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See your city through fresh eyesWe are marching towards a future in which three-quarters of humans live in cities, and a large portion of the planet's landmass is urbanized. With much of the rest covered by human-shaped farms, pasture, and plantations, where can nature...
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Quercus
Parution :
2018-02-08
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Political and scientific debates on migration policies have mostly focused on governments' efforts to control or reduce low-skilled, asylum, and irregular migration or to encourage the return migration of these categories. Less research and constructive discourse has...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2018-02-08
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This book defines China’s road towards modernization with Chinese characteristics by systematically examining a typical Chinese political process – the National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), during which diverse opinions are collected and a unified...
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Springer
Parution :
2018-02-01
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Modern-day markets do not arise spontaneously or evolve naturally. Rather they are crafted by individuals, firms, and most of all, by governments. Thus "marketcraft" represents a core function of government comparable to statecraft and requires considerable artistry to...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2018-02-01
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This book critically assesses the main features of the modernization of family life and personal relationships by examining and comparing three European countries with different social and political pathways: Portugal, Switzerland and Lithuania. Drawing on national...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-01-30
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The European Union (EU) is facing one of the rockiest periods in its existence. No time in its history has it looked so economically fragile, so unsecure about how to protect its borders, so divided over how to tackle the crisis of legitimacy facing its institutions,...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2018-01-26
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This book explores the relationship between quality of life, policy, and political behavior. Using carefully collected, granular data, the authors create a measurement of quality of life for each county in the United States. After applying the index to each county and...
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Springer
Parution :
2018-01-24
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Robert Helbig präsentiert erstmals mittels eines systemtheoretisch orientierten Ansatzes ein einheitliches und systematisches Begriffsverständnis von Steuerkomplexität – eines in Wissenschaft, Politik und Öffentlichkeit kontrovers diskutierten Begriffs. Durch die...
Editeur :
Springer Gabler
Parution :
2018-01-24
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The European Union (EU) is facing one of the rockiest periods in its existence. No time in its history has it looked so economically fragile, so unsecure about how to protect its borders, so divided over how to tackle the crisis of legitimacy facing its institutions,...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2018-01-19
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This edited collection analyses social inequality in the European Union, within and between countries. The work critically explores both vertical inequality, existing between those with high incomes and low incomes, and horizontal inequality, existing between groups...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-01-17
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This book explores sub-municipal units’ (SMU) role in decision making, decentralized institutional innovation, social innovation and, in rural areas, service delivery. Focusing on fourteen European countries, the book examines the impact of political cultures,...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-01-16
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This book provides a multidisciplinary analysis of the production of Turkish cultural policies in the context of globalization and of the circulation of knowledge and practices. Focusing on circulations, the book proposes an innovative approach to the transfer of...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-01-16
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In a globalizing world, the world's wealthiest nations have found it increasingly difficult to insulate themselves from the residual impacts associated with underdevelopment abroad. Many of the ills associated with, and exacerbated by, underdevelopment cannot be...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2018-01-15
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Dieser Sammelband ist eine Bestandsaufnahme der Vereinbarkeit von Familienleben (Betreuung von Kindern und Pflege von Familienangehörigen) und Erwerbsleben. Der Fokus liegt dabei auf einem erweiterten Begriff von Vereinbarkeit, der eine Karriere im Sinne einer...
Editeur :
Springer Gabler
Parution :
2018-01-13
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A practical how-to guide for more effective planningthrough multi-actor modelling Careful planning is the cornerstone of a successful initiative, and any plan, policy, or business strategy can only be successful if it has the support of different actors. These actors...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2018-01-12
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This book examines employee welfare in British and German companies from the 19th century through to the present day. Tracing the history of employee welfare, this comparative study reveals new issues beyond the dominant focus on the welfare state, showing that...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-01-12
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Building, largely, on insights from India, and case studies in Brazil, China, and South Africa, this book provides insights into the contested topic of ‘governance and governed’ from a state–society inter-relationship perspective. It argues that the centrality of an...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2018-01-08
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In the post-World War II era, the emergence of 'area studies' marked a signal development in the social sciences. As the social sciences evolved methodologically, however, many dismissed area studies as favoring narrow description over general theory. Still, area...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2018-01-03
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This book collects high-quality papers on issues related to the rebalancing strategy in China, new clean cities as “hubs’’, liability management, and involving the private sector, including through PPPs, with specific examples from Guangdong. Guangdong has been at the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-12-28
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This open access book aims to consolidate and advance debates on European and global energy poverty by exploring the political and infrastructural drivers and implications of the condition across a variety of spatial scales. It highlights the need for a geographical...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-12-22
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