Entre 2015 y 2020, América Latina ha tenido que lidiar con la desaceleración económica de los modelos neoextractivistas, el estancamiento de la reducción de la pobreza y de la desigualdad, la creciente rivalidad entre Estados Unidos y China, además de la cada vez mayor insatisfacción de la sociedad civil con las promesas de las democracias -con frecuentes derivas autocráticas-, que han sido minadas por la corrupción o por la violencia.
'Captivating The stuff of thrillers' - the Financial Times An explosive new vision of geopolitics from two trail-blazing political scientistsDeep beneath our feet, vast and sprawling, lies one of the most sophisticated empires the world has ever known.
Successful graphic designer and entrepreneur Larry Daniels exposes the weak spot that derails so many graphic designers' careers: the critical business side of making it as an independent designer.
The answer to remaining competitive and keeping steady growth for your business is not ground-breaking, business-altering innovations, but by simply making one tweak at a time.
In light of an increasingly tumultuous political landscape, the success, efficiency, and performance of government employees and departments is more critical than ever before.
Las plataformas digitales están ocupando una posición central y determinante en el creciente flujo de relaciones jurídicas y comerciales que en torno a ellas se articulan.
Para la gestión de servicios públicos, y en general para el cumplimiento de muchos de sus cometidos, las Administraciones Públicas se desenvuelven en el espacio que se abre entre su potestad de autoorganización y la opción por la contratación, inexcusablemente sometida al principio de concurrencia en la adjudicación.
Este estudio pone al descubierto lo que muchos probablemente hemos sospechado alguna vez y unos pocos economistas llevan sabiendo desde hace tiempo: la teoría económica no sólo es difícil de digerir, sino que además está sencillamente equivocada.
El fenómeno de la colaboración público-privada en la gestión de servicios sociales y asistenciales alude a una realidad extremadamente compleja que no solo afecta a las estructuras, sino que alcanza a los cimientos del Estado social.
En noviembre de 2008, mientras el derrumbe financiero global se profundizaba, la entonces octogenaria reina Isabel visitó la Escuela de Economía de Londres y sorprendió a los prestigiosos académicos allí reunidos con una pregunta inocente pero muy aguda: dada la magnitud de la crisis, ¿por qué nadie la había advertido?
THE LEADING FORECAST ON THE GLOBAL IMPACT OF US TRADE TARIFFS 'An exceptionally sensible, clear-headed and original thinker' The Financial Times'A very timely book on the new, fractured world'***** The Sunday Times'The best book on the future of the global economy'***** The International EconomyThe tectonic plates of the global order are shifting, creating new pressures that will strain long-standing financial structures.
With over three decades of experience in public sector HR, Bob Lavigna gives managers the tools they need to leverage the talents of government's most important resource: its people.
The answer to remaining competitive and keeping steady growth for your business is not ground-breaking, business-altering innovations, but by simply making one tweak at a time.
This comprehensive handbook is a valuable resource for companies of all sizes who are considering (or already developing) enhanced professional learning programs.
Give and Take looks at local drug manufacturing in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, from the early 1980s to the present, to understand the impact of foreign aid on industrial development.
This innovative study shows that multilateral sanctions are coercive in their pressure on their target and in their origin: the sanctions themselves frequently result from coercive policies, with one state attempting to coerce others through persuasion, threats, and promises.
An authoritative guide to federal democracy from two respected experts in the fieldAround the world, federalism has emerged as the system of choice for nascent republics and established nations alike.
How society's undervaluing of life puts all of us at risk-and the groundbreaking economic measure that can fix itLike it or not, sometimes we need to put a monetary value on people's lives.
An honest discussion of free trade and how nations can sensibly chart a path forward in today's global economyNot so long ago the nation-state seemed to be on its deathbed, condemned to irrelevance by the forces of globalization and technology.
Ideally suited to upper-undergraduate and graduate students, Analyzing the Global Political Economy critically assesses the convergence between IPE, comparative political economy, and economics.
A dynamic framework for studying social emergenceThe social sciences have sophisticated models of choice and equilibrium but little understanding of the emergence of novelty.
After the end of World War II, the United States, by far the dominant economic and military power at that time, joined with the surviving capitalist democracies to create an unprecedented institutional framework.