Free Women of Spain
Free Women of Spain

Author: Martha A. Ackelsberg

Publisher: AK Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9781902593968

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With fists upraised, Mujeres Libres struggled for their own emancipation and the freedom of all.

Spain Transformed
Spain Transformed

Author: N. Townson

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2007-07-12

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 0230592643

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Spain Transformed addresses the sweeping social and cultural changes that characterized the late Franco regime. This wide-ranging collection reassesses the dictatorship's latter years by drawing on a wealth of new material and ideas, using an interdisciplinary approach.

Landforms and Landscapes of Portugal
Landforms and Landscapes of Portugal

Author: Gonçalo Vieira

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-01-08

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 9783319036427

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The book brings together contributions from over 35 Portuguese geomorphologists, presenting a thorough overview of the main highlights of the landscape of Portugal's mainland, Azores and Madeira. The book, which is a tribute to Professor António de Brum Ferreira, first President of the Portuguese Association of Geomorphologists and former Professor at the University of Lisbon, who passed away in January 2013, is organized in 3 parts: a) Introduction, which presents a general framework of the physical geography of Portugal, b) Geomorphological landscapes, presenting ca. 30 short papers with regional focus on key geomorphological areas, c) Applied geomorphology, providing an updated vision on the protection of geomorphological heritage with a focus on geoparks, as well as on Geomorphological hazards in Portugal. This first book ever to concentrate on the geomorphology of Portugal will surely become a benchmark for Portuguese geomorphology.

Dismantling Democracy in Venezuela
Dismantling Democracy in Venezuela

Author: Allan R. Brewer-Carías

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2010-09-20

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 1139492357

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This book examines the process of dismantling the democratic institutions and protections in Venezuela under the Hugo Chávez regime. The actions of the Chávez government have influenced similar processes and undemocratic manoeuvrings in Ecuador, Bolivia, and Honduras. Since the election of Hugo Chávez as president of Venezuela in 1998, a sinister form of nationalistic authoritarianism has arisen at the expense of long-established democratic standards. During the past decade, the 1999 Venezuelan Constitution has been systematically attacked by all branches of the Chávez government, particularly by the Supreme Tribunal of Justice, which has legitimized the Chávez-ordered constitutional violations. The Chávez regime has purposely defrauded the Constitution and severely restricted representative government, all in the name of a supposedly participatory democracy controlled by a popularly supported central government. This volume illustrates how an authoritarian, nondemocratic government has been established in Venezuela.