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This book focuses mainly on strategic decision making at a global level, which is rarely considered in approaches to sustainability.This book makes a unique contribution as the work looks at global consequences of mineral exhaustion and steps that can be taken to...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-10-01
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This book addresses the ‘bigger picture’ of local-European relations and adds a new dimension to existing studies on multilevel governance and the Europeanisation of local government. Drawing from a combination of European integration theories and operational...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-09-30
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In thirteen chapters, the contributors to this volume analyse the different dimensions of a new form of collaboration, termed collective co-production, in the Scandinavian countries. It is a characteristic of the Scandinavian countries – Sweden, Norway and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-09-30
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This book explores the institutional factors in social policymaking and implementation in China. From the performance evaluation system for local cadres to the intergovernmental fiscal system, local policy experimentation, logrolling among government departments, and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-09-28
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This book highlights the notion of Circular Economy under the umbrella of Sustainability because of the widespread momentum it is gaining. Today the whole world is certainly in emergent need of an alternative system to traditional economy which is linear, i.e. make, use...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-09-27
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This book is an essential guide on surrogacy, discussing various legal issues that arise in surrogacy cases. It provides a comprehensive coverage to various issues pertaining to surrogacy arrangements due to failure to meet the needs of those involved in surrogacy, be...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-09-27
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Dieser Sammelband gibt einen Überblick über aktuelle Formen und Formate politischer Partizipation auf kommunaler Ebene, auf Quartiersebene sowie im Bereich von Parteien, Verbänden und Hochschulen. Neben wissenschaftlichen Grundlagen der politischen Beteiligung werden...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2021-09-23
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We were drowning in in record levels of debt before the COVID-19 crisis, and we are now deluged in it. U.S. private-sector loans have tripled relative to income since 1950 – and government debt is also at an all-time high. Soaring debt burdens individuals, stifles...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2021-09-21
Collection :
The Case For
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A thirty-thousand-year history of the relationship between climate and civilization that teaches powerful lessons about how humankind can survive. Human-made climate change may have begun in the last two hundred years, but our species has witnessed many eras of...
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PublicAffairs
Parution :
2021-09-21
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This book examines why authoritarian governments are willing to address environmental problems that have an international impact, such as CO2 emissions, but are reluctant to address problems that have only a domestic impact. In a case study of Azerbaijani oil...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-09-14
Collection :
Societies and Political Orders in Transition
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Recent political science research into the American legal academy has been ‘captured by conservatism’—this research has framed the institutional and ideological developments occurring within the law schools over the past forty years solely through the prism of modern...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-09-08
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This book showcases the different ways in which contemporary forms of data analysis are being used in urban planning and management. It highlights the emerging possibilities that city-regional governance, technology and data have for better planning and urban management...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2021-09-08
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Traditional economics is built on the assumption of self-interested individuals seeking to maximize personal gain, but that is far from the whole story. Sharing, caring, and a desire to uphold the collective good are also powerful motives. In a world wracked by...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2021-09-03
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From New York to New Delhi, COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on our urban world, turning the physical proximity which is central to the creative energy of the city into a potentially deadly threat to our health and well being. Yet most of us live or work in...
Editeur :
Basic Books
Parution :
2021-09-02
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This book details the relationship between culture and the language used by public figures, including politicians, political candidates, and government officials, in the broad context of political behavior and communication. Employing a variety of...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-09-01
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The European Parliament (EP) – a powerful actor in today's European Union – was not intended to be more than a consultative assembly at first. Yet this book shows that the EP was much more influential in shaping Community policy in the early years of the integration...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-09-01
Collection :
Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics
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This book describes the institutions and process through which the Georgia General Assembly adopts a budget, the executive-legislative branch politics that transpire during the process and the tax and spending policies that the process produces. It argues that the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-08-31
Collection :
Studies in Public Budgeting
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This book is an up-to-date analysis of the issues facing the future of the social work profession in the face of rising political authoritarianism, economic inequality and insecurity, class and racial conflicts, fiscal pressure and the COVID-19 pandemic. It provides an...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-08-28
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Discover insider secrets of how America’s transportation system is designed, funded, and built – and how to make it work for your community In Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town, renowned speaker and author of Strong Towns Charles L....
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2021-08-26
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Das essential bietet eine Gesamtschau der deutschen Nachhaltigkeitspolitik. Die Handlungsfelder Agrar, Energie, Verkehr und Wald werden kompakt analysiert und einer Bewertung unterzogen. Im Kern wird die Governance der Nachhaltigkeitstransformation...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2021-08-26
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