“…La España contemporánea vivió según su propia cronología, y su propio dramatismo, los cambios y las crisis de las sociedades occidentales. De hecho, las relaciones entre la Iglesia y el Estado orientaron, sin duda mucho más que en otros países, su historia. …”

“…En el contexto actual, en el que tanto la discursividad como la representación democrática atraviesan una profunda crisis, escribir la democracia pasa a ser una tarea política, cultural y estética central. …”

“…What can Reality TV tell us about the crisis of contemporary community? And what can unauthorized pictures of Osama Bin Laden tell us about new methods of popular propaganda? …”

“…But in the context of the legitimation crisis in American higher education, the image of English departments has in fact played a major role in determining public attitudes toward colleges and college faculty. …”

“…The crisis in Israel/Palestine has long been the world's most visible military conflict. …”

“…In exploring the rich environmental, cultural and social heritage of Bougainville before the conflict, this collection provides an insight into the long-term causes of the crisis. In doing so, it surveys such topics as Bougainville’s prehistory and traditional cultures, the impact of German and Australian colonialism, the attempts by disparate local cultures to find a common identity, the assertion of political autonomy in the face of coercion to integrate with Papua New Guinea, and contemporary efforts to resolve conflict and plan a viable future. …”

“…In recent years, however, concepts such as rugged individualism and social Darwinism have competed against cooperative ideas for supremacy, and today's climate of global economic crisis has found these "me-first" concepts wanting. …”

“…In The Institution of Criticism, Peter Uwe Hohendahl explores the implications of this crisis from a Marxist perspective and attempts to define the tasks and responsibilities of criticism in advanced capitalist societies. …”

“…Yawar Mayu explora este efrentamiento en el terreno político, en su doble expresión de conflicto étnico y clasista, siguiendo el derrotero de las complejas relaciones entre indios-campesinos y blancos-terratenientes en el período de crisis abierto por la guerra con Chile (1879-1884) y que se prolongó hasta los inicios del siglo XX. …”

“…The author examines how the French State changed through the crisis of the 1930s, the war, the German occupation and the beginnings of strong growth in the late 1940s. …”

“…Realizando una aproximación más directa a la problemática de las instituciones públicas prestadoras de servicios de salud, y utilizando métodos de intervención financiera, el capítulo segundo hace referencia a la crisis económica del Hospital Universitario del Valle (HUV). …”

“…The current period of deprivation and anxiety, together with the coming global economic crisis, will usher in new consumer attitudes and behaviors that will change the nature of today’s capitalism. …”

“…Database administration isn’t about passing a certified exam, or about pointing and clicking your way through a crisis. Database administration is about applying the right solution at the right time, avoiding risk, and making robust choices that get you home each night in time for dinner with your family. …”

“…World Politics at the Edge of Chaos suggests that the study of international politics needs new forms of knowledge to respond to emerging challenges such as the interconnectedness between local and transnational realities; between markets, migration, and social movements; and between pandemics, a looming energy crisis, and climate change. Asserting that Complexity Thinking (CT) provides a much-needed lens for interpreting these challenges, the contributors offer a parallel assessment of the impact of CT to anthropocentric and non-anthropocentric (post-human) International Relations. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Poverty rose sharply during the crisis, especially among children, and investment collapsed; Figure 5. …”

“…The combined effects of the economic crisis and the recent popular uprisings in parts of the Middle East and North Africa have brought social and economic challenges back to the centre of attention of policy makers. …”

“…Despite the fact that the LAC region has not been so badly affected by the recent Global and Financial crisis, the Latin American an Carribbean Government at a Glance argues that governments need to be more inclusive, transparent, receptive and efficient. …”

“…Countries receiving large-scale capital inflows are at risk if these flows do not find their way into productive and long-term investment, as the Asian crisis of the late 1990s has proven. This book, the result of a joint project between the OECD Development Centre and the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), examines the policies of a group of major Latin American countries faced with large inflows. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…A broad-based upturn in trade growth, but trade intensity remains lower than before the crisis; Figure 1.5. Survey evidence is now pointing to labour shortages in some economies; Figure 1.6. …”