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An introduction to the issues surrounding the complex and controversial realities of today's interconnected world, the revised sixth edition Since its initial publication, The Globalization Reader has been lauded for its comprehensive coverage of the issues surrounding...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2019-11-19
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This book examines the utopian dimension of contemporary social and political thought. Arguing for a utopian optic for the human sciences, el-Ojeili claims that major transformations of the utopian constellation have occurred since the end of the twentieth...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2019-11-18
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This book examines the determinants and consequences of policy responsiveness and change, and how policy issues get onto the media and legislative agenda in a transitional democracy. It provides a detailed and attention based theory of Turkish Politics, and develops and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-11-18
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This book provides an in-depth account of the politics of the Eurozone crisis in Italy, Spain, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus and Malta, mapping the positions expressed by the governments of Southern EU countries during the Eurozone crisis negotiations, including Greece’s...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-11-18
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Dieses Buch ist Leitfaden, Ideenquelle und Nachschlagewerk für alle, die für die Gestaltung zukunftsfähiger Innenstädte und Ortszentren verantwortlich sind.Der Autor liefert praxisnahe Ideen und Handlungsoptionen für die Stärkung und Belebung von Innenstädten und...
Editeur :
Springer Gabler
Parution :
2019-11-18
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This book exposes the barriers to inclusive and effective public policy making, which are the current decision making paradigm and commonly held ideas that reduce public policy problems to scientific and technical ones. Through both environmental policy and other...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-11-16
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This book seeks to understand and classify differences that exist between a variety of elections in Britain. It moves beyond first- and second-order classifications developed following the European Parliamentary Elections in 1979 to include elections of devolved...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2019-11-15
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This timely book examines the role of fact-checking journalism within political policy debates, and its potential contribution to public engagement. Understanding facts not to operate in a political vacuum, the book argues for a wide remit for fact-checking...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2019-11-15
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This book intends to make sense of how Chinese leaders perceive China’s rise in the world through the eyes of China’s international relations (IR) scholars. Drawing on a unique, four-year opinion survey of these scholars at the annual conference of the Chinese...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-11-15
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Anne-Christin Hoffmann untersucht den Einfluss massenmedialer und interpersonaler Kommunikation auf die Relevanzbeurteilung von Themen. Sie legt den Blick darauf, unter welchen Rahmenbedingungen Rezipienten welche Ereignisse als wichtig für sich, ihr soziales Umfeld und...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2019-11-15
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This study counters the view that Franklin D. Roosevelt hegemonically exalted Thomas Jefferson to iconic dominance during the Great Depression. It analyzes the diversity of those who appropriated Jefferson to find answers to the socio-economic crisis and modern...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2019-11-15
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“This book is a timely reminder of the ties that join Russia and the European Union and the opportunities that still exist to improve a troubled relationship. The book does not shy away from the difficulties that the relationship currently faces, but seeks to find...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-11-15
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From the chilling threats of the "ISIS vampire" to the view of al-Qaeda as the "Frankenstein the CIA created," terrorism seems to be inextricably bound with monstrosity. But why do the media and government officials often portray terrorists as monsters? And perhaps more...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2019-11-15
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One of NATO’s objectives is a better understanding of the human and social aspects of security-related issues.
This book presents the proceedings of the NATO Science for Peace and Security Advanced Research Workshop (ARW), Leadership Development Programme on Gender and...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2019-11-15
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Recently, there have been public concerns about the impact of emerging market multinationals. The expansion of China's multinationals to Europe and the Belt and Road Initiative is a prominent example that has kindled hope but also started to increase awareness of the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-11-15
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DEMOCRACY WAS BORN IN ATHENS. FROM ITS FOUNDING MYTHS TO ITS GOLDEN AGE AND ITS CHAOTIC DOWNFALL, IT'S RICH WITH LESSONS FOR OUR OWN TIMES.'Timely and fascinating' Robin Lane FoxWhy did vital civic engagement and fair debate descend into populism and paralysis? Can we...
Editeur :
Riverrun
Parution :
2019-11-14
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This book systematically discusses the contribution of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to China’s transition from an emerging to an advanced economic and financial system after more than five years. From a historical perspective, it explains to what extent the BRI...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2019-11-14
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In an age where more British people believe in aliens than trust our politicians, Dorothy Byrne asks the question: what went wrong and how can our trust in democracy and public life be regained?In this scintillating essay, nothing and no one escapes Byrne's razor-sharp...
Editeur :
Short Books
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2019-11-14
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The No. 1 bestselling true story of Battalion Commander Richard Picciotto who, on 11 September, survived the collapse of the North Tower of the World Trade Center.On September 11th, Battalion Commander Richard 'Pitch' Picciotto was the highest ranking fire department...
Editeur :
Seven Dials
Parution :
2019-11-14
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Die Beiträge des Bandes stellen Grundlagen aus den Bereichen Verwaltungsmanagement und Verwaltungsinformatik sowie Ergebnisse der empirischen Forschung zum strategischen Management in kleinen und mittleren Kommunen dar. Fallbeispiele aus Kommunen in Österreich, Italien,...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2019-11-13
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