America's deadliest export

democracy - the truthabout us foreign policy and everything else

A fireball of terse information.' Oliver Stone 'A remarkable collection. Blum concentrates on matters of great current significance, and does not pull his punches. They land, backed with evidence and acute analysis.' Noam Chomsky For over sixty-five years, the United States war machine has been ...

One state

the only democratic future for Palestine-Israel

Palestine has been under attack for three quarters of a century. The 'peace process' that has favoured the two-state solution for more than forty years has now been internationally exposed as masking the expansion of Israel's apartheid regime. 75 years ago, Ghada Karmi and ...

Análisis de políticas públicas

enfoques y metodologías

La construcción de una autopista, las subvenciones a empresas, la mejora de la salud o la lucha contra la pobreza y la desigualdad son algunos ejemplos de las variadas iniciativas que emanan de las instituciones y que se articulan a través de procesos de decisión ...

Madrid, metrópolis (neo)fascista

vidas secretas, rutas de escape, negocios oscuros y violencia política (1939-1982)

De la mano de Pablo del Hierro redescubrimos un Madrid que actuó como centro de negocios oscuros a menudo vinculados al mundo del arte, como refugio seguro para jerarcas fascistas donde la naciente justicia internacional no se aplicaba, como nodo de las rutas de escape ...

Una vida a larga distancia

Memorias de un juez y político independiente

Las memorias de Juan Alberto Belloch: un hombre excepcional inmerso en tiempos extraordinarios. La influencia de su madre -mujer de carácter adelantada a su tiempo-, y de su padre -intelectual liberal de linaje republicano- forjaron en Juan Alberto Belloch el deseo de una independencia radical ...

Contemporary United States

democracy at the crossroads

This sixth edition of a well-established introduction to life in the United States covers everything from US politics, society and culture, to the country's history, economy and place on the world stage. With extensive use of empirical data and illustrative material, Contemporary United States ...

Nuclear Russia

the atom in Russian politics and culture

In the first cultural and political history of the Russian nuclear age, Paul Josephson describes the rise of nuclear physics in the USSR, the enthusiastic pursuit of military and peaceful nuclear programs through the Chernobyl disaster and the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the ...

The left in China

a political cartography

'Does a great service by shifting our attention to the oppositional movements of Chinese workers, peasants, students, and women who have contested inequality and exploitation' - Manfred Elfstrom Tracing the history of left-wing, subversive and oppositional forces in the People's Republic of China over the ...

Colonialismo energético

Territorios de sacrificio para la transición energética corporativa en España, México, Noruega y el Sáhara Occidental

Asistimos a un incremento de megaproyectos eólicos y fotovoltaicos, cuyo vertiginoso despliegue sobre grandes extensiones de territorios ha despertado movilizaciones y resistencias de zonas rurales y grupos ecologistas en España, y de pueblos indígenas en México, en el Sáhara Occidental y en Noruega. Estos casos ...

One state

the only democratic future for Palestine-Israel

Palestine has been under attack for three quarters of a century. The 'peace process' that has favoured the two-state solution for more than forty years has now been internationally exposed as masking the expansion of Israel's apartheid regime. 75 years ago, Ghada Karmi and ...

Historia de los procesos de paz en Colombia (1982-2022)

élites políticas, fuerzas militares, guerrillas y paramilitarismo

El siguiente libro es resultado de casi una década de trabajo de campo en Colombia y exhibe, como rasgo particular, una muy alta proximidad con los actores más relevantes del conflicto armado más longevo, violento y complejo de todo el continente latinoamericano. A través de ...

America's deadliest export

democracy - the truthabout us foreign policy and everything else

A fireball of terse information.' Oliver Stone 'A remarkable collection. Blum concentrates on matters of great current significance, and does not pull his punches. They land, backed with evidence and acute analysis.' Noam Chomsky For over sixty-five years, the United States war machine has been ...

Ideología de género y democracia

reflexiones críticas

En la sociedad actual, la polémica sobre la “Ideología de género” (IG) ha adquirido una intensidad visceral, que se refleja en el debate político, en los medios de comunicación social, y en la misma sociedad civil. En su despliegue legal, ha tenido unas graves consecuencias ...

How to rule your own country

the weird and wonderful world of micronations

Many people think they can do a better job running a country than politicians - but few actually give it a go. What happens when political disagreement pushes to the point of no return? When a person has a dream of what their ideal country would ...

Politics and society in contemporary Europe

a concise introduction

What constitutes Europe today? Is there an identifiable European culture that transcends state boundaries? How do the various national political, economic, and social structures and institutions work? To what extent does the European Union influence policy in the region for members and nonmembers alike? Stephen ...

The politics of bad governance in contemporary Russia

In this book, Vladimir Gel'man considers bad governance as a distinctive politico-economic order that is based on a set of formal and informal rules, norms, and practices quite different from those of good governance. Some countries are governed badly intentionally because the political leaders ...

The untold story of the Golan Heights

occupation, colonization and Jawlani resistance

In 1967 Israel occupied the western section of Syria's Golan Heights, expelling 130,000 residents and leaving only a few thousand Arab inhabitants clustered in several villages. Sometimes characterised as the 'forgotten occupation', the western Golan Heights have been transformed by Israeli colonisation, including ...

Polar cousins

comparative perspectives on Antarctic and Arctic geostrategic futures

Geopolitics and climate change now have immediate consequences for national and international security interests across the Arctic and Antarctic. The world's polar regions are contested and strategically central to geopolitical rivalry. At the same time, rapid political, social, and environmental change presents unprecedented challenges ...

Mussolini's grandchildren

Fascism in contemporary Italy

'Fascinating and trenchant, this account of contemporary Italian neo-fascism is both original and shocking' - John Foot, historian The dominant force in Italian politics is Giorgia Meloni's Fratelli d'Italia - a party with a direct genealogy from Mussolini's regime. Surging to prominence in recent ...

De la responsabilidad de los ministros

Benjamin Constant publicó su opúsculo De la responsabilidad de los ministros en 1815. Existe una segunda edición de 1817. El texto apareció pocos meses después de la promulgación de la Carta constitucional de 4 de junio de 1814, llamada a regir en Francia tras la ...