Archive of new items
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.