Avances y retos de la cooperación española

reflexiones para una década

El libro aborda también los retos pendientes de la cooperación ante la pervivencia de grandes niveles de pobreza y desigualdad. Con prólogo del Ministro de Asuntos Exteriores y de Cooperación y con la presencia de Leire Pajín, Secretaria de Estado de Cooperación Internacional.

Giving

how each of us can change the world

Here, from Bill Clinton, is a call to action. Giving is an inspiring look at how each of us can change the world. First, it reveals the extraordinary and innovative efforts now being made by companies and organizations and by individuals - to solve problems and ...

Objetivos de desarrollo del Milenio

una responsabilidad cimpartida

En este libro se recogen las intervenciones que tuvieron lugar en el seminario #Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio. Una responsabilidad compartida# celebrado en Madrid, en mayo de 2005, bajo el auspicio del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y de Cooperación y organizado por la Fundación Carolina ...

The white man's burden

why the west's efforts to aid the rest have done so much ill and so little good

We are all aware of the extreme hunger and poverty that afflict the world's poor. We hear the facts, see the images on television, buy the T-shirt and are moved as individuals and governments to dig deep into our pockets. Yet what happens to ...

Anuario Asia Pacífico 2006

Tercera edición del Anuario Asia#Pacífico, una obra que pretende servir como una herramienta útil a los lectores de habla hispana para comprender la actualidad de un continente con un peso creciente en las dinámicas globales. Ofrece, una vez más, un espacio preeminente destinado a ...

Building capacity through financial management

a practical guide

Much has been written about capacity building but little on how to use financial management to build capacity. Donors are increasingly requiring their non-profit beneficiaries to have sound financial systems before they will provide funds. This guide provides an overview of financial management and the ...

China en África, ¿ayuda o arrasa?

perspectivas africanas sobre la irrupción del gigante asiático y sus consecuencias

entrada de China en África genera debate y confusión. ¿Es China la última de los explotadores de los ricos recursos naturales de África, que antepone sus intereses económicos a los humanitarios y ecológicos, o por el contrario es un ejemplo más de la solidaridad sur-sur ...

España en Europa-Europa en España (1986-2006)

Esta publicación tiene por objetivo ofrecer un balance de los primeros veinte años de pertenencia de España a la Unión Europea. El análisis se basa en el concepto de #europeización#, una formulación objeto de creciente atención por parte de los estudiosos del proceso de integración ...

Turquía

la apuesta por Europa

Aunque el debate en torno a los límites del rígido laicismo turco ha resurgido con fuerza en épocas recientes, ésta es sólo una de las cuestiones de un momento de transformación mucho más amplio y con muchas más implicaciones. El debate va más allá y ...

The european economy since 1945

coordinated capitalism and beyond

In 1945, many Europeans still heated with coal, cooled their food with ice, and lacked indoor plumbing. Today, things could hardly be more different. Over the second half of the twentieth century, the average European's buying power tripled, while working hours fell by a ...

Economic government of the EU

a balance sheet of new modes of policy coordination

The creation of Monetary Union marked a major step in the evolution of the European Union. Is the EU now taking the next step of deeper integration towards a fully-fledged economic government? The book seeks to answer this question by studying the evolution, execution and ...

Fundamentos económicos de la Unión Europea

El libro tiene como propósito fundamental el estudio de la economía de dicha área sin por ello descuidar las vertientes históricas y jurídicas puesto que todas ellas forman parte de un mismo proceso. La construcción europea es un fenómeno de singular relieve cuyo estudio concita ...

Regulatory quality in Europe

concepts, measures and policy processes

The European Union and its member states are investing in ambitious programmes for # better regulation# and targets of regulatory quality. This book lifts the veil of excessively optimistic propositions covering the whole better regulation agenda. It provides an innovative conceptual framework to handle the political ...

The economics of European Union

This distinctive textbook combines comprehensive coverage of the key policy areas of the European Union with analysis of individual countries, including the recent accession countries and Turkey. Part I analyzes the economic bases for the rise of the European Union from its origins in the ...

Europe in figures 2006-07

Europe in figures # Eurostat yearbook 2006-07 # presents a comprehensive selection of statistical data on the European Union, its Member States and candidate countries. Most data cover the period 1995#2005 and some data include other countries such as the USA and Japan. With almost 400 ...

Europe as an economic powerhouse

how the old continent is gaining new strength

Europe as an Economic Powerhouse asserts that Europe's economic performance is far below its true potential. Europe's twin challenges today are to overcome obstacles to meeting its fundamental objectives and to strengthen the economy in the face of increasing internal and external pressures ...

Ecological economics and industrial ecology

a case study of the integrated product policy of the European Union

Holistic in approach and rooted in the real world, "Ecological Economics and Industrial Ecology" presents a new way of looking at environmental policy; exploring the relationship between ecological economics and industrial ecology. Concentrating on the conceptual background of ecological economics and industrial ecology, this book ...

Posibilidades de la teleformación en el espacio europeo de educación superior

La humanidad ha pasado por diferentes revoluciones tecnológicas, que a grandes rasgos han ido desde la agrícola y artesanal, a la industrial, postindustrial y de la información o del conocimiento. Esta última podemos definirla citando lo comentado por la Comisión Sociedad Información (2003): un estadio ...

Building states without society

European Union enlargement and the transfer of EU social policy to Poland and Hungary

Focusing on the 2004 enlargement of the European Union, "Building States without Society" highlights the real limits of cross-national rule transfer even when power is uneven between rule-makers and rule- takers.

The Euroepan Union and culture

between economic regulation and european cultural policy

"The European Union and Culture" explains how and why the European Union has started to intervene in the cultural policy sector - understood here as the public policies aimed at supporting and regulating the arts and cultural industries. It is the first comprehensive and theoretically informed ...