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Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Rolle von Politik bei der Entwicklung erneuerbarer Energien. Die Vermutung eines weitreichenden Einflusses politischer Intervention wird am Beispiel der geothermischen Stromerzeugung nicht nur quantitativ, sondern auch qualitativ...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-08-15
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This book explains under which conditions the European Union adopts ambitious domestic climate policies. It presents a theoretical framework that combines insights from rational choice institutionalism and the constructivist literature on political rhetoric. Its main...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-07-27
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The struggle between Russia and Great Britain over Central Asia in the nineteenth century was the original "great game." But in the past quarter century, a new "great game" has emerged, pitting America against a newly aggressive Russia and a resource-hungry China, all...
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Oxford University Press
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2012-07-23
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Der Einsatz von Informationen als staatliches Lenkungsinstrument wird in vielen Rechtsbereichen immer bedeutsamer. Die Untersuchung geht speziell für das Umweltrecht der Frage nach, ob und inwieweit eine effektive Steuerung durch staatliche Informationstätigkeit in Form...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-05-21
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The influence of intellectuals is not only greater than in previous eras but also takes a very different form from that envisioned by those like Machiavelli and others who have wanted to directly influence rulers. It has not been by shaping the opinions or directing the...
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Basic Books
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2012-03-06
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In diesem Sammelband werden die Chancen und Hemmnisse einer Energiewende in Ostdeutschland diskutiert. Ausgangspunkt ist die von Vertretern und Vertreterinnen der Ostdeutschlandforschung aufgestellte These, dass eine Energiewende und der Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien in...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-02-24
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Education, skill formation, and training continue to be important areas of consideration for both public policy and research. This book examines the particular types of vocational training known as collective skill formation systems, whereby the training (often...
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OUP Oxford
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2011-11-24
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Renewable energy has an important role to play as they provide solutions to pressing environmental and developmental challenges particularly in developing countries. Taking spatial variations in the case of the Indian wind sector as research puzzle, this book explores...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2011-08-30
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Die französische Debatte um die Auswirkungen von Tschernobyl nahm ihren Ausgangspunkt in einem politischen Skandal: 1986 verzichtete Frankreichs Regierung auf Schutzmaßnahmen, da die französischen Nuklearexperten den Standpunkt vertraten – und bis heute vertreten –,...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2011-08-16
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The result of a four-year long comparative research study centered at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, and financed by the European Commission's Sixth Framework Programme, Social Pacts in Europe presents the first full-length theoretical and...
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OUP Oxford
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2011-05-12
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Ein Vierteljahrhundert ist vergangen, seit am 26. April 1986 der vierte Reaktorblock des Atomkraftwerks Tschernobyl völlig zerstört und damit die bis heute schwerste Katastrophe in der zivilen Nutzung der Kernenergie ausgelöst wurde. Aber die verheerenden Auswirkungen...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2011-03-07
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The emission trading scheme is the most recent instrument of the EU environmental policy. Its underlying mechanisms and economic consequences are yet less straightforward than policymakers initially had expected: As this study shows, the regulation probably yields...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2010-11-05
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Throughout the world, governments are restructuring social and welfare provision to give a stronger role to opportunity, aspiration and individual responsibility, and to competition, markets and consumer choice. This approach centres on a logic of individual rational...
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OUP Oxford
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2010-11-04
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The death of the Celtic tiger is not an extinction event to trouble naturalists. There was, in fact nothing natural about this tiger, if it ever really existed.The "Irish Economic miracle" was built on good old-fashioned subsidies (from the European Union) and the...
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PublicAffairs
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2010-03-02
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The book, a joint work of the African Development Bank and the African Union, presents a comprehensive analysis of the oil and gas resources in Africa. It uniquely highlights, through country examples, and with an African focus but a global perspective, the specific...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2009-08-27
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Does globalization erode the nation state's capacity to act? Are nation states forced to change their policies even if this goes against the democratic will of their electorates? How does government action change under conditions of globalization? Questions like these...
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OUP Oxford
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2008-12-11
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Europeanization has often been conceived as a top-down process, necessitating implementation and adjustment at the national level. However,Europeanization can also be conditioned by bottom-up national initiatives. While recent endeavors in comparative political economy...
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OUP Oxford
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2008-11-20
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Throughout the world, governments are restructuring social and welfare provision to give a stronger role to opportunity, aspiration and individual responsibility, and to competition, markets and consumer choice. This approach centres on a logic of individual rational...
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OUP Oxford
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2008-11-13
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With Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) the European Union is embarked on a major historic political project of formidable technical complexity. In January 2009 the Euro Area will be ten years old. What does the evidence from the first decade tell us about the...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2008-09-04
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The smaller countries of Western Europe have a reputation for being more successful than their larger neighbours. They are wealthier per capita, they are more stable politically, and they are more flexible economically.The secret to this success lies in their consensual...
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OUP Oxford
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2008-05-08
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