La herencia soviética

la comunidad de estados independientes y los problemas sucesorios

Las consecuencias de la desintegración de la Unión Soviética han sido extraordinariamente intensas no sólo en Europa sino también en el resto del mundo. La desaparición de un actor estratégico de primer orden, como fue la URSS durante más de cincuenta años, y, con ella ...

Berlusconi's shadow

crime, justice and the pursuit of power

As one of the first investigative journalists to publicly question Berlusconi's fitness for government, Economist writer David Lane sparked an uproar in Italy. Now, after years of research and using many unique documents and material, including numerous in-depth interviews with senior magistrates, top lawyers ...

Free world

why a crisis of the West reveals the opportunity of our time

Britain may not be divided physically, but it lives culturally, economically and socially in a constant tension between Europe and America. And it's divided politically between a Right which argues that our place is with America, not Europe, and a Left which claims the ...

The fate of the nation state

Are Nation-states obsolete? Are multination states viable? Can we really create powerful supranational institutions? These are the questions that celebrated authors and specialists attempt to answer in this important collection of articles. The work contains theoretical essays and case studies by philosophers, sociologists, political scientists ...

Anti-fascism and memory in East Germany

remembering the International Brigades, 1945-1989

AntiFascism and Memory in East Germany sheds new light on the legacy of the Spanish Civil War, the way in which societies remember, and the nature of state socialism. It combines cultural, social, and political history to examine the ways in which the legacy of ...

Developments in the European Union 2

Bringing together specially- commissioned chapters by leading authorities and rigorously edited for coherence and accessibility, this all-new replacement for Developments in the European Union provides state-of-the-art coverage of the EU as it expands and reconstitutes itself in the early Twenty-first-century. Ranging broadly across the economic ...

European Union enlargement

Since its first enlargement in 1973, expansion has become a way of life for the EU. The current round of enlargement is, however, unprecedented in its scale, in the diversity of applicants, and in the impact on EU structures and policies. This major new text ...

Le nouvel état de l'Europe

les idées-forces pour comprendre les nouveaux enjeux de l'Union

L#Europe est décidément à l#ordre du jour. Alors que l#Union vient de s#ouvrir à dix nouveaux pays, en majorité issus de l#ex-bloc soviétique, les élections pour le renouvellement du Parlement européen auront souligné l#insuffisance des débats portant sur l ...

Avoiding responsability

the politics and discourse of european development policy

Post-colonial European politics have undergone a profound shift. Constructing an intellectual history of European development discourse, this book brings together post-structuralist and critical approaches to understanding development. Nathalie Karagiannis takes full advantage of the latest writings on political and social theory, showing how theory might ...

La ilusión constitucional

una crítica del proyecto de la convención y razones para una Europa alternativa

Este libro pretende ofrecer al lector una serie de reflexiones críticas sobre el proceso constituyente europeo y, más específicamente, sobre la <> que hay detrás del Proyecto de la Convención. Desde diversas perspectivas y ámbitos de actuación política y social, los textos de Antonio Cantaro, Jorge ...

El Día de Europa. Las transformaciones de la Unión Europea

la ampliación y la Convención Europea: Actas de las II Jornadas en conmemoración del Día de Europa de la Universidad Pontificia Comillas de Madrid. Madrid, 8 y 9 de mayo de 2003

Europe

an unfinished adventure

More than ever before, our conflict-ridden, drifting planet needs the qualities that Europe, unique among the continents, has developed in more than two millennia of history: its self-criticism, its urge to self-transcendence, exploration and experiment, its conviction that alternative and better forms of human togetherness ...

Valores básicos de la identidad europea

Conscientes de la vigencia y extrema actualidad del debate, en esta publicación los autores plantean cuáles son los valores, principios y creencias que constituyen la identidad europea como un pilar básico para seguir impulsando y mejorando la Unión Europea.

Access to social Europe

guide to community legislation and programmes

This volume provides coverage of major aspects of EU social policy and has frequent references to key legislation and proposals. Each chapter contains the full text of the legislation mentioned within it.

A Constitution for the European Union

The leaders of European Union member states have declared that a European constitution should take "a clear, open, effective, democratically controlled Community approach." Their goal -- that within the Union, "European institutions should be brought closer to its citizens" -- raises many questions about implementation. What is ...

The European Union encyclopedia and directory 2005

This nine volume set of regularly revised titles provides in-depth analysis of all the regions of the world.

Draft treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe as approved by the Intergovernmental Conference on 18 june 2004

Tratado por el que se establece una Constitución para Europa

El presente volumen recoge el Tratado por el que se establece un Constitución para Europa, adoptado de común acuerdo el 18 de junio de 2004 por los jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de los veinticinco Estados miembros de la Unión Europea. El texto va ...

God willing?

political fundamentalism in the White House, the "War on terror", and the echoing press

In the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush and his administration offered a 'political fundamentalism' that capitalized upon the fear felt by many Americans. Political fundamentalism is the adaptation of a conservative religious worldview, via strategic language choices and communication ...

La república islámica de Irán

dinámicas sociopolíticas y relevo de las élites

Entender la situación de la República Islámica de Irán, cuando se cumplen veinticinco años de la revolución que le dio origen, obliga a profundizar en su vida sociopolítica para reconsiderar falsas evidencias y esclarecer algunas claves de explicación. El eje en torno al cual se ...