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Social SciencesUniversityPublicationsCatalogue14Social SciencesDones de BloomsburyWomen of BloomsburyPilar Godayol NogúeCastelló de la Plana: Universitat Jaume I, 2006Sendes, 8178 pages; 17 x 24 cm; softbackISBN 9788480215565CDU: 316Price: 18 ¤In CatalanL’humor en el treball: salut, crítica i comunicacióHumor in the Workplace: Health, Criticismand CommunicationAmadeu Viana (editor)Lleida: Universitat de Lleida, 2006192 pages; 15 x 21 cm; softbackISBN 9788484092063CDU: 331Price: 12 ¤In Catalan and SpanishThis work includes six biographical profiles of intellectuals that havemade up one of the most solid, lively and innovative groups of the20 th Century. The siblings Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell, the writerVita Sackville-West, the painter Dora Carrington, the aristocratOttoline Morrell and the memoirist and survivor Frances Partridgewere a point of reflection in diverse artistic circles for their work, fortheir iconoclastic nature and for the relationship they nurturedamongst themselves and other personalities of their epoch. Thisbook brings to life a group of committed, clairvoyant, daring andoften genius voices that have left a permanent mark on contemporaryculture.El dret públic català. Les institucions a Catalunyafins al Decret de Nova PlantaCatalan Public Law. Institutions in Cataloniaup to the Decree of Nova PlantaVíctor Ferro PomaVic: Eumo Editorial, 1987Reference610 pages; 13.5 x 21.5 cm; softbackISBN 9788476022030CDU: 342 (467.1)Price: 27.60 ¤In CatalanThis book is a description of the systematic and documented groupingof public institutions that Catalonia lost at the beginning of the 18thCentury as a consequence of the military defeat in the War ofSuccession.L’entorn virtual d’aprenentatgede la Universitat d’AndorraThe Virtual Learning Environmentat the University of AndorraMontserrat Casalprim; Virginia Larraz;Miquel NicolauSant Julià de Lòria: Universitat d’Andorra, 2006Dret andorrà71 pages; 14 x 20 cm; softbackISBN 9789992004371CDU: 37Price: 12 ¤In CatalanThis document describes the virtual environment with its entities andfunctions. It aims to serve as a guide for professors and students ofthe University of Andorra, detailing the uses of the virtual environmentin education.Research on humor in the work place is an emerging topic in recentyears. This book covers three complementary perspectives abouthumor: its relationship to health (or its psychosocial aspects), itscapacity to facilitate criticism (or the social utility or pertinence ofhumor due to its futile or ephemeral nature), and its use as a meansof communication on television, in comics or in everyday speech.Crítica a la economía ortodoxaCriticism on Orthodox EconomicsMiren Etxezarreta (coord.)Bellaterra: Universitat Autònomade Barcelona, 2005Manuals, 41729 pages; 16 x 23 cm; softbackISBN 9788449023842CDU: 330.1Price: 59 ¤In SpanishThis is a collection of articles that pose a critical revision of conventionaleconomics that is taught at universities and is used widely inthe academic world, in business and even in the public economy. Theobjectives of this book are manyfold. First, it aims to put into clearrelief the relativism of economic thinking and how, in each new era, itdepends on the prevailing economic interests. Second, it aims tostimulate a profound understanding of its limitations. Finally, andmost importantly, it aims to promote the study and search for otherinterpretations in the world of economics that might serve to help inunderstanding and transforming the society we live in.Diàlegs gais, lesbians, queerGay, Lesbian and Queer DialoguesJulián Acebrón; Rafael Mérida (editors)Lleida: Universitat de Lleida, 2007212 pages; 17 x 24 cm; softbackISBN 9788484092308CDU: 323Price: 15 ¤In Catalan and SpanishIn recent years, studies on identity and gender have enriched theintellectual landscape notably. These dialogues offer a multidisciplinaryperspective that spans from artistic representations to linguistics,from academic theories to political activism and intellectual commitment.They analyze concepts, norms, practices, mythologies andstereotypes associated with sexuality and eroticism, challenging us torevise conventional outlooks on gender and identity.www.neu-e.com