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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 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...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-11-09
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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...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2016-11-01
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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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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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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...
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Springer VS
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2016-09-16
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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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The search for a robust balance of power is a continuous challenge for multilevel political system. Institutions like parliaments or courts can protect the existing order. However, necessary adjustments to economic, social, or international challenges or policies...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-07-22
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The search for a robust balance of power is a continuous challenge for multilevel political system. Institutions like parliaments or courts can protect the existing order. However, necessary adjustments to economic, social, or international challenges or policies...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-07-21
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This book explores how contemporary governing leaders can overcome the typical trend of losing a public support in power by following more effective communication strategies. It shows how new forms of communication that emphasise acknowledgement and respect for public...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-07-17
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What explains differences in the lobbying behaviour of interest groups? And what consequences do these differences have for the access that interest groups can gain to decision-makers and the influence that they can exert on policy outcomes?
Building on an...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-07-08
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What explains differences in the lobbying behaviour of interest groups? And what consequences do these differences have for the access that interest groups can gain to decision-makers and the influence that they can exert on policy outcomes?
Building on an...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-07-07
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This book investigates recent public debates about the European Union (EU) in national parliaments, which have become the primary arena for public debate about the EU. Responding to claims about a politicization of European governance, the author investigates the link...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-06-27
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This book offers a well-investigated and accessible picture of the current situation around the politics of LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) rights and activism in Central Europe and the Western Balkans in the context of the enlargement of the European...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-06-23
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Much research has highlighted that sub-state entities (SSEs) - such as the German Länder, the Spanish autonomous communities, or the French regions - mobilise at the European level. This literature, however, is silent on how this sub-state activity interacts with that...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-06-23
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This book argues that Latin America must confront two main challenges: greater innovation to increase productivity, and greater inclusion to incorporate more of the population into the benefits of economic growth. These two tasks are interrelated, and both require...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-06-06
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This book demonstrates through country case studies that, contrary to received wisdom, Latin American militaries can contribute productively, but under select conditions, to non-traditional missions of internal security, disaster relief, and social programs. Latin...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-06-01
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This book rigorously documents and explains the genocide perpetrated by the Guatemalan state against indigenous Maya populations within the context of its counterinsurgency campaign against leftist guerrillas between 1981 and 1983. In doing so it brings to light a...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-05-17
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