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This open access book analyses the idea that medicine and psychology have a substantial (and underestimated) impact on Western welfare states. Based on mixed-methods analyses conducted in Germany, it analyses this influence on debates and policies related to...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-09-07
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This book gives a brief review of current development models and governance of urban sharing platforms, and looks into the economic efficiency of a novel market transaction model of sharing economy, which has been accelerated by high-density urban population and the...
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Springer
Parution :
2023-09-01
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Public Economy and Urban Governance in China
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Developing an original approach, this book examines how both nationalism and climate change threaten humankind with future catastrophes, arguing that humanity is on a fast track to a dystopian future unless significant changes are implemented. While the world warms,...
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Springer
Parution :
2023-09-01
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The book provides comparative information about the materialization of the 2030 Agenda in urban policy in ten countries located in Europe and Latin America. The Declaration of Quito is the starting point for the implementation of SDGs into public policies in urban...
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Springer
Parution :
2023-08-30
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This edited volume discusses direct citizen participation and public policymaking in Turkey. Written by a diverse group of scholars and practitioners, this book advances the field of public policy by critically examining whether and how direct citizen participation may...
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Springer
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2023-08-29
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The discipline of social policy, oftentimes deemed a part of social work as a profession, was born in the West. Unlike social policy that started with the post-war idea of a welfare state in the mid-20th century, social work traces its roots to individual casework...
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Springer
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2023-08-29
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This Brief discusses the translation of global environmental norms across local contexts in France. It provides a snapshot of how global-level environmental norms travel vertically across levels of governance, from the global to the local, and asks how global...
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Springer
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2023-08-26
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This book, with a focus on the establishment of urban public security risk prevention and control system, carries out a comprehensive review and a comparative study of its development. It provides a systematical analysis to the inevitable security issues in the process...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2023-08-25
Collection :
Public Economy and Urban Governance in China
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This book, focusing on urban migration and public governance, reviews on the concepts and theories of urban migration and urban governance across the globe and sums up world migration trends and policy changes, coupled with the characteristics and types of China’s urban...
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Springer
Parution :
2023-08-21
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This open access book examines data governance and its implications for policymaking in Africa. Bringing together economists, lawyers, statisticians, and technology experts, it assesses gaps in both the availability and use of existing data across the continent, and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-08-14
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This book provides a conceptual and methodological approach for researchers evaluating governance and policy in the face of complexity, and demonstrates the application of this approach across different governance and policy contexts. It fills a significant gap in the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-08-09
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This book is a guide to the economic evaluation of transport policies and investment projects through cost-benefit analysis (CBA). It covers the CBA of transportation projects and policies, and introduces the fundamental concepts of CBA before considering their...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2023-08-01
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Diese Studie interessiert sich für einzelne Personen oder kleine Gruppen und deren Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Steuerung der lokalen Energiewende. Wie funktioniert dieser grundlegende Prozess der Steuerung, bei dem einzelne Personen bestimmte Kompetenzen, Leistungen...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2023-08-01
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In recent years, China has not only expanded its economic presence worldwide but has also actively pursued initiatives to enhance its global leadership, promote international cooperation, and provide humanitarian aid. Concurrently, Chinese NGOs have played an...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2023-07-31
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This is an open access book. This year of 2022, in a concordance with the 62th Anniversary of Faculty of Administrative Science Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia, we proudly present the 5th Annual International Conference on Business and Public Administration...
Editeur :
Atlantis Press
Parution :
2023-07-31
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This book uses settler colonialism, critical race, and tribal critical race theories to examine the relationship between settler colonialism and Indigenous and Black disproportionality in the criminal justice systems of the English-speaking Western liberal democracies...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-07-31
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This open access book is one of the first academic works to comprehensively analyse the dilemma concerning global content governance on social media. To date, no single human rights standard exists across all social media platforms, allowing private companies to set...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-07-30
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This book examines the characteristics and evolution of interest groups in Portugal. Drawing from a wide array of sources - including surveys, parliamentary activities, media coverage and interviews with MPs and lobbyists – it systematically assesses interest group...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-07-30
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This book explores the previously overlooked negative environmental impact of the sports industry, with a particular emphasis on the carbon footprint of sports facilities and organizations. The authors provide a comprehensive assessment of sustainable development goals,...
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Springer
Parution :
2023-07-27
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This book challenges the notion that bigger local government is always better. Whilst the central government in Britain has often supported increases in local government size, the book argues that this has been detrimental, and has caused the erosion of distinctive...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-07-24
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