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This open access book aims to consolidate and advance debates on European and global energy poverty by exploring the political and infrastructural drivers and implications of the condition across a variety of spatial scales. It highlights the need for a geographical...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-12-22
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After the end of the Cold War, liberalism emerged as the world's dominant political-economic ideology, and economic liberalism seemed to have achieved global hegemony. In Liberalism in Illiberal States, Mark Vail acknowledges the dominance of economic liberalism, but...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-12-22
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On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Outer Space Treaty this book gives a first insight into where the next generation considers room for further improvement of the Outer Space Treaty in order to cope with upcoming aspects such as providing solutions for the...
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Springer
Parution :
2017-12-21
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This book focuses on the role of norms in the description, explanation, prediction and combat of corruption. It conceives corruption as a ubiquitous problem, constructed by specific traditions, values, norms and institutions. The chapters concentrate on the relationship...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-12-21
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A comprehensive guide to understanding, assessing, and responding to terrorism in this modern age This book provides readers with a thorough understanding of the types of attacks that may be perpetrated, and how to identify potential targets, conduct a meaningful...
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Wiley
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2017-12-21
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In diesem Kompendium führen 40 Politik- und Wirtschaftswissenschaftler aus insgesamt 25 Hochschulen gemeinsam in die wichtigsten Bereiche der Politischen Ökonomie ein und beleuchten die verschiedenen Teilbereiche jeweils aus Sicht beider Disziplinen. Damit wird in...
Editeur :
Springer
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2017-12-21
Collection :
Springer Reference Sozialwissenschaften
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Martin Michael Lang leistet einen theoretischen Beitrag zum Verständnis der bürgerlichen Demokratie Brasiliens und der Ableitung struktureller Forderungen zur Stabilität des politischen Systems. Die Annäherung zum Gegenstand folgt über die analytische und politische...
Editeur :
Springer VS
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2017-12-20
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Der Herausgeberband beschäftigt sich mit den Auswirkungen der Digitalisierung der politischen Kommunikation, insbesondere der Regierungskommunikation und der staatlichen Öffentlichkeitsarbeit. Die Beitragsautoren diskutieren diesen Problemkreis aus verschiedenen...
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Springer VS
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2017-12-20
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This book explores the legitimacy of political asylum applications in the US and UK through an examination of the varieties of evidence, narratives, and documentation with which they are assessed. Credibility is the central issue in determining the legitimacy of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-12-20
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This book examines the theoretical and practical relevance and challenges of the consociationalist model of democracy. Since the publication of the Politics of Accommodation (1968) and Democracy in Plural Societies (1977) Professor Lijphart’s theories and practical...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-12-19
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This book presents a case study of human trafficking from Nigeria to the UK, with a focus on practical measures for ending this trafficking. The study addresses the many aspects of human trafficking, including sexual exploitation, domestic servitude, labor exploitation,...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-12-19
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This book studies political leadership at the local level, based on data from a survey of the mayors of cities of more than 10,000 inhabitants in 29 European countries carried out between 2014 and 2016. The book compares these results with those of a similar survey...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-12-19
Collection :
Governance and Public Management
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Katrin Winkler zeigt am Beispiel der Bundes- und Berliner Landesebene, wie der repräsentative Politikprozess partizipativer und dennoch effektiv gestaltet werden kann. Grundlage ist eine Synthese aus der pragmatistischen Demokratiekonzeption von Archon Fung und dem...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2017-12-18
Collection :
Bürgergesellschaft und Demokratie
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At the heart of Montaigne's Essais lies a political conception of religious tolerance that we have largely forgotten today. In contemporary popular and academic discourse, tolerance of religious and other differences most often appears as an individual ethical...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-12-18
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This volume explores the defining features, critical approaches, challenges and opportunities for public policy in the ‘Asian Century’.This is the first book to systematically analyse the key institutions and practices that comprise public policy, administration and...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-12-16
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This book provides a timely, compelling, multidisciplinary critique of the largely tacit set of assumptions funding Modernity in the West. A partnership between Michael Polanyi and Charles Taylor's thought promises to cast the errors of the past in a new...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-12-15
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This edited collection considers whether it is possible to discern how the level of ideology is affected by radicalization. In other words: what happens in the minds of people before they decide to use political violence as means to attain their goals? Also this book...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-12-15
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State takeovers of local governments have garnered national attention of late, particularly following the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. In most U.S. cities, local governments are responsible for decisions concerning matters such as the local water supply and school...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-12-15
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Traditionally, much of the work studying war and conflict has focused on men. Men commonly appear as soldiers, commanders, casualties, and civilians. Women, by contrast, are invisible as combatants, and, when seen, are typically pictured as victims. The field of war and...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-12-15
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Dieses Buch vermittelt einen umfassenden Überblick über die Arbeitsweise, die Aufgaben, die Möglichkeiten und das Berufsbild des City- und Stadtmarketings. Renommierte Autoren führen die Erkenntnisse verschiedener wissenschaftlicher Disziplinen und praktische...
Editeur :
Springer Gabler
Parution :
2017-12-15
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