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The «European Capital of Culture» initiative offered dazzling programmes at the RUHR.2010 and Marseille-Provence 2013 locations; these programmes also claimed to have cultural-political sustainability.The study examines to what extent the concepts of the two cities...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2021-12-16
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Political economy debates have focused on the internationalisation of private capital, but foreign states increasingly enter domestic markets as financial investors. How do policy makers in recipient countries react? Do they treat purchases as a threat and impose...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2021-12-16
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Political economy debates have focused on the internationalisation of private capital, but foreign states increasingly enter domestic markets as financial investors. How do policy makers in recipient countries react? Do they treat purchases as a threat and impose...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2021-12-16
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This book acts as a tribute to the legacy of the Canadian political economist Kari Polanyi Levitt, daughter of Karl Polanyi, one of the great economists of the 20th century. Polanyi Levitt’s life and work were devoted to understanding the scientific and political...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-12-15
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The renegotiation and possible termination of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) sparked a lot of interest and concern in light of the United States’ declared objective to “rebalance the benefits” of the agreement. This edited book provides an overview of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-12-15
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This book explores the role of Chineseness or lo chino in the production of Chilean national identity. It does so by discussing the many voices, images, and intentions of diverse actors who contribute to stereotyping or problematizing Chineseness in Chile. The authors...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-12-15
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This is an Open Access book. In accordance with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, it showcases 17 projects under the framework of Belt & Road Initiative (BRI). These projects cover ninefields, namely, biodiversity and ecosystem, clean energy, clean water,...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-12-15
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This book provides an in-depth analysis of the relations between China and the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1949 to 1989. These relations were characterized by some “ups” but many more “downs,” e.g. when, in the early 1960s, the Soviet Union ordered its vassal...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-12-14
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This book examines local migration policy in Sweden in light of the European migrant crisis. The novel approach of this volume covers both local governments’ policies on admission of immigrants and their efforts for enhancing social integration. The focus is on the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-12-14
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This edited volume examines the contemporary practice of human trafficking on the African continent. It investigates the scourge of human trafficking in Africa from the broader international and regional perspectives as well as from a country-specific context. Written...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-12-13
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This book provides a concise introduction into twenty-one trends that are transforming the role of religion and spirituality in “re-globalizing” societies. In referring to processes of “re-globalization”, the book draws attention to profound ongoing...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-12-13
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The articles included in this book deal with various aspects of international migration analyzed from different methodological perspectives. What unites this collection of articles is that they deal with peripheral borders, separating rich and poor regions of our globe....
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2021-12-13
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Environmental and climate problems have gained a global dimension and constituteone of the important issues of world politics and economies. The necessity of allstates to act together on these problems, which threaten the present and future of humanity,and find the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2021-12-13
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This book contributes to the fields of memory and human rights. It offers a novel and interdisciplinary theory on social indifference, and in particular on the indifference of people to human rights violations committed against certain sectors of society in turbulent...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-12-13
Collection :
St Antony's Series
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This book brings together leading academics and activists to address the possibilities for qualitative social change beyond neoliberalism, providing introductory essays on alternative societies, transition, and resistance. Bringing together discussions on...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-12-11
Collection :
Political Philosophy and Public Purpose
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This book examines the role of the African Union in relation to African agency in international politics. It examines the manner and extent to which the African Union exercises two forms of agency—shirking and slippage—in its strategic and collaborative partnerships....
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-12-10
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This book introduces the concept of narrative tradition to study representation in international politics. Focusing specifically on the case of Turkey, the book shows how narrative traditions are constructed, maintained, and passed on by a loose epistemic...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-12-10
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This book argues that states have a special obligation to offer asylum as a form of reparation to refugees for whose flight they are responsible. It shows the great relevance of reparative justice, and the importance of the causes of contemporary forced migration, for...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-12-10
Collection :
International Political Theory
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The volume includes comparative and comprehensive discussions on anti-corruption policies of governments and anti-corruption agencies across Europe. Compared to existing literature that focuses either on general and theoretical aspects related to corruption or on...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-12-10
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This book explores the existence of gaps between public preferences and institutional designs in democracies, and specifically cases in which such gaps are maintained for a long period of time without being challenged by the electorate. Gaps such as these can be seen in...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-12-10
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