Archive of new items
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Un futuro sin petróleo: colapsos y transformaciones socioeconómicas
Roberto Bermejo
Madrid: Los libros de la Catarata, 2008.
349 pp
Isbn: 978-84-8319-388-4
Topographic: 64928-L
Taking the point of view of the Sustainable or Ecological Economy, this book analyses not only the energy problems and socio-economic transformations that are beginning to manifest themselves, the author also presents a forecast of their development over the medium term and defines some possible routes for solutions.
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Movimientos sociales y relaciones internacionales: la irrupción de un nuevo actor
Enara Echart Muñoz
Madrid: Los libros de la Catarata, 2008
317 pp
Isbn: 978-84-8319-386-0
Topographic: 64926-L
In an international system that has been monopolised by state actors and subjected, therefore, to the influence of their interests, the emergence of social movements that carry out activities beyond national borders is an element that is innovative, at the very least.
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Firm interests: how governments shape business lobbying on global trade.
Cornelia Woll
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2008.
185 pp
Isbn: 978-0-8014-4609-2
Topographic: 63993-L
Firms are central to trade policy-making. Some analysts even suggest that they dictate policy on the basis of their material interests.Cornelia Woll counters these assumptions, arguing that firms do not always know what they want.
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Hezbollah: a short history
Augustus Richard Norton.
Princeton [etc.]: Princeton University Press, 2007
187 pp
Isbn: 978-0-691-13124-5
Topographic: 64422-L
With unmatched clarity and authority, Augustus Richard Norton tells how Hezbollah developed, how it has evolved, and what direction it might take in the future.
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More than neighbours: the enlarged European Union and Ukraine-new relations; final report.
Jakub Boratynski [et al.]
Warsaw : Stefan Batory Foundation ; Kyiv : International Renaissance Foundation, 2004.
106 pp
Isbn: 83-89406-20-9
Topographic: 62910-L
Is the vision of Ukraine as a member of the EU realistic? What are the main areas of Ukranian integration with the EU? What reforms should Ukraine implement on its way towards the EU? These questions are examined in More than neighbours.
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Marruecos y España: una historia contra toda lógica.
Bernabé López García
Sevilla: Taller de Editores Andaluces : Fundación Tres Culturas del Mediterráneo, 2007
374 pp
Isbn: 978-84-96672-20-8
Topographic: 62653-L
The history of Spanish-Maghrebi relations has not followed a" logical-natural" course. Divided into three parts, the work deals with Spanish-Maghrebi relations from 1860 up until the beginning of the 21st century.