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This book is a response to the need for scientific research on one of the components of quality of democracy, id est accountability. The author analyses thoroughly in cross-section the accountability mechanisms in Poland and Spain.This approach required that each of the...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2017-02-06
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The original essays in this book address the influential writings of Peter A. French on the nature of responsibility, ethics, and moral practices. French’s contributions to a wide spectrum of philosophical discussions have made him a dominant figure in the fields of...
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Springer
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2017-02-06
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Ausgehend von der Frage, wie die vielfältigen Beziehungen zwischen Natur und Gesellschaft durch Politik gestaltet werden, behandelt dieser Band Themen wie Agrobiodiversität, Geschlechterverhältnisse, widerständige Praktiken und Alternativen in den Politikfeldern...
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Springer VS
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2017-02-02
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Technology and increasing levels of education have exposed people to more information than ever before. These societal gains, however, have also helped fuel a surge in narcissistic and misguided intellectual egalitarianism that has crippled informed debates on any...
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Oxford University Press
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2017-02-01
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Recent developments such as Sweden's' Feminist Foreign Policy, the "Hillary Doctrine," and the integration of women into combat roles in the U.S. have propelled gender equality to the forefront of international politics. The UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations,...
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Oxford University Press
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2017-02-01
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Intellectual struggles with the "animal question"-- how humans can rethink and reconfigure their relationships with other animals-- first began to take hold in the 1970s. Over the next forty years, scholars from a wide range of fields would make sweeping reevaluations...
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Oxford University Press
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2017-02-01
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Why do nations break into one another's most important computer networks? There is an obvious answer: to steal valuable information or to attack. But this isn't the full story. This book draws on often-overlooked documents leaked by Edward Snowden, real-world case...
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Oxford University Press
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2017-02-01
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The most secretive, repressive state in Africa is hemorrhaging its citizens. In some months as many Eritreans as Syrians arrive on European shores, yet the country is not convulsed by civil war. Young men and women risk all to escape. Many do not survive - their bones...
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Oxford University Press
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2017-02-01
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This collection of essays offers a critical analysis of neoliberal transformation as it has unfolded in Sweden, long regarded as exemplary in terms of social welfare, equality and an inclusive multicultural democracy. The book presents a multidisciplinary exposition on...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2017-02-01
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In this volume, the work of British psychoanalyst D.W. Winnicott is set in conversation with some of today’s most talented psychodynamically-sensitive political thinkers. The editors and contributors demonstrate that Winnicott’s thought contains underappreciated...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-01-31
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Diasporas in Dialogue is an indispensable guide for those leading or participating in dialogue processes, especially in ethnically diverse communities. The text offers both a theoretical and practical framework for dialogue, providing insight into the needs, assets and...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2017-01-30
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Develop your skills to become an inquiring learner; ensure you navigate the MYP framework with confidence using a concept-driven and assessment-focused approach to Individuals and Societies presented in global contexts.-Develop conceptual understanding with key MYP...
Editeur :
Hodder Education
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2017-01-30
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The book makes theoretical and empirical contributions to recent debates on hybrid forms of peace and ‘post-liberal’ peace. In applying concepts of power, hybridity and resistance, and providing different kinds of hybridity and resistance to explore post-conflict...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-01-27
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In dieser Arbeit werden bezüglich Frauen in der (britischen) Politik) zwei zentrale Ziele verfolgt: Erstens erfolgt eine eingehende Auseinandersetzung mit den Determinanten, welche die politische Partizipation von Frauen bedingen. Zweitens wird für eine Erweiterung des...
Editeur :
Centaurus Verlag & Media
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2017-01-27
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Der gesamtgesellschaftliche Strukturwandel hin zur Dienstleistungsgesellschaft hat in den letzten Jahren die Beschäftigtenstruktur und Gewerkschaftslandschaft erheblich verändert. Aufgrund der verschwimmenden Branchengrenzen und der weit gefassten Zuständigkeitsbereiche...
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Centaurus Verlag & Media
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2017-01-27
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Since the 1960s, America's policymaking system has transitioned from one in which leaders like Lyndon Johnson could simply disparage the concept of budget projections to one in which policymakers consciously manipulate cost estimates. Paradoxically, the very safeguards...
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Oxford University Press
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2017-01-27
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Untreue als Wirtschaftsstraftat beschäftigt Justiz und Wissenschaft in den letzten Jahren in hohem Maße; einige spektakuläre Fälle waren monatelang Thema auch der Tagespresse. Aus dem Gesamtspektrum möglicher Untreuetaten stellt die „Untreue im Konzern“ nur einen...
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Centaurus Verlag & Media
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2017-01-27
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How can we explain the origins of the great wave of paranoid hatreds that seem inescapable in our close-knit world - from American 'shooters' and ISIS to Trump, from a rise in vengeful nationalism across the world to racism and misogyny on social media? In Age of...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2017-01-26
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The most vivid, moving and comprehensive history of the Russian Revolution available today.Unrivalled in scope and brimming with human drama, A People's Tragedy is widely hailed as the definitive account of the Russian Revolution.Orlando Figes weaves scholarship and...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2017-01-26
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