La conquista del Nuevo Mundo trajo grandes beneficios para los países colonizadores que, a través de nuevas instituciones como el sistema colonial y sus haciendas, latifundios y plantaciones pudieron atender sus demandas de alimentos, materias primas y acumulación de capital.
Realising Good Growth is a practical and purposeful guidebook for leaders wishing to take a different path on a journey towards collective purpose and a better world, where profit is not the destination, just one of the sturdy pillars that supports the journey.
Urban planning practice in Sub-Saharan Africa increasingly encounters complexities due to the confluence of urbanisation, climate change, and their interconnected drivers and consequences.
Célèbre pour être la région d’origine de Patrice-Emery LUMUMBA, sans aucun doute le plus illustre des Congolais, la province du Sankuru, l’une des vingt-six que compte la République Démocratique du Congo (RDC), est pourtant une entité administrative moins reluisante sur le plan du développement économique.
Engagement with and between a plurality of progressive, non-neoclassical traditions is an important step in fostering a more capacious understanding of sustainability - both as a concept and as a political objective.
This book provides a comprehensive study of Japan's evolving relationship with China since 1949, tracing the shifting dynamics from a distant relationship during the early communist era to a more cooperative phase in the late 20th century, and finally to the growing tensions of the 21st century.
Migrant workers in the West are at the frontline of the precarious condition that is coming to dominate social and economic life in neoliberal societies.
This book examines the regulatory framework for foreign direct investments, most notably the bilateral investment treaties which provide several guarantees that minimise the exposure of risks to foreign investors in a host State.
Billions of dollars, Euros, yen, and yuan in public funds are spent annually to promote innovation in metropolitan regions, attempting to transform the economy by attracting technology-based companies and supporting small startups to secure high-paying jobs.
L’approche transcendantale de la justice sociale, autour d’une société juste et parfaite, est critiquée par l’approche comparative qui se focalise sur le progrès de la justice en examinant le comportement réel des individus afin de réduire les injustices et faire progresser la justice.
Invisible Seasides positions the seaside as a lens for understanding lived utopia, pinned in a certain place, an immovable feature in a landscape where our hopes and fears continue to unfold.
This detailed study of Henry Clay and the American System-a program of vigorous economic nationalism dependent on active government and constitutional aspects of what was perhaps Clay's greatest contribution to national policy, a contribution that has received surprisingly little study until now.
European Defence Cooperation (1984) considers the varied elements of European defence cooperation and the obstacles to further development of a European pillar within NATO.
Situating key texts and writers in their proper historical context, this book presents a history of Swedish economic thinking from early modern times to the present day.
For centuries, human "e;civilisation"e; has struggled with hatred, conflict, and war since the first people tried to privately own property and protect their resources.
This book contributes to the emerging global discourse on sustainable entrepreneurship by highlighting its transformative potential to harmonise economic growth with environmental sustainability.
European Movement and the Council of Europe (1949) begins with a Foreword by Winston Churchill, in which he states that his 'counsel to Europe can be given in a single word: "e;Unite!
Eastern Europe (1984) discusses the major questions that arise in the study of legitimation in post-Stalin Eastern Europe and relates them to the politics of the individual states.
Hotter and dryer than most parts of the world, the Middle East could soon see climate change exacerbate food and water shortages, aggravate social inequalities, and drive displacement and political destabilization.
