Regional Government Competition

ABSTRACT This monograph provides a coherent and systematic explanation of China’s regional economic development from the perspective of regional government competition. It gives an almost unknown exposition of the mechanisms of China's regional economic development, with numerous supporting cases drawn from both China and elsewhere. This book is an invaluable resource for anyone interested t…

Electoral politics in crisis after the great recession: change, fluctuations …

ABSTRACT This book examines to what extent politics in Iceland have been transformed in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. The book focuses on whether the short-term sudden shock caused by the Great Recession has permanently transformed politics, political behaviour and the Icelandic party system or whether its effect was primarily transitory. These questions remain highly relevant…

The Adoption and Diffusion of Imported Technology: The Case of Korea

ABSTRACT This book, first published in 1988, considers the problems that developing countries face when importing technology from abroad. The major issues - technical, economic, political - are analysed in the case of one particular country: Korea. The book describes the negotiations with the foreign companies that controlled the desired technology, the building of the plants, the training of …

China's new role in African politics: from non-intervention towards stabiliza…

ABSTRACT China's rise to global power status in recent decades has been accompanied by deepening economic relationships with Africa, with the New Silk Road's extension to Sub-Saharan Africa as the latest step, leading to much academic debate about the influence of Chinese business in the continent. However, China's engagement with African states at the political and diplomatic level has receiv…

Innovations in journalism :comparative research in five European Countries

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SOCIAL MEDIA AND DIGITAL POLITICS: networked reason in an age of digital emotion

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#UsToo: how Jewish, Muslim, and Christian women changed our communities

#GamAni: Jewish Women Find Their Voices -- #MosqueToo: Muslim Women Moving Mountains -- In Christ, We Pray, Amen

Mainstreaming gender in global climate governance : women and gender constitu…

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Islam and Evolution : Al-Ghazālī and the Modern Evolutionary Paradigm

ABSTRACT This book attempts to equip the reader with a holistic and accessible account of Islam and evolution. It guides the reader through the different variables that have played a part in the ongoing dialogue between Muslim creationists and evolutionists. This work views the discussion through the lens of al-Ghazālī (1058-1111), a widely-known and well-respected Islamic intellectual fr…

Rethinking Governance in Europe and Northeast Asia: Multilateralism and Natio…

ABSTRACT This book explores how nationalism and multilateralism transform international society and global governance. It does so by comparing the governance model of the EU – a constitutionalised and increasingly polycentric form of multilateralism – with Northeast Asia. There nationalist administrations have resisted multilateral commitments and are locked into rivalries instead of pursu…