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Understanding Globalization, Global Gaps, and Power Shifts in the 21st Century
This book aims to help readers make sense of our changing world by sharing the views of global thought leaders on some of the most important issues of our time, from US-China relations and global governance to climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic. The ten dialogues in this book were part of the “China and the World” series of online discussions hosted by the Center for China and Glob…
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- 978-981-19-3846-7
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- Understanding Globalization, Global Gaps, and Power Shifts in the 21st Century
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- XIV, 213
Made-to-Measure Future(s) for Democracy?
This open access volume analyses the development of democracy at different levels of governance (from local to global). The Basque search for an institutional and democratic model that adapts to its social needs and solves its problems offers an interesting perspective for analyzing the way in which democracy is seeking new forms of materialization from the local to the global. The volume is di…
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- 978-3-031-08608-3
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- Contributions to Political Science
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- IX, 369
Corporate Liability for Transboundary Environmental Harm
This open access book aims to elaborate on the legal prerequisites to establish the liability of corporations for transboundary environmental harm, not only by identifying existing liability rules, principles and standards but also by analysing their potential for further legal development. The authors consider international and transboundary liability law to currently be an underutilised tool …
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- 978-3-031-13264-3
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- XXVII, 640
Regulating the Metaverse Economy
This open access book examines regulating an environment that has no jurisdiction, is fully anonymous and infinitely vast? Welcome to the Metaverse, an online virtual reality that is expected to add billions to the global economy. The Metaverse offers a new type of virtual economy with practically endless business opportunities. The question is how to prevent these opportunities from being abus…
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- 978-3-031-46417-1
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- VIII, 112
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Stakeholder Relationships And Sustainability
This open-access book analyses how stakeholder relationships impact the sustainability of health aid. It does this by providing an overarching analytical framework, which allows for a systematic analysis of sustainability, relationships, and a possible causal link between these phenomena. The book goes beyond universal paradigms and detailed single-case studies by offering a thorough analysis o…
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- 978-3-031-31990-7
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- XXV, 381
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Dirty gold :how activism transformed the jewelry industry
The response from the jewelry industry to a campaign for ethically sourced gold as a case study in the power of business in global environmental politics. Gold mining can be a dirty business. It creates immense amounts of toxic materials that are difficult to dispose of. Mines are often developed without community consent, and working conditions for miners can be poor. Income from gold has fund…
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- 9780262337960
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- 1 online resource (272 pages).
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Progress in International Relations Theory: Appraising the Field
Semua disiplin akademis secara berkala menilai efektivitasnya, mengevaluasi kemajuan penelitian sebelumnya dan menilai pendekatan mana yang berguna dan mana yang tidak. Meskipun tidak ada bidang yang dapat bertahan hidup jika tidak melakukan apa pun selain menilai kemajuannya, penilaian sesekali penting dan jika dilakukan dengan baik dapat membantu memajukan bidang tersebut. Buku ini menyelidik…
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- 9780262272285
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 503 pages).
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- Belfer Center Studies in International Security
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- 327.101 ELM p
Readings on Color, Volume 1: The Philosophy of Color
Warna merupakan subjek yang sangat menarik bagi para filsuf, ilmuwan, dan orang awam, serta merupakan mikrokosmos yang instruktif dari ilmu kognitif. Dalam kedua antologi ini, Alex Byrne dan David Hilbert menyajikan survei tentang tulisan-tulisan filosofis dan ilmiah terkini yang penting tentang warna. Pendahuluan pada volume 1 menyediakan latar belakang filosofis dan menghubungkan isu-isu filo…
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- 9780262269636
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- 111.85 BYR r
Ethics of Socioeconomics
The book analyzes socioeconomic through the lens of a lawyer. In the past decade the world has witnessed some severe financial and economic crises, especially the financial crisis of 2007-2008 and the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The author states that the socio-economic order has in the past four to five decades been thoroughly redesigned, generally favouring models that priorit…
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- 978-3-031-38836-1
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- XXI, 452
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Generalisiertes Vertrauen in automatisierten Journalismus
In diesem Open-Access-Buch geht es um die Frage, wie Leser*innen in Deutschland automatisiert generierte Nachrichten wahrnehmen und welche Bedeutung sie den Verfahren im Journalismus zuschreiben. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Frage, ob das Publikum dem automatisierten Journalismus vertraut und welche Einflussfaktoren bei dieser Entscheidung eine Rolle spielen. Zur empirischen Überprüfung wurden Fo…
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- 978-3-658-42734-4
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- XV, 279
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