Religion and the rise of capitalism

In one of the true classics of twentieth-century political economy, R. H. Tawney addresses the question of how religion has affected social and economic practices. He tracks the influence of religious thought on capitalist economy and ideology since the Middle Ages, shedding light on the ...

Populismos

una defensa de lo indefendible

Populismo es un insulto que se utiliza de forma sistemática para menospreciar a partidos de izquierda y de derecha por igual, y cuyos votantes son considerados poco menos que tarados. Este es sin embargo un fenómeno nuevo, pues históricamente el populismo albergaba las esperanzas de ...

Populismos

una defensa de lo indefendible

Populismo es un insulto que se utiliza de forma sistemática para menospreciar a partidos de izquierda y de derecha por igual, y cuyos votantes son considerados poco menos que tarados. Este es sin embargo un fenómeno nuevo, pues históricamente el populismo albergaba las esperanzas de ...

Teoria politica

Nuova serie. Annali V

El presente volumen de Teoría política se articula en cuatro secciones. La primera sección se titula El legislador, el gobernante y el juez: tres figuras del poder. Aborda el tema, clásico y siempre nuevo, de las figuras que tradicionalmente han encarnado las principales funciones públicas ...

Who is Charlie?

In the wake of the attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris on 7 January 2015, millions took to the streets to demonstrate their revulsion, expressing a desire to reaffirm the ideals of the French Republic: liberte, egalite, fraternite. But who were the ...

Prospects for citizenship

Is citizenship in decline due to globalisation and an erosion of civic participation and democratic representation? Or is it merely transformed and extended to new levels and larger scales? Should we assess these challenges and changes primarily from a perspective of global justice, or consider ...

Extending experimentalist governance?

the European Union and transnational regulation

Extending Experimentalist Governance? takes as its point of departure three observations about the current state of transnational regulation within and beyond the EU: Across a wide and expanding range of policy fields, the EU has developed over the past 15 years a new architecture of ...

The Statesman's Yearbook 2016

the politics, cultures and economies of the world

This classic reference work presents a political, economic and social account of every country of the world together with facts and analysis. The 2016 edition includes: • Revised and updated biographical profiles of all current leaders • Extensive updates to country economic overviews • Expanded and updated historical ...

Prospects for citizenship

Is citizenship in decline due to globalisation and an erosion of civic participation and democratic representation? Or is it merely transformed and extended to new levels and larger scales? Should we assess these challenges and changes primarily from a perspective of global justice, or consider ...

Qatar

small State, big politics

The Persian Gulf state of Qatar has fewer than 2 million inhabitants, virtually no potable water, and has been an independent nation only since 1971. Yet its enormous oil and gas wealth has permitted the ruling al Thani family to exert a disproportionately large influence ...

Walter Benjamin

la vida que se cierra

El texto presta singular atención a tres materias relevantes: los sinsabores que acosaron a Benjamin en un exilio que se inició en 1933, la muerte trágica —aún hoy cargada de controversias— en Portbou en 1940, y la naturaleza de ese texto, las "Tesis sobre el ...

Teoría general del Estado

La teoría general del Estado de Kelsen, es, para muchos estudiosos, el más completo y mejor estructurado de sus libros. Sea o no acertado lo anterior, con seguridad es el más importante libro acerca del Estado que se haya escrito. Contesta, exhaustivamente, a la pregunta ...

Cultures of anyone

studies on cultural democratization in the spanish neoliberal crisis

Cultures of Anyone studies the emergence of collaborative and non-hierarchical cultures in the context of the Spanish economic crisis of 2008. It explains how peer-to-peer social networks that have arisen online and through social movements such as the Indignados have challenged a longstanding cultural tradition ...

The political marketing game

The Political Marketing Game identifies what works in political marketing - the rules of the game - showing politicians can choose to play the game to achieve change, not just win votes, because authenticity, values and vision are as much a part of a winning strategy as ...

E-voting case Law

a comparative analysis

E-voting is the use of electronic means in the casting of the vote at political elections or referendums. This book provides an overview of e-voting related case-law worldwide and explains how judicial decisions impact e-voting development. With contributions by renowned experts on thirteen countries, the ...

Atlas de historia crítica y comparada

El Atlas de Le Monde Diplomatique en español

A través de una selección de artículos sobre sucesos históricos que forman una parte de un mismo proceso, distribuidos en diez episodios, se examinan en el presente Atlas los aspectos más relevantes de la historia de los últimos doscientos años: las ideas liberales del XIX ...

The political theory of political thinking

the anatomy of a practice

This book is the first to explore systematically what it means to think 'politically'. Using detailed contemporary and historical material, and investigating both professional and 'amateur' forms of political thinking, this study challenges much accepted wisdom on the topic, arguing that it is to be ...

El peso de la identidad

mitos y ritos de la historia vasca

La historia contemporánea vasca exhibe un repertorio narrativo en el que pueden detectarse lenguajes, conceptos y relatos estrechamente vinculados a una memoria colectiva caracterizada por el sobredimensionamiento de la identidad territorial y de su peso en el pasado. Las inconsistencias de este repertorio de cara ...

El debate constitucional en el siglo XIX

ideología, oratoria y opinión pública

Este libro reflexiona desde una óptica interdisciplinar sobre los más decisivos textos y proyectos constitucionales que se sucedieron en el convulso siglo XIX, desde la primera Constitución española, promulgada en Cádiz el 19 de marzo de 1812, hasta la de 1876, dictada en plena restauración ...

The civic culture transformed

from Allegiant to assertive citizens