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Justice in a globalized world

a normative framework

While the lives of millions of people are overshadowed by poverty and destitution, a relatively small subset of the world's population enjoys an unprecedented level of wealth. No doubt the world's rich have duties to address the plight of the global poor. But ...

Global cartels handbook

leniency: policy and procedure

In recent years cartel regulation has become a key priority for competition authorities around the globe resulting in a proliferation of immunity and leniency programmes. Competition authorities are constantly developing and revising their approaches to cartel regulation and introducing new mechanisms for businesses to report ...

Neurodidáctica

aportaciones de las neurociencias al aprendizaje y la enseñanza

Esta obra quiere ser una aportación rigurosa y práctica sobre las relaciones de dependencia de las ciencias psicológicas y las ciencias pedagógicas respecto de los hallazgos de las investigaciones neurocientíficas. Está dirigida a la atención, consulta, análisis y estudio de los psicopedagogos, los maestros y ...

The moral foundation of economic behavior

This book explains why moral beliefs can and likely do play an important role in the development and operation of market economies. It shows why the maximization of general prosperity requires that people genuinely trust others - even those whom they know don't particularly care ...

Textbook on international human rights

extbook on International Human Rights provides a concise, wide-ranging introduction for newcomers to the subject. The focus of this book is on ensuring that the subject is easily accessible to those with little or no prior legal knowledge. The author expertly guides you through the ...

Contratación pública verde

a contratación pública representa en torno al 19% del PIB de la UE, lo cual nos indica su capacidad para marcar las tendencias en amteria de producción y consumo y, en consecuencia, para contribuir al cambio de modelo productivo. Desde la perspectiva ambiental, tiene un ...

Publicy held corporations

a lawyer's guide

In Publicly Held Corporations: A Lawyer's Guide Howard M. Friedman provides readers with an introduction to the vast array of legal material that governs the several thousand largest economic entities in the United States publicly held corporations and their real-world operational characteristics. Written from ...

Regulating the risk of unemployment

national adaptations to post-industrial labour markets in Europe

Regulating the Risk of Unemployment offers a systematic comparative analysis of the recent adaptation of European unemployment protection systems to increasingly post-industrial labour markets. These systems were mainly designed and institutionalized in predominantly industrial economies, characterized by relatively standardized employment relationships and stable career patterns ...

Cincuenta cuestiones básicas en materia de personas con discapacidad

La obra que ahora tiene en sus manos, aborda cincuenta cuestiones esenciales en materia de discapacidad, utilizando para ello una sistemática adecuada a cada realidad, ya sea en el ámbito social, laboral, fiscal, de acceso a la vivienda o discriminatorio. Cada aspecto se aborda de ...

Public administration

the interdisciplinary study of government

Public administration seeks to develop a comprehensive understanding of the internal structure and functioning of government, in all its complexity, and its interaction with society and its citizens. Public Administration: The Interdisciplinary Study of Government provides an account of the discipline, considering its history, growth ...

100 respuestas sobre extranjería

¿De qué mecanismos disponen nuestras instituciones para ordenar la inmigración? ¿Cómo se puede residir legalmente en España? Éstos y otros interrogantes se resuelven en este libro práctico dirigido a inmigrantes, abogados, agentes sociales, ONG, empresarios y, sobre todo, a aquellas personas interesadas en conocer a ...

Suply chain management

Brazil as an emergent economy

This book focuses on the theory and practice of doing business in Brazil within a supply chain management context. The book is divided into six chapters. Chapter one reflects on why one should do business in Brazil. Brazil is a hotspot for doing business due ...

The price of civilization

economics and ethics after the fall

One of the world's most brilliant economists and the bestselling author of "The End of Poverty", Jeffrey Sachs has written a book that is essential reading for everyone - politicians, people in business and industry, and you. Setting out a bold and provocative, yet responsible ...

In pursuit of the traveling salesman

mathematics at the limits of computation

What is the shortest possible route for a travelling salesman seeking to visit each city on a list exactly once and return to his city of origin? It sounds simple enough, yet the travelling salesman problem is one of the most intensely studied puzzles in ...

Warfare in the medieval world

Warfare in the Medieval World explores how civilizations and cultures made war on the battlefields of the Near East and Europe in the period between the fall of Rome and the introduction of reliable gunpowder weapons during the Thirty Years' War. Through an exploration of ...

El Occidente medieval frente al Islam

la imagen del otro

Desde el siglo VII una nueva civilización surgió a las puertas de un Occidente todavía bárbaro: la del Islam y lo musulmán. ¿Cómo percibieron los hombres de la Edad Media a ese <>?. Para saberlo, Philippe Sénac ha escrutado de manera lúcida las imagenes que de ...

The persian invasions of Greece

In 490 BC Darius I, Great King of Persia and the most powerful man in the world, led a massive invasion army to punish the interference of some minor states on the western borders of his huge empire. The main enemy was Athens. The resultant ...

Democracy in modern Iran

islam, culture, and political change

Can Islamic societies embrace democracy? In Democracy in Modern Iran, Ali Mirsepassi maintains that it is in fact possible, demonstrating that Islam is not inherently hostile to the idea of democracy. Rather, he provides new perspective on how such a political and social transformation could ...

Piranesi

catalogo completo delle acqueforti = catálogo completo de grabados = catálogo completo das águas fortes

Uno de los principales dibujantes arquitectónicos de todos los tiempos y, sin duda, el grabador de cobre más famoso del siglo xviii, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) es conocido hoy en día por sus series de originales aguafuertes de prisiones laberínticas y megalómanas, sus Carceri d ...

Family and empire

the Fernández de Córdoba and the spanish realm

In the medieval and early modern periods, Spain shaped a global empire from scattered territories spanning Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Historians either have studied this empire piecemeal-one territory at a time-or have focused on monarchs endeavoring to mandate the allegiance of far-flung territories to ...