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What do traditional Indigenous institutions of governance offer to our understanding of the contemporary challenges faced by the Navajo Nation today and tomorrow? Guided by the Mountains looks at the tensions between Indigenous political philosophy and the challenges...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-01-16
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This book provides a comprehensive account of national parliaments' adaptation to European integration. Advancing an explanation based on political parties' constitutional preferences, the volume investigates the nature and variation of parliamentary rights in European...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2017-01-13
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Now in its 147th 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 an essential resource.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-01-12
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'the most convenient and reliable starting point for information on public affairs' - George J. Mitchell, US Senator. Each copy comes with FREE online access to www.statesmansyearbook.com . Site license upgrades are also available for libraries who wish to network the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-01-12
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Now in its 148th 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...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-01-12
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Now in its 149th 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...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-01-12
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The 2008 edition ofThe Statesman's Yearbook contains information and analysis on every country in the world, including biographical profiles of current leaders, government histories, economic overviews and maps. Every copy comes with a single-user licence giving access...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-01-12
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This edition is fully updated and contains more information and analysis than ever before. A foldout colour section provides a political world map and flags for all 193 countries. Each copy comes with online access to the full text at no extra cost. Unlimited-user...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-01-12
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The past few decades have seen a massive increase in the number of international organizations focusing on global health. Campaigns to eradicate or stem the spread of AIDS, SARS, malaria, and Ebola attest to the increasing importance of globally-oriented health...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-01-12
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This book examines the role of transnational advocacy networks in enabling effective participation for individual citizens in the deliberative processes of global governance. Contextualized around the international conference setting of the United Nations-sponsored...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-01-11
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Heela Najibullah analyzes the Afghan reconciliation processes through the lenses of transrational peace philosophy and Elicitive Conflict Transformation. The research highlights two Afghan governments reconciliation processes in 1986 and 2010 and underlines the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-01-11
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This book explicates how debates and documents can be understood, interpreted and analysed as political action. It offers the reader both a theoretical introduction and practical guidance. The authors deploy the perspective that debates are to be understood as political...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-01-10
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This book explores the international diffusion of Participatory Budgeting (PB), a local policy created in 1989 in Porto Alegre, Brazil, which has now spread worldwide. The book argues that the action of a group of individuals called “Ambassadors of Participation” was...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-01-10
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This book examines changes in the Persian Gulf security complex following the United States (US) invasion of Iraq in 2003, focusing on threats to the collective identities of two religious sects - Shia and Sunni. Although there is a growing body of literature examining...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-01-09
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This title discusses the phenomenon of smoking as a behavioural disease and the associated costs. The author details the consequences of smoking, in addition to the detrimental effects caused by second-hand tobacco smoke exposure as a health risk to children as well as...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-01-09
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Das sinkende Vertrauen der Bürger in ihre politischen Repräsentanten und die Entfremdung von den etablierten Parteien haben in den letzten Jahren zu einer Intensivierung der wissenschaftlichen Debatte um mehr direkte Demokratie geführt. Dieser Band fasst zentrale...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2017-01-09
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This book is a collection of the contributions to the Governing Europe project, which tackles the current situation and the future developments of the European mechanism of governance, putting forward a series of policy and institutional recommendations for the medium...
Editeur :
P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
Parution :
2017-01-09
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This two-volume book addresses the economic transformation occurring in China at present. The author investigates China's domestic and international policies, the impact of these policies on economic growth, and their effect on the quality of life for the people of...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-01-09
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Based on in-depth interviews conducted with British politicians, this book analyses the different impacts of leaving political office. Representative democracy depends on politicians exiting office, and yet while there is considerable interest in who stands for and...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-01-06
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This book examines the practice of transitional justice in the Solomon Islands from the period of the ‘The Tensions’ to the present. In late 1998, the Solomon Islands were plunged into a period of violent civil conflict precipitated by a complex web of grievances,...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-01-06
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