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Coalition government among different political parties is the way most European democracies are governed. Traditionally, the study of coalition politics has been focused on Western Europe.Coalition governance in Central Eastern Europe brings the study of the full...
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OUP Oxford
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2019-12-12
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Is animal labour inherently oppressive, or can work be a source of meaning, solidarity, and social membership for animals? This challenging question drives this thought-provoking collection which explores the possibilities and complexities of animal labour as a site for...
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OUP Oxford
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2019-12-12
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Is animal labour inherently oppressive, or can work be a source of meaning, solidarity, and social membership for animals? This challenging question drives this thought-provoking collection which explores the possibilities and complexities of animal labour as a site for...
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OUP Oxford
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2019-12-12
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The functioning of representative democracy crucially depends on political parties that mediate between citizens and the state. It is widely doubted, however, that contemporary parties can still perform this connective role. Taking seriously the ensuing challenges for...
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OUP Oxford
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2019-12-12
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The functioning of representative democracy crucially depends on political parties that mediate between citizens and the state. It is widely doubted, however, that contemporary parties can still perform this connective role. Taking seriously the ensuing challenges for...
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OUP Oxford
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2019-12-12
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This book represents the first scholarly attempt to summarize and analyze how Korea’s relationship with Africa has been shaped in policy and non-policy aspects. It shows how far it has come and where it goes. The book recognizes that Korea-Africa relations, though...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-12-11
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In this book, Peter Gardner contends that the production of narratives of ethnic peoplehood is an attempt to regain a sense of collective dignity among the previously dominant. After introducing the concept of ethnic dignity and locating its place within...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2019-12-11
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US families have been pushed to the wall. At the bottom of the economic ladder, poor and working-class adults aren't forming stable relationships and can't give their kids the start they need because of low wages and uncertain job prospects. Toward the top, professional...
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Oxford University Press
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2019-12-11
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Die Bedingungslose Jugendhilfe beschreibt den Versuch, die gegenwärtig degradierende Bedarfsprüfung zur Gewährung von Hilfen zur Erziehung zu überwinden und gleichzeitig ihre Inanspruchnahme zu de-stigmatisieren. Im Buch wird zunächst die Konzeption des...
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Springer VS
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2019-12-11
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This book offers a useful and extensive account of Japan’s past discoveries and present interactions with Muslim states and societies across Asia. Bearing in mind the U.S.-led global meta-narrative of Islam spoken in tandem with security and threats, this book examines...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-12-10
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A leading progressive intellectual offers an "illuminating" agenda for how real democracy can triumph in America and beyond (Ari Berman, New York Times).Since the New Deal in the 1930s, there have been two eras in our political history: the liberal era, stretching up to...
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Basic Books
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2019-12-10
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This book takes the reader through the expansion, restructuring and possible salvation of Malawi’s main industry, tobacco. Malawi has been dependent on tobacco exports for a century, but now, with demand for Malawian tobacco declining fast, the country needs to...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-12-10
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This book offers a compelling critical analysis of American society by examining the role of psychotherapy within social policy and the culture that has fashioned it. It takes a deeply critical look at ‘the social clinic,’ defined here as a ubiquitous organizational...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-12-07
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This book shows the remarkable diversification in Turkey’s international political economy landscape in the 2000s: its domestic political-economy framework, instrumental alternatives and geographic outreach. It assesses both how an emerging economy like Turkey copes...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-12-07
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International Political Economy Series
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The election of Barack Obama in 2008 was startling, as was the victory of Donald Trump eight years later. Because both presidents were unusual and gained office backed by Congresses controlled by their own parties, their elections kick-started massive counter-movements....
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2019-12-06
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When voter turnout is high, Democrats have an advantage--or so the truism goes. But, it is true? In The Turnout Myth, Daron Shaw and John Petrocik refute the widely held convention that high voter participation benefits Democrats while low involvement helps Republicans....
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2019-12-06
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Is a strong cosmopolitan stance irretrievably arrogant? Cosmopolitanism, which affirms universal moral principles and grants no fundamental moral significance to the state, has become increasingly central to normative political theory. Yet, it has faced persistent...
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Oxford University Press
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2019-12-06
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This book examines the convergence of conservation and security efforts along the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona. The author presents a unique analysis of the history of Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, a federally protected border wilderness area. Beginning in...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-12-05
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This book highlights the repeated refusal of post-genocide Rwandan refugees to return ‘home’ and why even high-profile government officials continue to flee to this day.This resistance has taken place for a lengthy period in spite of the fact that genocide ended 25...
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Springer
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2019-12-05
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Postcolonial studies, postmodern studies, even posthuman studies emerge, and intellectuals demand that social sciences be remade to address fundamentals of the human condition, from human rights to global environmental crises. Since these fields owe so much to American...
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OUP India
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2019-12-05
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