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This volume combines approaches from three disciplines – economics, sociology, and demography – and empirically analyzes the key aspects of the labor market and social demography processes in post-Soviet transitional societies while focusing on the gender perspective....
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Springer
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2021-02-01
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The book examines the rapprochement between Greece and Eastern Europe during the Cold War. ''Ostpolitik'', which translates to ‘‘Opening to the East’’ is used to describe the policy of conducting affairs with the Soviet Bloc. Using primary sources from Greece, Eastern...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-01-31
Collection :
Contributions to International Relations
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This open access book presents a topical, comprehensive and differentiated analysis of Germany’s public administration and reforms. It provides an overview on key elements of German public administration at the federal, Länder and local levels of government as well as...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-01-29
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This book shows the growing phenomenon and the broad impact of socio-environmental conflicts in the grassroots communities—farmers, fishermen and urban poor—in Indonesia, as the effects of government’s development strategies based on neoliberal and New Public Management...
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Springer
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2021-01-29
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Austerity has dominated the policy agenda in the past decade. Although it appeared to end with the COVID-19 pandemic, a return to harsh cutbacks in the future cannot be ruled out. In this incisive analysis, Diane Perrons shows that while austerity policies have...
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Polity
Parution :
2021-01-28
Collection :
The Future of Capitalism
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Politisches Handeln ist zunehmend krisenbehaftet und exekutivdominiert. Dabei machen Führungspersönlichkeiten einen Unterschied, wie die vorliegende Studie am Beispiel der „Krisenkanzlerin“ Angela Merkel nachweist. Einem interaktionistischen Leadership-Verständnis...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2021-01-23
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Colonial Trauma is a path-breaking account of the psychosocial effects of colonial domination. Following the work of Frantz Fanon, Lazali draws on historical materials as well as her own clinical experience as a psychoanalyst to shed new light on the ways in which the...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2021-01-22
Collection :
Critical South
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The painful reality faced by refugees and migrants is one of the greatest moral challenges of our time, in turn, becoming a focus of significant scholarship. This volume examines the global phenomenon of migration in its theological, historical, and...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-01-21
Collection :
Pathways for Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue
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A series of concurrent pressures in the early 2000s--climate change, financial system crashes, economic development in rural regions, and shifts in geopolitics--intensified interest in alternative energy production. At the same time, rising oil prices rendered...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-01-18
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This book addresses a range of key issues concerning social work education, research and practice in India and Australia from a cross-cultural perspective. The respective chapters focus on specific areas of social work regarding e.g. the status and recognition of the...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-01-13
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This book presents new research results on the challenges of local politics in different European countries, including Germany, the Netherlands, the Nordic countries and Switzerland, together with theoretical considerations on the further development and strengthening...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-01-12
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Shortlisted for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year awardA renowned climate scientist shows how fossil fuel companies have waged a thirty-year campaign to deflect blame and responsibility and delay action on climate change, and offers a battle plan for how we can...
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PublicAffairs
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2021-01-12
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Poverty remains one of the most urgent issues of our time. In this fully updated edition of her important and widely acclaimed intervention on the topic, Ruth Lister introduces readers to the meaning and experience of poverty in the contemporary world. The book opens...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2021-01-07
Collection :
Key Concepts
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An essential primer on capitalism, politics and how the world works, based on the hugely popular undergraduate lecture series 'What is Politics?'Is there an alternative to capitalism? In this landmark text Chomsky and Waterstone chart a critical map for a more just and...
Editeur :
Hamish Hamilton
Parution :
2021-01-05
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Chambers of commerce are omnipresent in domestic public policy and play a crucial role in business self-governance. However, they are rather neglected in both public and scientific debates and seem to be in decline. This volume fills this gap in research on organised...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-01-04
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Die deutschen Ballungsräume wachsen, der Wohnraum wird knapp, die Mietpreise steigen stark. So kehrt die Wohnungsfrage zurück auf die politische Agenda – und wird angesichts eines weitgehenden Rückzugs von Bund und Ländern aus der Wohnungspolitik vor allem zur Aufgabe...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2021-01-04
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Is the Prefect an exception, surviving only in France and some countries influenced by Napoleon? No! This book tells the varied stories of the resilience, in most European States and under different names, of the prefectoral institution. It is the first comparative book...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-12-28
Collection :
Governance and Public Management
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This book provides researchers with a straightforward and accessible guide for carrying out research that will help them to combine good science with real-world impact. The format of this book is simple: concise chapters on key topics, examples and case studies, written...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-12-22
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This book examines social policy in Muslim countries across the world and the status and role of Islamic teachings in such policies. It fills a gap in the literature by reviewing and comparing the experience of several Muslim countries from across the world. The...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-12-18
Collection :
International Series on Public Policy
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This book examines de facto regulation frameworks and methods in a variety of areas, such as banking, transportation, cyberspace, the non-profit sector, and more. Authored by experts in the field, this book deals with the “big” questions about the idea of regulation. It...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-12-14
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