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The Bush administrations and Saddam Hussein

deciding on conflict

This book presents a vital and unsettling analysis of the foreign policy-making processes of the two Bush administrations prior to the attacks on Iraq. In a systematic and thorough comparison, Hybel and Kaufman show how both presidents used historical analogies uncritically to evaluate information, relied ...

European politics

a comparative introduction

This popular and highly praised text provides a lively and accessible introduction to the governance and politics of Europe. Thematically structured to address the key institutions and issues, it is genuinely pan-European in scope. Although no country is ignored, a range of representative countries (the ...

The global curse of the Federal Reserve

how investors can survive and profit from monetary chaos

Foreword by Alex J. Pollock, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, Washington DC, USA. He was President and CEO of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago from 1991 to 2004 and is the author of Boom and Bust (2011). A must read for ...

The governance report 2013

This Report is about the state of governance. Few would doubt that the conditions of governance have changed - and continue to change - as the early 21st century seems to enter a period of profound uncertainty. Yet, at the same time, the world seems alive with ...

More than revenue taxation as a development tool

Taxation in Latin America is largely viewed as a means of generating income to keep the government in business. In recent years, progress has been made towards increasing total revenue, but most countries in the region still lag well behind other countries with similar levels ...

The big flatline

oil and the no-growth economy

In an urgent follow-up to his best-selling "Why Your World Is About To Get A Whole Lot Smaller," Jeff Rubin argues that the end of cheap oil means the end of growth. What it will be like to live in a world where growth is ...

The EU's role in global governance

the legal dimension

For years the European Union has been looked on as a potential model for cosmopolitan governance, and enjoyed considerable influence on the global stage. The EU has a uniquely strong and legally binding mission statement to pursue international relations on a multilateral basis, founded on ...

Responsability for justice

When the noted political philosopher Iris Marion Young died in 2006, her death was mourned as the passing of "one of the most important political philosophers of the past quarter-century" (Cass Sunstein) and as an important and innovative thinker working at the conjunction of a ...

Austerity

the history of a dangerous idea

Conservatives in America have succeeded in casting government spending as useless profligacy that has made their economy worse, centering the policy debate in the wake of the financial crisis on draconian budget cuts. Americans are told that they need to live in an age of ...

Law after modernity

How can we characterise law and legal theory in the twenty-first century? Law After Modernity argues that we live in an age 'after Modernity' and that legal theory must take account of this fact. The book presents a dynamic analysis of law, which focusses on ...

The Idea of Communism

Vol.2: The New York Conference

The very successful first volume followed the 2009 conference called in response to Alain Badiou's "communist hypothesis," where an all-star cast of radical intellectuals put the idea of communism back on the map. This volume brings together papers from the subsequent 2011 New York ...

Is Europe listening to us?

successes and failures of EU citizen consultations

How can the European Union engage and connect with the people it aims to represent? What initiatives and schemes have been used to engage EU citizens? To what extent can such procedures be considered a move forward towards a more participative and democratic Europe? This ...

The importance of being civil

the struggle for political decency

Civility is desirable and possible, but can this fragile ideal be guaranteed? The Importance of Being Civil offers the most comprehensive look at the nature and advantages of civility, throughout history and in our world today. Esteemed sociologist John Hall expands our understanding of civility ...

An introduction to global financial markets

An Introduction to Global Financial Markets describes the financial sector in clear, easy to understand terms, providing a broad and balanced introduction to financial markets across the world. In the constantly fluctuating state of modern world finance, the book provides comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of commercial ...

Free market revolution

how Ayn Rand's ideas can end big government

A look at how our current crises are caused by too much government, and how Ayn Rand's bold defense of free markets can help us change course. " " The rise of the Tea Party and the 2010 election results revealed that tens of millions of ...

El crash de 1929

La crisis económica y financiera de 1929 dio origen a la gran depresión de los años treinta. John Kenneth Galbraith nos presenta aquí una historia y un análisis de esos hechos, y desentraña los procesos y mecanismos que, desde los años del boominmobiliario de Florida ...

Las víctimas del terrorismo en España

Las páginas que componen este libro no son ni unas memorias ni unos diarios ni unos escritos personales (vivenciales) sobre los años que tuve la responsabilidad de dirigir la atención a las víctimas del terrorismo en España. Por supuesto, este libro recoge experiencias y datos ...

Historia del capitalismo

de 1500 a nuestros días

Tras cinco siglos de expansión y desarrollo, el capitalismo se enfrenta a los retos que le plantea la gran crisis global que azota al mundo. Un capitalismo que ha dejado de ser el efecto de la economía de occidente sobre el resto de países para ...

El contrato de transporte aéreo de pasajeros

sujetos, estatuto y responsabilidad

Tal vez será porque la huelga de controladores aéreos durante el llamado “Puente de la Constitución” de diciembre de 2010 causó daños que están aún por resolverse, tanto en lo que toca a la responsabilidad de la Administración como en lo relativo a la cobertura ...

De la consignación en Derecho romano a su proyección en el Derecho civil

A partir de su origen romanístico, la institución de la consignación sufre una evolución en su régimen jurídico que se prolonga básicamente hasta la codificación, por lo que a todas luces constituye un acierto el examen realizado por la A., desde su contexto histórico jurídico ...