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Diplomacy

a very short introduction

Like making war, diplomacy has been around a very long time, at least since the Bronze Age. It was primitive by today's standards, there were few rules, but it was a recognizable form of diplomacy. Since then, diplomacy has evolved greatly, coming to mean ...

The regimes of european integration

constructing governance of the single market

The regulation of financial markets and companies in Europe has undergone significant changes over the last decade. The Commission, Member States, and Parliament constructed regimes that facilitate new legislation, sanction delegation to the Commission for financial market law, and structure the cross-border regulation of companies ...

The art of public strategy

mobilizing power and knowledge for the common good

The strategies adopted by our governments and public officials can lead to significant change in citizens' lives - smoking bans, carbon markets, even the reunification of a country like Germany. Equally, strategic failure can result in highly visible disasters, such as the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina ...

The politics of Human Rights

The Politics of Human Rights provides a systematic introductory overview of the nature and development of human rights. At the same time it offers an engaging argument about human rights and their relationship with politics. The author argues that human rights have only a slight ...

Nationalism and social policy

the politics of territorial solidarity

Despite the recent proliferation of literature on nationalism and on social policy, relatively little has been written to analyse the possible interaction between the two. Scholars interested in social citizenship have indirectly dealt with the interaction between national identity and social programs such as the ...

Due process in international commercial arbitration

This is the first publication to identify a universal procedural code for international commercial arbitration. This informative and well- argued discussion of a uniform code for due process is a useful aid for both practitioners and scholars. More than just a useful desk reference, this ...

The logic of discipline

global capitalism and the architecture of government

The era of economic liberalization, spanning 1978 to 2008, is often regarded as a period in which government was simply dismantled. In fact, government was reconstructed to meet the needs of a globalized economy. Central banking, fiscal control, tax collection, regulation, port and airport management ...

Estado y mercado, en situación de crisis

Eds. José María Rodríguez de Santiago y Francisco Velasco Caballero. (Anuario de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid 14 - 2010). ÍNDICE: Presentación.- ¿Tiene el Estado social moderno que salvar un mercado en crisis? FERNANDO VALLESPIN.- Crisis global y respuesta mundial, ANTONIO ...

The open innovation revolution

essentials, readblocks, and leadership skills

Life is not exactly a bed of roses for most innovation leaders and intrapreneurs-those assertive, innovative, corporate risk-takers who passionately turn ideas into profitable products. They take on corporate sacred cows and face down challenges that would cause less driven and less talented people to ...

Senseless panic

how Washington failed America

The 1980s opened with the prime interest rate at an astonishing 21.5 percent, leading to a severe recession with unemployment reaching nearly 11 percent. Depression-like conditions befell the agricultural sector, a bubble burst in the energy sector, a rolling real estate recession swept the ...

Bailout Nation

how greed and easy money corrupted Wall Street and shook the world economy

An engaging look at what led to the financial turmoil we now find ourselves in Bailout Nation offers one of the clearest looks at the financial lenders, regulators, and politicians responsible for the financial crisis of 2008. Written by Barry Ritholtz, one of today's ...

Tiempo ¿muerto? para innovar

conversaciones sobre un juego que consiste en innovar

En este libro, un entrenador de baloncesto y un directivo de empresa se unen para hablar sobre innovación: #A los dos nos preocupan el progreso y la evolución, y eso sólo se consigue innovando, cambiando, diferenciándonos#, han afirmado durante la rueda de prensa y, añaden ...

Una historia por descubrir

materiales para el estudio del carlismo

Catálogo de la Exposición. Textos de Francisco Javier Caspistegui Gorasurreta.

Conflictividad y movimientos sociales en Castilla y León

del tardofranquismo a la democracia

Este libro colectivo trata de señalar el origen de las actitudes democráticas que suponen las primeras manifestaciones antifranquistas en las provincias de Castilla y León, articuladas en torno a varios temas: primero desde el movimiento obrero y su creciente conflictividad, hasta poner de relieve las ...

Conflictos y sociedades en la Historia de Castilla y León

Ed. Adolfo Carrasco Martínez. Aun cuando el panorama historiográfico actual está caracterizado por una notable apertura de metodologías, temas y discursos, no debemos perder de vista que el estudio de la historia sigue siendo, fundamentalmente, el estudio de las sociedades. El espacio social, que es ...

Introduccion al análisis contable de la empresa

curso práctico

Los conceptos básicos para la interpretación de las cuentas anuales constituyen el contenido fundamental de esta obra, que incluye una colección estructurada de casos prácticos, acompañados de las correspondientes orientaciones teóricas. El libro se centra en el análisis de la inversión y financiación, en el ...

Ley Concursal

Elaborado por el B.O.E.

US combat engineer 1941-45

At its peak in World War II, the United States Army contained over 700 engineer battalions, along with numerous independent brigades and regiments. The specialized soldiers of the Engineers were tasked with a wide variety of crucially important tasks including river bridging, camouflage, airfield construction ...

La falta de libertad interna en el consentimiento matrimonial

tratamiento jurisprudencial

"La falta de libertad interna en el consentimiento matrimonial. Tratamiento Jurisprudencial" constituye un estudio de la Jurisprudencia, tanto del Tribunal de la Sagrada Rota Romana, como del Tribunal de la Rota de la Nunciatura Apostólica en España, como de Tribunales inferiores, relativa a la nulidad ...

Innovación curricular en los posgrados empresariales

diseño por competencias

ÍNDICE: Prólogo.- Presentación.- I. Perspectiva histórica. 1. Contexto histórico y evolución de la educación universitaria de posgrado en Argentina. 2. Acerca de los posgrados empresariales. 3. Nuevos enfoques curriculares. 4. Creación del Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior. 5. Origen del Espacio Común de Enseñanza Superior ...