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Rivers are a vital component of ecology-the earth's hydrological cycle depends on them. However, across the world, rivers are under stress and even in crisis. With rising populations, the demand for river water is increasing. Many rivers fail to reach the sea because of...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-08-15
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Among American conservatives, the right to own property free from the meddling hand of the state is one of the most sacred rights of all. But in the American West, the federal government owns and oversees vast patches of land, complicating the narrative of western...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-08-10
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The chapter Experiencing Male Dominance in Swedish Film Production” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com. ...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-08-08
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This original and panoramic book proposes that the underlying forces of demography and globalisation will shortly reverse three multi-decade global trends – it will raise inflation and interest rates, but lead to a pullback in inequality. “Whatever the future...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-08-08
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This book explores the development of subnational government in small states, using Iceland as a model and comparing it with small states of similar population size as well as those with larger populations. The book examines subnational government from the perspective...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2020-08-07
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This book brings a novel approach to issues of connecting social work practice to theory and the personal life narrative. The authors each find their own unique way of integrating the self, theory, and practice, in different social work practice and education settings....
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Springer
Parution :
2020-08-03
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This book provides the theoretical and analytical background necessary to understanding the process of growth and the implementation of economic policies. First, it presents the growth theory landscape and the evolution of growth as well as modern growth theory...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-07-23
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This book studies the three most important Chinese foreign policy concepts under Xi Jinping’s leadership – “New Type of Great Power Relations”, “Belt and Road Initiative” and “Community of Shared Future for Mankind”. Those signature concepts are often considered as...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-07-20
Collection :
Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific
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This book explores presidential power through an analysis of the ways that U.S. presidents attempt to manage scandals. While presidents routinely stonewall to block or limit investigations into their alleged transgressions or, in some cases, cooperate with...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-07-18
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This book contributes to the discourse on planning theory by accentuating the perspective of public innovation. Extending planning theory's traditional two major perspectives - 'Communicate' and 'Calculate' - the book argues that contemporary planning theory should...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-07-10
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According to a widely shared notion, foreign affairs are exempted from democratic politics, i.e. party-political divisions are overcome-and should be overcome-for the sake of a common national interest. This book shows that this is not the case. Examining votes in the...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2020-07-09
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According to a widely shared notion, foreign affairs are exempted from democratic politics, i.e. party-political divisions are overcome-and should be overcome-for the sake of a common national interest. This book shows that this is not the case. Examining votes in the...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2020-07-09
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This book provides a better understanding of some of the central puzzles of empirical political science: how does “government” express will and purpose? How do political institutions come to have effective causal powers in the administration of policy and regulation?...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2020-07-07
Collection :
Foundations of Government and Public Administration
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Das Buch hinterfragt, inwiefern sich die ethnisch durchmischte Zusammensetzung der brasilianischen Gesellschaft in den aus der Theorie bekannten Dualismus von Multikulturalismus und Transkulturalität einordnen lässt. Der brasilianische Begriff der mestiçagem – übersetzt...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2020-07-01
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In a world dependent on the constant sharing of information, central bankers increasingly communicate their policies to the mass public. Central bank communications are drafted in monetary policy committee meetings composed of policymakers with differing interests....
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-07-01
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Wie sozial gerecht ist Wohnraum? Sollen Mieter, die in nicht gut gedämmten Wohnungen leben, dafür zahlen, dass sie aufgrund dessen mehr Energie verbrauchen und höhere Energiekosten haben? Müssen externalisierte Kosten der Energiegewinnung und -verteilung nicht zukünftig...
Editeur :
Springer Vieweg
Parution :
2020-07-01
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Sustainable investments, although not yet working under a comprehensive regulatory framework, represent a growing, worldwide phenomenon. Such growth reflects the renewed public and private interest in environmental issues such as climate change, poverty and financial...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-07-01
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This book draws on examples from cannabis policy discourse and elsewhere to illustrate how individuals come to subscribe to a particular policy narrative; how policy narratives evolve; how narratives are employed in public policy discourse to compete with other...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-06-29
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This open access volume addresses the role of external actors in social protection in the Global South, from the Second World War until today, analysing the influence of colonial powers, superpowers during the Cold War and contemporary donor agencies.
Following an...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-06-29
Collection :
Global Dynamics of Social Policy
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This book examines the political themes and policy perspectives related to, and influencing, climate change adaptation. It provides an informed primer on the politics of adaptation, a topic largely overlooked in the current scholarship and literature, and addresses...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2020-06-29
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