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This book offers an in-depth analysis of the political economy of soybean production in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, by identifying the dominant private and public actors and control mechanisms that have given rise to a corporate-driven, vertically integrated system...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-11-15
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This book explains a paradox in American constitutional law: how a right not discussed during the ratification debates at Philadelphia and not mentioned in the text has become a core component of modern freedom. Rather, privacy is a constitutional afterthought that...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-11-14
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This book examines and critiques the fact that Chile’s claims to economic exceptionalism have been embodied, often quite aggressively, in a heterosexual, and primarily male, ideal. Despite the many shifts Chilean economics and politics have undergone over the past...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-11-11
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This edited volume considers the extent to which the Obama presidency matched the promises of hope and change that were held out in the 2008 election. Contributors assess the character of “change” and, within this context, survey the extent to which there was enduring...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-11-09
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This book presents revealing reflections on historical, socio-political, and legal aspects, as well as their contexts, in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru. Further, it includes theoretical and empirical...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-11-01
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Dieses Buch führt in das britische Regierungssystem ein, welches zu den „Klassikern“ der vergleichenden Regierungslehre zählt. Das „Westminster Modell“ des Regierens hat sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten weitgehend verändert. Wie und auf welchen Feldern kann hier in einem...
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Springer VS
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2016-11-01
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The subject of a New York Times best-selling biography and a Pulitzer-Prize winning musical, interest in Alexander Hamilton is at an all-time high. This carefully curated collection of Hamilton's writings gives the reader an intimate glimpse into the mind of our most...
Editeur :
Black Dog & Leventhal
Parution :
2016-10-25
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This book offers a novel, refreshing and politically engaged way to think about public policy. Instead of treating policy as simply the government’s best efforts to address problems, it offers a way to question critically how policies produce “problems” as particular...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2016-10-24
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Two eminent political scientists show that America's great conflicts, from the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror, were fought not for ideals, or even geopolitical strategy, but for the individual gain of the presidents who waged them. It's striking how many of the...
Editeur :
PublicAffairs
Parution :
2016-09-27
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This edited volume compares seven countries in North America and Europe on the highly topical issue of oil and gas development that uses hydraulic fracturing or “fracking.” The comparative analysis is based on the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) and guided by two...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-09-24
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Although Argentina's use of genetically modified (GM) soybean seeds has spurred a major agricultural boom, it has also had a negative impact on many communities. In Soybeans and Power, Pablo Lapegna explores the ways in which these communities have coped with GM soybean...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2016-09-21
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Dieses Buch behandelt alle politischen Systeme Lateinamerikas und folgt der Idee, eine Balance zwischen länderübergreifender Perspektive und individualisierender Länderstudie herzustellen. Nach einem generalisierenden Überblick werden die dort angeschlagenen Themen in...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2016-09-16
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In a recent study of 61 hospitals, it was found that they bought 21 different types of A4 paper, 652 different kinds of surgical gloves and 1751 different cannulas.Police forces could cut the cost of their uniforms by over 30 per cent if they all bought the same one....
Editeur :
Little, Brown Book Group
Parution :
2016-09-15
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Michael Savage predicted the chaos that is Obama's legacy. Now he tells us whether the destruction can be stopped! The prophetic author of the bestselling Government Zero, Dr.Michael Savage is back with his most urgent and powerful work. Listeners to Dr. Savage's...
Editeur :
Center Street
Parution :
2016-09-13
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In this “desperately needed” (Time.com) book, a leading legal scholar addresses the most important constitutional controversies of the twenty-first century and illuminates the Constitution's ongoing relevanceIn The Constitution Today, Akhil Reed Amar,...
Editeur :
Basic Books
Parution :
2016-09-13
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Reigning theories of urban power suggest that in a world dominated by footloose transnational capital, cities have little capacity to effect social change. In City Power, Richard C. Schragger challenges the existing assumptions, arguing that cities can govern, but only...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2016-09-01
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This book compares the trajectories and effects of local public sector reform in Europe and fills a research gap that has existed so far in comparative public administration and local government studies. Based on the results of COST research entitled, ‘Local Public...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-08-25
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This edited volume follows up from Global Perspectives on US Foreign Policy: From the Outside In in providing unique perspectives on US foreign policy from citizens of countries affected.This approach allows the voices of those less commonly heard to be presented as...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-08-19
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This book traces the development of the discourse used by the pro-life movement since the 1970s, and its relationship to public policy efforts at the state and federal level. The pro-life movement’s successes, both in legislative efforts to limit access to abortion as...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-08-04
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This book seeks to uncover a clear picture of Barack Obama’s grand strategy, the overarching methods applied to identify and achieve national interests in a global setting. Pressed for an “Obama doctrine” during his final years in office, the President claimed a simple...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-07-27
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