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The political economy landscape has shifted as multinational corporations increase their investment efforts, changing the geographies of extraction.The contributors make the argument for the need of new theoretical perspectives anchored in critical political economy to...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-06-24
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This title offers an in-depth analysis of the causes, consequences and treatments of illicit drug abuse. The author examines the effects of existing drug policies and proposes drug use legalisation within a regulated market as a viable alternative. Joshua assesses the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-06-23
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This book introduces the field of hermeneutics through a critique of military operations in Afghanistan. Following a brief survey of modern political history of the country, the authors examine the link between cultural factors and the inefficiency of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-06-23
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Since its development shaped by the turmoil of the World Wars and suspicion of new technologies such as film and radio, political communication has become a hybrid field largely devoted to connecting the dots among political rhetoric, politicians and leaders, voters'...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-06-23
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Julia Lux diskutiert die arbeits- und sozialpolitischen Projekte in Deutschland und Frankreich vor dem Hintergrund der Krisenprozesse seit 2007. Zentral argumentiert sie, dass Deutschland auch in der Krise das Arbeits- und Sozialsystem der Agenda 2010 konsolidiert,...
Editeur :
Springer VS
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2017-06-23
Collection :
Globale Politische Ökonomie
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Political party organizations play large roles in democracies, yet their organizations differ widely, and their statutes change much more frequently than constitutions or electoral laws. How do these differences, and these frequent changes, affect the operation of...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2017-06-23
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Lay politics lies at the heart of democracy. Political offices are the only offices for which no formal qualifications are required. Contemporary political practices are diametrically opposed to this constitutional ideal. Most democracies in Western Europe are diploma...
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OUP Oxford
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2017-06-23
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This book deals with the concept of post-Islamism from a mainly philosophical perspective, using political liberalism as elaborated by John Rawls as the key interpretive tool. What distinguishes this book from most scholarship in Iranian studies is that it primarily...
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Springer
Parution :
2017-06-22
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China's rise is altering global power relations, reshaping economic debates, and commanding tremendous public attention. Despite extensive media and academic scrutiny, the conventional wisdom aboutChina's economy is often wrong. Cracking the China Conundrum provides a...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-06-22
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This book offers a fresh perspective on the impact of the US intervention in Lebanon in 1982 and the decision-making drivers that led the Reagan Administration into the Lebanese Civil War. Based on newly released archival materials from high level Washington officials...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-06-21
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This book builds upon our knowledge of the far-reaching economic, political and social effects of the Euro crisis on the European Union by providing a unique study of European identities. In particular, it considers the impact on the construction of European identities...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-06-21
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This book provides a detailed application of identity theory to contemporary questions of extremism, radicalization and security. The analysis considers how identity forms a central aspect of notions of extremism and security in Western societies, as articulated both by...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-06-21
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This book examines the use of presidential powers in Central and East Europe between 1990 and 2010. Focussing on presidential vetoes and the formation of governments, it maps patterns of presidential activism and its determinants across nine democracies. Thereby,...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-06-20
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This book provides a detailed analysis of Russia’s ‘great power identity’ and the role of Europe in forming this identity. ‘Great power identity’ implies an expansionist foreign policy, and yet this does not explain all the complexities of the Russian state. For...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-06-19
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Constituted of a range of essays, the present volume addresses a variety of contemporary and historical events from human rights perspectives. Taking on issues from the American presidential election to North Korean missile tests to terrorism and «civilizational»...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2017-06-19
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Recent decades have seen growing concern regarding problems of electoral integrity. The most overt malpractices used by rulers include imprisoning dissidents, harassing adversaries, coercing voters, vote-rigging counts, and even blatant disregard for the popular vote....
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-06-16
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The United States incarcerates far more people than any other country in the world, at rates nearly ten times higher than other liberal democracies. Indeed, while the U.S. is home to 5 percent of the world's population, it contains nearly 25 percent of its prisoners....
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-06-16
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Political party organizations play large roles in democracies, yet their organizations differ widely, and their statutes change much more frequently than constitutions or electoral laws. How do these differences, and these frequent changes, affect the operation of...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2017-06-16
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Lay politics lies at the heart of democracy. Political offices are the only offices for which no formal qualifications are required. Contemporary political practices are diametrically opposed to this constitutional ideal. Most democracies in Western Europe are diploma...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2017-06-16
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