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Technology Assessment in a Globalized World
This open access book explores the relevance of the concept of technology assessment (TA) on an international and global level. Technologies play a key role in addressing global challenges such as climate change, population aging, digitization, and health. At the same time, their use increases the need for coordinated action and governance at the global level in the field of science, technology…
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- XIII, 271
Handbuch Außenpolitik Österreichs
Das Handbuch ist vollständig als Open Access Publikation verfügbar. Dieses Handbuch bietet eine umfassende Analyse der Außenpolitik Österreichs in der Zweiten Republik. Es behandelt die Rahmenbedingungen, Akteure und Prozesse der Außenpolitik und erschließt deren Wesen und Wirkung in verschiedenen Politikbereichen sowie gegenüber einzelnen Ländern, Regionen und internationalen Orga…
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- 978-3-658-37274-3
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- XXV, 791
Länderbericht zum Deutschen Freiwilligensurvey 2019
Dieses Open-Access-Buch bringt die Daten des Deutschen Freiwilligensurveys 2019 für einen Vergleich der Bundesländer Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Berlin, Brandenburg, Hamburg, Hessen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein und Thüringen zusammen. Der Freiwilligensurvey wurde 2019 zum fünften Mal im Au…
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- 978-3-658-38659-7
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- Bürgergesellschaft und Demokratie
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- XXXIX, 358
International Labour Organization and Global Social Governance
This open access book explores the role of the ILO (International Labour Organization) in building global social governance from multiple and mutually complementary perspectives. It explores the impact of this UN´s oldest agency, founded in 1919, on the transforming world of work in a global setting, providing insights into the unique history and functions of the ILO as an organization and the…
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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
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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- Contributions to Political Science
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- IX, 369
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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Future Intelligence
The first quarter of the 21st century introduced the world to rapid uncertainty, be it the social-political and financial crises, or pandemics, or the shaking up of well-established democracies with an increasing rise in populism. At the same time, the technological promise has taken off with automation, artificial intelligence, and nanotechnologies increasingly becoming an economic reality. Th…
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- 978-3-031-36381-8
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Protocol Politics: The Globalization of Internet Governance
What are the global implications of the looming shortage of Internet addresses and the slow deployment of the new IPv6 protocol designed to solve this problem? This book looks at this question and much more.
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The econometrics of corporate governance studies
A vast theoretical and empirical literature in corporate finance considers the interrelationships of corporate governance, takeovers, management turnover, corporate performance, corporate capital structure, and corporate ownership structure. Most of the studies look at two variables at a time. In this book, Sanjai Bhagat and Richard Jefferis argue that from an econometric viewpoint, the proper …
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