Fragility, Aid, and State-building: Understanding Diverse Trajectories

Fragile states pose major development and security challenges. Considerable international resources are therefore devoted to state-building and institutional strengthening in fragile states, with generally mixed results. This volume explores how unpacking the concept of fragility and studying its dimensions and forms can help to build policy-relevant understandings of how states become more res…

Time and causality in early modern drama: plotting revenge

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China's global political economy: managerial perspectives

Introduction and overview / Robert Taylor -- Political economy -- China's "new normal" growth trajectory : regional and global implications / Lucia Morales and Bernadette Andreosso-O'Callaghan -- Origins and dimensions of the 21st century maritime silk road : experimental patch-work or grand strategy? / Robert Pauls and Joern-Carsten Gottwald -- Urban- rural differences in social policies : the…

Transforming university-based teacher education through innovation: a Norwegi…

Transforming teacher education through innovation / Ida K. Riksaasen Hatlevik, Rachel Jakhelln, and Doris Jorde -- Quality in teacher education programs / Ida K. Riksaasen Hatlevik -- Five-year integrated research-based teacher education for primary and secondary school / Ida K. Riksaasen Hatlevik, Rachel Jakhelln, and Doris Jorde -- Coherence in teacher education : a case of research-based ref…

The Palgrave Handbook of International Energy Economics

This open access handbook is distinguished by its emphasis on international energy, rather than domestic energy policies or international geopolitic aspects. Addressing key topics such as energy production and distribution, renewables and corporate energy structures, alongside global energy trends, regional case studies and emerging areas such as the digitalization of energy and energy transiti…

Women in STEM in Higher Education

This open access book addresses challenges related to women in STEM in higher education, presenting research, experiences, studies, and good practices associated with the engagement, access, and retention of women in the STEM disciplines. It also discusses strategies implemented by universities and policymakers to reduce the existing gender gap in these areas. The chapters provide an overview o…

The Socially Responsible Organization

This book explores the nature of the socially responsible organization, specifically the role of crisis management in creating a socially responsible organization. It applies the Myers-Briggs Personality Typology (MBPTI) and the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Framework to issues such as responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, regulation of tech companies, and infrastructure. Dr. Mitroff lists the major ar…

How Europeans Understand Solidarity, Reciprocity and Fairness in the EU: Insi…

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Japanese diplomacy and East Asian international politics, 1918-1931

Introduction: Japanese Diplomacy and Interwar East Asia's "Four Waves of International Change" -- The First Wave of International Change and Hara Diplomacy: September 1918 to November 1921 -- The Hara Government -- The Creation of the Washington System and the Second Wave of International Change: November 1921 to January 1924 -- The Takahashi, Katō Tomosaburō, and Yamamoto Governments -- Ne…

Landscapes of Lifelong Learning Policies across Europe

This open access book explores different landscapes of Lifelong Learning policies (LLP), producing case-based examinations of their institutional, discursive, and relational dimensions. Across Europe, young people develop their life courses amidst diverse living conditions and are confronted with a variety of institutional and structural arrangements that impact on their opportunities in educat…