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Since the 1960s, German scholars have developed distinctive methods for writing the history of political, social, and philosophical concepts. Applied to France as well as Germany, their work has set new standards for the historical study of political and social language, Begriffsgeschichte. The questions these scholars address, and the methods they apply systematically to a broad range of sources, differ as much from the styles of Hegel, Dilthey, and Meinecke as from those of A.O. Lovejoy, J.G.A. Pocock, and Quentin Skinner. Begriffsgeschichte treats political language neither as autonomous discourse, nor as the product of ideology, social structure, or elite manipulation. Although conceptual historians agree that the field of action is defined by language, they place concept formation and use within historical contexts. By surveying political and social discourses systematically, this genre traces how the great modern revolutions have been conceptualized in sharply contested forms by competing political and social formations, as well as by individual thinkers. Combining intellectual with social history, historians of concepts track linguistically the advent, mentalities, and effects of modernity. In The History of Political and Social Concepts, Melvin Richter analyzes the theories which have generated conceptual history, and their reinterpretation of key concepts such as Max Weber''s three types of legitimate Herrschaft, and that of civilitOe in France. What is it that we know when we learn the history of a concept? What difference does it make that we know it? After assessing the programs and achievements of Begriffsgeschichte, the author argues the need for an analogous project to chart the careers of political and social concepts used in English-speaking societies. Addressed not only to historians of political and social thought, this work will interest students and scholars of political culture, social historians, and historians of ideas, historiography, law, language, and rhetoric.

What role, if any, does the foreign ministry perform in contemporary world politics? Is the argument that it is in a state of terminal decline accurate or rooted in only partial understandings of its changing character? Foreign Ministries in the European Union explores this theme in the context of the EU where foreign ministry has played a key role in the development of integration but where its role is increasingly questioned. The contributors examine the foreign ministry in 13 member states and draw conclusions that challenge some conventional wisdoms.

Decidido a establecer un ejército moderno y eficaz, Carlos III diseñó un plan que atendiera a la formación especializada de los mandos de los oficiales y a la configuración de un marco normativo que armonizara la inculcacion en la tropa de valores como la obediencia, el sacrificio o el servicio, con la practica profesional modelada de los hombres de armas en sus diferentes empleos jerarquizados. El resultado fueron las "Reales Ordenanzas para el Regimen, Disciplina, Subordinacion y Servicio de sus Exercitos", sancionadas en San Lorenzo el Real el 22 de octubre de 1768. Este texto legal, celebre por su autoridad de contenido, reconocimiento y permanencia, no en vano ha resistido dos siglos de vigencia, se compone de dos tomos y ocho tratados con sus correspondientes titulos y articulos, completados e iluminados con interesantes laminas y dibujos sobre la formacion y despliegue del batallon en orden de batalla, de parada y de fuego, mientras otras se refieren a los movimientos del escuadron de caballeria o a pormenorizar la funcionalidad del cuerpo de ingenieros. Incluye una addenda elaborada por Antonio Alonso Molinero, General Director de la Academia de Artilleria de Segovia, Sabino Fernandez Campo, Academico de Numero de la Real Academia de Ciencias Morales y Politicas, y Emiliano Gonzalez Diez, Catedratico de Historia del Derecho de la Universidad de Burgos. El facsimil se ha encuadernado en piel natural sobre tapa rigida.

No es mala idea incluir en una colección de biografías de parlamentarios la de Maura, porque no cabe duda alguna de que D. Antonio, como le llamaba todo el mundo, incluido el Rey, fue en su día uno de los mejores oradores del probablemente mejor momento de oratoria parlamentaria de nuestra historia: la Restauracion. La biografia de Maura se apoya en tres tipos de fuentes: la documentacion oral y escrita recogida de sus proximos, la presencia del politico conservador en la prensa y los diarios de sesiones de las Camaras. Muy en segundo lugar aparece, dibujando el fondo del escenario, la bibliografia sobre la Restauracion disponible en la epoca. Nos hallamos pues, antes que nada ante una obra sobre el hombre publico, elaborada a partir de fuentes publicas y ceñida poco menos que en su totalidad a la figura del lider, mas como jefe del gobierno, ministro o parlamentario que como lider de una fraccion liberal primero, de un partido turnante despues, para terminar en jefe indiscutible de un movimiento politico frustrado.

