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It is often said that effective government requires a concentration of power. If we want our political leaders to adjust public policies to changing economic, social, and political circumstances, we should, in this view, leave our leaders alone: we should put in place...
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OUP Oxford
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2017-06-30
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GDP is much more than a simple statistic. It has become the overarching benchmark of success and a powerful ordering principle at the heart of the global economy. But the convergence of major economic, social and environmental crises has exposed the flaws of our...
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Polity
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2017-06-30
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In the aftermath of the Seven Years' War, when a variety of conquered and ceded territories became part of an expanding British Empire, crucial struggles emerged about what it meant to be a "British subject." Individuals in Grenada, Quebec, Minorca, Gibraltar, and...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-06-30
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The foundings of constitutional democracies are commonly traced to singular moments. In turn, these moments of national origin are characterized as radical political innovations, notable for their civic unity, perfect legitimacy and binding authority. This common view...
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Oxford University Press
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2017-06-30
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Innovation in information and production technologies is creating benefits and disruption, profoundly altering how firms and markets perform. Digital DNA provides an in depth examination of the opportunities and challenges in the fast-changing global economy and lays...
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Oxford University Press
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2017-06-30
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Fabian Endres verknüpft mikroanalytische Einstellungsforschung mit makrogesellschaftlichen Unterschieden, um zu einem besseren Verständnis europäischer außen- und sicherheitspolitischer Grundüberzeugungen zu gelangen. Anhand von Einstellungen zu wichtigen...
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Springer VS
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2017-06-29
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This book illustrates how social media platforms enable us to understand everyday politics and evaluates the extent to which they can foster accountability, transparency and responsiveness. The first part focuses on accountability and tests whether the offline behavior...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-06-29
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Corinna Oschatz zeigt am Beispiel des Klimawandels, was Rezipienten aus den Medien über Politik lernen. Anhand eines Mehrmethodendesigns aus einer Inhaltsanalyse und einer zweiwelligen Panelbefragung untersucht sie, wie die Medien über zentrale wissenschaftliche und...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2017-06-28
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Dieses Buch gibt einen breit angelegten und anschaulichen Überblick über internationale Migration und Integration. Im Mittelpunkt stehen die unterschiedlichen Erscheinungsformen von Migration wie Flucht, Arbeitsmigration, Familienmigration etc. In drei in sich...
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Springer VS
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2017-06-28
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This book takes radical aim at the conventional conduct of international relations analysis. It reexamines the role of ideas, the usefulness of psychoanalysis, the rage for and at rational choice, the influence of the public on foreign policy, counterinsurgency...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-06-28
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This book analyzes when and how Poland implemented public diplomacy. The author explains it as a form of external political communication of governments conducted in cooperation with non-state actors to position the country internationally. The Polish case illustrates...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2017-06-28
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The Palgrave International Handbook of Gender and the Military provides a comprehensive overview of the multiple ways in which gender and militaries connect. International and multi-disciplinary in scope, this edited volume provides authoritative accounts of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-06-27
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This book traces the connections between diverging postwar European integration policies and intra-Christian divisions to argue that supranational integration originates from Roman Catholic internationalism, and that resistance to integration, conversely, is based in...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-06-27
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Andreas Kegel entwickelt einen didaktischen Politikbegriff. Originär an diesem Begriff ist, dass konkrete Politikvorstellungen von Schülerinnen und Schülern mit fachwissenschaftlichen Politikvorstellungen verknüpft werden. Politik ist dadurch nicht mehr allein der...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2017-06-27
Collection :
Bürgerbewusstsein
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This book finds that the R&D and technological innovation of a country is not a result, but a factor, of sustained economic growth. Bazhal develops Schumpeter's theory to argue that genuine economic growth - especially in transitioning and developing countries -...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-06-27
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Philosophers have never shied away from interrogating the nature of our obligations beyond borders. From Hobbes to the international lawyers Grotius, Pufendorf, Vattel, and of course Kant, modern philosophy has always attempted to define the nature and shape of a just...
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Polity
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2017-06-27
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This book assesses the concept of religious liberty in the United States according to the political theory of John Locke. Protecting the individual freedom of religion without infringing on the rights of others or on legitimate political authority requires delicate...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2017-06-27
Collection :
Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy
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This book investigates what influence online incivility—through user-generated comments on news websites—has on public debate. Built on the premise that public discussions about important topics are vital to a healthy democracy, the book analyzes 3,508 online comments...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-06-25
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This Palgrave Pivot presents a series of political economy short stories of collective agency, weaving together the history of a progressive change with a discussion of the role of institutions to effect change. These stories highlight sustained activism around valuing...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-06-25
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This book develops a conceptual approach to understanding the face of contemporary terrorism as manifested in the recent attacks in Mumbai and Paris. By analyzing the historical evolution of terrorism and by offering case studies on different forms of terrorism in South...
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Springer
Parution :
2017-06-24
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