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What is the impact of populism on the EU? How did the EU institutions and civil society react to the recent rise of populist parties? To answer such relevant questions and understand populism in terms of ideas, political outcomes, and social dynamics, academia needs to...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-07-30
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This book aims to establish a dialogue around the various “urban sanctuary” policies and other formal or informal practices of hospitality toward migrants that have emerged or been strengthened in cities in the Americas in the last decade. The authors articulate local...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-07-30
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Educational philosophies of self-cultivation as the cultural foundation and philosophical ethos for education have strong and historically effective traditions stretching back to antiquity in the classical ‘cradle’ civilizations of China and East Asia, India and...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-07-30
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This book provides a detailed examination of public service reforms in Malta. Focusing on both the trajectory and substance of the reforms, the volume provides a holistic treatment of the public sector in the European Union’s smallest member state. The book is divided...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-07-30
Collection :
Public Administration, Governance and Globalization
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Much time has been spent over the past decade debating whether social media contribute to democracy. Drawing on an original study of internet users across nine Western democracies, Outside the Bubble offers an unprecedented look at the effects of social media on...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-07-30
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This book introduces the value of a Darwinian social evolutionary approach to understanding social change. The chapters discuss several different perspectives on social evolutionary theory, and go on to link these with comparative and historical sociological...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-07-29
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This book presents an absorbing study of how educational radio, which originated to broadcast weather forecasts to farmers, has become what the Pew Center calls the most trusted source of news for American liberals and a regular in the rogue's gallery of election-year...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-07-29
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This book analyses the politicization of immigration and the European Union in Italy, the UK, and the European Parliament (EP) from 2015 to 2020. The book uses the case studies of Italy, the UK, and the EP to study party positioning specifically towards immigration and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-07-29
Collection :
Immigrants and Minorities, Politics and Policy
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This book examines the effects of personnel turnover in European Union institutions. Individuals enter and exit EU institutions with remarkable frequency, and questions involving institutional personnel lie at the heart of populist and feminist critiques of the EU. Are...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-07-28
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Music sampling has become a predominantly digitalized practice. It was popularized with the rise of Rap and Hip-Hop, as well as ambient music scenes, but it has a history stretching back to the earliest days of sound recording and experimental music making from around...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-07-28
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American police departments have presided over the business of motion pictures since the end of the nineteenth century. Their influence is evident not only on the screen but also in the ways movies are made, promoted, and viewed in the United States. Screening the...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-07-28
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Digital information drives participation in politics, the economy, and society. Yet great disparities exist as to which communities have access to the internet. In 2017, only half of residents of formerly industrial Flint, Michigan, had broadband or satellite internet...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-07-27
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Dieses Buch behandelt die Interaktion, Kooperation und Fusion von neuen Akteuren, Strategien, Taktiken und Mitteln des islamistischen Terrorismus und der transnationalen organisierten Kriminalität. Diese müssen als vitale Bedrohungen sowohl für die...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2021-07-26
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This book explores and analyzes the rapid pace of technological evolution in diplomatic, information, military, and economic sectors, which has contributed to a dynamic international policy environment. Global political stability is greatly influenced by innovations...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-07-26
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This book examines Russian influence operations globally, in Europe, and in Russia’s neighboring countries, and provides a comprehensive overview of the latest technologies and forms of strategic communication employed in hybrid warfare. Given the growing importance of...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-07-24
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This book investigates the UK’s nuclear weapon policy, focusing in particular on how consecutive governments have managed to maintain the Trident weapon system. The question of why states maintain nuclear weapons typically receives short shrift: its security, of course....
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-07-23
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This book argues that capitalism has practically failed to deliver the long-desired economic transformation and inclusive development in postcolonial Africa. The principal factor that accounts for this failure is the prolific non-productive forms of capitalism that tend...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-07-23
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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This book defines Eurasianism, a political idea with a long tradition, for a new century. Historically, Eurasia was depicted as a “third continent” with a geographical and historical space distinctively different from both Europe and Asia. Today, the concept is...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-07-23
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If art, and especially music, has been framed in cultural sociology as a collective production relying on a variety of actors, technicians have been mostly framed as “support personnel” marginally impacting the meaning of a cultural production. This book analyzes sound...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2021-07-23
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Der Band lässt 30 Jahre Beschäftigung der Autorin mit der Ökonomik Sozialer Arbeit Revue passieren, die in der Entwicklung eines alternativen Ökonomiemodells mündet. Mit dem Ansatz einer Autonomie fördernden Meritorik wird ein Analyserahmen für Soziale Arbeit...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2021-07-23
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