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“I have seen the UN perform on a changing global stage in many UN missions. This book examines how the UN must continue to evolve amongst changing state actors, differing regional organisations and a constant global paradigm shift. It is essential material for enhancing...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-10-11
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This book explores dominance in Australia’s medical culture through the positioning of international medical graduates (IMGs). It argues that IMGs are ‘othered’ and ultimately positioned as an underclass, a positioning validated and reinforced by the intersecting...
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Springer
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2018-10-11
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The Philippine Research Colloqium series offer highly specialized works from the Philippine humanities and social sciences.In many cases, these are award-winning dissertations by promising young scientists.
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Galda Verlag
Parution :
2018-10-11
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Social media platforms do not just circulate political ideas, they support manipulative disinformation campaigns. While some of these disinformation campaigns are carried out directly by individuals, most are waged by software, commonly known as bots, programmed to...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2018-10-11
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This book provides a critical analysis of Donald Trump’s mention of General Pershing and his alleged use of bullets dipped in pig’s blood to kill 49 out of 50 captured Muslims during the suppression years in the Philippines. The author argues that most observers who...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2018-10-10
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Deliberative democracy is an embattled political project. It is accused of political naiveté for it only talks about power without taking power. Others, meanwhile, take issue with deliberative democracy’s dominance in the field of democratic theory and practice. An...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-10-10
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This book assesses the 1991 Child Support Act and demonstrates how its failure was ‘foreseeable’ and ‘foreseen’. It provides an understanding of the creation, and failure, of the Act, as well as providing an examination of the British policy-making process. The book...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-10-10
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This book analyzes Latin American regional integration with a novel conceptual approach grounded in extensive field research. Using the UNASUR (Unión de Naciones Suramericanas) as a case study, the author investigates the process of policy-making in regional public...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-10-09
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This edited collection aims to analytically reconceptualise the Syrian crisis by examining how and why the country has moved from a stable to a war-torn society. It is written by scholars from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, all of whom make no attempt to...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-10-09
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Seven decades after India’s independence women members occupy 1 in 10 seats in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. In analysing women’s limited presence in the Indian Parliament, Performing Representation breaks new ground in scholarship on gender...
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OUP India
Parution :
2018-10-09
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A thorough explanation of the mathematical theories, philosophies, and economics of catastrophes with a view to how humanity should be prepared for events with catastrophic consequences This book presents a holistic view of natural and man-made catastrophes, from...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2018-10-09
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#1 NYT bestselling author Michael Savage calls out the mass hysteria mongers and their methods, and shows Americans that we must look to history to understand the present and avoid repeating the mistakes of the past.Since Donald Trump's historic ascendance to the...
Editeur :
Center Street
Parution :
2018-10-09
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Exam Board: SQALevel: National 5Subject: Modern StudiesFirst Teaching: September 2017First Exam: Summer 2018This second edition comprehensively covers the changes made to the course content and prepares students to cope with the increased emphasis on knowledge and...
Editeur :
Hodder Gibson
Parution :
2018-10-08
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Security intelligence continues to be of central importance to the contemporary world: individuals, organizations and states all seek timely and actionable intelligence in order to increase their sense of security. But what exactly is intelligence? Who seeks to develop...
Editeur :
Polity
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2018-10-08
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This book explains how to bring about institutional change and foster new institutional structures (institution building) by resolving power inequities in a rural ecosystem in India, and advocates the identification of an appropriate institutional champion to make this...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-10-08
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Im zweiten Band „Politisches Krisenmanagement“ geht es primär darum, wie wir uns derzeit auf Krisen vorbereiten, die wir nicht zu verhindern imstande waren. Dieses Problem wird seit einiger Zeit unter dem Begriff der Resilienz diskutiert. Sie ist ein relativ...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2018-10-08
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This volume is a comprehensive overview of the various methods used in contemporary diplomatic practice. It incorporates the traditional modes of diplomacy and explains how these modes have evolved to deal with a burgeoning international community of state and non-state...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-10-08
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The idea of sovereignty and the debates that surround it are not merely of historical, academic, or legal interest: they are also potent, vibrant issues and as current and relevant as today's front page news in the United States and in other Western democracies. In the...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2018-10-05
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Winner of the Académie Française's Prix Eugène Colas
Contemporary Yemen has an image problem. It has long fascinated travelers and artists, and to many embodies both Arab and Muslim authenticity; it stands at important geostrategic and commercial crossroads. Yet,...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2018-10-05
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The book provides insights into the development of special economic zones, which are an important factor in the political and economic reforms in China. It discusses a number of topics, including the history and the modernization of special economic zones in China, the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2018-10-05
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