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This book analyses issues related to the political use and economical misappropriation of urban cultural events, cultural infrastructures, public resources, and cultural traditions in the city of Valencia, Spain. It deals critically with a variety of sociological...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-12-06
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This book tackles the question of how to characterise and account for recentralisation in Colombia between central and lower levels of government across a 26-year period. Around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has once again put the distribution of...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-12-04
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Ein junges Mädchen aus Schweden schafft, was viele über Jahrzehnte versucht haben. Greta Thunberg und die Fridays for Future-Bewegung schlagen Alarm und die Politik hört nicht nur zu, sondern ist angesichts der Kraft der sozialen Bewegung dazu gezwungen, aktiv zu...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2021-12-03
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This open access book presents the first step towards building socio-life science, a field of science investigating humans in such a way that both social and life-scientific factors are integrated. Because humans are both living and social creatures, a human action can...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-11-30
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This book collects articles on the achievements and experience of special economic zones during the China’s Reform and Opening-up in the past 40 years. The topics ranges from a historical summary of the development in special economic zones to its future prospect. Most...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-11-30
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Der Sammelband beleuchtet das Themenfeld Sicherheit im öffentlichen Raum aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven von Wissenschaft, Polizei, Kommunen und Politik und bietet Rezipientinnen und Rezipienten neue Einblicke, Synergien und Lösungsansätze. Inhaltliche Schwerpunkte...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2021-11-29
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This edited volume critically reflects on the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has affected and continues to affect women in India. Drawing on a range of qualitative and quantitative research, contributors analyze the implications of the pandemic on the informal...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-11-24
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This open access book analyses the global diffusion of social policy as a process driven by multiplex ties between countries in global social networks. The contributions analyze links between countries via global trade, colonial history, similarity in culture,...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-11-24
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Broadband, or high-speed internet, has been called the most important infrastructure challenge of the century. It has the potential to connect remote communities, streamline health care services, and support innovation across education, economics, and numerous other...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-11-23
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This book examines the nexus between City Networks, multilevel governance and migration policy. Examining several City Networks operating in the European Union and the United States of America’s multilevel political settings, it brings migration research into...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-11-22
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We all strive for personal happiness in one way or another, but what about public happiness? What does public happiness mean and what role can governments and public policies play? The current COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the inadequacies of old governance...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-11-18
Collection :
Community Quality-of-Life and Well-Being
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International society led by the United Nations has been working to improve and standardize every country's post-disaster recovery policy. In particular, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction adopted at the UN World Conference at Sendai, Japan, in 2015...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-11-16
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This book draws on recent empirical research and reports unique insight into the craft of public administration of the most senior echelons of the Australian Public Service (APS).This work is set in the context of a comparative analysis of the significant public sector...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-11-11
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In 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the wall of Wittenberg church. He argued that the Church’s internally consistent but absurd doctrines had pickled into a dogmatic structure of untruth. It was time for a Reformation. Half a millennium later, Steve Keen...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2021-11-11
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In the merciless arena of life, we are all subject to the law of the jungle, to ruthless competition and the survival of the fittest – such is the myth that has given rise to a society that has become toxic for our planet and for our and future generations. But today...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2021-11-11
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In der Publikation werden die Herausforderungen des Managements der Teilhabe von Menschen mit Beeinträchtigungen vor dem Hintergrund des neuen Bundesteilhabegesetzes diskutiert. Es werden die Dimensionen des Teilhabebegriffs im Hinblick auf die Soziale Arbeit...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2021-11-10
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The volume on China:The Bankable State rejects neoliberal consensus and focuses on crucial contributions of the Chinese state in shaping Chinese economy. This book makes crucial theoretical contributions to the study of local political economy of China. This...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-11-09
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Das Integrationsprojekt der Europäischen Union ist über seine wirtschaftlichen Erfolge noch nicht weit hinausgekommen, die ursprüngliche Idee einer politischen Union ist nach den Krisen des vergangenen Jahrzehnts in weite Ferne gerückt. Globalisierung, Migration,...
Editeur :
Springer Gabler
Parution :
2021-11-02
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Land system reform in China has always been a hot topic and a controversial one. After the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee (2013) issued its “Decision,” people throughout society generally responded well to the part relating to land system...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2021-10-25
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This book provides a framework for understanding the creation of public value in urban environments. The ability of cities to produce value is related to their capacity to generate meaningful resources for city residents and workers that enable them to craft...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-10-25
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