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The politics of dissensus

parliament in debate

The "Politics of Dissensus" inverts the traditional perspective on the study of parliamentary politics by focusing on its less obvious and less well-known aspects. Dissensus instead of consensus becomes the condition for the intelligibility of parliamentary politics. Such politics is indebted to the rhetorical culture ...

Pluralismo político y partidos políticos europeos

Durante el ya dilatado proceso de integración europea, ha sido una constante por parte de la doctrina la consideración de que la construcción europea adolecía de un significativo déficit democrático, en el sentido de que la arquitectura institucional y, en definitiva, la generación de una ...

Trabajo y ciudadanía en la Europa contemporánea

el sindicalismo y la construcción de los derechos

A lo largo de siglo y medio, los principales avances democráticos en Europa han venido de la mano del movimiento obrero en general y del sindicalismo en particular. Obviamente esto ha sido así en lo que concierne a los derechos de ciudadanía social, como es ...

Divided

the perils of our growing inequality

The issue of inequality has irrefutably returned to the fore, riding on the anger against Wall Street following the 2008 financial crisis and the concentration of economic and political power in the hands of the super–rich. The Occupy movement made the plight of the ...

Ruling Russia

authoritarianism from the revolution to Putin

When the Soviet Union collapsed, many hoped that Russia's centuries-long history of autocratic rule might finally end. Yet today's Russia appears to be retreating from democracy, not progressing toward it. Ruling Russia is the only book of its kind to trace the history ...

Modernizing insurance regulation

The future of the insurance regulation begins now For those involved with the insurance industry, from investment professionals to policy makers, and regulators to legislators, tremendous change is coming. With insurance premiums constituting an ever-growing portion of annual U.S. GDP and provisions of the ...

Getting started in chart patterns

Your plain-English guide to understanding and using technical chart patterns Chart pattern analysis is not only one of the most important investing tools, but also one of the most popular. Filled with expert insights and practical advice from one of the best in the business ...

Applied predictive analytics

principles and techniques for the professional data analyst

Written by one of the leading experts on predictive analytics, Applied Predictive Analytics shows tech-savvy business managers and data analysts how to use the sophisticated techniques of predictive analytics that mine Big Data to solve practical business problems. This cutting-edge text teaches readers the methods ...

Elementos para un diagnóstico del Sistema Cultural de la ciudad de Santander

Esta obra es una reflexión sobre el sistema cultural de la ciudad de Santander. Dicho trabajo es el resultado del encargo que la Fundación Santander Creativa hizo a la Universidad de Cantabria con motivo de la transformación urbano-cultural que la capital de la Comunidad Autónoma ...

The soft edge

where great companies find lasting success

What Does it Take to Get Ahead Now--And Stay There? High performance has always required shrewd strategy and superb execution. These factors remain critical, especially given today's unprecedented business climate. But Rich Karlgaard--Forbes publisher, entrepreneur, investor, and board director--takes a surprising turn and argues ...

A history of future cities

In 1703, Peter the Great founded his eponymous capital on a Baltic marsh. Modelled on Amsterdam, he believed it would usher in a modernised, Westernised future. In the nineteenth-century Age of Imperialism, the British rebuilt Bombay as a tropical London, while three Western powers made ...

Obra completa

Esta obra incorpora las aportaciones a las Ciencias Naturales, junto a las de contenido teórico, como la historia y la epistemología de la ciencia, de Augusto González de Linares (1845-1904), un naturalista con una clara proyección filosófica, todo ello precedido de un amplio estudio preliminar ...

The founders and finance

how Hamilton, Gallatin, and other inmigrants forged a new economy

In 1776 the United States government started out on a shoestring and quickly went bankrupt fighting its War of Independence against Britain. At the war s end, the national government owed tremendous sums to foreign creditors and its own citizens. But lacking the power to ...

Financial modeling

uses EXCEL

Financial Modeling is now the standard text for explaining the implementation of financial models in Excel. This long-awaited fourth edition maintains the "cookbook" features and Excel dependence that have made the previous editions so popular. As in previous editions, basic and advanced models in the ...

Anarchy and legal order

law and politics for a stateless society

This book elaborates and defends the idea of law without the state. Animated by a vision of peaceful, voluntary cooperation as a social ideal and building on a careful account of non-aggression, it features a clear explanation of why the state is illegitimate, dangerous and ...

Collective wisdom

principles and mechanisms

James Madison wrote, 'Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob'. The contributors to this volume discuss and for the most part challenge this claim by considering conditions under which many minds can be wiser than one ...

El sindicalismo socialista y la recuperación de la democracia

(1970-1994)

A comienzos de la década de los setenta, asistimos a una revigorización de los movimientos antifranquistas clandestinos en el interior de España, que preparan el cambio hacia el nuevo panorama socio-político que sobrevendrá tras el fallecimiento del dictador. Este proceso, de capital importancia en la ...

Infracciones y sanciones en materia de prevención de riesgos laborales

la responsabilidad administrativa del empresario

La legislación en materia de seguridad y salud en el trabajo encuentra su razón de ser en la protección del trabajador frente a los riesgos sociales. Respecto de dicha protección, el ordenamiento jurídico establece un conjunto de obligaciones que impone al empresario. Los incumplimientos de ...

Conversaciones

Las “Conversaciones” de Diderot que presentamos en este volumen corresponden a dos “Entretiens”, variantes del subgénero “diálogo socrático”, en las que da voz tanto a los que disienten de él como a sí mismo: Entretien d’un philosophe avec Madame la Marechal de**** y Entretien ...

La vida sexual de Immanuel Kant

Esta obra contiene ocho conversaciones sostenidas por Jean-Baptiste Botul -invención o, si se prefiere, un alter ego literario del periodista y ex profesor de filosofía francés Frédéric Pagès-. La identidad de un escritor importa menos que la calidad de su obra; por la audacia y ...