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Organizing for independence

secessionist protest,organizational change, and the referendum crisis in Catalonia

Independence protests are on the rise across Europe, as Spain, the UK, and other states have faced severe secessionist challenges. The largest wave of these protests swept Catalonia and reached its peak in 2017 when the push for a binding referendum led to an unprecedented ...

Preventing and countering violent extremism and radicalisation

evidence-based policy and practice

How can we use evidence to improve deradicalisation and violence prevention outcomes? Based on work developed during the implementation of the cross-European INDEED project, this is an essential reference book for practitioners, researchers and policy makers. It sets out the three pillars of best evidence-based ...

What Is counterterrorism for?

Terrorism will always be frontpage news - counterterrorism is often discussed as an afterthought, yet it is vitally important to understand what is done in the name of our safety. Since 9/11, there has been a huge ramping up of the state's special powers ...

The complexities of human trafficking and exploitation

the circles of analysis

Identifying victims and perpetrators of trafficking and modern slavery has become increasingly challenging as traffickers have become more sophisticated in their recruitment and control of victims and seizure of new opportunities. Written by an experienced practitioner and academic, this book presents the 'Circles of Analysis ...

How the stock market works

a beginner's guide to investment

Do you want to understand investing but are not sure where to start? Get to grips with everything you need to know about the UK's investment and financial markets with this bestselling guide. Knowing how to invest can feel overwhelming. How the Stock Market ...

Pretextos musicales

Escuchar, leer y pensar son las tres actividades que han dado razón de ser a este libro. Desde hace siglos, personas de toda condición y oficio han buscado en las palabras la posibilidad de expresar las resonancias que la música iba dejando en sus almas ...

Las organizaciones internacionales, la modernización de España y su anclaje al mundo occidental, 1959-1975

(Revista Ayer, Nº 137, año 2025)

La historiografía sobre el franquismo ha comenzado a investigar recientemente la contribución de los actores externos a la modernización capitalista de España entre las décadas de 1950 y 1970. Este dosier estudia la actuación de diferentes organizaciones internacionales en la España del desarrollismo con el ...

The Tech Coup

How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley

A tech insider who has been hailed by The New Yorker for her "forceful critique" of Big Tech describes what must be done to stop its erosion of democracy Over the past decades, under the cover of "innovation," technology companies have successfully resisted regulation and ...

The rivalry peril

how great-power competition threatens peace and weakens democracy

How the U.S. policy of competition with China is detrimental to democracy, peace, and prosperity-and how a saner approach is possible For close to a decade, the U.S. government has been preoccupied with the threat of China, fearing that the country will "eat ...

A leader-centered theory of foreign policy change

U.S. foreign policy toward Cuba under Obama

Foreign policy analysis is a major part of international relations scholarship, yet many models are ill-equipped to examine the effects of individual leadership on policy. Written by a leading figure in the field, this innovative account challenges traditional views in international relations by theorising the ...

A través de la mirada

Por una pedagogía del encuentro

Atravesar, afirma la autora, es la acción de la mirada que toma cuerpo y se menea hacia la búsqueda de un nuevo horizonte de posibilidades de encuentro con las alteridades y las singularidades que cada uno lleva consigo mismo. El objetivo de esta obra es ...

Property in contemporary capitalism

Amid the shift towards neoliberalism and the privatization of resources, this book provides a radical new lens to view property and property theory. Boldly challenging the conventional theories of property law that have shaped our understanding for centuries, leading expert Paddy Ireland explores the rise ...

Nuclear arms control in peril

why the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty matters and how to save it

In this book, a former US Department of State senior arms control official critically analyses two pivotal nuclear arms control treaties: the established Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and the rising Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). The book offers ...

Ogam

Lengua | escritura | epigrafía

Ogam es un ingenioso sistema de escritura que consiste únicamente en trazos y muescas dispuestos a lo largo de un tallo. Como sistema gráfico, es uno de los más abstractos y no icónicos jamás concebidos para la comunicación humana. Las letras consisten en haces de ...

¿Para qué sirve un sindicato?

Instrucciones de uso

El sindicato es un instrumento imprescindible para la defensa de los derechos de las personas que trabajan. Es la figura social que posibilita el derecho a tener derechos de quienes se reconocen en su existencia social a través del desempeño de su trabajo. Actúa en ...

Novedades en el proceso laboral por LO 1/2025. Paso a paso

Conozca al detalle las novedades el proceso social ordinario tras la Ley Orgánica 1/2025, de 2 de enero, de medidas en materia de eficiencia del Servicio Público de Justicia

En el ordenamiento procesal laboral encontramos un «proceso ordinario», de carácter general y que opera de no existir una regulación específica, y unos «procesos especiales» con determinadas peculiaridades adaptadas a objetos específicos y determinados. En este libro el lector encontrará información sobre los aspectos más ...

The Arabic Variety of Nefza (Northwest Tunisia)

Phonology, Morphology and Texts

This study provides a comprehensive description of the phonology and morphology of the hitherto undescribed Arabic variety spoken in the Northwest Tunisian Nefza region, with a selection of transcribed and translated texts attached. The linguistic corpus of 0,000 words is based on data collected ...

Tristes. Llibres I i II

Ovidio fue el poeta ya más leído en vida, e influyó mucho en los autores de época imperial, incluidos los cristianos. Y aunque las elegías de Tristia no fueron tan populares como las Metamorfosis o la obra amatoria, esta poesía del destierro se convirtió en ...

Saudi Arabia

a modern history

A major new history of Saudi Arabia, from its eighteenth-century origins to the present day Saudi Arabia is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, a major player on the international stage and the site of Islam's two holiest cities. It is also ...

The unfinished history of European integration

The Unfinished History of European Integration is a companion to the history of the European Union. From the aftermath of the First World War to the EU of 27 member states and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, it guides the reader past the main events ...