Monetary Union

the European Union as a neo-liberal construction

This volume presents a radical reinterpretation of the European Community or Union as a neo-liberal construction. It was neo- liberal rather than classically liberal because it was designed and used as an external instrument to weaken the interventionist welfare state that protected working people and ...

International trade and agriculture

The principles of mutual recognition in the european integration process

Mutual Recognition (MR) implies that each Member State is free to use the standards for production it prefers but cannot inhibit the import from other Member States lawfully using other standards, unless justified by emergency reasons. The home country rule then prevails on the host ...

Russia in the 21st Century

the prodigal superpower

This book demonstrates that Russia intends to re-emerge as a full fledged superpower before 2010 that would challenge America and China and potentially threaten a new arms race. Contrary to conventional wisdom, this goal is easily within the Kremlin's grasp, but the cost to ...

Business clusters

an international perspective

Clusters of specialized businesses are being promoted around the world, aided by high-profile examples such as Silicon Valley. Using evidence from high and low income economies and detailed case-studies that show the special conditions behind successful clusters, this book is aimed at students of business ...

The handbook of international corporate governance

a definitive guide

La constitución destituyente de Europa

razones para otro debate constitucional

Invasiones, alianzas y revoluciones han ido forjando una peculiar forma de convivencia en Europa. El espanto de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, unido a los avances sociales, alumbra un proyecto de cooperación entre Estados que ya supera el medio siglo. Los primeros pasos fraguan en el ...

World out of balance

navigating global risks to seize competitive advantage

Towards a labour market in China

Combining remarkable economic transition and dynamic growth, China may well have the most fascinating economy in the world. Over the period of economic reform China has moved from an administered labour system towards the creation of a labour market. The scale of this transformation, involving ...

Ending global poverty

a guide to what works

Two out of every three people in the world live on less than two dollars a day. This is a grim statistic but hundreds of millions of people are breaking free from poverty with the help of grass-roots programs and organizations funded by regular people ...

Public expenditure control in Europe

coordinating audit functions in the European Union

Technological change plays a crucial role in realizing energy efficiency improvements and, therefore, in ameliorating the conflict between economic growth and environmental quality. However, the diffusion of new technologies can prove a costly and lengthy process, meaning that many firms do not invest in best-practice ...

Economía china

su prospectiva en los bloques del siglo XXI

La irrupción de la demanda china de bienes y servicios en los mercados mundiales es una señal clara de que el eje económico mundial comienza a desplazarse hacia el Lejano Oriente bajo los impulsos del colosal desarrollo económico de esa Nación. Para Carlos García Martínez ...

La cooperación internacional con los pueblos indígenas

desarrollo y derechos humanos

¿Cómo se define a los pueblos indígenas? ¿Qué derechos específicos tienen? ¿Cuál es su situación actual? ¿Cuáles sus perspectivas de futuro? ¿Cómo se conjuga el respeto a sus tradiciones con las normas de los Estados en los que habitan? Éste es el primer libro publicado ...

The rise of spanish multinationals

european business in the global economy

Since 1992, Spanish companies in a variety of industries have acquired a prominent presence in the global economy, especially in Latin America and Europe. Companies such as Telefónica, Banco Santander, Repsol-YPF and Inditex (the owner of the Zara brand) have catapulted themselves to become major ...

China's Rise in Asia

promises and perils

China's rapid military and economic growth has fuelled a steady stream of analysis and debate about the PRC's motivations and objectives regarding the United States. Yet until now, there has not been a sustained, single-authored assessment in English of China's expanding influence ...

Repensar los Estados Unidos

para una sociología del hiperpoder

Tendencias de la cooperación para el desarrollo y futuro de las ONGD

Lecturas de integración económica

la Unión Europea

La integración de las economías europeas hasta llegar a la fase actual de la Unión Económica y Monetaria (UEM) ha sido el hecho más significativo de la postguerra en nuestro continente. De ahí, el interés e importancia de este manual, en el que se recogen ...

El mediterráneo en la Unión Europea ampliada

INDICE: Descubrir el mediterráneo. Nuevo valor estratégico del mediterráneo en la Unión Europea ampliada. La custión chipriota. Diversidad religiosa ¿ choque cultural?. Solidaridad grupal e individualismo universal: un conflicto entre culturas. Mitos, leyes de extranjería y migraciones internacionales en el mediterráneo. Las relaciones de la UE ...

La contratación internacional

INDICE: La negociación de contratos internacionacionales. El marco de la contratación internacional. Las condiciones de entrega internacional de mercancías y los incoterms 2000. La compraventa internacional: Parte General. La compraventa internacional: recepción de la mercancías, aspectos financieros y jurídicos. El contrato de agencia comercial internacional ...