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We are living through a period of dramatic political change – Brexit, the election of Trump, the rise of extreme right movements in Europe and elsewhere, the resurgence of nationalism and xenophobia and a concerted assault on the liberal values and ideals associated...
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Polity
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2017-05-11
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From its inception as a public communication network, the Internet was regarded by many people as a potential means of escaping from the stranglehold of top-down, stage-managed politics. If hundreds of millions of people could be the producers as well as receivers of...
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Polity
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2017-05-11
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This book examines the many ways in which the Communist Party in China is still revolutionary by focusing on how, in recent years, it has attempted to mobilize Party members to become ethical subjects. In the context of the Party’s history of the military revolution,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2017-05-11
Collection :
Politics and Development of Contemporary China
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Offering an alternative discourse on modernization and development viewed specifically from the East Asia perspective, this book focuses its analysis on the Korean experience of modernization and development. It considers the broad range of societal transformations...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2017-05-10
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In a fragile and conflict-ridden context such as the Gaza Strip, where the de facto Hamas government faces isolation and lacks international recognition, the provision of aid and development schemes challenges donors and CSOs delivering services to Palestinians. This...
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Springer
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2017-05-10
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This book differs from most others of its kind, by looking at the Hong Kong issue from China’s perspective, which in turn mirrors China’s own situation. Through a legal lens, the author conducts a political and cultural examination of the past and the present, and...
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Springer
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2017-05-09
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The Great Financial Crash had cataclysmic effects on the global economy, and took conventional economists completely by surprise. Many leading commentators declared shortly before the crisis that the magical recipe for eternal stability had been found. Less than a year...
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Polity
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2017-05-09
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The Future of Capitalism
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This book presents a conceptual and practical tool for those involved directly or indirectly in the planning and management of basic provision of water supply, wastewater and stormwater services in metropolitan regions by offering insights into governance paradigms and...
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Springer
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2017-05-09
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By foot, in buses, prison vans and trains, a steady stream of refugees traveled from the Greek island of Lesbos into Europe. In the autumn of 2015, award-winning writer Navid Kermani decided to accompany them on the "Balkan route." In this perceptive account from the...
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Polity
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2017-05-09
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This book is a comparative analysis of the post-communist East European radical right, both in party and non-party formation, using the West European radical right as a baseline. Minkenberg offers insights into the political field of the radical right since the onset of...
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Palgrave Pivot
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2017-05-08
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Sophie Kuppler vergleicht die Endlagerpolitiken Deutschlands und der Schweiz mit Fokus auf Effekte mikro-deliberativer Ereignisse. Anhand der Ereignisse im Zeitraum von 2001 bis 2010 zeigt die Autorin, inwiefern die Versuche der Bürgerbeteiligung zu einem grundlegenden...
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Springer VS
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2017-05-08
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Energiepolitik und Klimaschutz. Energy Policy and Climate Protection
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For decades, Milton Santos (1926-2001) has been considered one of the most influential thinkers in Brazilian and Latin American social sciences and geography. Yet his writings, most of which have not been translated into English, are largely unknown to European and...
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Springer
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2017-05-08
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This book examines in depth science diplomacy, a particular field of international relations, in which the interests of science and those of foreign policy intersect. Building on a wealth of examples drawn from history and contemporary international relations, it...
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Springer
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2017-05-07
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From hashtag activism to the flood of political memes on social media, the landscape of political communication is being transformed by the grassroots circulation of opinion on digital platforms and beyond. By exploring how everyday people assist in the promotion of...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-05-05
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This book discusses contemporary constellations of international politics and global transformation. It offers guidance on how to conceptualize the complexity of current global changes and practical policy advice in order to promote an open global society. In the light...
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Springer
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2017-05-05
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Die Autorin untersucht, warum die pretrial discovery in den USA ein unabdingbares Instrument zur Erforschung des Sachverhaltes bildet und weshalb in Deutschland auf sie verzichtet werden kann. Sie erörtert die historische Entwicklung des Zivilprozesses in den USA und in...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2017-05-05
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** The Sunday Times #1 Bestseller**'One of the greatest political memoirs of all time' GuardianWhat happens when you take on the European establishment? World-famous economist and former Greece finance minister Yanis Varoufakis blows the lid on his battle with EU...
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Vintage Digital
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2017-05-04
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Die Untersuchung liefert eine politikwissenschaftliche Systematisierung der seit den 1950er-Jahren auf europäischer Ebene geschaffenen Einnahmeinstrumente. Im Zentrum steht dabei die Frage, auf welchem Wege den gemeinsamen Institutionen im Laufe der...
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Springer VS
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2017-05-04
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'Basic Income is an idea whose time has come, and Guy Standing has pioneered our understanding of it...as we move into an age where work and leisure become blurred, and work dissociated from incomes, Standing's analysis is vital' Paul MasonShouldn't everyone receive a...
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Pelican
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2017-05-04
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Jedrzej Sulmowski betrachtet in seiner Arbeit die Kontroverse um die Agro-Gentechnik in Polen als einen Streit um den epistemischen Status der Beteiligten. Insbesondere zeigt er, wie mit diesem Streit Einschränkungen von Aushandlungsmöglichkeiten einhergehen. Dabei...
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Springer VS
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2017-05-03
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