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Politics as a Science : A Prolegomenon
ABSTRACT In Politics as a Science, two of the world's leading authorities on Comparative Politics, Philippe C. Schmitter and Marc Blecher, provide a lively introduction to the concepts and framework to study and analyze politics. Written with dexterity, concision and clarity, this short text makes no claim to being scientific. It contains no disprovable hypotheses, no original collection of…
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Forging Transnational Belonging through Informal Trade : Thriving Markets in …
Analyzing informal trading practices and smuggling through the case study of Novi Pazar, this book explores how societies cope when governments no longer assume the responsibility for providing welfare to their citizens. How do economic transnational practices shape one’s sense of belonging in times of crisis/precarity? Specifically, how does the collapse of the Ottoman Empire – and the …
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- 9781003022381
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Drylands Facing Change : Interventions, Investments and Identities
This edited volume examines the changes that arise from the entanglement of global interests and narratives with the local struggles that have always existed in the drylands of Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia/Inner Asia. Changes in drylands are happening in an overwhelming manner. Climate change, growing political instability, and increasing enclosures of large expanses of often co…
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Migration in West Africa
This open access Regional Reader examines the dynamics and impacts of international migration within and from West Africa. The book presents key theoretical perspectives and empirical findings on historical trends, geographical patterns, drivers and socio-economic impacts of both voluntary and involuntary migration in West Africa, a region that is characterised by high level of mixed migration …
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- 978-3-030-97322-3
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Kommunikation von Aufsichtsratsvorsitzenden
In diesem Open-Access-Buch präsentiert Sandra Binder-Tietz eine umfassende Analyse der Kommunikation von Aufsichtsratsvorsitzenden börsennotierter Unternehmen. Deren komplexe kommunikative Rolle wird dabei erstmals systematisch erschlossen. Aus der externen Perspektive werden die vielschichtigen Anforderungen der relevanten Stakeholder wie Investoren, Aktionärsschützer, Stimmrechtsberater u…
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New paths and policies towards conflict prevention : Chinese and Swiss perspe…
Buku ini mengeksplorasi wacana tentang pencegahan konflik dan pembangunan perdamaian dengan mempertemukan para peneliti dari Tiongkok dan Swiss melalui serangkaian dialog kebijakan. Piagam Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa, yang diadopsi segera setelah Perang Dunia II, dengan jelas menyatakan tentang kebutuhan mendasar bagi komunitas internasional untuk bertindak dalam kemitraan guna mencegah konflik …
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- 9781003136996
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- 1 online resource. (160 Pages)
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Krisenmanagement am Beispiel der Flüchtlingslage 2015/2016
In diesem Open-Access-Buch werden Erfahrungen zur Zusammenarbeit und zum Wissensmanagement verschiedenster staatlicher, gemeinnütziger und privater Akteure in der Flüchtlingslage 2015/16 aufbereitet, mit praxisnahen Beispielen angereichert und um Übungen zur Vorbereitung auf zukünftige Lagen ergänzt. Die damalige Lage stellte die Beteiligten vor große Herausforderungen, sowohl im Hinblick…
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- Sicherheit – interdisziplinäre Perspektiven
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Development, Sexual Rights and Global Governance
This book addresses how sexual practices and identities are imagined and regulated through development discourses and within institutions of global governance. The underlying premise of this volume is that the global development industry plays a central role in constructing people’s sexual lives, access to citizenship, and struggles for livelihood. Despite the industry’s persistent insis…
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Reindeer husbandry and global environmental change : pastoralism in Fennoscandia
Volume ini menawarkan pemahaman holistik tentang tantangan lingkungan dan sosial yang memengaruhi peternakan rusa kutub di Fennoscandia saat ini. Peternakan rusa kutub merupakan mata pencaharian dengan warisan tradisional dan kepentingan budaya yang panjang. Seperti banyak masyarakat pastoral lainnya, penggembala rusa kutub dihadapkan dengan tantangan yang signifikan. Meliputi Norwegia, Swedia,…
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RNA, the Epicenter of Genetic Information
Kisah asal-usul dan kemunculan biologi molekuler membingungkan. Kemenangan awal dalam genetika bakteri dan kompleksitas genom hewan dan tumbuhan memperumit sejarah yang rumit. Buku ini mendokumentasikan banyak kemajuan, serta prasangka dan kekeliruan pendiri. Buku ini menyoroti penurunan prematur RNA menjadi sekadar perantara antara gen dan protein, meremehkan jumlah informasi yang diperlukan u…
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