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This book discusses the philosophy and educational reforms initiated by Wilhelm von Humboldt as well as their legacy in the modern university system. It begins with a discussion of the history of the university from antiquity and the Middle Ages through the era of...
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Springer
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2015-06-12
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Mareike Schad examines how redistributive policy measures influence intergenerational income mobility, taking into account various facets of the parent-child connection. In the first part, the author investigates the impact of education and education policy on income...
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Springer Gabler
Parution :
2015-06-10
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The book provides an in-depth analysis of EU-China cooperation mechanisms with a focus on efforts to jointly address global challenges. It zooms in on the cooperation mechanisms for addressing three specific global challenges that rank high on the bilateral agenda:...
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Springer VS
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2015-06-09
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This book explores and analyzes governance and policy issues in South, Southeast, and East Asia. It maps governance challenges and analyzes current trends from the perspectives of democracy, public policy, and public institutions. Regional public administration and...
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Springer
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2015-06-06
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Why has inequality increased in the Western world - and what can we do about it? In The Great Divide, Joseph E. Stiglitz expands on the diagnosis he offered in his best-selling book The Price of Inequality and suggests ways to counter this growing problem. With his...
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Penguin
Parution :
2015-06-04
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Two conventional wisdoms dominate debates about why women's rights advance in some places but not others. While culture and religion are understood to be the primary barriers to gender equality, efforts by international institutions and women's groups to change social...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2015-06-01
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Christoph Heible evaluiert die gesundheitswirtschaftlichen Effekte des medizinisch-technologischen Fortschritts und des demografischen Wandels auf Basis modellgestützter und szenarienbasierter Analysen. Der Autor belegt u.a., dass von medizinisch-technischem Fortschritt...
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Springer Gabler
Parution :
2015-05-22
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Advances in science and policy during the past 50 years have prevented the predicted widespread food shortages as the world's population soared. Malnutrition, however, remains prevalent. This book details strategies and practical approaches designed to alleviate hunger...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2015-05-21
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This book presents a sociological account on marital dissolution that engages and extends theorisations on individualisation and the contemporary organisation of personal relationships to discuss how the experience of divorce might not be all debilitating but on the...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-05-08
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In 1993, the nation exploded into anti-same sex marriage fervor when the Hawaii Supreme Court issued its decision to support marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples. Opponents feared that all children, but especially those raised by lesbian or gay couples, would...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2015-05-04
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Die aktuellen Diskussionen über mehr Bürgerbeteiligung haben Idee und Praxis der sozialen Selbstverwaltung eine Renaissance beschert. Ihr Potential lässt sich mit Blick auf die Arbeitsmarktregulierung veranschaulichen. In multidisziplinärer Perspektive verbinden die...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2015-05-04
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Why is it that government debt in the developed world has risen to world war proportions in a time of peace? This can largely be attributed to governments maintaining welfare expenditures beyond what tax revenues allow. But will these governments refrain from doing what...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2015-04-24
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The book investigates the complexity of the Latin American mega cities and the multiple commitments of the apparatus of the state with a focus on the failures of the public water sector. It offers an innovative interpretation of large-scale urbanization, one of the most...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2015-04-24
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Cities and the Global Politics of the Environment
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The extraordinary rise of China is one of the greatest global stories of recent times. However, China's development has been described as ‘uneven, uncoordinated, and unsustainable’, and has now reached a critical turning point. To transform itself into a successful...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2015-04-21
Collection :
China Today
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The extraordinary rise of China is one of the greatest global stories of recent times. However, China's development has been described as ‘uneven, uncoordinated, and unsustainable’, and has now reached a critical turning point. To transform itself into a successful...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2015-04-21
Collection :
China Today
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As we struggle with the legacy of the crisis and with the prospect of accelerating environmental degradation, it is time to ask not what we can do for capitalism but what capitalism can do for us, as citizens of a democratic society. In Civic Capitalism, Colin Hay and...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2015-04-17
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In vast swathes of America, the sacredness of the Second Amendment has become a political third rail, never to be questioned. Gun rights supporters wear tri-cornered hats, wave the stars and stripes, and ask what would have happened if the revolutionaries had been...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2015-04-13
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Bernhard Weicht provides a multi-layered analysis of how we understand and construct care in everyday life, the meanings it has for ourselves, our families, our relationships, identities and our sense of society and what is right and proper, making an original...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-04-11
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The global food crises of 2008 and 2010 and the increased price volatility revolve around biofuels policies and their interaction with each other, farm policies and between countries. While a certain degree of research has been conducted on biofuel efficacy and...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-04-09
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This book looks at the major policy challenges facing developing Asia and how the region sustains rapid economic growth to reduce multidimensional poverty through socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable measures. Asia is facing many challenges arising from...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-03-31
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