Patria digna

Su experiencia política, conjugada con su formación académica, confieren a los textos que conforman este libro, una mirada crítica de la sociedad chilena y su modelo neoliberal heredado de la dictadura.

Havana is a city that has been important for the entire Atlantic world since the early 16th century. During the colonial period, it was an American terminal on the „route” connecting the Old and New worlds. In the 19th century it became one of the most important centers of the global sugar trade, while in the latter part of the 20th century, Fidel Castro wanted to make Havana a stronghold of the world revolution. Havana was not only a political and economic base, but also a city with flourishing culture. This book was been published on the occasion of the 500 year anniversary of the...

Esta obra, dirigida a estudiantes de Derecho, Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales, describe el proceso de integración vivido en Europa desde el punto de visto jurídico, analiza cuál ha sido el desarrollo intergubernamental y supranacional en dicho contexto de integración y revisa la jurisprudencia del Tribunal de Justicia de la comunidades europeas y su incidencia en la formación del derecho comunitario. Estos temas cobran vital importancia en la medida en que la Unión Europea es el modelo de integración política más avanzado que existe a nivel mundial y se constituye en...

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russians have seen the ruble steadily lose ground to alternative means of payment such as barter and privately issued quasi-monies. Industry now collects as much as 70 percent of its receipts in nonmonetary form, leaving many firms with too little cash to pay salaries and taxes. In this ground-breaking book on the Russian economy, David Woodruff argues that Moscow's inability to control the nation's currency is not a carry-over from the Soviet past. Rather, the Russian government has failed to build the administrative capacity and political support...