Demokratía

Le majlis est, dans les pays du Golfe, le lieu de l’assemblée des anciens et des nouveaux, un espace de parole où se transmettent la tradition et le patrimoine oral, où s’apprennent les mœurs et l’éthique de la communauté, tout autant que l’art du dialogue, de l’écoute et le respect d’autrui. Il a été, en 2015, inscrit par l’Unesco au Patrimoine culturel immatériel de l’Humanité. C’est sur ce modèle que Hamad Al-Kawari propose, dans ce livre-manifeste, un véritable dialogue des civilisations, fondé sur l’éducation, le partage des savoirs, la diplomatie...

Desde que Adolphe Quetelet formulara a mediados del siglo XIX sus célebres “leyes térmicas de la delincuencia” numerosos han sido los esfuerzos de criminólogos y geógrafos por comprender la incidencia de las condiciones atmosféricas la estacionalidad y el clima en el comportamiento humano y su posible relación con el delito. Este tipo de investigaciones, habituales en el mundo anglosajón, son ahora posibles en España gracias a los avances introducidos a través del Portal Estadístico de Criminalidad y la consulta open access de los Balances Trimestrales de Criminalidad. A través ...

An archaeometric study of first century BC Numantian pottery production. The material came from several excavations carried out this century in the town of Numanicia (Soria, Spain) and other areas in the region. Several scientific techniques were used to characterize the pottery and it introduces the use of Total-Reflection X-ray Fluorescence for the analysis of ceramics. Four different production sequences are identified suggesting specialised workshops. Spanish text.

While gangs and gang culture have been around for countless centuries, The Gang is one of the first academic studies of the phenomenon. Originally published in 1927, Frederic Milton Thrasher's magnum opus offers a profound and careful analysis of hundreds of gangs in Chicago in the early part of the twentieth century. With rich prose and an eye for detail, Thrasher looked specifically at the way in which urban geography shaped gangs and posited the thesis that neighborhoods in flux were more likely to produce gangs. Moreover, he traced gang culture back to feudal and medieval power systems...