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Los think tanks (laboratorios de ideas) participan eficazmente en la elaboración de conceptos, doctrinas, estrategias y políticas en numerosos ámbitos. Aunque son un fenómeno esencialmente norteamericano, en las últimas décadas los think tanks se han extendido por todo el mundo. Actualmente, existen más de 5.400 laboratorios de ideas repartidos en 169 países diferentes. En España, la presencia de estar organizaciones se encuentra en una fase inicial respecto a los EE.UU pero, sin lugar a dudas, jugaran un papel decisivo a la hora de afrontar los retos sociopolíticos de las...

"A series of solid articles on political history. Contains articles on Brazil and Uruguay, and one on La Nación's views. The rest are studies on the provincial level (three on Santa Fe, two on Buenos Aires, and one on Córdoba) and on the municipal level (two on Mar del Plata and one on Campana)"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

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...

Ben-Ami, Israel's ex minister of foreign affairs, contributes in this exceptional document an indispensable reflection to understand the reasons for the failure of the peace process. Having been one of the key persons in the negotiations with Palestinians, he clarifies where the relations between Palestinian and Israelis stand, and exposes the reasons for which the conflict has broken out again. This book poses basic principles for a solution, a solution that must be a political one, and one that shows a ray of hope towards peace.