Pensar en Europa
This is a great book, by Semprun, where he shows his nature as an acute observer and analyst of the culture and politics in Europe. In a context characterized by ideological confusion, Semprun applies to the necessity to return ot the historical roots of Europe. This book is a compilation of articles, lectures and speeches around the European project, with special emphasis on the cultural dimension through a dialogue with artists, philosophers and writers.
La Europa que viene. El tratado de Lisboa
The book features the new constitutional rules governing the EU in the near future. It is an legal text which develops chronologically the political process of European integration. It also tries to analyze which would be the impact of Lisbon on the nature and the political process of the Union at the political level but also in social and economic levels. The Lisbon Treaty represents a step forward towards a future European constitution, despite its internal contradictions and paradoxes.
Las ciudades creativas
The book of Richard Florida explains the transformation of the twentieth century’s cities in megacities, ie spaces interconnecting various urban networks and creating their own economic dynamics, becoming then the economic unit of reference. He proposes a classification of regions based on production volume and specialization sector but also including social characteristics as the price of housing, security, friends, access to culture and more intangible factors such as the aesthetic beauty of the place or cities’ personality. In this case, he classifies the megaregion from Valencia to Barcelona and Montpellier in the 11th position worldwide.
Los cinco padres de Europa
It's a book very pleasant to read, that explaining the story of 5 persons who had a decisive role in building the European Union when finished the Second World War. Many of them had many problems during the war, but their expectatives were directed to Europe as a country. This made possible the union of the main nations of the continent. The five players are: Spaak, Adenauer, Monnet, Schuman and De Gasperi.
Iniciación al Derecho de la UE
This is a book on the legal system of the European Union and it’s essential to know about the different EU institutions and the law that emanates from them. Moreover, it has a initial historical part that’s very didactic and you can found all the book along a permanent comparison of the application of the new Treaty of Lisbon between various institutions and norms of EU.
Por qué Europa liderará el siglo XXI
It is one of the books of exaltation of European patriotism of essential reading for anyone who conceived Europe as a political and economic space that will have a prominent role in the future world order. It breaks the topic of considering Europe as a continent in decline. The author is an analyst to take into account its analysis of geo political world order.
El sueño europeo
This is a book that compares the predominant values in the United States and Europe with European ones, written by an American. The comparison that favors Europe provides unknown and negative data about the United States. The author even suggests that Europe is the only continent capable of generating a dream radically new, and more capable of responding to the challenges of the globalized world of s. XXI.
Los gobiernos de la Generalitat
This is a historical book that explores the existence and life of six presidents of the Generalitat. Albeit with known facts, the book also reports other very useful anecdotes. The study was done with rigor and contributes to the knowledge of recent political events in Catalunya until the election of President Montilla.
La idea de Europa
This is a Europe's vision of a writer of international renown. The humanist perspective is palpable when the author evokes names and key moments in European history. He is trying to understand Europe from an original point of view. It is very pleasant to read and quite brief. Edited with great sensitivity by Arcadia.