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Dimensiones del diálogo americano contemporáneo sobre la familia en la época colonial

Eds. Francisco Chacón Jiménez y Ana Vera Estrada. Dimensiones del diálogo americano contemporáneo sobre la familia en la época colonial, es el último libro de la colección Familia, élite de poder, historia social de Editum, y ha sido editado por Francisco Chacón Jiménez y Ana ...

Customary international Law

a new theory with practical applications

Customary international law, although long recognized as a primary source of international law, remains replete with enigmas, both conceptual and practical. These include how to determine the existence of opinio juris, the function of the state practice requirement, the definition of jus cogens customary norms ...

Managing the public sector

Combining the most current public management thinking and research with examples of how public executives and organizations apply these ideas, MANAGING THE PUBLIC SECTOR, International Edition is a comprehensive introduction to the field of public management. The Ninth Edition continues to engage the student's ...

Formación para la inclusión laboral de personas con discapacidad intelectual

Coords. Sara de Miguel Badesa, Rosario Cerrillo Martín. La situación de las personas con discapacidad intelectual ha variado positivamente. Europa avanza hacia una nueva consideración que traslada la discapacidad y la intervención pasiva (persona objeto de intervención) a un papel activo (persona con derechos). Este ...

The Oxford History of Western Music

The Oxford History of Western Music is a magisterial survey of the traditions of Western music by one of the most prominent and provocative musicologists of our time. This text illuminates, through a representative sampling of masterworks, those themes, styles, and currents that give shape ...

International perspectives on the goals of university basic and secondary education

Edited by Joel E. Cohen and Martin B. Malin. Although universal schooling has been adopted as a goal by international organizations, bilateral aid agencies, national governments, and non- profit organizations, little sustained international attention has been devoted to the purposes or goals of universal education ...

Political Economies of the Aegean Bronze Age

Papers from the Langford Conference, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 22-24 February 2007

Ed. Daniel J. Pullen. This volume brings together an international group of researchers to address how Mycenaean and Minoan states controlled the economy. The contributions, originally delivered at the 2007 Langford Conference at the Florida State University, examine the political economies of state (and pre-state ...

Natural Law liberalism

Liberal political philosophy and natural law theory are not contradictory, but - properly understood - mutually reinforcing. Contemporary liberalism (as represented by Rawls, Guttman and Thompson, Dworkin, Raz, and Macedo) rejects natural law and seeks to diminish its historical contribution to the liberal political tradition, but it ...

European Union Law for international business

an introduction

Written specifically for exporters and those without legal training, this book is an introduction to the business laws of the European Union that need to be understood by those operating outside the EU. It is a practical guide to the regulatory and procedural issues that ...

Chinese business Law

Ed. Yuanshi Bu. Thanks to China's place in the world economic system, Chinese law sparks great interest among foreign readers. For practitioners, it is important to keep track of new legal developments which give rise to practical questions, and for business activities to comply ...

Entre hombres

masculinidades del siglo XIX en América Latina

Propuesta de una lectura sexo-genérica del siglo XIX que busca deconstruir el carácter aparentemente homogéneo de la fraternidad letrada, desvelando la masculinidad como constructo cultural y performativo.

La responsividad ética

Este libro ofrece una aproximación peculiar y sugerente para la comprensión de la relación interhumana en términos éticos. La responsividad ética se ofrece como punto de encuentro para algunos de los planteamientos teóricos de la ética del cuidado, de la ética levinasiana y de la ...

Capitals of capital

the rise and fall of international financial centres, 1780-2009

This is the first history of international financial centres and of the major stake that they now represent in the global economy. Youssef Cassis, one of the world#s leading financial historians, provides a fascinating comparative history of the most important centres that constitute the ...

Theories of Nationalism

a critical introduction

This widely-used and acclaimed text provides a comprehensive and balanced introduction to the main theoretical perspectives on nationalism. The fully-updated 2nd edition includes expanded coverage of recent theories and debates, more systematic critical assesment of all traditions, and boxes on key thinkers. Biography: UMUT OZKIRIMLI ...