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The Influence of George III on the Development of the Constitution
This brief but interesting work investigates the influence King George III had on the development on the English Constitution.
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- 320 DAV i
The Global Encyclopaedia of informality, Volume 2
Alena Ledeneva invites you on a voyage of discovery to explore society’s open secrets, unwritten rules and know-how practices. Broadly defined as ‘ways of getting things done’, these invisible yet powerful informal practices tend to escape articulation in official discourse. They include emotion-driven exchanges of gifts or favours and tributes for services, interest-driven know-how (from…
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- 9781787351899
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Ancient Greece: A Study
This book lends a wonderful insight into the cultural legacy that the world of ancient Greece has handed down to mankind through the prevailing centuries. Author Stanley Casson delves into the writings of Plato and others to examine the great leaders and minds that influenced both ancient Greek culture as well as our own.
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The Enemy Within: Homicide and Control in Eastern Finland in The Final Years …
This work explores the quantitative and qualitative development of homicide in eastern Finland in the second half of the eighteenth century and the early years of the nineteenth. The area studied comprised northern Savo and northern Karelia in eastern Finland. At that time, these were completely agricultural regions on the periphery of the kingdom of Sweden. Indeed the majority of the populatio…
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- 9789517464741
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Oil Wealth and Development in Uganda and Beyond: Prospects, Opportunities, an…
Large quantities of oil were discovered in the Albertine Rift Valley in Western Uganda in 2006. The sound management of these oil resources and revenues is undoubtedly one of the key public policy challenges for Uganda as it is for other African countries with large oil and/or gas endowments. With oil expected to start flowing in 2021, the current book analyses how this East African country is …
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The Online Advertising Tax as the Foundation of a Public Service Internet
"Online advertising will soon form the largest share of global advertisement revenues. Google and Facebook netted profits of US $29 billion in 2016. While these two giants control more than 66% of all online advertising revenues complex legal company structures have minimised their tax liabilities. This extended policy report considers where they should be taxed and where the value of their act…
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- 9781911534945
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The Online Advertising Tax
Google and Facebook currently control close to two-thirds of global advertising revenue. While dominating the online advertising market, these two companies have thus far avoided paying adequate taxes. This CAMRI policy brief presents a new policy innovation, the online advertising tax. Considering the key role of user activity and user data for the value of Google and Facebook’s services, it…
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The "Democratic Soldier: Comparing Concepts and Practices in Europe
Since the end of the Cold War almost all European countries have reformed their armed forces, focusing on downsizing, internationalization and professionalization. This paper examines how these changes in security sector governance have affected the normative model underlying the military's relationship to democracy, using the image of the 'democratic soldier'. Drawing on a comparative analysis…
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- 9781911529361
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Somalis in the Twin Cities and Columbus: Immigrant Incorporation in New Desti…
Somalis in the Twin Cities and Columbus seeks to understand the integration outcomes of refugees in the Midwest at local and state levels to show how communities struggle with political, social, and economic incorporation. While many immigration titles examine the Latino community, this book focuses on the black Muslim Somalis, providing an important understanding of the lives of this understud…
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