Chufrin, Gennady (Editor)Over the past decade the Caspian Sea region has risen from relative obscurity to considerable prominence in global affairs. Located at the crossroads of traditional trade routes between Europe and Asia and possessing vast natural resources, oil and natural gas among them, it attracts widespread international interest. The emergence of new sovereign states in the region has fundamentally transformed its political landscape. The future of the Caspian region is far from certain, however, as it is challenged by a wide variety of political, socio-economic and military threats which include the declining living standards of vast segments of local populations, inter-ethnic and inter-confessional tensions and conflicts, militant separatism, international terrorism, and illegal trade in arms and drugs. The security of the region is also affected by the intensifying strategic competition among major outside powers over establishing their political and economic influence in regional affairs.The book offers a competent analysis of the major political, economic and security developments in the region by a diverse group of highly qualified experts from the Caspian littoral states, the USA and the European Union.

The Oxford Handbook of National Security Intelligence is a state-of-the-art work on intelligence and national security. Edited by Loch Johnson, one of the world's leading authorities on the subject, the handbook examines the topic in full, beginning with an examination of the major theories of intelligence. It then shifts its focus to how intelligence agencies operate, how they collect information from around the world, the problems that come with transforming raw information into credible analysis, and the difficulties in disseminating intelligence to policymakers. It also considers the balance between secrecy and public accountability, and the ethical dilemmas that covert and counterintelligence operations routinely present to intelligence agencies. Throughout, contributors factor in broader historical and political contexts that are integral to understanding how intelligence agencies function in our information-dominated age.

"La obra del Dr. Parsons ofrece una muy clara y útil recopilación de los numerosos enfoques adoptados a la política pública y los procesos que la definen y modifican" (Herbert A. Simon, Universidad Carnegie Mellon, EEUU, Premio Nobel de Economia 1978).

60.000 entradas, 3.000 ilustraciones, más de 2000 folios, una obra ingente sin duda que marcará un antes y un después en la historiografía del anarquismo hispano. Con esta obra un movimiento ideológico, social y etico tan peculiar, rencorosa y envidiosamente perseguido por sus enemigos y no menos intensamente sostenido por generaciones de obreros y campesinos, adquiere un brillo y una luminosidad sorprendentes. Se comprobara que padecio, muchisimo mas que ejercio, la violencia y que interesadamente sus denostadores confunden el empecinamiento, el vigor y la perseverancia en la defensa de unas creencias con el sectarismo, el fanatismo, la incultura y la rudeza. Se comprobara que en mayor grado que en cualquier otra tendencia social, politica o religiosa abundan los idealistas, las mujeres y hombres de personalidad acusadisima, los santos laicos, los entregados a la consecucion de objetivos de una alteza moral insuperable. Un movimiento que ademas de con una formidable historia, cuenta con un presente bastante mas halagueño del que sus detractores estan dispuestos a admitir.

El capital, obra ineludible para comprender el capitalismo, su historia y sus categorías, es sin duda uno de los hitos de la historia del pensamiento. Con esta obra esencial, Marx no solo revolucionó el modo de concebir la economia, la filosofia, la historia o la politica, sino que describio una nueva perspectiva desde la que analizar la sociedad que, a dia de hoy, no ha sido superada.Nueva presentacion de este clasico en estucheLa obra se presenta en tres libros, tal como fueron concebidos originalmente.Una edicion que integra el aparato critico de Pedro Scaron en cada pagina.

A landmark work of international relations theory, Power and Interdependence first published in 1977 and posited a radically comprehensive explanation of the mechanics driving world affairs-"power politics" on one hand and "complex interdependence" on the other hand. This widely influential book reexamined the military and economic interests of state and non-state actors, and in an argument made before the end of the Cold War, the authors broadened the prevailing realist worldview of the time and anticipated many of the developments in our modern era of globalization. With a new preface by the authors and a foreword by Fareed Zakaria that looks at world affairs after the Cold War, the terrorist attacks of September 11, and the global financial crisis, Power and Interdependence is required reading for all students of international relations.