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This book explores the complexity of cities as sites of warfare and investigates the ever-growing challenges for Disaster Risk Management (DRM). Through analysis of existing literature, media coverage and in-depth case studies, this title investigates the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2026-01-01
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At a time when technological advances are creating new threats to national and international security, traditional views of security, war, and deterrence are becoming obsolete. This book examines the different cyber security strategies being developed by states. It...
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Springer
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2026-01-01
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Der Beitritt zum Europarat vor 75 Jahren war für die Deutschen in der Bundesrepublik der erste große Schritt zur europäischen Integration. Er öffnete ihnen den Weg in die (west-) europäische Völkerfamilie und bedeutete nicht weniger als das Bekenntnis Deutschlands zu...
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Springer VS
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2026-01-01
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Die Europäische Union hat sich schon lange als selbstbewusste und eigenständige internationale Akteurin auf der Weltbühne etabliert. Über ihre außenpolitischen Strategien, die EU Global Strategy und die Europäische Sicherheitsstrategie,...
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Springer VS
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2026-01-01
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This book is a testament to the importance of historical institutional analysis for understanding the reform of Africa’s institutions. As an entry point, Raymond Atuguba examines the regulations of public order and alcohol by the police in Ghana, outlining an...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2026-01-01
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This book offers a comprehensive review of concepts from general Structuralist Semiotics, and their application to the study of fashion systems and the objects they originate. It goes beyond the visual aspect of images and material culture, exploring the relations of...
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Springer
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2026-01-01
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This book analyses processes of depoliticisation in modern Europe from the emergence of a distinct ‘political’ sphere in the late eighteenth century until the present day. Drawing on case studies from across the continent, it demonstrates that depoliticisation has...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2026-01-01
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This book explores how public appointments influence and are shaped by political and administrative factors, and their impact on governance, state capacity, and democratic legitimacy across Latin America. Through comparative analyses and case studies from Argentina,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-01-01
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This book is a reference work in the study of the Latin American guerrilla phenomena of the second half of the 20th century. Drawing on both archival research and interviews and using a consistent framework, the volume examines nearly 30 guerrilla groups, allowing for a...
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Springer
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2026-01-01
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The threat of climate change increases with each passing moment, and it’s time for economists, policymakers, and climate scientists to work together to address this. In this Palgrave Pivot, political economist Robin Hahnel offers useful ways to make a difference...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2026-01-01
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This book investigates key trends in youth political participation in the UK, Europe, and the United States since the turn of the century—with a focus on the UK General Election and the US Presidential Election that were both held in 2024. It explores the reasons...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2026-01-01
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South Asia is the most densely populated region in Asia, while Asia is the most populous region globally. These regions are at the forefront of the climate disaster. Rising sea levels, changing coastlines, increasing frequency of extreme weather events, and increased...
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Springer
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2026-01-01
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This book explores why state violence has proliferated across Latin America despite the adoption of extensive political and legal reforms intended to deter such violence. The authors argue that legacy conditions (uneven state capacity, weak rule of law, and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2026-01-01
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This book offers a range of critical narratives on the interplay between constitutional polycrisis and emergency constitutionalism. They are integrated by the desire to both expose cracks in the current schemes for taming conflict, crisis, and non-normalcy and to...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-01-01
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Taking the 2014 Scottish independence referendum as its case study, this book examines popular participation and elite interventions in democratic, plebiscitary events. It addresses how the referendum was constructed, represented, and performed as a participatory moment...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2026-01-01
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Ausgehend von der Idee einer zyklisch verlaufenden Geschichte entfaltet dieses Buch einen weiten historischen Bogen der Moderne. Es zeigt, wie auf Jahrzehnte brutaler Kriege und gesellschaftlicher Erschütterungen eine kurze Phase der Euphorie und Hoffnung folgte,...
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Springer VS
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2026-01-01
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Grounded in a critical theoretical perspective, this book offers a dense and original interpretation of the structural tensions and processes that led to the breakdown of the neoliberal international order established in the post–Cold War era under the auspices of...
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Springer
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2026-01-01
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South Africa has endured sluggish economic growth and rising unemployment for more than a decade despite repeated recognition that enabling industries such as electricity telecommunications and airport transportation are vital drivers of development. Yet progress has...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2026-01-01
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This book fills a void in the existing literature on regime erosion and democratic backsliding by proposing a multidimensional and sequential explanation for the emergence of crisis of democracy using one of the most populous democracies in the world as a case study:...
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Springer
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2026-01-01
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This book explores how AI Economics, innovation systems and policies, data cooperatives, and data sovereignty are redefining democracy, governance, and economic life in datafied societies. Through global case studies, it examines how smart cities, generative AI (GenAI),...
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Springer
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2026-01-01
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