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This book is a translation and celebration of Slovenian politician France Bucar’s seminal work. Divided into two parts, the book first contains several studies of Bucar’s arguments. As Bucar applied his system theory to a variety of issues, so too the conglomerate of...
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Springer
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2018-06-15
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Ethnic and religious identity-markers compete with class and gender as principles shaping the organization and classification of everyday life. But how are an individual's identity-based conflicts transformed and redefined? Identity is a specific form of social capital,...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2018-06-15
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In this timely study, the author examines the historical approach to race and diversity and suggests that equality strategies have been a vital, but limited, means of addressing discrimination and community tensions. Community Cohesion, it argues, offers a new framework...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-06-14
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Fighting for Peace in Somalia provides the first comprehensive analysis of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), an operation deployed in 2007 to stabilize the country and defend its fledgling government from one of the world's deadliest militant organizations,...
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OUP Oxford
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2018-06-14
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This book demonstrates how economic tools have been used throughout history to accomplish goals of military conflict, how they can be used more effectively than traditional means of warfare in the modern era, and how we can derive a better understanding of economic...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-06-13
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The book sheds new lights on the evolution of Russian space activities with a focus on their strategy of international cooperation. This analysis is carried out in relation to the evolution of the domestic and international dynamics that have been impacting the...
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Springer
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2018-06-13
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This book provides a deep insight to which extent further improvement should be envisaged to ensure and improve the sustainable development beyond 2030 (the Sustainable Development Goals is a set of 17 global goals with 169 associated targets which the state community...
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Springer
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2018-06-13
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This book is an examination of post-colonial land reforms across various African states. One of the decisive contradictions of colonialism in Africa was the distortion of use, access to and ownership of land. Land related issues and the need for land reform have...
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Springer
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2018-06-13
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What do Beppe Grillo, Silvio Berlusconi, Emmanuel Macron (and also Donald Trump) have in common? They are prime examples of the personalization of politics and the decline of political parties.
This volume systematically examines these two prominent developments in...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2018-06-13
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One of the most troubling critiques of contemporary democracy is the inability of representative governments to regulate the deluge of money in politics. If it is impossible to conceive of democracies without elections, it is equally impractical to imagine elections...
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OUP India
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2018-06-13
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This is the first book in the Interdisciplinary European Studies collection.This volume provides an interdisciplinary perspective on trust in the EU from the vantage point of political science, law and economics. It applies insights from a number of different dimensions...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-06-13
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This volume examines the history and current state of Canadian studies in a number of countries and regions across the world, including Canada's major trading partners. From the mid-1980s until 2012, Canadian studies was seen as an important tool of soft power,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-06-13
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This volume provides an introduction to the Eastern Mediterranean region and introduces the concept of the Eastern Mediterranean as a new regional subsystem. Due to recent events in contemporary international politics, the Eastern Mediterranean can be seen as a...
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Springer
Parution :
2018-06-12
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This book aims to recover from ancient and modern thinkers valuable arguments about statesmanship, leadership, and tyranny which illuminate reassessments of political science and practice after the election of Donald Trump. Like almost everyone else, contemporary...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-06-12
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Cameroon is a country, two territories, and two legacies from the French and British administrations since 1916. The book adresses the subject of the institutionalisation of these two historical legacies. This state issue is at the heart of the political crisis that has...
Editeur :
Editions L'Harmattan
Parution :
2018-06-12
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Études africaines
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Written by a group of the most experienced and well-known environmental engineers in the world, from a unique perspective, this volume explores the hot-button issue of climate change, its causes, and the future of the planet. Climate change is one of the most...
Editeur :
Wiley-Scrivener
Parution :
2018-06-12
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The idea of studying peace has gained considerable traction in the past few years after languishing in the shadows of conflict for decades but how should it be studied?The Peace Continuum offers a parallax view of how we think about peace and the complexities that...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2018-06-12
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A Tributary Model of State Formation: Ethiopia, 1600-2015 addresses the perplexing question of why a pedigreed Ethiopian state failed to transform itself into a nation-state. Using a comparative-institutionalist framework, this book explores why Ethiopia, an Afroasian...
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Springer
Parution :
2018-06-09
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The book provides detailed analysis of the structure and operation of the British Civil Service along with a historically grounded account of its development in the period from Margaret Thatcher to the Tony Blair premiership. It assesses continuity and change in the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-06-08
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Eine Theorie der Kommunikationswissenschaft als Funktionssystem der Weltgesellschaft gibt es bisher nicht. Neu ist die Unterscheidung und die Synthese der sechs Kommunikationskomponenten Sinn, Information, Thema, Mitteilung, Gedächtnis und Verstehen, die Kommunikation...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2018-06-08
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