Author: Thomas M. Eccardt
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
ISBN: 9780781810326
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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"This unique book examines the history, culture, and inner workings of the seven smallest independent countries in Europe. These are among the oldest states on the continent and, despite their diversity, they have much in common. Most have relatively high per capita incomes and life expectancies, and relatively low unemployment. This narrative presents the unique issues that confront small countries, including maintaining their independence, economic viability, preserving their native languages, and sustaining their governments. The second part of the book describes each microstate in turn, showing how each one has met these challenges and adapted over time. These concise and engaging chapters contain cultural information on subjects including the arts, gastronomy, and popular tourist sites."--Provided by publisher.
Author: Michael Emerson
Publisher: CEPS
ISBN: 9290797339
Category : Andorra
Languages : en
Pages : 152
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Author: IBP USA
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1438766947
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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Andorra Investment and Business Guide - Strategic and Practical Information
Author: Alf Robertson
Publisher: Cicerone Press
ISBN: 9781852844240
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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Guide to 60 walking routes in little-known Andorra. The guidebook includes numerous paths with scrambles, summits, via ferratas and a week-long Andorra circuit. Covers Arinsal, Sispony, Arcalis and Angonella, Valls Sorteny and Rialb, Montcaup, Ordino, Casamanya, Valls del Riu, Ransol, D?Incles, Circ de Pessons, Cortals and Vall del Madrui.
Author: IBP, Inc.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1438776098
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 274
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Andorra Business and Investment Opportunities Yearbook Volume 1 Strategic, Practical Information and Opportunities
Author: P. Christiaan Klieger
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 0739174274
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 235
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The seven microstates of Europe, i.e. Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Malta, San Marino, Sovereign Order of St. John, and Vatican City are remarkable not only for their size, but their persistence. Most have been around for centuries, while much larger empires have come and gone. Despite the great events of the last two millennia, these countries have come into existence and have managed to steer a course away from incorporation within their larger neighbors. Why is this? Rather than being an exercise in triviality, the study in The Microstates of Europe: Designer Nations in a Post-Modern World of the histories of these tiny states may provide insight into tenaciousness of national aspirations and ethnic solidarity that are everywhere evident. Modernist studies tend to view the microstates as illogical anomalies destined to disappear under the crush of social progress. However, these states are anything but marginal—in fact, they are among the richest states in the world. This book examines the phenomenon from structural history and anthropological perspectives. It is not a grand history of petite places—rather, it is an “ethnographic anthology” of a few places in Europe that should not logically exist. The Microstates of Europe is a post-modern critique of the trends of globalism, and it examines the counter-trend of increasing nationalism, particularism, and cultural relativism. Rather than being eclectic exceptions, the microstates may demonstrate the survival of extremely long enduring mechanisms of collective boundary maintenance that are most likely present in many communities throughout the world.
Author: Jose Ignacio Hualde
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136899715
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 486
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First Published in 2004. Among the languages of Europe spoken by bilingual communities, Catalan has a special status because of its vitality. Catalan enjoys official recognition in Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands, in spain and in the principality of Andorra. Catalan is of importance within the Romance family because it constitutes a link between the Ibero-Romance family of languages and the Gallo-Romance branches. This book will be of interest to both Romanists and general linguists engaged in comparative work.
Author: Paolo Becchi
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9783319280813
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This handbook provides a systematic overview of the legal concept and the meaning of human dignity for each European state and the European Union. For each of these 43 countries and the EU, it scrutinizes three main aspects: the constitution, legislation, and application of law (court rulings). The book addresses and presents answers to important questions relating to the concept of human dignity. These questions include the following: What is the meaning of human dignity? What is the legal status of the respective human dignity norms? Are human dignity norms of a programmatic nature, or do they establish an individual right which can be invoked before court? Is human dignity inviolable? The volume answers these questions from the perspectives of all European countries. As a reaction to the barbaric events during World War II, human dignity (dignitas) found its way into international law. Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) states that “[a]ll human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” The starting point for developing the concept on a national level was the codification of human dignity in article 1, paragraph 1 of the German Grundgesetz. Consequently, the concept of human dignity spread throughout Europe and, in the context of human rights, became a fundamental legal concept.
Author: Charles Davis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781904946045
Category : Andorra
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Contains 30 detailed walking route itineraries including two two-day hikes overnighting in beautiful Andorran refuges. Each walking route itinerary includes: - walking route summary; ratings for Effort, Time, Distance, Ascents/Descents; and more. It also includes information on the principality and accommodation, mountain biking routes, and more
Author: Peter Cameron
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 1429927143
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
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For mysterious reasons, a man forsakes his American life and arrives in a strange country called Andorra. He settles into the grand--and only--hotel in its seaside capital, and gradually makes the aquaintance of this tiny city's most prominent residents: the ancient Mrs. Reinhardt, who has a lifetime lease on the penthouse in the hotel; Sophonsobia Quay, the kayaking matriarch of an Andorran dynasty; and the Ricky Dents, an Australian couple who share a first name, a gigantic dog, and a volatile secret. As the stranger reveals himself to his new friends, and becomes entangled in their lives, the mystery of his own origin deepens. What is he hiding, and why? And when a mutilated dead body appears in the harbor, everyone is a suspect, including our narrator. Part thriller, part comedy of manners, part surrealistic dream, Andorra is "a work of remarkable and sustained invention and imagination . . . a nearly perfect book" (Robert Drake, The Philadelphia Inquirer).
