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House of Alice Roughton: Cambridge Doctor, Humanist, Patron and Activist
From her home at 9 Adams Road in the university city of Cambridge, Alice Roughton (1900-1995) demonstrated a strongly altruistic lifestyle, housing young students, the mentally ill, artists, intellectuals, friends, persecuted homosexuals and refugees (German Jews in 1939, Hungarians in 1956 and Chileans in 1973). She practiced psychiatry and general medicine alongside personal activism such as medics against nuclear warfare and opposing the financing of urbanisation - the latter related to the destruction of the historical centres of English cities. Alice was a patron of artists and intellectuals, including the Catalan musician Robert Gerhard and the German dancer Kurt Jooss. She befriended ...
Una agenda imperfecta
El descrèdit de la polÃtica actual és força generalitzat en els països democrà tics. A Catalunya, als problemes propis de tota societat complexa se suma el pòsit d'una història molt accidentada i l'interrogant d'un futur nacional massa incert. Aquesta realitat s'ha fet més evident en aquests darrers anys quan l'agenda polÃtica inspirada per Pasqual Maragall els ha volgut tractar obertament.Una invitació de Pasqual Maragall el 1999 va portar Josep M. Vallès a deixar temporalment la seva funció università ria i a passar de la ciutadania activa a la polÃtica institucional, fins a convertir-se en Conseller de JustÃcia del Govern del President Maragall (2003-2006). En aquesta peripÃ...
Enabling the Business of Agriculture 2019
Enabling the Business of Agriculture 2019 presents indicators that measure the laws, regulations and bureaucratic processes that affect farmers in 101 countries. The study covers eight thematic areas: supplying seed, registering fertilizer, securing water, registering machinery, sustaining livestock, protecting plant health, trading food and accessing finance. The report highlights global best performers and countries that made the most significant regulatory improvements in support of farmers.
Women, Culture, and Politics in Latin America
The result of a collaboration among eight women scholars, this collection examines the history of women’s participation in literary, journalistic, educational, and political activity in Latin American history, with special attention to the first half of this century.
