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This open access book discusses the emergence and development, and in some cases also the disappearance, of social movements and activism in Sweden during the 1980s. Its aim is to nuance and problematize the image of the 1980s as unilaterally dominated by right-wing...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-05-03
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Social movements play a vital and increasingly visible role in modern politics. Headline-grabbing demonstrations against authoritarian governments, police brutality, economic inequality, and other grievances suggest that, around the world, social movements are seen as...
Editeur :
Polity
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2023-05-03
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This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Academic and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.
How does governing work today? How does society...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2023-05-03
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This book provides a genealogy of the concept of ‘protocol’ in government. It examines the functions that different protocols play in the contemporary world, and how they act as devices which regulate delicate and strategic fields of politics and society. The book opens...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-05-03
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In diesem Buch wird kritisch untersucht, wie die chinesische Regierung die neun Städte und zwei Sonderverwaltungsregionen in der Greater Bay Area (GBA) in Südchina proaktiv für eine engere Zusammenarbeit gewonnen hat, um das Land von der "Weltfabrik" zu einer führenden...
Editeur :
Springer Gabler
Parution :
2023-05-03
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For a state that has gained a global reputation as a violator of international norms, not least through its unwavering pursuit of nuclear weapons, North Korea's determination to become a nuclear-armed state is puzzling. If nuclear weapons beget security, insecurity, and...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2023-05-03
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This book explores the legacy of the Japanese empire in Korea, asking how colonialism arose as a legal idea. What was the legal process behind the establishment of colonialism as Japan's prime strategy towards Korea since the late 19th century? By addressing such...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-05-02
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Lessons Learned from Afghanistan: America’s Longest War examines the lessons of how America’s “longest war” came to an ignominious end with staggering consequences for the United States and the Afghan nation. Afghanistan today faces an unprecedented humanitarian crisis,...
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Springer
Parution :
2023-05-02
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This book is an overview of the development status of China's special economic zones in 2020, including the reform pilot zones and some new special zones over the past year. It analyzes the challenges during the transformation faced by special zones, the use of...
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Springer
Parution :
2023-05-02
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A condensed and accessible intellectual history that traces the genesis of the ideas that have built into the #BlackLivesMatter movement in a bid to help us make sense of the emotions, demands, and arguments of present-day activists and public thinkers.
Started in the...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2023-05-01
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This book explores the leadership of state and federal environmental agencies and local environmental groups in restoring the degraded rivers that flow into North America’s Great Lakes and other sites in the northeastern industrial corridor of the US. Robinson examines...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-04-30
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This book argues that the backsliding or stagnation of democracy should be interpreted in a wider perspective on irregular movements towards and away from contemporary liberal democracy.This a perspective couched by a metaphor, namely the 'pendulum of democracy', which...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-04-30
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?This book provides an account of the reforms undertaken in German federalism throughout the 2000’s. It explores the consequences of the historic changes made to the German federal order through detailed analysis of a set of unique case study areas. It also evaluates...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-04-30
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Was bringt Online-Bürgerbeteiligung und was macht sie bei Klimaschutz und Energiewende erfolgreich? Die vorliegende Forschungsarbeit zeigt auf, dass Bürgerbeteiligung zur besseren Handhabung von komplexen und umstrittenen Problemen (Wicked Problems) beitragen kann:...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2023-04-30
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This book takes the transnational history of southern Africa’s liberation struggles in an innovative direction. It provides one of the first targeted studies of the manner in which the wider process of African decolonisation shaped the political struggle for...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2023-04-29
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This volume uses a case study approach to present data on the relevance and effectiveness of the strategic actions implemented by NGOs, IGOs and governments at national, regional, and international scales, drawing lessons and recommendations to enhance the capacity of...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2023-04-29
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This book analyses theoretically and empirically why some single mothers are less disadvantaged than others. It argues that single parenthood is associated with different risks, depending on the stage in the life course at which it is experienced and on the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2023-04-29
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Vor dem Hintergrund des Superwahljahres 2021 wird analysiert, welche neuen Möglichkeiten in der Wahlkampfkommunikation ihre Wirksamkeit entfalten. Im Rahmen einer strategischen Betrachtung wird der Kontext des Bundestagswahlkampfes genutzt, um die Auswirkungen der...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2023-04-29
Collection :
BestMasters
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Volume one of Electoral Politics in Zimbabwe pays special attention to the overarching view that the 2023 harmonized elections define the fate of the major presidential contenders and their parties as well as (re) shaping the political and economic trajectories of the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-04-28
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Adopting a systemic perspective, this book explores media-based communication and reason-giving as a linkage process that transcends time and space. Arguments, reasoning perspectives and emotional concerns link elites’ and citizens’ political judgement within and across...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-04-28
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