Being Algae: Transformations in Water, Plants

Water plants of all sizes, from the 60-meter long Pacific Ocean giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) to the micro ur-plant blue-green algae, deserve attention from critical plant studies. This is the first book in environmental humanities to approach algae, swimming across the sciences, humanities, and arts, to embody the mixed nature and collaborative identity of algae. Ranging from Medieval Isl…

Causal Mechanisms in the Global Development of Social Policies

This open access edited volume introduces the concept of causal mechanisms to explore new ways of explaining the global dynamics of social policy, and shows that a mechanism-based approach provides several advantages over established approaches for studying social policy The introductory chapter outlines the mechanism-based approach, which stands out by modularisation and a clear focus on acto…

Guide to Qualitative Research in Parliaments: Experiences and Practices

This open access book is a hands-on guide on doing qualitative research in parliaments, exploring achievements and drawbacks for all. From early-career scholars looking for an ‘in’ to start their research to senior academics interested in methodological details, the book offers a novel approach to discussing qualitative methodologies. It presents unique insights based on a large-scale quali…

Redefining Global Governance A Tax, Trade and Investment Perspective in the …

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Lived Institutions as History of Experience

This open access book focuses on institutions that were produced and formed by the emerging welfare state. How were institutions experienced by the people who interacted with them? How did institutions as sites of experience shape and structure people’s everyday lives? Histories of institutions have mainly focused on the structures and power relations produced by institutional settings. Likew…

Continuous Cover Forestry in Boreal Nordic Countries

This open access book compiles the latest research on continuous cover forestry in boreal forests, highlighting both the need for additional information and the exciting possibilities that this method presents. Experts in the field explore topics such as forest regeneration, genetic effects, wood production and yield, wood harvesting, forest damage agents, biodiversity, water effects, carbon cy…

Taxation, International Cooperation and the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda

This open access volume addresses the link between international taxation, the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and the medium-term revenue strategy concept. It also analyses how countries and governments can reinforce this link in current and future initiatives in international taxation, including the base erosion profit shifting project initiated by the Organization for Economic Co-operati…

Kollektive Informationsverarbeitung von Medieninhalten: Theoriebildung, Metho…

Das vorliegende Open-Access-Buch leistet einen zusammenhängenden theoretischen, methodischen und empirischen Beitrag zum Verständnis von Informationsverarbeitung in Gruppen. Menschen nutzen und verarbeiten Medieninhalte häufig gemeinsam. Trotzdem gibt es erst wenig und vornehmlich auf die Individualebene fokussierte Forschung zu kollektiver Medienrezeption bzw. kollektiver Informationsverarb…

European Parliament’s Political Groups in Turbulent Times

This open access book provides the first ever authoritative collection of scholarly insights, based upon original research, into the political groups of the EP tackling the fundamental changes since the Lisbon Treaty and the upsurge of radical right parties. It analyses political groups and their importance from multiple perspectives critically assessing their role and significance in EU polit…

European Parliament’s Political Groups in Turbulent Times

This open access book provides the first ever authoritative collection of scholarly insights, based upon original research, into the political groups of the EP tackling the fundamental changes since the Lisbon Treaty and the upsurge of radical right parties. It analyses political groups and their importance from multiple perspectives critically assessing their role and significance in EU polit…