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This book explicitly addresses policy options in a democratic society regarding cognitive enhancement drugs and devices. The book offers an in-depth case by case analysis of existing and emerging cognitive neuroenhancement technologies and canvasses a distinct political...
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Springer
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2019-04-29
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This book explains a perspective on the system of justice that emerges in Islam if rules are followed and how the Islamic system is differentiated from the conventional thinking on justice. It examines conceptions of justice from the Enlightenment to Bentham to Rawls to...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-04-27
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This open access book discusses the eroding economics of nuclear power for electricity generation as well as technical, legal, and political acceptance issues. The use of nuclear power for electricity generation is still a heavily disputed issue. Aside from technical...
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Springer VS
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2019-04-26
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Energiepolitik und Klimaschutz. Energy Policy and Climate Protection
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This book explores how the experience of war and related atrocities tend to be visually expressed and how such articulations and representations are circulated and consumed. Each chapter of this volume examines how an image can contribute to a richer understanding of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-04-26
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This book analyses African foundations of gender, education, politics, democracy and institutional development by stimulating theoretical discourses. It offers a discursive framework on ways to examine the conceptualizations of African social development and a critical...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-04-25
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The election of Donald Trump as president of the United States sent shockwaves across the globe. How was such an outcome even possible? In two lectures given at American universities in the immediate aftermath of the election, the leading French philosopher Alain Badiou...
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Polity
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2019-04-25
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On October 1, 2019, the People's Republic of China (PRC) will celebrate the 70th anniversary of its founding. And what an eventful and tumultuous seven decades it has been! During that time, under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), China has been...
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Oxford University Press
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2019-04-25
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Examines the governance challenges of cybersecurity through twelve, real-world case studies Through twelve detailed case studies, this superb collection provides an overview of the ways in which government officials and corporate leaders across the globe are responding...
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Wiley
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2019-04-25
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How can we know if the peace that has been established following a civil war is a stable peace?
More than half of all countries that experienced civil war since World War II have suffered a relapse into violent conflict, in some cases more than once. Meanwhile, the...
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OUP Oxford
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2019-04-25
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How can we know if the peace that has been established following a civil war is a stable peace?
More than half of all countries that experienced civil war since World War II have suffered a relapse into violent conflict, in some cases more than once. Meanwhile, the...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2019-04-25
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Using a series of studies, this book shows that ownership structure plays a major role in the national economy as a whole. Inefficient State Owned Enterprises (SOE's) damage the development of private enterprises and overall economic growth in various ways. The...
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Springer
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2019-04-24
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In this book Edward and Sumner argue that to better understand the impact of global growth on poverty it is necessary to consider what happens across a wide range of poverty lines. Starting with the same datasets used to produce official estimates of global poverty,...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2019-04-23
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This edited collection explores the ways in which the 2008/2009 social and economic crisis in Southern Europe affected the interpretation of the transitional past in Spain, Greece and Portugal. Discussing topics such as public memory, Europeanism and uses of the past by...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-04-23
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It is increasingly apparent that capitalism cannot stave off the truly frightening ecological disasters that threaten the future of life on earth. Is it an accident that the strongest and most capitalist economic force in the world, the US, is also that force that is...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-04-23
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This book analyzes key aspects of Marx’s Capital with an eye towards its relevance for an understanding of issues confronting us in the 21st Century. The contributions to this volume suggest that while aspects of Marx’s original analysis must be adjusted to take...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-04-23
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Southeast Asia is a vast, populous and diverse region. The Association ofSoutheast Asian Nations (ASEAN) promotes democracy and human rights as central to regional order and cooperation, but most members are not democratic and have poor or questionable human rights...
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Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2019-04-23
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This book focuses on the drivers of Jihadist terrorism and explains how a better understanding of these drivers can lead to more effective counterterrorism policies all over the world. It builds on results of the extensive body of quality of life studies to document the...
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Springer
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2019-04-23
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Mit „InnovationCity Ruhr – Modellstadt Bottrop“ soll ein typisches Stück Ruhrgebiet mit rund 70 000 Einwohnern bis zum Jahr 2020 klimagerecht umgebaut werden. Benjamin Best rekonstruiert den Partizipationsprozess des Projektes, er analysiert seine Begrenzungen und zeigt...
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Springer VS
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2019-04-23
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Energiepolitik und Klimaschutz. Energy Policy and Climate Protection
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From Nobel Prize-winning economist and bestselling author Joseph Stiglitz, this account of the dangers of free market fundamentalism reveals what has gone so wrong, but also shows us a way out.We all have the sense that our economy tilts toward big business, but as...
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Penguin
Parution :
2019-04-23
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