Libros de Política 2620 resultados

Harari, Yuval Noah

¿Cómo podemos protegernos de las guerras nucleares, los cataclismos ecológicos o las tecnologías disruptivas? ¿Qué podemos hacer contra la propagación de la posverdad o la amenaza del terrorismo? ¿Qué debemos enseñar a nuestros hijos?Con la misma prosa inteligente, fresca y provocadora, Harari vuelve a librerías con un nuevo título, 21 lecciones para el siglo XXI, en el que exa...

Harari, Yuval Noah

Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is a probing and visionary investigation into today's most urgent issues as we move into the uncharted territory of the future. As technology advances faster than our understanding of it, hacking becomes a tactic of war, and the world feels more polarized than ever, Harari addresses the challenge of navigating life in the face...

Harari, Yuval Noah

¿Cómo podemos afrontar los peligros del cambio climático, las guerras nucleares o las tecnologías disruptivas? ¿Conseguiremos resistir a las noticias falsas o a la amenaza del terrorismo? ¿Qué debemos enseñar a las nuevas generaciones?Con la misma prosa inteligente, fresca y provocativa, Harari vuelve con su nuevo título, 21 lecciones para el siglo XXI, donde examina algunas de...

Chomsky, Noam

In an incisive, thorough analysis of the current international situation, Noam Chomsky examines the way that the United States, despite the rise of Europe and Asia, still largely sets the terms of global discourse. Drawing on a wide range of examples, from the sordid history of U.S. involvement with Cuba to the sanctions on Iran, he details how America's rhetoric of freedom and...

Lukacs, Georg / Livingstone, Rodney

This is the first time one of the most important of Lukács' early theoretical writings, published in Germany in 1923, has been made available in English. The book consists of a series of essays treating, among other topics, the definition of orthodox Marxism, the question of legality and illegality, Rosa Luxemburg as a Marxist, the changing function of Historic Marxism, class c...

Ulrich Richter

Uno de los fenómenos capitales ocurridos en México en lo que va del siglo XXI tiene que ver con la participación ciudadana. Progresivamente, la sociedad civil ha salido del letargo en el que se encontraba inmersa y hoy en día comienza a desempeñar un papel más activo en la toma de decisiones. Ulrich Richter Morales analiza aquí dicho fenómeno a partir de una revisión minuciosa ...

Spencer, Robert

The comprehensive history of the role of war and terror in the spread of Islam.It is taken for granted, even among many Washington policymakers, that Islam is a fundamentally peaceful religion and that Islamic jihad terrorism is something relatively new, a product of the economic and political ferment of the twentieth century. But in The History of Jihad: From Muhammad to ISIS,...

Roland Dannreuther

International Security is a cutting-edge analysis of the key security challenges and developments in the post-Cold War world. Drawing on a wide range of contemporary examples, from the Iraq war to the rise of China, it is an essential guide for students and policy makers seeking to understand the theoretical and empirical debates over the fast-changing nature of international s...

Oliver Ramsbotham

"The fourth edition of this ground-breaking textbook presents the field of conflict resolution in a world after the failure of the Arab Spring, the rise of ISIS, a newly aggressive Russia, and increasing tensions in the South China Sea. Recognizing the challenges such a world presents, the authors nevertheless remain committed to a cosmopolitan vision of the field as the indisp...

As a civil engineer, author Alice Outwater learned that although industry has stopped dumping toxins into the sewers, a third of our waterways have failed to rebound. Outwater takes readers on an incredible journey from the diaries of western explorers to the insides of modern wastewater treatment plants and argues that healthier, purer waterways can be created using natural, l...

John F. Kennedy

Estefanía, Joaquín

El último medio siglo (1968-2018) ha sido testigo de una generación que amaneció a la madurez con la alegría revolucionaria de Mayo del 68 y que se está jubilando en pleno vigor de una revolución conservadora y de los populismos de extrema derecha que amenazan con llevarse por delante muchas de las conquistas civilizatorias de este tiempo. Esa generación es la que ha mandado. U...

Ziegler, Jean

Desde hace quince años, Jean Ziegler ha centrado todos sus esfuerzos en combatir por los condenados de la tierra en el seno de las Naciones Unidas. Combates muy duros, que han contado con algunos éxitos importantes, pero también con grandes decepciones. ...

