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Unchopping a Tree : Reconciliation in the Aftermath of Political Violence
Political violence does not end with the last death. A common feature of mass murder has been the attempt at destroying any memory of victims, with the aim of eliminating them from history. Perpetrators seek not only to eliminate a perceived threat, but also to eradicate any possibility of alternate, competing social and national histories. In his timely and important book, Unchopping a Tree, E…
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- 9781439900543
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- 240 halaman
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- Politics, History, and Social Change
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- 320 VER u
Ausnahmezustand
In der Krise greift die Demokratie zum Ausnahmezustand – was das bedeutet, zeigen die Beiträge dieses Bandes. Die Ausweitung der Kompetenzen der Regierung verspricht eine effektive Krisenabwehr, sei es im Falle von terroristischen Anschlägen, Ausschreitungen, Übergriffen auf Polizeibehörden oder bei Naturkatastrophen. Dass damit eine teils erhebliche Einschränkung bürgerlicher Freiheits…
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- 1
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- 978-3-658-16588-8
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- Politi/Politics,
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- Staat – Souveränität – Nation
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- 324
The Quest to Cyber Superiority
This book explains how major world economies are recognizing the need for a major push in cyber policy environments. It helps readers understand why these nations are committing substantial resources to cybersecurity, and to the development of standards, rules and guidelines in order to address cyber-threats and catch up with global trends and technological developments. A key focus is on speci…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-40554-4
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- Hukum
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- 340
The Politics of Pharmaceutical Policy Reform
Brazil is renowned worldwide for its remarkable reforms in pharmaceutical regulation, which have enhanced access to essential medicines while lowering drug costs. This book innovates by analysing the generic drug reform in Brazil, demonstrating that pharmaceutical regulation is only partially influenced by non-state actors. Little is known about the institutional antecedents and policy process…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-12565-7
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- Politik
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- SpringerBriefs in Political Science
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- 324
The Political Economy of Higher Education Finance
This book analyzes the political economy of higher education finance across a range of OECD countries, exploring why some students pay extortionate tuition fees whilst for others their education is free. What are the redistributional consequences of these different tuition-subsidy systems? Analysing the variety of existing systems, Garritzmann shows that across the advanced democracies “Four …
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- 978-3-319-29913-6
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- Ekonomi
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- 330
The Political Economy of Governance
Understanding the governance of nations is a key challenge in contemporaneous political economy. This book provides new advances and the latest research in the field of political economy, dealing with the study of institutions, governance, democracy and elections. The volume focuses on issues such as the role of institutions and political governance in society, the working of democracy and the …
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- 978-3-319-15551-7
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- Ekonomi
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- 330
Immigration Justice
What moral standards ought nation-states abide by when selecting immigration policies? Peter Higgins argues that immigration policies can only be judged by considering the inequalities that are produced by the institutions – such as gender, race and class – that constitute our social world. He challenges conventional positions on immigration justice, including the view that states have a ri…
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- 9780748670277
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- 300 HIG i
Surveillance | Society | Culture
What only a few decades ago would have been considered a totalitarian nightmare seems to have become reality: Surveillance practices and technologies have infiltrated all aspects of our lives, forcing us to reconsider established notions of privacy, subjectivity, and the status of the individual in society. The United States is central to contemporary concerns about surveillance. American compa…
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- Ed. 1
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- 9783631802366, 9783631802373
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- 246
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- Contributions to English and American Literary Studies (CEALS), 3
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- 320 SUR s
Constructing Muslims in France - Discourse, Public Identity, and the Politics…
The standing of French Muslims is undercut by a predominant and persistent elite public discourse that frames Muslims as failed and incomplete French citizens. This situation fosters the very separations, exclusions, and hierarchies it claims to deplore as Muslims face discrimination in education, housing, and employment. In Constructing Muslims in France, Jennifer Fredette provides a deft empi…
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- Ed. 1
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- 9781439910290;9781439910306
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- 232
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- 320 FRE c
Economics of Institutions and Law
This book provides a set of lectures for an intermediate course in Public economics devoted to four topics, in many elements related each other. The first one is the Economics of institutions and political economy, as a general framework to analyze the public intervention in modern economies. The second one is the Economics of Law, which is at the basis of the working of the exchange economy. T…
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- Ed. 1
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- 9788864535807, 9788864535791
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- 90
- Series Title
- Manuali – Scienze Sociali, 7
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- 320 PET e
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