Making democratic citizens in Spain

civil society and the popular origins of the Transition, 1960-78

The book explores the grass-roots contribution of ordinary men and women to Spain's much-celebrated democratic transition of the 1970s, through the lens of their participation in civic associations founded under the dictatorship. In neighborhood, family and homemaker associations established in an expanding civil society ...

Credit treasury

a credit pricing guide in liquid and non-liquid markets

The recent financial crisis found its roots within the credit market and quickly broadened to all other asset classes. It rapidly became a crisis of the real economy and has caused a deep recession. We have learnt that healthy credit markets play a fundamental role ...

Real Estate economics

Economic explanations of real estate issues such as development, investment and policy-making are introduced in this text. It is written in a non-technical way, covering residential and commercial property markets, and includes empirical data, examples, case studies, market reports and summaries of latest research.

Economics of development

The 9th edition of Thirlwall's 'Economics of Development: Theory and Evidence' (formerly Growth and Development) represents the most thorough revision of this classic textbook to date. For nearly forty years, it has offered students a clear, comprehensive and rigorous overview of the economic aspects ...

A cross too heavy

Pope Pius XII and the jews of Europe

The papacy of Pius XII (1939-1958) has been a source of near-constant criticism and debate since his death half a century ago. Powerful myths have been created about him, and central to them is the dispute surrounding his alleged silence during the years of the ...

A history of western society

Auts. John P. McKay...[et.al]. A History of Western Society is one of the most successful textbooks available because it captures students' interest in the everyday life of the past, tying social history to politics and culture. The tenth edition has been thoroughly revised ...

Terrorism

a critical introduction

Auts. Richard Jackson...[et al]. Terrorism has a long history but the devastating attacks of 9/11 transformed what had been seen as a relatively minor security issue into one of major global significance. This incisive new text provides an accessible and balanced assessment of ...

Latin America

a new interpretation

This innovative contribution to comparative area studies evaluates Latin America's distinctiveness, and shows how 'large regions' can be compared. The overwhelming impact of Europe followed by precocious independence produced an exceptional outward orientation, which has prompted successive waves of reform 'from above and without ...

The cost of free speech

pornography, hate speech, and their challenge to liberalism

The distinctly contemporary proliferation of pornography and hate speech poses a challenge to liberalism's traditional ideal of a 'marketplace of ideas' facilitated by state neutrality about the content of speech. This new study argues that the liberal state ought to depart from neutrality to ...

Theory and methods in political science

The systematically revised third edition of the leading text on approaches and methods in political science features a considerable internatizationization in both the team of contributors and the range of coverage and examples. About half the chapters are entirely new and the rest are substantially ...

Family Law

This text provides a clear, comprehensive and engaging account of this rapidly developing subject. In addition to dealing with the intricacies of statute and case law, it deals with the wider social and policy issues, current family law debates and proposals for reform. It includes ...

Is economic growth sustainable?

Ed. Geoffrey Heal. Is growth sustainable? Can we maintain current standards of living in the face of environmental changes? As the world economy is shaken by the global recession, these questions become even more critical. This book focuses on the problems that relate to the ...

The legacy family

the definitive guide to creating a successful multigenerational family

"A must-read for every financial family.#--Sara Hamilton, Founder and CEO, Family Office Exchange #The encyclopedia of how to keep a family together for at least a hundred years.#--Joseph A. Field, Partner, Withers LLP #The Legacy Family is an invaluable roadmap for multigenerational families ...

Capital market instruments

analysis and valuation

Auts. Moorad Choudhry...[et.al]. 'Gillian Tett, in her book Fool's Gold, has produced a thorough, journalistic account of the causes of the global financial crisis. This book's strength is as an analytical study of the instruments themselves and ... its aim -- to provide ...

Global warring

how environmental, economic, and political crises will redraw the world map

"Cleo Paskal is original and compelling; a pioneering scholar of the new terrain where climate change confronts national security, she charts the dramatic implications not just for the game of nations but for their geographic borders, their resources and their fundamental interests." -- Martin Walker, senior ...

The World Trade Organization

institutional development and reform

This book is about how the WTO functions as a public organization. It analyzes and evaluates the WTO from a public administration perspective which is absent from the current debate on WTO reforms dominated by the traditional view that only nation states matter, not international ...

Autonomy and control of State Agencies

comparing States and Agencies

Aut. Koen Verhoest...[et al]. Do public organizations with similar tasks or structures differ across states with respect to their autonomy and control? If so, why? By comparing the autonomy, control and internal management of state agencies, this book shows how New Public Management doctrines ...

The importance of neglect in policy-making

How could the small country called the Netherlands - almost totally destroyed during WW II, being very poor and judged to be primitive at that time - become one of the wealthiest, democratic and modern countries in the World? This book argues that respective Dutch governments, consciously ...

Diplomacy

theory and practice

All states are doomed to diplomacy. In recent years, there has also been a quiet counter-revolution in the way it is conducted. These themes are elaborated in this book via discussion of the art of negotiation and the many channels through which it is practised ...

Iran and the CIA

the Fall of Mosaddeq Revisited

In the early 1950s, the frail septuagenarian Iranian prime minister shook the world, challenging superpower Britain by nationalizing the British-run oil industries in Iran. His name was Doctor Mohammad Mosaddeq. His subsequent downfall in August 1953 changed the course of Iranian history, and remains a ...