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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
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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...
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Springer
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2021-09-14
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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...
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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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24,00€
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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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China has gone from being a marginal to a leading power in Africa in just over two decades. Its striking ascendancy in the continent is commonly thought to have been primarily driven by economic interests, especially resources like oil. This book argues instead that...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2021-08-25
Collection :
China Today
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This book challenges the common perception or assumption that greater state intervention and re-centralization will result in convergence towards a more equitable and inclusive growth model in China. Instead of asking whether local agency matters, this project...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-08-23
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This book provides key insights into the nature of officer–recipient relationships and shows how they have non-negligible impacts on the way recipients feel and think about themselves and their lives using mixed methods and subjective and psychosocial well-being...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-08-21
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In diesem Open-Access-Buch thematisiert Maximilian Schiffers die Rolle von NGOs als besondere Akteure der Interessenvermittlung. Als Leitfrage untersucht er, wie verschiedene Typen von NGOs im Rahmen politischer Prozesse agieren. Mit einer explorativen und qualitativen...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2021-08-21
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This book comprehensively analyzes COVID-19 and its impact as well as the response from the perspectives of humanities and social sciences. This book covers topics ranging from geopolitical relations to regional integration, public health governance and even...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-08-19
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Given the escalating and existential nature of our current environmental crises, environmental sociology has never mattered more. We now face global environmental threats, such as climate change and biodiversity loss, as well as local threats, such as pollution and...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2021-08-09
Collection :
What is Sociology?
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