La memoria administrada

Ofrece un análisis de las formas de gobierno que han desembocado en la creación del Estado moderno a partir del orden medieval. Considera que la definición de nación no cabe dentro de ningún sistema lógico, a pesar del ideal norteamericano de nación como una reunión libre de individuos que desean vivir unidos bajo el mismo gobierno.

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.

El autor de este trabajo demuestra que ese súbito despertar a la democracia y a la libertad no fue un gesto espontáneo sino una de las consecuencias más extraordinarias de la crisis económica global de 2008.

Parties are the major actors of political representation in democracies. They have been acknowledged repeatedly as the critical link between voters, representatives and guarantors of democratic governance. Without them, a democracy can hardly be said to exist because they are the principal links between government and society. However, parties can lose their representative capacity, and be challenged by disaffected electorates that pursue other alternatives for political involvement. This book focuses upon the electoral weakening of Latin America's traditional parties. These parties dominated ...