Asalto al mundial

Este libro revisa la economía española desde la Guerra Civil de 1936-1939 hasta la actualidad, analizando la transformación de España de una economía agraria, que pretendía su imposible autoabastecimiento, a otra moderna, en rápido crecimiento, orientada hacia el exterior, plenamente integrada en la economía mundial y, desde enero de 1986, miembro activo de la Unión Europea.

A raíz de la labor de académicos, investigadores y profesionales de Japón, España y Latinoamérica, la obra “Occidente en Japón y Japón en Occidente” presenta una serie reflexiones, estudios y experiencias sobre Japón y su relación con Occidente en el campo de la educación, la ciencia y la cultura; potenciando con ello un acercamiento multidisciplinar y de enriquecimiento sociocultural.

"They came for her husband. The trucks arrived with a crash, the occupants came down screaming, their grandchildren played in the street, both ran scared. It was seven thirty in the afternoon. They were followed by at least six men. Others stayed outside, on duty. In the rustic interior courtyard, María Ordóñez could only hug the little ones. The only room with a door inside the house was the one below. The invaders tore her down. But there was no one behind. They seized a laptop, a tablet, a camera, two cell phones: the reporter's work tools. He slept on the top floor. The fatigue of two...

Results-based management (RBM) is a public management strategy that involves decision making based on reliable information regarding the effects of governmental actions on society. It has been adopted in various developed countries as a way of improving efficiency and effectiveness in public policy. In Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries, governments and public managers show increasing interest in this management strategy. Given the relative novelty of RBM in the region, however, there is scant literature on the subject. This book is intended to fill this gap in two ways. First, it...