economic policies, and ideological struggles between the forces of authoritarianism and democratisation, neo-fundamentalism and pluralism, they ...

The structure of world history

from modes of production to modes of exchange

In this major, paradigm-shifting work, Kojin Karatani systematically rereads Marx's version of world history, shifting the focus of critique from modes of production to modes of exchange. Karatani seeks to understand both Capital-Nation-State, the interlocking system that is the dominant form of modern global ...

Mixed fortunes

an economic history of China, Russia, and the West

The rise of the West is often attributed the presence of certain features in Western countries from the 16th century that were absent in more traditional societies: the abolition of serfdom and Protestant ethics, the protection of property rights, and free universities. The problem with ...

El viejo fascismo y la nueva derecha radical

Este libro estudia el ascenso vertiginoso de los partidos y movimientos ultraderechistas que el racismo, la xenofobia y la islamofobia alimentan en la Europa de la austeridad. En un contexto de inestabilidad política y crisis sistémica, entender los movimientos fascistas clásicos y las especificidades de ...

¡No debemos, no pagamos!

deuda, saqueo y servidumbre en el capitalismo tardío

El rescate de la banca privada perpetrado por la mayoría de gobiernos occidentales ha sido el principal origen del masivo endeudamiento que analiza este trabajo, constituyendo un mecanismo fabuloso de transferencia de riqueza de abajo arriba. A su vez, la arquitectura neoliberal del Euro impone ...

El silencio de la escritura

El silencio de la escritura fue premio Nacional de Ensayo en 1992. Entonces, y en medio del apresuramiento social de la época, alguien parecía haber propuesto olvidar pasado y presente y mirar sólo al futuro. Emilio Lledó apuntaba lo grotesco de ese salto al vacío ...

Ciudades romanas de Extremadura

Se presenta una nueva publicación “Ciudades Romanas de Extremadura”, octavo volumen monográfico de la Serie Editorial Studia Lusitana. Supone el resultado final de un Proyecto iniciado en 2011 a partir de una iniciativa del Departamento de Investigación del MNAR con el objetivo de ofrecer una ...

Estudios de justicia penal

El nuevo escenario que componen las reformas realizadas o proyectadas en el ámbito de la justicia penal, aconseja abrir un periodo de reflexión sobre el balance resultante, las dudas y las cuestiones todavía pendientes. Los años transcurridos han modificado alguna norma concreta e incluso modulado ...