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Presidentialism, parliamentarism, and democracy

This book addresses the following question: why are presidential democracies more likely to break down than parliamentary ones Conventional wisdom among political scientists pointS to the incentives generated by the form of government itself; the independence of the executive and legislature that defines presidentialism generates ...

J. S. Mill's political thought

a bicentennial reassessment

The year 2006 marked the two hundredth anniversary of John Stuart Mill's birth. Though his philosophical reputation has varied greatly, it is now clear that Mill ranks among the most influential modern political thinkers. Despite his enduring influence, the breadth and complexity of Mill ...

The global workplace

international and comparative employment Law-cases and materials

With the forces of globalization as a backdrop, this casebook develops labor and employment law in the context of the national laws of nine countries important to the global economy - the US, Canada, Mexico, UK, Germany, France, China, Japan and India. These national jurisdictions are ...

Public private partnerships

principles of policy and finance

This book reviews the PPP policy framework and development from an international perspective. It covers public- and private-sector financial analysis, structuring and investment in PPPs. No prior knowledge of project financing is required. Over the last decade or so, private-sector financing through public-private partnerships (PPPs ...

Paisajes fortificados de la Edad del Hierro

las murallas protohistóricas de la meseta y la vertiente atlántica en su contexto europeo. Actas del coloquio celebrado en la Casa de Velázquez (Octubre de 2006)

INDICE: Las fortificaciones prrotohistóricas de la Hispania céltica:Cuestiones a debate.Luis Berrocal-Rangel y Pierre Moret. Las fortificaciones tartésicas en el Suroeste peninsular.Martín Almagro- Gorbea y Mariano Torres. Las fortificaciones coloniales en la Península Ibérica:de los modelos orientales a los sistemas púnico-helenísticos.Fernando ...

The First World War

The First World War shattered empires and ended the era of European dominance in World History - not at all the outcome expected by those involved in the conflict. Those nations who took part in the First World War did so with the aim of being ...

Franco contra los masones

La masonería obsesionó a Franco hasta su muerte y casi logró enloquecerle. Tanto es así que durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial el Generalísimo recibía informes a diario de una espía conocida como A. de S. Esta agente infiltrada en Portugal le ponía al corriente de ...

Human capital

how what you know shapes your life

The world's economy is changing. Globalisation means jobs move from country to country, while computers and advanced communications are changing the way business works - and the sort of work we do. Today, the value of skilled, complex and creative work is growing fast. As ...

Identity and religion in Palestine

the struggle between islamism and secularism in the occupied territories

This remarkable book examines how the Islamist movement and its competition with secular-nationalist factions have transformed the identities of ordinary Palestinians since the first Palestinian uprising, or intifada, of the late 1980s. Drawing upon his years living in the region and more than eighty in-depth ...

Branding governance

a participatory approach to the brand building process

"Branding Governance" challenges traditional thinking on brands. Bestselling author Nicholas Ind and cross-cultural communications expert Rune Bjerke expose the flaws in a marketing-led approach to brand- building, and offer in its place a highly-participative, organization- wide process that delivers fulfillment to employees and value to ...

Ejercicios negativos

marginalia al breviario de podredumbre

En la obra de Cioran, los Ejercicios negativos marcan una diferencia a la vez que mantienen una continuidad, tendiendo así un puente entre dos épocas de una vida y de una escritura. Estos ejercicios son el germen de Breviario de podredumbre, son el preludio y ...

More sex is safer sex

the unconventional wisdom of economics

With his long-running 'Everyday Economics' column in Slate and his popular book, ifs20 The Armchair Economisti0fs18 , Steve Landsburg has been leading the pack of economists who are transforming their science from a drab meditation on graphs and charts into a fascinating window on human nature ...

Greek historical inscriptions, 404-323 BC

This volume is a successor to the second volume of M. N. Tod's Selection of Greek Historical Inscriptions (OUP, 1948). It provides an up-to-date selection - with introduction, Greek texts, English translations, and commentaries which cater for the needs of today's students - of inscriptions ...

Les Sciences Sociales en mutation

Le nombre de chercheurs en sciences humaines et sociales a explosé depuis les années 60. Cette évolution quantitative est d'une importance considérable avant tout en raison du lien étroit existant entre ces disciplines et la démocratie : les dictatures, les régimes totalitaires, mais aussi le ...

Walter Benjamin

historia de una amistad

Los años de aprendizaje, las primeras decepciones y un enfrentamiento dispar con una tradición cultural idéntica -el judaísmo asimilado-, constituyen el tejido de recuerdos que configura la memoria de una época fundamental de la cultura europea.

Grecia

El presente volumen ofrece una mirada a todo el periodo de la Grecia clásica, ofreciendo interpretaciones del significado y el propósito, el origen y las influencias, de cada una de las piezas. Todo ello organizado en una serie de apartados temáticos: los personajes, los poderes ...

China

Esta obra reúne las diferentes facetas de la cultura china ofreciendo interpretaciones del significado y el propósito, el origen y las influencias, de cada una de las piezas. Todo ello organizado en una serie de apartados temáticos: los personajes, los poderes y la vida pública ...

Living with Darwin

evolution, design, and the future of faith

Recent debates about Intelligent Design have brought into high relief the huge schism between those who believe in Darwin and the power of science to understand the world, and those who look through the prism of religious faith. Why, asks eminent philosopher Philip Kitcher, does ...

Christ killers

the jews and the Passion from the Bible to the big screen

The New Testament accounts of Jesus' crucifixion have stood at the bedrock of Christianity since it's birth in the 1st century, and they remain among the essential foundations of Western culture in the 21st. These Gospel narratives of the Passion - the arrest, trial, scourging ...

The Oxford Bible commentary

The Oxford Bible Commentary is an exciting new ecumenical verse-by-verse commentary on the whole Bible, including all the books of the Apocrypha, for use by Christians, Jews, and members of other religious traditions, or of none. 1.5 million words long, it has been written ...