La relación entre las Ciencias Sociales y el Derecho, indiscutible hoy en día, ha tenido grandes altibajos a lo largo de la Historia, sobre todo en el ámbito académico a finales del pasado Siglo; baste como botón de muestra, recordar los intentos continuados de hacer desaparecer las materias jurídicas en los diversos planes de estudio de las Ciencias Sociales (Economía, Ciencia Política, Sociología, etc.). En la actualidad, esta corriente desaparece, al constituirse nuevos Grados multidisciplinares en los que estas Ciencias del conocimiento comparten estudios y análisis.Fuera de todo ello, el Trabajo Social, como nueva Ciencia Social, ha mantenido, y mantiene, una estrecha relación con las demás, y, especialmente con la Ciencia Jurídica; y no sólo en el ámbito docente, sino también, y en lo que aquí nos interesa, en el investigador.Muestra de ello es la obra que introducimos; en ella, autores portugueses y españoles de ambas disciplinas (Derecho y Trabajo Social), tratan de mostrar un análisis profundo y detallado de las más importantes notas que caracterizan la Protección de Menores, teniendo en cuenta que se trata de una de las materias en la que esta relación multidisciplinar mejor se muestra. Temas como la Interdisciplinariedad entre el Trabajo Social y el Derecho, la Mediación, la responsabilidad parental, la construcción de la ciudadanía de la infancia, etc., son abordados de manera clara y rigurosa.

The essays that make up this book examine the question of child migration from legal, sociological and anthropological angles, examining the situation in both countries of origin and receiving countries.--Publisher's description.

This country review report offers an independent analysis of major issues facing the use of school resources in Colombia from an international perspective. It provides a description of national policies, an analysis of strengths and challenges, and a proposal of possible future approaches.

Comparing Media Systems Beyond the Western World offers a broad exploration of the conceptual foundations for comparative analysis of media and politics globally. It takes as its point of departure the widely used framework of Hallin and Mancini's Comparing Media Systems, exploring how the concepts and methods of their analysis do and do not prove useful when applied beyond the original focus of their 'most similar systems' design and the West European and North American cases it encompassed. It is intended both to use a wider range of cases to interrogate and clarify the conceptual framework of Comparing Media Systems and to propose new models, concepts and approaches that will be useful for dealing with non-Western media systems and with processes of political transition. Comparing Media Systems Beyond the Western World covers, among other cases, Brazil, China, Israel, Lebanon, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Thailand.

Slavery helped finance the Industrial Revolution in England. Plantation owners, shipbuilders, and merchants connected with the slave trade accumulated vast fortunes that established banks and heavy industry in Europe and expanded the reach of capitalism worldwide. Eric Williams advanced these powerful ideas in Capitalism and Slavery, published in 1944. Years ahead of its time, his profound critique became the foundation for studies of imperialism and economic development. Binding an economic view of history with strong moral argument, Williams's study of the role of slavery in financing the Industrial Revolution refuted traditional ideas of economic and moral progress and firmly established the centrality of the African slave trade in European economic development. He also showed that mature industrial capitalism in turn helped destroy the slave system. Establishing the exploitation of commercial capitalism and its link to racial attitudes, Williams employed a historicist vision that set the tone for future studies. In a new introduction, Colin Palmer assesses the lasting impact of Williams's groundbreaking work and analyzes the heated scholarly debates it generated when it first appeared.