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Liberalism is the political philosophy of equal persons - yet liberalism has refused equality to those it saw as sub-persons.Liberalism is the creed of fairness - yet liberalism has been complicit with European imperialism and African slavery.Liberalism is the classic...
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Oxford University Press
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2017-03-01
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Amid the turbulence of the 2011 Arab uprisings, the revolutionary uprising that played out in Cairo's Tahrir Square created high expectations before dashing the hopes of its participants. The upheaval led to a sequence of events in Egypt that scarcely anyone could have...
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Oxford University Press
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2017-03-01
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Contemporary debate over the legacy of racial integration in the United States rests between two positions that are typically seen as irreconcilable. On one side are those who argue that we must pursue racial integration because it is an essential component of racial...
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Oxford University Press
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2017-03-01
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At its core, politics is all about relations of rule. Accordingly one of the central preoccupations of political theory is what it means for human beings to rule over one another or share in a process of ruling. While political theorists tend to regard rule as a...
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Oxford University Press
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2017-03-01
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Dieses fundierte Handbuch liefert in zwei Bänden grundlegende und aktuelle Beiträge namhafter Autorinnen und Autoren aus Politik, Wissenschaft und Praxis. Es trägt damit zu einer weiteren Professionalisierung der Polizei hin zu einem modernen Dienstleistungsunternehmen...
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Springer Gabler
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2017-03-01
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Infrastructure only tends to be noticed when it is absent, declining, or decrepit, or when enormous cost overruns, time delays, or citizen protests make the headlines. If infrastructure is indeed a fundamental driver of economic growth and social development, why is it...
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OUP Oxford
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2017-03-01
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In diesem Herausgeberband wird das vielfältige Themenfeld der Verbraucherwissenschaften wissenschaftlich-konzeptionell definiert, skizziert und strukturiert. Ausgewählte Problemfelder der Verbraucherwissenschaften und der Verbraucherpolitikberatung stehen im Fokus...
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Springer Gabler
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2017-03-01
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This book examines the alterglobalist activists in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary. Based on lengthy ethnographic fieldwork and numerous in-depth interviews with key figures of the movement, it covers mobilizations and actions between 1998 and 2011 and analyzes...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2017-03-01
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In light of the transformation of the Front National (FN) to a major player in French politics, this book examines how the unprecedented boost in positive opinions towards the FN as well as its increasing membership and electoral success have been possible. Using a...
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Springer
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2017-02-28
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In this pioneering volume, leading scholars from a diversity of backgrounds in the humanities, social sciences, and different area studies argue for a more differentiated and self-reflected role of area-based science in global knowledge production. Considering that the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-02-28
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Now in its 153rd edition, The Statesman's Yearbook continues to be the reference work of choice for accurate and reliable information on every country in the world. Covering political, economic, social and cultural aspects, the Yearbook is also available online for...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-02-28
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The Statesman's Yearbook
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Handlungs- und Entscheidungstheorien gelten als erfolgversprechende Ansätze zur Erklärung sozialen Handelns. Handeln wird dabei als das Ergebnis eines Prozesses gesehen, bei dem Akteure aus verschiedenen verfügbaren Handlungsalternativen diejenige auswählen, die bei...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2017-02-28
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America has become increasingly divided and polarized in recent years. With growing racial tension, animosity toward law enforcement professionals, government corruption, and disregard for the constitutional process, there seems to be no easy answer in sight. But...
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Worthy Books
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2017-02-28
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This book explores how political, social, economic and institutional factors in eight emerging economies have combined to generate diverse outcomes in their move towards universal health care. Structured in three parts, the book begins by framing social policy as an...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-02-28
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Mit einer komplexen statistischen Analysestrategie gelingt es Christoph Blank, das selektive politische Online-Kommunikationsverhalten von Bundestagsabgeordneten valide zu erklären. Zugleich erweitert er mit seinem Ergebnis die gängigen Abgeordnetentypologien aus der...
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Springer VS
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2017-02-27
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Tobias Haas beschäftigt sich mit der umkämpften Entwicklung hin zu einem regenerativen Stromsystem bzw. dem Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien in der EU mit Schwerpunkt auf Deutschland und Spanien seit den 2000er Jahren. Aus einer politökonomischen Perspektive analysiert er...
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Springer VS
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2017-02-27
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Energiepolitik und Klimaschutz. Energy Policy and Climate Protection
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Successful social work practice is underpinned by knowledge, theories and research findings from a range of related disciplines, key among which is psychology. This timely book offers a grounded and engaging guide to psychology's vital role at the heart of contemporary...
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Polity
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2017-02-27
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As the world faces another water crisis, it is easy to understand why this precious and highly-disputed resource could determine the fate of entire nations. In reality, however, water conflicts rarely result in violence and more often lead to collaborative governance,...
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Polity
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2017-02-27
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The study of voting behaviour remains a vibrant sub-discipline of political science. The Handbook of Electoral Behaviour is an authoritative and wide ranging survey of this dynamic field, drawing together a team of the world's leading scholars to provide a...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2017-02-27
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The world is troubled and full of misunderstandings. It seems a new world order of fundamentalist violence and meaningless atrocity is upon us, whilst civilised instruments for cooperation and compromise are becoming increasingly ineffective. In this timely book,...
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Polity
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2017-02-27
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