Los poderes legislativos de la presidencia

This "festschrift" brings together authors from various countries who are specialists in different disciplines within the humanities and who share a common vision of human life. These essays in philosophical speculation, political theory, literary criticism, and historical analysis are rooted in the western cultural heritage and Christian religious tradition. Major figures examined include Aristotle, Aquinas, Thomas More, John of the Cross, Donoso Cortes, and the Spanish Carlists. The interdisciplinary and cosmopolitan nature of this "festschrift" reflects the approach and style of the man...

"El crimen organizado es la forma más peligrosa, dañina y rentable de las actividades ilícitas. Sin embargo, no es muy común que se apliquen las herramientas de la teoría de las organizaciones para escudriñar su funcionamiento, capacidades y debilidades. A diferencia de otros trabajos sobre este tema, que con facilidad caen en la retórica de la lucha entre "buenos" y "malos"; el aporte de Isaac de León Beltrán en este trabajo pionero es facilitar la comprensión científica de por qué y cómo operan las organizaciones criminales, y por qué ha sido tan difícil para las autoridades...

Examines America's war on terror, both before and after September 11th, including what went right or wrong, the operations of al Qaeda, the Department of Homeland Security, and other crucial actions of the Bush administration.

Parties are the major actors of political representation in democracies. They have been acknowledged repeatedly as the critical link between voters, representatives and guarantors of democratic governance. Without them, a democracy can hardly be said to exist because they are the principal links between government and society. However, parties can lose their representative capacity, and be challenged by disaffected electorates that pursue other alternatives for political involvement. This book focuses upon the electoral weakening of Latin America's traditional parties. These parties dominated ...