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Armies of Arabia is the first comprehensive analysis of the Gulf monarchies' armed forces, including their political, social, and economic characteristics, foreign relations, and battleground performance.
The Arabian Peninsula is among the most strategically and...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-09-17
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The book aims to eliminate the misbeliefs that surround the question of the constitutionality and the feasibility of the territorial autonomy aspirations of Szeklerland, a predominantly Hungarian-speaking part of south-east Transylvania, Romania.The main hypothesis of...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2021-09-17
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This book discusses the prospects for the development of the African continent as part of the emerging system of international relations in the twenty-first century. African countries are playing an increasingly important part in the current system of international...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-09-16
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The period 1517-1625 was crucial for the development of political thought. During this time of expanding empires, religious upheaval, and social change, new ideas about the organisation and purpose of human communities began to be debated. In particular, there was a...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2021-09-16
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The period 1517-1625 was crucial for the development of political thought. During this time of expanding empires, religious upheaval, and social change, new ideas about the organisation and purpose of human communities began to be debated. In particular, there was a...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2021-09-16
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Why is cabinet government so resilient? Despite many obituaries, why does it continue to be the vehicle for governing across most parliamentary systems? Comparing Cabinets answers these questions by examining the structure and performance of cabinet government in five...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2021-09-16
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Trotz der mitunter eingreifenden Gegenwart von Polizei und Verwaltung im Leben und Alltag der Menschen fehlt es in der Bundesrepublik aktuell an einer Ethik der öffentlichen Verwaltung - anders als im europäischen und internationalen Umfeld. Der Band versucht vor diesem...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2021-09-16
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This book is more than an autobiographical account of the career of a young graduate from Australia who spent his life working as a United Nations official. It is in fact, a critical, indispensable debriefing of a UN insider’s account as it follows the life of...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-09-15
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This Handbook addresses why political science programs teach the research process and how instructors come to teach these courses and develop their pedagogy. Contributors offer diverse perspectives on pedagogy, student audience, and the role of research in their...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-09-15
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Examine the ways in which expertise, reason, and manners are continually under attack in our institutions, courts, political arenas, and social venues with this collection from the Pulitzer Prize-winning conservative columnist. George F. Will has been one of this...
Editeur :
Grand Central Publishing
Parution :
2021-09-14
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This book gives a historical and contemporary overview of the redistricting process, using North Carolina for the different political, electoral, and legal issues and debates over the practice of drawing legislative district boundaries. Redistricting has been...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2021-09-14
Collection :
Palgrave Studies in US Elections
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This book examines why authoritarian governments are willing to address environmental problems that have an international impact, such as CO2 emissions, but are reluctant to address problems that have only a domestic impact. In a case study of Azerbaijani oil...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-09-14
Collection :
Societies and Political Orders in Transition
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This book argues that contemporary liberal democracy is reaching a crisis. Brendan Sweetman contends that this crisis arises from a contentious pluralism involving the rise of incommensurable worldviews that emerge out of the absolutizing of freedom over time in a...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-09-14
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In Abgrenzung zu Parteien beschränkt sich der politische Wirkungskreis von Wählergemeinschaften auf die Kommunalpolitik, weshalb sie in Deutschland nicht die rechtlichen Kriterien für den Erwerb des Parteienstatus erfüllen.In ihrer Selbstdarstellung präsentieren sich...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2021-09-13
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This book examines opposition to the Council of Europe’s Istanbul Convention and its consequences for the politics of violence against women in four countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Krizsán and Roggeband discuss why and how successful anti-gender mobilizations...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2021-09-13
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A clearly articulated, well-defined, and relatively stable grand strategy is supposed to allow the ship of state to steer a steady course through the roiling seas of global politics. However, the obstacles to formulating and implementing grand strategy are, by all...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2021-09-13
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A clearly articulated, well-defined, and relatively stable grand strategy is supposed to allow the ship of state to steer a steady course through the roiling seas of global politics. However, the obstacles to formulating and implementing grand strategy are, by all...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2021-09-13
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This book explores the impact of governmental, institutional, and individual factors on journalists covering protests, using the 2019 Hong Kong Anti-Extradition Bill Movement as a case study. The discussion surveys the challenges frontline journalists have...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-09-11
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This book explores the struggle between China and the United States to expand their influence in Asia through economic assistance and defensive alliances. It brings together the diverse viewpoints of scholars from various countries on how Asian countries will exploit...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-09-11
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Despite any evidence against it, political parties still represent the most important collective actor in a democratic political system. Their role in representing pluralism and their electoral centrality is not undermined, even when it is strongly questioned. As long...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2021-09-11
Collection :
Interest Groups, Advocacy and Democracy Series
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