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This edited volume provides a comprehensive overview of the diverse and multi-faceted research on governance in multilevel systems. The book features a collection of cutting-edge trans-Atlantic contributions, covering topics such as federalism, decentralization as well...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2019-02-01
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From Darfur to the Rwandan genocide, journalists, policymakers, and scholars have blamed armed conflicts in Africa on ancient hatreds or competition for resources. Here, Tsega Etefa compares three such cases—the Darfur conflict between Arabs and non-Arabs, the Gumuz and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2019-02-01
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This book discusses the causes and nature of political differentiation in Europe. It deals with the normative problem of differentiated integration, both in its vertical and horizontal dimensions, and addresses the problem of differentiation through a theory of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2019-02-01
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The complexity of the twenty-first century threat landscape contrasts markedly with the bilateral nuclear bargaining context envisioned by classical deterrence theory. Nuclear and conventional arsenals continue to develop alongside anti-satellite programs, autonomous...
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Oxford University Press
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2019-02-01
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For four decades Saudi Arabia and Iran have vied for influence in the Muslim world. At the heart of this ongoing Cold War between Riyadh and Tehran lie the Sunni-Shia divide, and the two countries' intertwined histories. Saudis see this as a conflict between Sunni and...
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Oxford University Press
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2019-02-01
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It was the original forever war, which went on interminably, fuelled by religious fanaticism, personal ambition, fear of hegemony, and communal suspicion.It dragged in all the neighbouring powers.It was punctuated by repeated failed ceasefires.It inflicted suffering...
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Oxford University Press
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2019-02-01
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Modern Singapore is a miracle. Half a century ago it unwillingly became an independent nation, after it was thrown out of the Malay Federation. It was tiny, poor, almost devoid of resources, and in a hostile neighborhood. Now, this unlikely country is at the top of...
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Hurst
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2019-02-01
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This is the first book to articulate resilience-based public policy for a constantly changing, complex, and uncertain risk society. Its primary focus is on operationalizing resilience, i.e., on incorporating elements of resilience in public policy in the context of our...
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Springer
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2019-02-01
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In the twenty-five years after 1989, the world enjoyed the deepest peace in history.In The Rise and Fall of Peace on Earth, the eminent foreign policy scholar Michael Mandelbaum examines that remarkable quarter century, describing how and why the peace was established...
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Oxford University Press
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2019-02-01
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Journalists are actors in international relations, mediating communications between governments and publics, but also between the administrations of different countries. American and foreign officials simultaneously consume the work of U.S. journalists and use it in...
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Oxford University Press
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2019-02-01
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This volume is about migration across South Asia and the complex negotiation of borders by people and the states in the process. A border is understood as a form of demarcation, but it also opens up the flow of people, goods, and ideas of legality and illegality....
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Springer
Parution :
2019-01-31
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In diesem Buch wird das Ausmaß der Fraktionsgeschlossenheit in freiheitlichen Parlamenten untersucht. Der Autor fasst eine große Bandbreite diskutierter Einflussfaktoren in einem Untersuchungsmodell zusammen, u.a. die Ausgestaltung der Regierungssysteme,...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2019-01-31
Collection :
Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
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This book documents the United States Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) shift from a rancher-dominated agency to an energy-dominated agency.This shift is analyzed by identifying the conditions under which the expansion of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in the Rocky...
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Springer
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2019-01-31
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Over the last century and a half, manners and formalities in the West have become less status-ridden, stiff and rigid. Debates around Norbert Elias’ theory of civilising processes gave rise to questions of a change in direction of these patterns. The concept of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-01-31
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This book analyzes the dynamic political economy of authoritarian institutions in China and attempts to answer the following questions: What is the significance of China's authoritarian institutions and the changes Xi Jinping has brought to them? Why did the Chinese...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-01-30
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Handlungs- und Entscheidungstheorien gelten als erfolgversprechende Ansätze zur Erklärung sozialen und politischen Handelns. Handeln wird dabei als das Ergebnis eines Prozesses gesehen, bei dem Akteure aus verschiedenen verfügbaren Handlungsalternativen diejenige...
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Springer VS
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2019-01-30
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This book brings together research that covers perspectives and case studies on terrorism, radicalisation and countering violent extremism (CVE). Written by experts involved in these issues at the grassroots, the book bridges the academic-practitioner gap in the field....
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Palgrave Pivot
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2019-01-30
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This is a comparative international study of the patterns of planning in local governments. While strategic planning has been a field of interest for public management and administrative science for over half a century there are very few cross-national studies of the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-01-29
Collection :
Governance and Public Management
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This edited volume explores the Israeli-Turkish relations in the 2000s from a multi-dimensional perspective providing a comparative analysis on the subjects of politics, ideology, civil society, identity, energy, and economic relations. The contributors from both...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2019-01-29
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Credit is the lifeblood of capitalism and development. Brazil, Russia, India, and China-also called BRICs-have become important creditors to developing countries. However, how will their loans affect economic development and democracy in recipient countries? We need to...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2019-01-29
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