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Translation und Marginalisierung = Intersektionale Perspektiven auf Übersetz…
Übersetzungen spiegeln und bestätigen die Normen der zielkulturellen Mehrheitsgesellschaft und ihrer machthabenden Instanzen, wohingegen Anliegen von Minderheiten meist unberücksichtigt bleiben. Diesen oft übersehenen Zusammenhang zwischen Translation und Marginalisierung leuchtet der interdisziplinäre Open Access-Band für die Frühe Neuzeit systematisch aus und rückt jene Menschen, Figu…
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- 9783662694695
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- XII, 326 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Time in Education Policy Transfer = The Seven Temporalities of Global School …
This open access book investigates a topic underexplored in policy transfer: time. Drawing on well-known theories from comparative education, public policy studies, political science, and sociology, but written in an easy-to-understand language, the author discusses seven temporalities of policy transfer: historical period, future, sequence, timing, lifespan, age, and tempo. The temporal dimens…
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- 9783031825248
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- XV, 242hlm,: ill, lamp; 21 cm
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The South China Sea: The Geo-political Epicenter of the Indo-Pacific?
This open access book focuses on the geopolitical competition in the South China Sea, an area with highly concentrated choke points in the Indo-Pacific, presenting ideas and recommendations to manage this competition and foster cooperation to maintain a peaceful and stable environment and promote sustainable governance of the South China Sea and of the Indo-Pacific in a broader sense. The inc…
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- 9789819782093
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- XIV, 160 hlm ill; lamp
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The Québec-United States Relationship = Political, Security, Economic, Envir…
Québec’s engagement with the United States is the most significant and consequential point of interaction amongst all its international activities. This new, edited book volume seeks to explore the many ways in which Quebec engages with the United States, including political exchange, border issues, trade, business and investment, transportation, immigration, cultural links and identity, th…
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- 9783031761133
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- XXXIV, 426 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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The Ocean Incubator Network Learning Toolkit
This open access book is designed to enhance ocean literacy through diverse research, educational and interdisciplinary approaches. It focuses on a number of critical themes, including: an exploration of positionality, emphasizing the importance of acknowledging one’s own perspective in ocean-related research and advocacy; the nuances of trans-cross and interdisciplinarity in ocean studies, a…
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- 9783031780622
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- XXX, 262 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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The Non-radicalisation of Muslims in Southern Europe = Migration and Integrat…
This open access book explains why southern European countries with significant Muslim communities have experienced few religiously inspired violent attacks – or have avoided the kind of securitised response to such attacks seen in many other Western states. The authors provide a unique contribution to the literature on violent extremism – which has traditionally focused on countries such a…
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- 9783031719967
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- XV, 124 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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The Nexus Between Legal Pluralism and Inclusive Finance = Insights from Ethio…
This open access book provides detailed information on informal credit markets in Africa and how various legal systems affect these markets. Laws that impose strict formalism exclude many people from the financial system. The lessons learned from the informal credit markets in Ethiopia and South Africa indicate that pluralism offers better opportunities for people to access affordable and susta…
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- 9783031716539
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- VII, 160 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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The Ndebele, Frank Oates, and Knowledge Production in the 1870s = Encounters …
This open access book addresses a question fundamental to the histories of empire and Africa: at the point of the colonial encounter, how was knowledge made? How did different communities, with little or no prior contact, construct meaning about one another? Amidst huge changes in the politics and economics of a continent, on the cusp of almost complete colonization at the hands of European pow…
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- 9783031759635
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- IX, 125 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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The International Politics of Migration = Interstate Relations and the People…
This open access book discusses the impact of cross-border migration on the relationships between sovereign states. While there is already a vast amount of literature on immigration, it often focuses on issues such as human rights, citizenship, and social integration, reflecting the contemporary interests of Western countries. However, as long as the most fundamental norm of international polit…
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- 9789819604210
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- XI, 283 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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The Impacts of the Russo-Ukrainian War = Theoretical and Practical Exploratio…
This open access book discusses conditions of conflict resolution over the Russo-Ukrainian War and analyzes requirements for long-term durable peace for Ukraine. What are the impacts of the Russo-Ukrainian War? Do we really know them? The authors examine this question from various perspective including conflict resolution theories, international relations theories, geopolitical theories, domest…
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- 9789819622948
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- XIII, 121 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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