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El presente estudio aborda la compleja relación entre inmigración y Estado de bienestar en España. El número de inmigrantes en nuestro país ha aumentado en grado considerable en los últimos años, hasta situarse en porcentajes similares a los de los países más desarrollados de la Unión Europea. La transformación de España en país receptor de inmigración se produjo en tiempos de vigoroso crecimiento de la economía y el empleo, bonanza a la que el hecho migratorio contribuyó decididamente. El agotamiento de aquella larga fase de crecimiento ha dado mayor...

Kings, aristocrats, peasants, and the Church are among the shared features of most early medieval societies. However, these also varied dramatically in time and space. Can petty regional kings, for instance, be compared to those in charge of a whole empire? Scale is a crucial factor in modelling, explaining, and conceptualizing the past. Furthermore, many issues that historians and archaeologists treat independently can be theorized together as processes of scale decrease or increase: the appearance of complex societies, the rise and collapse of empires,...

Despite currents migration trends towards population centers, agriculture remains one of the most important staples of human culture, as these centers are dependent on a constant food supply. Computational Methods for Agricultural Research: Advances and Applications brings computing solutions to ancient practices and modern concerns, sowing the seeds for a sustainable, constant food supply. This book treats subjects as old modeling 11ood patterns and predictiog potential climates to distinctly 21 st century topes such as pesticide leaching models and the impact...