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Falsehoods can gravely endanger democratic societies. When disinformation circulates widely, it can alter the outcome of elections, erode trust in democratic institutions, undermine support for critically important policies, or even incite violence. It is therefore...
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OUP Oxford
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2026-02-18
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This second edition of Palestinian Activism in Israel deepens the exploration of Bedouin women’s leadership in the Naqab through the intergenerational activist biographies of three women from the Al-Sana lineage. Building on the first edition’s focus on Amal...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-02-18
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This book offers a critical examination of the collaborative turn unfolding across the Nordic welfare states. Focusing on co-production—partnerships between citizens, public authorities, and civil society—the volume explores how this approach is reshaping...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-02-18
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This volume examines how elections and reform across West Asia and North Africa function less as routes to alternation than as instruments of control. Anchored by an integrative introduction and a concluding synthesis, it gathers original studies showing how rules,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-02-17
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Why Wendell Berry, Michael Pollan, and other slow-food-loving locavores are wrong about food in America—and why Waffle House can save us all. “This book is sustenance for your mind as it imagines more democratic and delightful ways we can all fill our...
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Basic Books
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2026-02-17
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For most Americans the terms 'torture' and 'terrorism' evoke barbaric regimes and savage enemies, not liberal democracies dedicated to human rights and freedom, as the United States claims to be. American Torture and American Terrorism demonstrates the falsity of the...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2026-02-17
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This open access book explores how socialist and post-colonial states envisioned and practised democracy for themselves after the Second World War. While scholarship on democracy has tended to focus on Western political traditions, this book demonstrates that the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-02-16
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The purpose of this monograph is to study the collective actions carried out by the networks of pro-migrant activism, in order to understand if these networks use migrant issues to reach purely political objectives, or they organize conventional or non-conventional...
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Mimesis International
Parution :
2026-02-16
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This transdisciplinary book examines social movements in contemporary North Africa, namely Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. It focuses on nationalist, democratic, women’s, Islamist, Berber (Amazigh), and youth movements since 1912 through the post-Arab Spring era....
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-02-16
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Labour shapes contemporary life not only as an activity or institution, but as a mode of thought — a framework that organises time, structures society, and defines value. This book examines labour as a political force that produces subjectivity and sustains social...
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Mimesis International
Parution :
2026-02-16
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This open access book analyses Latin American countries’ state capacity based on these countries’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The causes and consequences of uneven state capacity have been a popular academic debate in social welfare provision during...
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Springer
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2026-02-16
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Dieses Buch zeigt, dass das kommunale Fördermittelmanagement heute ein unverzichtbares strategisches Instrument für die zukunftsorientierte Kommunalentwicklung ist. Angesichts enormer Investitionsrückstände, Klimawandel, Digitalisierung und...
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Springer Gabler
Parution :
2026-02-16
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Dieses Buch zeigt, wie Verwaltungsmodernisierung systematisch gelingt. Öffentliche Verwaltungen stehen unter massivem Veränderungsdruck: Digitalisierung, Fachkräftemangel und knappe Ressourcen erfordern strategische Orientierung statt kurzfristiger...
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Springer Gabler
Parution :
2026-02-16
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This book provides a comprehensive analysis of Turkey-EU relations under the leadership of the same political party (the Justice and Development Party, AKP) and its long-standing leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Through the development of an innovative analytical...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-02-16
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In 1984, the Siberian natural gas pipeline was completed on schedule. This was unexpected, given that the pipeline had been a contributing factor in a “trade war” between the USA and Western European countries, led by West Germany, in the previous years. For the first...
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Mimesis International
Parution :
2026-02-16
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As a liminal state with contrasting identities, Japan often struggles to define its consistent strategic objective due to its fluctuating power status and social role in international relations. In this volume Katada and Koga employ a historical institutionalist...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2026-02-16
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This book blends theory, practice, and international standards to introduce a new paradigm that extends Universal Design to fully embrace the wide spectrum of human sensory experiences and preferences. It provides a comprehensive roadmap for creating environments that...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-02-16
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Kommunalpolitik ist das Fundament der Demokratie – und zugleich die Ebene, die das tägliche Leben unmittelbar prägt. Doch der Einstieg in die kommunalpolitische Praxis gilt als komplex und wenig einsteigerfreundlich. Dieses essential bietet eine...
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Springer Gabler
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2026-02-15
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This book explains how democracy unravels from within. It develops a clear conceptual and comparative framework to trace autocratization, understood as the process through which elected leaders weaken checks and balances, neutralize opposition, and entrench...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-02-14
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This book examines the failure of more than 30 years of the Nagorno-Karabakh mediation and negotiations within the context of the broader Armenia-Azerbaijan violent conflict (1988-2023) and from the perspective of conflict resolution and peace negotiations. The book...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-02-14
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