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An internationally acclaimed economist, Bina Agarwal is known for her path-breaking writings on agriculture, property rights, and the environment. Her three-volume compendium brings together a selection of her essays, written over three decades. Combining diverse...
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OUP India
Parution :
2015-12-21
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In recent years, growing concerns over the strength of South Africa’s democracy appear to indicate a population increasingly disillusioned and dissatisfied with the quality of its implementation. This book assesses the quality of democracy in South Africa after 20 years...
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P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
Parution :
2015-12-18
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A thorough exploration of diversity and social justice within the field of social work Multicultural Social Work Practice:A Competency-Based Approach to Diversity and Social Justice, 2nd Edition has been aligned with the Council on Social Work Education's 2015...
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Wiley
Parution :
2015-12-18
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Konstantin
Kehl geht der Frage nach, weshalb es trotz Reformbedarfs und langjähriger
Debatten bisher nicht gelungen ist, die Versorgungsstrukturen für pflege- und
unterstützungsbedürftige Menschen im Sinne einer sozialinvestiven Politik
weiterzuentwickeln, die die...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2015-12-17
Collection :
Soziale Investitionen
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Through compelling and insightful analysis of the Russian case, this book explores the role that social welfare plays in regime transitions. It examines the role that gender and social welfare has played in Russia's post-communist political evolution from Yeltsin's...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-12-17
Collection :
Gender and Politics
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Food Stamps, now known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), has endured and expanded in recent years. The program has been preserved and in some cases enhanced as a result of its inclusion in the Farm Bill, being characterized as a safety net of last...
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Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2015-12-17
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Philip Schäfer präsentiert Perspektiven der
arabischen Mittelmeerstaaten, wie diese Sicherheit konzeptualisieren und wie
diese Konstruktion das Verhältnis zu anderen Akteuren, im Speziellen zur
Europäischen Union, beeinflusst. Er analysiert, inwiefern Regierende...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2015-12-16
Collection :
Globale Gesellschaft und internationale Beziehungen
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American Politics in the Age of Ignoranc e looks at ten policy myths and bad ideas that governments and public officials - most often conservatives - consistently repeat and re-enact. Acting on these myths, the policies inevitably fail and thereby reinforce preconceived...
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Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2015-12-11
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This book explores the role that boundary making plays in creating a societal understanding of current migration dynamics and, by extension, in legitimising migration regimes. By comparing most recent developments in Europe and China, it reveals insights on convergent...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-12-11
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This book outlines the methodology and results of the Fiction and the Cultural Mediation of Ageing Project, led by a research team from Brunel University, UK. It investigates how older people resist stereotypical cultural representations of ageing and demonstrates the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-12-11
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The first comprehensive 'bird's eye' account of public sector reform supported by references from over 400 official sources, this book is an invaluable guide to all those in the public, private and voluntary sectors grappling with the twin challenges of managing public...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-12-11
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Ulf von Krause skizziert die politische Rolle der Bundeswehr seit ihrer Gründung („Eintrittskarte“ ins westliche Bündnis, Abschreckungsinstrument, Tauschobjekt bei der Wiedervereinigung, Hineingleiten in Auslandseinsätze bis hin zum Krieg, Spannungsverhältnis zwischen...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2015-12-04
Collection :
essentials
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This book examines the relationship of belonging and social policy in a historical-comparative perspective reconstructing individual arguments in favour of or opposed to the expansion of solidarities.
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-12-04
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In 2002 Finnish Parliament decided to permit further construction of nuclear power after decades of long societal struggle. This book analyzes the major phases of the decision-making process. It is an excellent guide to understanding energy and climate policy in Finland...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-12-04
Collection :
Energy, Climate and the Environment
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Earthquakes are a way of life on Earth, and, whether you live in an area that is often affected by earthquakes or not, every building, every road, every bridge, and, in fact, almost everything constructed by humans in which we walk, sleep, live, sit, or visit, has to be...
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Wiley-Scrivener
Parution :
2015-12-03
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Das vorliegende Buch vereinigt Fallstudien zur Krisenfestigkeit in acht deutschsprachigen Regionen mit jeweils unterschiedlichen strukturellen Voraussetzungen, Anpassungsstrategien und -instrumenten, Krisenerfahrungen und wirtschaftlichen Erfolgen. Im Vergleich zu...
Editeur :
Springer Gabler
Parution :
2015-12-01
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Das Buch behandelt zentrale Herausforderungen der Wirtschaftsförderung im deutschsprachigen Raum. Zu diesem Zweck wurde eine umfangreiche Befragung deutscher Wirtschaftsförderer durchgeführt. Die von den befragten Wirtschaftsförderern am häufigsten genannten...
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Springer Gabler
Parution :
2015-12-01
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Long regarded as an empty and inhospitable environment, the deep ocean is rapidly emerging as an ecological hot spot with a remarkable diversity of biological life. Yet, the world?s oceans are currently on a dangerous trajectory of decline, threatened by acidification,...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2015-11-30
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What is environmental history? It is a kind of history that seeks understanding of human beings as they have lived, worked, and thought in relationship to the rest of nature through the changes brought by time. In this new edition of his seminal student textbook, J....
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2015-11-30
Collection :
What is History?
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed by President Obama in March 2010 is a landmark in U.S. social legislation, and the Supreme Court's recent decision upholding the Act has ensured that it will remain the law of the land.The new law extends health...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2015-11-27
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