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This book relies on the conceptual model of Open Government (OG), focusing on transparency and, concretely, in open data initiatives at the local government context with the aim of improving participation and collaboration. Most Open Government models are centered on...
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Springer
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2019-05-07
Collection :
Public Administration and Information Technology
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This handbook is the definitive resource for understanding current mental health policy controversies, options, and implementation strategies. It offers a thorough review of major issues in mental health policy to inform the policy-making process, presenting the pros...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-05-07
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This book characterizes South Korea’s pre-neoliberal regime of social governance as developmental liberalism and analyzes the turbulent processes and complex outcomes of its neoliberal degeneration since the mid-1990s. Instead of repeating the politically...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-05-07
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Majid Montazer untersucht, wie die aktuelle Kulturpolitik im theokratischen Iran ausgeübt wird. Aus Sicht der iranischen Regierung hat die Scharia in allen gesellschaftlichen Belangen den höchsten Stellenwert; Musik steht seit der Revolution unter dem latenten Verdacht,...
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J.B. Metzler
Parution :
2019-05-07
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Understanding Peace Holistically: From the Spiritual to the Political argues that spiritually rooted and morally oriented peacefulness is relevant to the socio-economic–political structures that provide the conditions for a culture of peace. As the authors build up a...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2019-05-07
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Much of our life involves working, preparing for work, searching for work, or thinking and worrying about work. Whether paid or unpaid, free or coerced, full-time, part-time, or zero-hours, work defines us and helps shape our behavior both on and off the job. In this...
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Polity
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2019-05-07
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We live in a culture of credit. As wages have stagnated, we’ve seen a dramatic surge in private borrowing across the western world; increasing numbers of households are sucked into a hopeless vortex of spiralling debt, fuelled by exploitative lending. In this book...
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Polity
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2019-05-07
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This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This book investigates the impact of vote buying on the accountability of democratic institutions and policy representation in newly democratic countries, with a focus on Indonesia. In doing so, the book presents a...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-05-07
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In light of asymmetrical security threats in western democracies as well as in conflict regions, this timely book examines the actors, strategies and tactics of Islamist terrorism and transnational organized crime around the globe. The authors develop an...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-05-07
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By making available the almost unlimited energy stored in prehistoric plant matter, coal enabled the industrial age – and it still does. Coal today generates more electricity worldwide than any other energy source, helping to drive economic growth in major emerging...
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Polity
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2019-05-07
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Resources
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This book examines the evolution of liberal peacebuilding in the Balkans since the mid-1990s. After more than two decades of peacebuilding intervention, widespread popular disappointment by local communities is increasingly visible. Since the early 2010s, difficult...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-05-06
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During the next few years, most European and World cities will be developing urban agendas. Materials published on the subject have been relatively scarce until now. This edited volume introduces a case study implementation of the European Urban Agenda (EUA) in a...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-05-06
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This book traces the trajectory and different meanings of the concept of peacebuilding in the United Nations since the early 1990s. It analyses how that concept gained life in a particular context and the implications of this process for the Organisation’s support to...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-05-06
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This book provides a state of the art discussion of the royal prerogative over war powers in the UK.This issue has received particular attention over proposed military strikes against the Syrian regime and it was claimed by many observers and scholars that parliament...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2019-05-04
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To understand how politics, the economy, and public policy function in the world’s largest democracy, an appreciation of federalism is essential. Bringing to surface the complex dimensions that affect relations between India’s central government and states, this short...
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OUP India
Parution :
2019-05-04
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This book discusses parliamentary oversight and its role in curbing corruption in developing countries. Over the past decade, a growing body of research at the global and regional levels has demonstrated that parliamentary oversight is an important determinant of...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-05-03
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'A compelling vision, an urgent necessity, and not beyond reach' Noam ChomskyThe past is forgotten, and the future is without hope. Dystopia has become a reality. This is the new normal in our apocalyptic politics - but if we accept it, our helplessness is guaranteed....
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Penguin
Parution :
2019-05-02
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A passionate defence of humanity and a work of radical optimism from the international bestselling author of PostcapitalismHow do we preserve what makes us human in an age of uncertainty? Are we now just consumers shaped by market forces?A sequence of DNA?A collection...
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Penguin
Parution :
2019-05-02
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The book examines all relevant models which have been employed in settling ethno-territorial conflicts since the time of the League of Nations. Eight of these models have been studied in-depth.The aim of this analysis is to gain expertise and insights...
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Springer VS
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2019-05-02
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This book is the first collection within political theory to examine the ideas and debates of the German Revolution of 1918/19. It discusses the political theorists and actors of the revolution and uncovers an incredibly fertile body of political thought. Revolutionary...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-05-02
Collection :
Marx, Engels, and Marxisms
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