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Populism and Liberal Democracy is the first book to offer a comprehensive theory about populism during both its emergence and consolidation phases in three geographical regions: Europe, Latin America and the United States. Based on the detailed comparison of all...
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OUP Oxford
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2019-04-02
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Populism and Liberal Democracy is the first book to offer a comprehensive theory about populism during both its emergence and consolidation phases in three geographical regions: Europe, Latin America and the United States. Based on the detailed comparison of all...
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OUP Oxford
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2019-04-02
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This book addresses the morality of engaging in weapons research, a topic that has been neglected but which is extremely important. It is argued that this activity is both morally wrong and morally unjustifiable, and this implies that moral persons should not engage in...
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Springer
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2019-04-02
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The book analyzes concentrations of wealth and power in developed democracies. It shows that economic measures, which states adopted during the 1980s and 1990s, had evolved first into liberal oligarchy, and later, after the 2007-2008 global financial crisis, into...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2019-04-01
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?Die Studie bietet einen Überblick, ob in den rund 70 Ländern, die sich bisher zu dem Leitbild eines „offeneren Regierens“ bekannt haben, in den letzten zehn Jahren demokratische Fortschritte zu erkennen sind. Nach den Protagonisten dieses Ansatzes – wie OECD, Barack...
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Springer VS
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2019-04-01
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Sarah Schmid zeigt auf, dass zerfallende oder fragile Staaten nicht pauschal als Räume der Anarchie begriffen werden können, sondern in Abwesenheit des Staates Ordnungsleistungen durch nicht-staatliche Akteure erbracht werden. Am Beispiel Afghanistans und Kolumbiens...
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Springer VS
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2019-04-01
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Uncertainty surrounds every major decision in international politics. Yet there is almost always room for reasonable people to disagree about what that uncertainty entails. No one can reliably predict the outbreak of armed conflict, forecast economic recessions,...
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Oxford University Press
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2019-04-01
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Nearly 800 proposals have been made to amend or abolish the Electoral College, and its divisiveness raises many questions. What role do electors play in American democracy? How should they vote? Should the Electoral College exist at all? Much confusion surrounds this...
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Oxford University Press
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2019-04-01
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This book is the first comprehensive and authoritative translation into English of national and international laws of Russia that relate to the Arctic from the early 19th century to the present, revealing the historical and current context of sovereignty, sovereign...
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Springer
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2019-03-30
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This book sets out to explain the variation in nations’ reactions to their defeats in war. Typically, we observe two broad reactions to defeat: an inward-oriented response that accepts defeat as a reality and utilizes it as an opportunity for a new beginning, and an...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2019-03-30
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Europa befindet sich im dauerhaften Krisenmodus: Nationalismen, Brexit und scheinbar unüberbrückbare Differenzen in Fragen der Migration, der Reform der Eurozone und der Verbesserung seiner globalen Wettbewerbsfähigkeit gefährden den Zusammenhalt der Union. Gleichzeitig...
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Springer
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2019-03-29
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This book comprehensively presents the current practice and further development paths of public sector accounting, auditing and control systems in 7 South Eastern European countries based on the contributions of highly-respected researchers. Each chapter is a study of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2019-03-29
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Public Sector Financial Management
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This volume explores the continuous line from informal and unrecorded practices all the way up to illegal and criminal practices, performed and reproduced by both individuals and organisations. The authors classify them as alternative, subversive forms of governance...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2019-03-29
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This book explores the connection between politics and mega-events in post-handover Hong Kong and Macao. It also offers an in-depth account of the two cities’ keenness to integrate with China and engage in the international society and China’s eagerness to build image,...
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Palgrave Pivot
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2019-03-28
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Der dritte Band der Ausgewählten Schriften von Claus Offe enthält sozialtheoretische Studien und Essays zu Problemen der sozialen Integration. In diesem Band sind Arbeiten zum Zusammenhang von Institutionen, Normen und zivilgesellschaftlichen Aktivitäten versammelt....
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Springer VS
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2019-03-28
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Ausgewählte Schriften von Claus Offe
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Firmly rooted in the International Political Economy (IPE) tradition, this book addresses the negative consequences of globalisation, what is termed here the ‘dark side of globalisation’. It explores different definitions of globalisation, whether the globalisation we...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2019-03-28
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This book discusses the following questions: Why are some conflicts so enduring and why is conflict resolution so hard? The author begins by introducing two conflicting perspectives, Skeptics and Believers, to highlight the lack of consensus on conflict resolution. The...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2019-03-28
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What is love's real intent? Why can love be so ruthlessly selective? How is it related to sex, beauty, and goodness? And is the child now the supreme object of love?
In addressing these questions, Simon May develops a radically new understanding of love as the emotion...
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Oxford University Press
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2019-03-28
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Shortlisted for the PEN Hessel-Tiltman Prize'A terrific book, rich and endlessly thought provoking. . . If you are looking for one book to understand the core ideas of Chinese civilisation, read this' - Michael WoodAn engrossing history of ancient Chinese philosophy...
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Pelican
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2019-03-28
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Carolyn Forché is 27 when a mysterious stranger calling himself Leonel appears on her doorstep, having driven direct from El Salvador. A friend has heard rumours about who he might be - a communist, a CIA operative, a sharpshooter, a revolutionary, a small coffee...
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Penguin
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2019-03-28
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