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El fondo de garantia salarial

El Fondo de Garantía Salarial (FOGASA) es un Organismo autónomo, adscrito al Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social y dotado de personalidad jurídica y capacidad de obrar para el cumplimiento de sus fines, que, de conformidad con los arts. 33 y 51.12 del Real ...

Introducción a la teoría literaria

Esta obra se estructura en dos partes: por un lado, se trata la definición de la literatura y de las disciplinas que la tienen como objeto de estudio; por otro se hace una presentación de las cuestiones propias de una descripción intrínseca de la literatura ...

La Edad Media

siglos V-XII

Este manual abarca el extenso período de casi diez siglos que media entre el inicio y final del mismo, siglo V al XII. Incide en la idea de explicar Europa occidental comprendiendo el continente asiático y el norte de África.

The last century of sea power.Vol. 1

from Port Arthur to Chanak, 1894-1922

The transition to modern war at sea began during the period of the Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895) and the Spanish-American War (1898) and was propelled forward rapidly by the advent of the dreadnought and the nearly continuous state of war that culminated in World War I ...

Microeconomía intermedia

análisis y comportamiento económico

Texto que cubre los cursos Microeconomía Intermedia y Teoría macroeconómica. Maneja tópicos tales como: ¿ Aplicaciones prácticas y recuadros para desarrollar el pensamiento como economista. ¿ Mayor énfasis en la teoría de los juegos. ¿ Mas ejemplos relacionados con los negocios.

The American Congress reader

Eds. Steven S. Smith, Jason M. Roberts, Ryan J. Vander Wielen. The American Congress Reader provides a supplement to the popular and newly updated American Congress undergraduate textbook. By the same authors who drew upon Capitol Hill experience and nationally recognized scholarship to present a ...

Third way reforms

social democracy after the Golden Age

This book examines the transformation of contemporary social democracy through the concept of 'third way' reforms in nine OECD countries.

Rethinking governance

the centrality of the State in modern society

Several problems plague contemporary thinking about governance. From the multiple definitions that are often vague and confusing, to the assumption that governance strategies, networks and markets represent attempts by weakening states to maintain control. Rethinking Governance questions this view and seeks to clarify how we ...

Democratic innovations

designing institutions for citizen participation

Can we design institutions that increase and deepen citizen participation in the political decision making process? At a time when there is growing disillusionment with the institutions of advanced industrial democracies, there is also increasing interest in new ways of involving citizens in the political ...

Adam Smith and the character of virtue

Recent years have witnessed a renewed debate over the costs at which the benefits of free markets have been bought. This book revisits the moral and political philosophy of Adam Smith, capitalism's founding father, to recover his understanding of the morals of the market ...

The evolution of international security studies

International Security Studies (ISS) has changed and diversified in many ways since 1945. This book provides the first intellectual history of the development of the subject in that period. It explains how ISS evolved from an initial concern with the strategic consequences of superpower rivalry ...

Diplomatic theory of international relations

Diplomacy does not take place simply between states but wherever people live in different groups. Paul Sharp argues that the demand for diplomacy, and the need for the insights of diplomatic theory, are on the rise. In contrast to conventional texts which use international relations ...

Political judgement

Eds. Richard Bourke, Raymond Geuss. From Plato to Max Weber, the attempt to understand political judgement took the form of a struggle to define the relationship between politics and morals. This book by leading international scholars in the fields of history, philosophy and politics restores ...

The Cambridge companion to Constant

Ed. Helena Rosenblatt. Benjamin Constant is widely regarded as a founding father of modern liberalism. The Cambridge Companion to Constant presents a collection of interpretive essays on the major aspects of his life and work by a panel of international scholars, offering a necessary overview ...

Measuring identity

a guide for social scientists

Eds. Rawi Abdelal...[et.al]. The concept of identity has become increasingly prominent in the social sciences and humanities. Analysis of the development of social identities is an important focus of scholarly research, and scholars using social identities as the building blocks of social, political ...

The political economy of economic growth in Africa 1960-2000. Volume I

Eds. Benno J. Ndulu...[et.al]. The first volume of a comprehensive analysis of the economic development of Sub- Saharan Africa, 1960-2000.

Capital accumulation and economic growth in a small open economy

Economic growth is an issue of primary concern to policy makers in both developed and developing economies. As a consequence, growth theory has long occupied a central role in economics. In this book, renowned growth theorist Stephen J. Turnovsky investigates the process of economic growth ...

Principles of conflict economics

a primer for social scientists

Conflict economics contributes to an understanding of violent conflict in two important ways. First, it applies economic analysis to diverse conflict activities such as war, arms races, and terrorism, showing how they can be understood as purposeful choices responsive to underlying incentives. Second, it treats ...

Urban labor economics

This book studies the links between urban economics and labor economics. Different models of urban labor economic theory are examined in the initial two parts of this book: first urban search-matching models and then urban efficiency wages. These models are then used to analyze urban ...

Sources of value

a practical guide to the art and science of valuation

Sources of Value is a comprehensive guide to financial decision making suitable for beginners as well as experienced practitioners. It treats financial decision making as both an art and a science and proposes a comprehensive approach through which companies can maximise their value. Beginners will ...