Thoreau, Henry David

Este libro es la primera antología que se publica en castellano de los escritos políticos de Henry David Thoreau: incluye importantes textos inéditos, otros poco conocidos y, por supuesto, sus ensayos clásicos y fundamentales, todos ellos en una nueva y excelente traducción. Siempre es un buen momento para leer a Thoreau, no lo duden. Pero los editores de este volumen creemos...

John Keane

Revisión histórica heterodoxa de la democracia, de sus orígenes y de sus mitos fundacionales. Organizado en tres partes, este libro aborda los diferentes tipos de democracia que se han instaurado en cada época de la historia y sus características. Rastrea los orígenes de esta forma de organización en las antiguas civilizaciones de Mesopotamia. Revisa los principales ideales ace...

Harari, Yuval Noah

In Sapiens, he explored our past; in Homo Deus he looked to our future. Now, one of the most innovative thinkers on the planet turns to the present to make sense of today's most pressing issues.Religion, terrorism, war, politics, fake news, human migration, the environment, nationalism. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is a probing investigation into the big subjects that we are...

Robert Greene

"Robert Greene is a master guide for millions of readers, distilling ancient wisdom and philosophy into essential texts for seekers of power, understanding and mastery. Now he turns to the most important subject of all - understanding people's drives and motivations, even when they are unconscious of them themselves. We are social animals. Our very lives depend on our relations...

Losurdo, Domenico

La escisión entre un marxismo occidental y un marxismo oriental, quizá no se deba a la autocracia estalianana, sino que podria remontarse a los decisivos dias de 1917, a pesar de la aparente unidad de ambos marxismos ante la carniceria de la guerra mundial y contra el sistema capitalista- imperialista. ¿Y si esta brecha obedeciese a que el primero siempre estuvo mejor pertrecha...

Afonso Esteves, Cecilia / Susana Macjus, Cristina

Reúne las participaciones de importantes economistas, filósofos, científicos, antropólogos, historiadores, sociólogos y politólogos en un debate sobre los horizontes, desafíos y prácticas de los procesos emancipatorios en América Latina. Sus intervenciones se relacionan con la problemática que el neoliberalismo presentaba al estudio de la historia, la política y la economía en ...

David Mccullough

This collection of speeches by historian David McCullough reminds us of fundamental American principles. Over the course of his distinguished career, David McCullough has spoken before Congress, the White House, colleges and universities, historical societies, and other esteemed institutions. Now, as many Americans engage in self-reflection following a bitter election campaign ...

Leticia Cano Soriano

Alfonso Ayala Sánchez

La tecnología y su papel en la democracia.Experiencias internacionales.La experiencia mexicana ...

Rosales Justo Abel

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important ...

Pillsbury, Michael

"For more than forty years, the United States has reached out to China, helping it develop a booming economy and take its place on the world stage, in the belief that there is little to fear--and everything to gain--from China's rise. But what if the Chinese have had a different plan all along? The Hundred-Year Marathon reveals China's secret strategy to supplant the United Sta...

Parag Khanna

Asia is where the action is. Five billion people, one-third of the global economy, two-thirds of global economic growth, a third of the Fortune 100 companies, eight of the ten largest armies, five nuclear powers, and massive technological innovation. Whether using demography, geography, or economy as a metric, Asia is already the present—and it is certainly the future.In The Fu...

David Corn / Isikoff, Michael

THE INCREDILE, HARROWING ACCOUNT OF HOW AMERICAN DEMOCRACY WAS HACKED Y MOSCOW, NOW EXPANDED AND REVISED IN PAPERBACK TO FOLLOW THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION. ...

Condoleezza Rice / Amy Zegarat

The world is changing fast. Political risk-the probability that a political action could significantly impact a company's business-is affecting more businesses in more ways than ever before. A generation ago, political risk mostly involved a handful of industries dealing with governments in a few frontier markets. Today, political risk stems from a widening array of actors, inc...

Masha Gessen

The essential journalist and bestselling biographer of Vladimir Putin reveals how, in the space of a generation, Russia surrendered to a more virulent and invincible new strain of autocracy. Award-winning journalist Masha Gessen's understanding of the events and forces that have wracked Russia in recent times is unparalleled. In The Future Is History, Gessen follows the lives ...

Seth Hettena

Uncovering the decades-long association between Donald Trump and Russia Is the 45th President of the United States under the control of a foreign power? Award-winning Associated Press reporter Seth Hettena untangles the story of Donald Trump's long involvement with Russia in damning detail—including new reporting never before published. As Special Counsel Robert Mueller's inves...

Doris Kearns Goodwin