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Lobbying uncovered?

lobbying registration in the European Union and the United States

"To the public´s eye, lobbying is still a highly obscure trade. Lobbyists are generally perceived to work behind closed doors in order to influence legislation—what really happens is unknown to the public. To make interest representatives more visible, both the European Union and ...

Electoral management design

Electoral management bodies (EMBs) need to become more professional if they are to retain the trust of voters. This handbook was developed for electoral administrators and those involved in reforming EMBs. It provides comparative experience of and best practices on EMB structures and funding models ...

When stereotype meets prejudice

antiziganism in european societies

Antiziganism is a widespread phenomenon in all European societies. Poor or rich, ‘postcommunist’ or ‘traditional’, North or South, with ‘lean’ or ‘thick’ welfare systems-all European societies demonstrate antiziganist prejudice. All across Europe Romanis are among the poorest, most destitute, and most excluded communities. Widespread prejudice ...

Rule of law and constitution building

the role of regional organizations

Regional organisations play an increasingly important role in strengthening and upholding the rule of law. Depending on their mandates and regional contexts, this role takes various forms. Regional organisations are also seeking to strengthen constitutional governance in their member states by developing regulatory frameworks that ...

El bandido adolescente

Publicada en 1965, "El bandido adolescente" recrea con el ímpetu narrativo que caracteriza gran parte de la obra de Ramón J. Sender la vida de William H. Bonney, el mítico pistolero del Oeste que pasó a la historia con el sobrenombre de Billy el Niño ...

Doña Francisca Pizarro Yupanqui

en el archivo de protocolos de Trujillo

Cuando doña Francisca Pizarro llegó a Trujillo, seguramente vinieron a su memoria los recuerdos de aquella lejana infancia que quedaron en Perú cuando hubo de encaminarse a la tierra de su padre. Su venida a España, impuesta por la Corona, y tras reiteradas súplicas en ...

Reminiscencias literarias posmodernas

de Unamuno a Francisco Nieva

Lo expresado literariamente a través de diversas y múltiples reminiscencias posmodernas de las letras españolas del siglo XX, ejemplifica un dislocamiento manifiesto de la modernidad, unido a una ruptura interna del presunto proyecto de progreso, abocado, sin embargo, a abrirse, en última instancia, a entornos ...

El modelo Consum

una cooperativa responsable y sostenible

La de Consum es una historia de éxito colectivo, el de una cooperativa que nació en 1976 con un pequeño supermercado en Alaquàs (valencia). Treinta años después, Consum posee una amplia red de puntos de venta con fuerte presencia en diversas comunidades autónomas, y ha ...

Blackstone and his commentaries

biography, Law, history

One of the most celebrated works in the Anglo-American legal tradition, William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-9) has recently begun to attract renewed interest from legal and other scholars. The Commentaries no longer dominate legal education as they once did, especially ...

The death and life of the music industry in the digital age

"The Death and Life of the Music Industry in the Digital Age" challenges the conventional wisdom that the internet is 'killing' the music industry. While technological innovations (primarily in the form of peer-to-peer file-sharing) have evolved to threaten the economic health of major transnational music ...

Designing future-oriented airline businesses

Designing Future-Oriented Airline Businesses is the eighth Ashgate book by Nawal K. Taneja to address the ongoing challenges and opportunities facing all generations of airlines. Firstly, it challenges and encourages airline managements to take a deeper dive into new ways of doing business. Secondly, it ...

The EU accession to the ECHR

Article 6 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) provides that the EU will accede to the system of human rights protection of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Protocol No 9 in the Treaty of Lisbon opens the way for accession. This represents ...

Dictionary of accounting and finance

The QFINANCE Dictionary of Accounting and Finance (Second Edition) is an essential reference for finance professionals who need to keep up-to-date with the latest terms and jargon. It is full of financial and business slang from around the world - some humorous, some serious and some ...

Rights and private Law

In recent years a strand of thinking has developed in private law scholarship which has come to be known as 'rights' or 'rights-based' analysis. Rights analysis seeks to develop an understanding of private law obligations that is driven, primarily or exclusively, by the recognition of ...

Central Bank independence

cultural codes and symbolic performance

Given the unprecedented role central banks have come to play in our societies, the link between their legitimacy, public support and their independence has become increasingly important. Over the past thirty years, academics and practitioners have tried to systematically pin down the sources of central ...

Urbe ludens

Parafraseando a Huizinga, que ideó Homo ludens, la urbe ludens consiste en tres bocetos de la ciudad: la ciudad lúdica, espacio para jugar, para festejar, para desarrollar la imaginación y la creatividad; la ciudad visionaria, espacio para la fantasía y la ensoñación, la ciudad como ...

Twentieth-Century war and conflict

a concise encyclopedia

Drawn from the award-winning 5-volume Encyclopedia of War, this valuable, one-volume reference provides readers with essential information on the conflicts and concepts that shaped global warfare in the twentieth-century and up to the present day. Provides essential coverage of twentieth-century warfare across the world Incorporates ...

Vecindarios hechos en el año 1646

Corona de Castilla y Reinos de Aragón, Navarra y Valencia

Aunque la población de España experimentó un crecimiento constante a lo largo del siglo XVI, esta tendencia se truncó bruscamente, a finales de ese mismo siglo, con la epidemia de peste que, entre los años 1598 y 1602, causó la muerte de cerca del 10 ...

Espacios de saber, espacios de poder

Iglesia, universidades y colegios en Hispanoamérica, siglos XVI-XIX

Durante casi cuatro siglos la Iglesia –por medio de las órdenes religiosas o de su otro brazo, el clero secular– se encargó de educar a la América española. Aquella compleja institución y la Corona eran plenamente conscientes de la importancia de su empresa, pues implicaba ...

La jácara en el Siglo de Oro

literatura de los márgenes

Este libro es la primera monografía que se escribe sobre la jácara, una construcción literaria del Siglo de Oro que fue muy apreciada entre fines del siglo XV y finales del XVII, cuando derivó hacia otras formas y otros temas, como el de la literatura ...