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This book challenges the pessimism that has so marked, and impoverished, social theorizing about modern life. Modernity has often been dark and debilitating, but it has also generated hope for a better life and extraordinary reforms and liberations, from the creation of...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2024-10-25
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This book critically examines the subjective value of privacy in the context of state surveillance, exploring how individuals assess costs and benefits of surveillance. It delves into the complex relationship between attitudes towards privacy, security, and state...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2024-10-24
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This book analyzes the legacy of the first Trump administration on a variety of different fronts. Whether it was the extensive use of Twitter, the tendency to express controversial, and often dubious views, or to even slander foreign leaders, Trump was a disruptive...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-10-24
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The modern work ethic is in crisis.The numerous harms and injustices harboured by current labour markets and work organisations, combined with the threat of mass unemployment entailed in rampant automation, have inspired a strong “post-work” movement in the theoretical...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2024-10-23
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Nach dem russischen Angriff auf die Ukraine im Februar 2022 bewegt viele Menschen die Frage, was den russischen Staatsführer zu dieser Entscheidung bewogen hat. Während sich die Forschung schon länger mit dieser Thematik befasst, werden dabei oft der Staatsführer und...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2024-10-23
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The 2019 British general election saw a dramatic redrawing of the electoral map, with the Labour Party losing seats to the Conservatives in former heartlands in the North of England and Midlands. Yet this had been a long-term shift, with the opposite trend occurring in...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2024-10-23
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Tolerance is usually regarded as a quintessential liberal value. This position is supported by a standard liberal history that views religious toleration as emerging from the post-Reformation wars of religion as the solution to the problem of religious violence....
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2024-10-23
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This edited volume provides original research and innovative analysis on corruption and anti-corruption in countries and regions of the Global South. It brings together economists, social and political scientists, and international relations, law, public...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-10-22
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The dominant narrative in intelligence studies portrays the evolution of intelligence from Cold War times to the present as one of increasing complexity. But Western intelligence and security services have countered terrorism before: terrorism became an important threat...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2024-10-22
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How should broadly liberal democratic societies stop illiberal and antidemocratic views from gaining influence while honouring liberal democratic values? This question has become particularly pressing after the recent successes of right-wing populist leaders and parties...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2024-10-22
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Dieses essential analysiert die geplante dauerhafte Stationierung einer Brigade der Bundeswehr in Litauen, die vom Verteidigungsministerium als "Leuchtturmprojekt der von Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz ausgerufenen sicherheitspolitischen Zeitenwende" beschrieben...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2024-10-21
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What is Realpolitik? How did the concept come about, and what does it stand for? This book explores the origins and meaning of a core precept of international history and politics. Statesmen, diplomats, and analysts alike deploy the term as if it were a timeless label....
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-10-21
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This book discusses experiences of women leaders in decentralised government structure in India and their participation in governance. The book also examines contribution of women leaders to the development of local area and economy through improved delivery of public...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2024-10-21
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This edited volume includes original essays by prominent researchers and practitioners in the field of postal and delivery economics, originally presented at the 31st Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics held in Gdansk, Poland, May 24-26, 2023. The book primarily...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2024-10-21
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This book argues that ethical reasoning should be adopted into policy processes in order to improve environmental regulations. It considers how public administrators and civil servants play key roles in policy making and implementation, and demonstrates how the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-10-21
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Each year, the Supreme Court of the United States announces new rulings with deep consequences for our lives. This sixth volume in Palgrave’s SCOTUS series describes, explains, and contextualizes the landmark cases of the US Supreme Court in the term ending...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-10-20
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This book explores how to identify and understand moral emotions—shame, guilt, pride, and hubris—in political messages and news media. Recognizing these emotions is crucial for assessing morality's role in public discourse, particularly as moral debates have deepened...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-10-19
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The second edition of this book (updated to February 24, 2024) presents a comprehensive evaluation of the strategy implemented by China to manage its modernization process.The author evaluates to what extent the economy has been developed, whether the imbalances due to...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2024-10-19
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This book offers a theory of those formal properties of art that are apt to afford strong aesthetic experience – a project resembling Aristotle’s in the Poetics, where he analysed structures in tragedies that condition the “peculiar pleasure” of tragedy. However, the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-10-18
Collection :
Rhetoric, Politics and Society
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This book explores vulnerability in many forms and among diverse understudied vulnerable populations worldwide from different perspectives, particularly from non-western contexts. It examines characteristics and profiles of vulnerable populations, intervention...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2024-10-18
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