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Conservation in the age of consensus

This new text on the subject of conservation in the built environment provides a unique holistic view on the understanding of the practice of conservation connecting it with wider societal and political forces. UK practice is used as a means, along with international examples, for ...

Armas contra las guerras. Vol.2

Lo que no te han contado sobre la guerra de Rusia y Georgia, la OTAN y el fraude del escudo antimisiles

Contiene: T.2: Lo que no te han contado sobre la guerra de Rusia y Georgia, la OTAN y el fraude del escudo antimisiles. Capítulo 1 El contexto histórico y geopolítico: 6 Capítulo 2 Guerra en Osetia del Sur. El bandido grita ¡al ladrón! La ...

De la ciudad antigua a la cosmópolis

Ed., Francisco Jarauta; Auts., Joseph Rykwert...[et al.] La ciudad constituye el horizonte, la forma de vida de las sociedades contemporáneas. A lo largo de los dos últimos siglos, desde los inicios de la Revolución Industrial, las ciudades han sufrido transformaciones cualitativas. Recorrer la historia ...

El trabajo social en España

una profesión para la democracia

En este trabajo se presenta un análisis crítico del desarrollo del Trabjo Social como disciplina y como profesión en el último cuarto del siglo XX, momento histórico en que adquiere relevancia pública al compás de la construcción de la democracia y del Estado de Bienestar ...

Mujer y varón

¿misterio o autoconstrucción?

Auts., Begoña García Zapata...[et al.] Este libro se ha editado con motivo de la celebración del Congreso Internacional sobre Mujer y Vida y aborda la llamada "ideología de género"; según ésta ser hombre o mujer depende sólo de la voluntad, para lo cual se ...

Gender politics in the expanding European Union

mobilization, inclusion, exclusion

Ed. Silke Roth. Since 2004, after bringing their legislation into accordance with EU regulations, twelve more countries joined the European Union. The contributors to this volume assess the impact of this historical development on gender relations in the new and old EU member states. Instead ...

Innovations in investment management

cutting-edge research from the exclusive JOIM conference series

Innovations in Investment Management is a collection of papers presented at the 2006 Journal Of Investment Management Conference Series. Prominent authors and experts in the field provide the reader with a wide framework of cutting-edge research. The book spans a variety of topics including hedge ...

Escrito en España

Edición y estudio introductorio, Jordi Gracia. Índice: Prólogo para un largo manifiesto, por Jordi Gracia. Escrito en España, por Dionisio Ridruejo. Apéndice Documental (1960-1966)

París, capital de la modernidad

Trad., José María Amoroto Salido. Contiene ilustraciones. París ha sido una de las ciudades más influyentes del mundo, pero durante los días del Segundo Imperio constituyó el prototipo de la modernidad tal como ésta ha sido codificada canónicamente. Durante el periodo que transcurre entre las ...

The prince

a 52 brilliant ideas interpretation by Tim Phillips

Machiavelli based "The Prince" on his profound understanding of human nature. This short treatise on Renaissance statecraft and power has been controversial and inspiring since its first publication nearly 500 years ago. Machiavelli's analysis of the ways men seize, retain, and lose power represented ...

The way to wealth

a 52 brilliant ideas interpretation by Steve Shipside

Since the first publication of "The Way to Wealth" in the 1750s millions of aspiring entrepreneurs have used Benjamin Franklin's advice to create and maintain profitable businesses. Many of its maxims and proverbs have become part of the fabric of western society: "Early to ...

La imagen de Andalucía en el arte del siglo XX

Contiene ilustraciones. La investigación sobre Andalucía y el arte del XIX, que presentamos en este volumen, analiza cómo se configuró la proyección artística de lo andaluz en Europa, a partir de su inclusión como protagonista de dibujos, acuarelas, pinturas y fotografías. La especial fascinación por ...

Bloody nations

moral dilemmas for Nations, States and international relations

The dominance of nationalism as ideology and the resurgence of nationalist and ethnic conflict since the end of the Cold War, demands further analysis of the complex interplay between nation, state, sovereignty and self determination. Placing the phenomenon of nationalism squarely within the continuing modernist ...

Compliance in the enlarged European Union

living rights or dead letters?

This book offers a rigorous empirical and theoretical analysis of an important dimension of European integration - the implementation of EU legislation and its effect in the wake of the accession of ten new member states to the EU in 2004. The authors concentrate on the ...

Driving offences

Law, policy and practice

This volume examines general driving offences, concentrating on those which punish risk-taking whilst driving, with the primary goal of increasing road safety. The focus is particularly on careless driving, dangerous driving, drink-driving and speeding, with a comparative approach incorporated into the discussion. Drawing on legal ...

Electronic commerce and international private Law

a study of electronic consumer contracts

"Electronic Consumer Contracts and International Private Law" is concerned with international private law rules for electronic consumer contacts. It deals with three key areas of consumer protection - firstly the maximization of consumer protection via the consumer's jurisdiction and law, and secondly by proposing that ...

Law's task

the tragic circle of Law, justice and human suffering

What is the ultimate task of law? This deceptively simple question guides this volume towards a radically original philosophical interpretation of law and justice. Weaving together the philosophical, jurisprudential and ethical problems suggested by the general terms thinking, human suffering, legal meaning, time and tragedy ...

Masculinity in the Modern West

gender, civilization and the body

Across the Western world #crisis# is the word most commonly used to describe the state of masculinity today, but how new is this idea? Can we identify a time when masculinity was actually stable and secure? Masculinity in the Modern West engages with these questions ...

Planning for freedom

let the market system work: a collection of essays and addresses

In this anthology, Mises offers an articulate and accessible introduction to and critique of two topics he considers especially important: inflation and government interventionism. According to Mises, inflation, that is monetary expansion, is destructive; it destroys savings and investment, which are the basis for production ...

Crime, procedure and evidence in a comparative and international context

essays in honour of Professor Mirjan Damaska

This book aims to honour the work of Professor Mirjan Damaska, Sterling Professor of Law at Yale Law School and a prominent authority for many years in the fields of comparative law, procedural law, evidence, international criminal law and continental legal history. Professor Damaska's ...