International relations theory

the game-theoretic approach

Written for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, this is the first textbook on international relations theory to take a specifically game-theoretic approach to the subject, and provide the material needed for students to understand the subject thoroughly, from its basic foundations to more complex models ...

Inteligencia económica y seguridad nacional

La inteliencia económica es una "nueva disciplina" vertebrada a partir de un proceso sistemático de recolección de información, análisis y diseminación de la anterior acerca del actual entorno económico, y de las previsiones sobre el mismo, que relaciona variables jurídicas, relacionadas con el conepto de ...

Los usurpadores

cómo las empresas transnacionales toman el poder

Lobistas al servicio de una empresa o de un sector industrial, ejecutivos de empresas trasnacionales, cuya cifra de negocios es superior a la suma del PIB de varios países en los que operan, instancias quasi estatales, cuya conexión tentacular se despliega más allá de las ...

China's economic transformation

Now available in a fully-revised and updated third edition, thisestablished textbook provides a penetrating and comprehensiveanalysis of the historical, institutional, and theoretical factorsthat have contributed to China s economic success. * Includes coverage of China s foreign investments, tradewith regional partners, Chinese human capital, and bureaucraticeconomic ...

Dinero, trabajo y poder

una visión de la economía actual latinoamericana para no economistas y economistas

La obra gira alrededor de tres conceptos que forman un sistema multidimensional y complejo adaptativo: el dinero, el trabajo y el poder. Se busca alcanzar cuatro objetivos. Lograr un conocimiento de la economía que tenga como centro al ser humano tal como éste es, analizándolo ...

The paradox of german power

Since the Euro crisis began, Germany has emerged as Europe's dominant power. During the last three years, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been compared with Bismarck and even Hitler in the European media. And yet few can deny that Germany today is very different ...

Private island

why Britain now belongs to someone else

"In a little over a generation the bones and sinews of the British economy - rail, energy, water, postal services, municipal housing - have been sold to remote, unaccountable private owners. In a series of brilliant portraits James Meek shows how Britain's common wealth became private ...

¿Está China comprando el mundo?

Durante los últimos años los medios de comunicación occidentales han agitado el espectro de una colosal capacidad de las empresas chinas, de comprar una parte importante del tejido empresarial de los países ricos. De acuerdo con esta descripción, tanto el Estado como las empresas chinas ...

Germany, Russia, and the rise of Geo-Economics

Having emerged from the end of the Cold War as a unified country, Germany has quickly become the second largest exporter in the world. Its economic might has made it the center of the Eurozone and the pivotal power of Europe. Like other geo-economic powers ...

Por qué fracasan los países

los orígenes del poder, la prosperidad y la pobreza

¿Por qué algunas naciones son más prósperas que otras? Nogales (Arizona) y Nogales (Sonora) tienen la misma población, cultura y situación geográfica. ¿Por qué una es rica y la otra, pobre? ¿Por qué los egipcios llenaron la plaza de Tahrir para derrocar a Hosni Mubarak ...

Politics in China

an introduction

On October 1, 2009, the People's Republic of China (PRC) celebrated the 60th anniversary of its founding. And what an eventful and tumultuous six decades it had been. During that time, under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), China was transformed from ...

La gran amenaza

sobre el Tratado de Libre Comercio entre Estados Unidos y la Unión Europea

Negociándose prácticamente en secreto, el Acuerdo Transatlántico de Comercio e Inversiones es un Tratado de Libre Comercio entre EEUU y la Unión Europea cuyo principal objetivo es la eliminación de las barreras reguladoras que limitan los beneficios potenciales de las corporaciones transnacionales a ambos lados ...

The Oxford Handbook of Latin American economics

Latin America has been central to the main debates on development economics, ranging from the relationships between income inequality and economic growth, and the importance of geography versus institutions in development, to debates on the effects of trade, trade openness and protection on growth and ...

International trade and economic development

This graduate textbook offers advanced and contemporary readings in international trade and economic development and provides an overview of the fundamental topics in this area. It brings together many of the issues that are considered staple reading for a course in trade and development and ...

China goes global

the partial power

Most global citizens are well aware of the explosive growth of the Chinese economy. Indeed, China has famously become the "workshop of the world." Yet, while China watchers have shed much light on the country's internal dynamics-China's politics, its vast social changes, and ...

Veinte años del TLC

su dimensión, política y estratégica

nsayo de Luis Rubio que analiza la historia política alrededor de la firma y puesta en vigor del Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) entre los países de América del Norte. El autor evalúa los objetivos e intereses que permearon las negociaciones previas a este acuerdo ...

The IMF and global financial crises

Phoenix rising?

The IMF's response to the global crisis of 2008-9 marked a significant change from its past policies. The Fund provided relatively large amounts of credit quickly with limited conditions and accepted the use of capital controls. This book traces the evolution of the IMF ...

Quai d'Orsay

crónicas diplomáticas

El Quai d'Orsay es el muelle parisino junto al Sena a su paso por el distrito VII, el mismo lugar donde se encuentra el Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores. A ese edificio accederá el joven Arthur Vlaminck una mañana sin tráfico para convertirse en el ...

Minilateralism

how trade alliances, soft Law and financial engineering are redefining economic statecraft

Economic diplomacy is changing. The multilateral organizations that dominated the last half of the twentieth century no longer monopolize economic affairs. Instead, countries are resorting to more modest 'minilateral' strategies like trade alliances, informal 'soft law' agreements, and financial engineering to manage the global economy ...

The handbook of market intelligence

understand, compete and grown in global markets

An important update to this roadmap for the development of a corporate intelligence program Market intelligence is the distinct discipline by which organisations systematically gather and process information about their external operating environment in order to facilitate accurate and confident decision making that is based ...