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La ceremonia caníbal

sobre la performance política

La crisis de las instituciones, del estado de bienestar y, por extensión, de los dirigentes políticos no tiene parangón. A merced de las agencias de calificación y de los mercados, los políticos se enfrentan a un descrédito del que apenas pueden escapar. En medio de ...

Theories of globalization

Theories of Globalization offers students and scholars a comprehensive and critical introduction to the concept of globalization. Barrie Axford expertly guides readers through the full range of perspectives on the topic, from international political economy to geography, global anthropology to cultural and communication studies. In ...

The crisis of the European Union

a response

In the midst of the current crisis that is threatening to derail the historical project of European unification, Jurgen Habermas has been one of the most perceptive critics of the ineffectual and evasive responses to the global financial crisis, especially by the German political class ...

Cities of commerce

the institutional foundations of international trade in the low countries, 1250-1650

Cities of Commerce develops a model of institutional change in European commerce based on urban rivalry. Cities continuously competed with each other by adapting commercial, legal, and financial institutions to the evolving needs of merchants. Oscar Gelderblom traces the successive rise of Bruges, Antwerp, and ...

Solomon's knot

how law can end the poverty of nations

Sustained growth depends on innovation, whether it's cutting-edge software from Silicon Valley, an improved assembly line in Sichuan, or a new export market for Swaziland's leather. Developing a new idea requires money, which poses a problem of trust. The innovator must trust the ...

Una historia de la lectura

Con un espíritu lúdico que atrapará a todo aficionado al libro y a la lectura, Alberto Manguel traza en esta deliciosa mezcla de psicología, historia, anécdotas, memoria, fantasía, estudios clásicos, etc., un estimulante recorrido por el caprichoso y apasionante laberinto de 6.000 años de ...

101 design methods

a structured approach for driving innovation in your organization

This is the first step-by-step guidebook for successful innovation planning. Unlike other books on the subject, "101 Design Methods" approaches the practice of creating new products, services, and customer experiences as a science, rather than an art, providing a practical set of collaborative tools and ...

La Capilla del Alcázar de Madrid

1434-1734

La Capilla del Alcázar de Madrid desapareció en la Nochebuena de 1734, el incendio, que asoló durante tres días el palacio de los monarcas españoles, se llevó consigo uno de los centros representativos de la vida áulica de los Austrias en España. La Capilla tenía ...

A mathematics course for political and social research

Political science and sociology increasingly rely on mathematical modeling and sophisticated data analysis, and many graduate programs in these fields now require students to take a "math camp" or a semester-long or yearlong course to acquire the necessary skills. Available textbooks are written for mathematics ...

The price of rights

regulating international labor migration

Many low-income countries and development organizations are calling for greater liberalization of labor immigration policies in high-income countries. At the same time, human rights organizations and migrant rights advocates demand more equal rights for migrant workers. The Price of Rights shows why you cannot always ...

China's legal system

China's struggle for the rule of law is at a critical juncture. As a key element of governance in the PRC today, China's legal system affects not only domestic affairs but also China's engagement with the world. But can a credible legal ...

Tras el sueño de China

Agustinos y dominicos en Asia Oriental a finales del siglo XVI

Durante el siglo XVI, los españoles se lanzaron a los mares en pos de conquistas materiales y espirituales. Aunque Cristóbal Colón se había topado con América, era Asia lo que originalmente interesaba a los hombres de su tiempo. Tras posesionarse de la Nueva España y ...

Hablemos de reconciliación

un encuentro con víctimas del conflicto vasco

Las víctimas tienen un papel fundamental en la solución de los conflictos. En el caso vasco, estas superan, ampliamente, en número y condición, a las representadas por las asociaciones más conocidas mediáticamente, vinculadas a un entorno conservador. Hay otras víctimas de ETA además de las ...

Banking on democracy

financial markets and elections in emerging countries

Politics matter for financial markets and financial markets matter for politics, and nowhere is this relationship more apparent than in emerging markets. In Banking on Democracy, Javier Santiso investigates the links between politics and finance in countries that have recently experienced both economic and democratic ...

Forms liberate

reclaiming the jurisprudence of Lon L. Fuller

Lon L Fuller's account of what he termed 'the internal morality of law' is widely accepted as the classic twentieth century statement of the principles of the rule of law. Much less accepted is his claim that a necessary connection between law and morality ...

Ciudad y modernización en España y México

La publicación es, según los editores, “una historia en marcha, producto de investigaciones y encuentros pasados y anuncio de trabajos y seminarios futuros. Un libro, en suma, que es reflejo de la preocupación de un buen número de investigadores por un espacio esencial para comprender ...

The no-nonsense guide to fair trade

This completely new investigation of the fair trade phenomenon looks in depth at the emergence over the last two decades of a movement that aims to challenge the ethical foundations of the global market. While transnational corporations engage in a race to the bottom for ...

The no-nonsense guide to world food

Wayne Roberts puts under the microscope a global food system that is under strain from climate change and from economic disaster. He shows how a world food system based on supermarkets and agribusiness corporations is unsustainable and looks at new models of producing healthy food ...

The Empire Trap

the rise and fall of U.S. intervention to protect american property

Throughout the twentieth century, the U.S. government willingly deployed power, hard and soft, to protect American investments all around the globe. Why did the United States get into the business of defending its citizens' property rights abroad? The Empire Trap looks at how modern ...

Diccionario de mitología clásica

El éxito que ha conocido desde el día de su aparición el "Diccionario de mitología clásica" no resulta sorprendente si consideramos que ofrece al lector no especializado el vasto caudal mitográfico de la tradición grecorromana de manera sumamente didáctica. En él, Constantino Falcón, Emilio Fernández-Galiano ...