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The Democratization of China

Baogang He

London [etc.]: Routledge, 1996.

276 pp

Isbn: 0-415-14764-6

Topographic: 61599-L

In The Democratization of China, Baogang He traces and evaluates the political discourse of democracy in contemporary China, identifying the three main competing models of democratization that dominate current Chinese intellectual trends: populist, paternalistic and liberal.
Tratado de Lisboa

José Martín and Pérez de Nanclares; Mariola Urrea Corres

Madrid [etc.]: Marcial Pons, 2008.

342 pp

Isbn: 978-84-936301-0-2

Topographic: 61753-L

This volume contains the definitive, consolidated version of the Treaty on the European Union (TUE) and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFUE), just as they are presented in the Treaty of Lisbon, through which modifications were made to the Treaty on the European Union and the Constitutive Treaty of the European Community.
The retreat of the elephants: an environmental history of China

Mark Elvin

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004.

564 pp

Isbn: 0-300-10111-2

Topographic: 61609-L

This landmark book, the first environmental history of China, is based on a wealth of literary, political, aesthetic, scientific, and religious sources that reveal the views of the Chinese people toward their environment and landscape.
Social research methods

Alan Bryman

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2nd ed., 2004

592 pp

Isbn: 978-0-19-926446-9

Topographic: 61592-L

The book shows students how to assess the contexts within which different research methods may be used and how they should be implemented.
The World Trade Organization: law, practice, and policy

Mitsuo Matsushita; Thomas J. Schoenbaum; Petros C. Mavroidis

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2nd ed., 2006.

989 pp

Isbn: 978-0-19-928456-6

Topographic: 61511-L

The WTO is one of the most important intergovernmental organizations in the world, yet the way in which it functions as an organization and the scope of its authority and power are still poorly understood. This book, written by an outstanding team of WTO law specialists, provides a comprehensive overview of the law and practice of the WTO.
Turkey: the bid for Europe

Carmen Rodríguez López

Madrid: La Catarata, 2007.

380 pp

Isbn: 978-84-8319-325-9

Topographic: 61545-L

Since the formation of the Republic, Turkey has sought its place in Europe. This book is a chronicle of the different elements of light and shade present in the complicated relationship between Ankara and Brussels; it is the chronicle of the most controversial candidate for the European Union.