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Many scholars of American government believe representative democracy is failing more systematically than even the recent spectacle of political extremism suggests. Unprecedented levels of elite polarization, severe partisan gerrymandering, weakened party institutions,...
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Oxford University Press
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2024-10-01
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This book, achieved in cooperation with the Academic Alliance for Reconciliation Studies in the Middle East and North Africa (AARMENA), focuses on peacebuilding, conflict transformation, and shifts toward approaching the reconciliation process as an inter-, trans- and...
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Springer
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2024-10-01
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Das Buch beschreibt die Herausforderungen des Generationen- und Wertewandels für Polizei und Behörden sowie die tiefgreifenden Veränderungen für deren Organisation.
Mit dem Eintritt junger Menschen in den öffentlichen Dienst geht ein grundlegender Wandel der...
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Springer Gabler
Parution :
2024-10-01
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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 on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.
After more than a decade of...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2024-10-01
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Social media has become a key space for young people to experiment with their political voice and to hone it through interaction with others. However, authors Neta Kligler-Vilenchik and Ioana Literat argue that in order to seriously consider social media as a space for...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2024-10-01
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Three recent Canadian prime ministers, Paul Martin, Stephen Harper, and Justin Trudeau made the same claim shortly after forming a government: “Canada is Back.” Martin promised to reinvest in world affairs. Harper was focused on the military. Trudeau meant more...
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Oxford University Press
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2024-10-01
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Why do some people conceive their vote choices as mostly against, rather than for a given party/candidate? Who are these negative voters? What macro-level conditions favor the development of negative voting? This volume provides answers to these questions through the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-09-30
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From the civil wars in Colombia, Nepal, and Syria, to the revolutions in Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan, and the fervent uprisings of the Arab Spring, recent decades have vividly demonstrated that rebellion is in the air. In this groundbreaking study, Ruolin Su delves into the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-09-30
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The book aims at outlining key political, functional, administrative and financial features of Germany’s local government system and at placing them in a (European) comparative perspective. In pursuing an “institutionalist” approach it focuses on discussing whether, how...
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Springer
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2024-09-30
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In diesem Open-Access-Buch widmet sich Jonathan Seim der Frage, wer an Bürger*innenbeteiligungsverfahren beteiligt werden sollte. Ob jene Konsultationsverfahren tatsächlich zu einer Stärkung der Demokratie beitragen können, hängt auch von der Beantwortung dieser bisher...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2024-09-30
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This book explores how the Nigerian state grapples with both internal and external forces that are fueling insecurity in the country. For more than a decade, Nigeria has been viciously attacked by different clusters of non-state armed actors, ranging from religious...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-09-30
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Science has the potential to do much good. But it can also be misused and cause harm. How can researchers become aware of the risks and share their insights responsibly? This volume gathers a premier group of scholars and practitioners to address cutting-edge dilemmas...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2024-09-30
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This book is a critical exploration of the intellectual foundations of American foreign policy on the left and the right. The left is inspired by Immanuel Kant’s idea that spreading democracy is the key to universal peace. The right is inspired by the realism of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-09-27
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This book provides important new and actionable tools for diverse cities and communities facing climate disasters to engage in risk assessment and green recovery. The on the ground perspective from case studies across the global south ensures a culturally...
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Springer
Parution :
2024-09-27
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In the last decade, the proliferation of billions of new Internet-enabled devices and users has significantly expanded concerns about cybersecurity. How much should we worry about cyber threats and their impact on our lives, society and international affairs? Are these...
Editeur :
Polity
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2024-09-27
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The impact of the digital transformation on countries’ sustainable development is increasingly
discussed in both theory and practice. This multidisciplinary book analyzes the implications of
digital technologies and services for governance structures and government...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2024-09-26
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Dieser Band bietet eine Bestandsaufnahme der Funktionsweisen, der Aufgaben und der Stellung der Landesparlamente in den einzelnen Bundesländern. Er informiert über die historische Entwicklung und verfassungsrechtlichen Voraussetzungen der 16 Landesparlamente, stellt die...
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Springer VS
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2024-09-26
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“Professor Jacek Dabala’s short polemic, A Pre-Collapse Cure for Stupidity, serves asa straightforward, blunt instrument intended to jar us out of our collective stuporin the face of catastrophe. Squarely taking on critical, timely issues such as climatechange,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2024-09-26
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This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.
Causal Inquiry in International Relations defends a new,...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2024-09-26
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Combining perspectives from law and the social sciences, this book provides an account of the origins and evolution of six regional human rights courts. In each of these cases, judges sought to overcome political forces and legal obstacles that threatened to render the...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2024-09-25
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