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The Technological and Economic Future of Nuclear Power
This open access book discusses the eroding economics of nuclear power for electricity generation as well as technical, legal, and political acceptance issues. The use of nuclear power for electricity generation is still a heavily disputed issue. Aside from technical risks, safety issues, and the unsolved problem of nuclear waste disposal, the economic performance is currently a major barrier. …
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- 978-3-658-25987-7
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- IX, 385
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- Energiepolitik und Klimaschutz. Energy Policy and Climate Protection (EPKS)
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Sinnbilder des Alltagsverstandes : Zur Bedeutung von Sinnbildungsprozessen in…
Das vorliegende Open-Access-Buch folgt der übergreifenden Fragestellung, ob ein Kritiklernen im institutionell gebundenen politischen Unterricht möglich ist. Diese Fragestellung wird nicht aus einer institutionen- und schulsoziologischen, sondern aus einer lerntheoretischen und politikdidaktischen Perspektive entwickelt. Der Analysefokus richtet sich damit auf die Frage, wie subjektorientiert…
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- 978-3-658-42258-5
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- XII, 228
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- Bürgerbewusstsein (BÜUPOBI)
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Dekoloniale politische Bildung : Eine empirische Untersuchung von Lernendenvo…
In diesem Open-Access-Buch setzt sich Malte Kleinschmidt mit der Frage auseinander, wie politische Bildung zu einer Dekolonisierung beitragen kann. Nicht erst durch die Auseinandersetzungen um Black Lives Matter wird deutlich, dass Rassismus und Kolonialität nicht als Phänomene der Vergangenheit abgetan werden können. Anhand von der Analyse von 44 Interviews mit Schüler_innen von 9. Klassen…
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- 978-3-658-34115-2
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- X, 575
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- Bürgerbewusstsein (BÜUPOBI)
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The Independent Variable Problem : Welfare Stateness as an Explanatory Concept
This open access publication deals with the operationalisation of the welfare state as an independent variable. To study how welfare states affect social inequality, individual behaviour, attitudes and more in different countries, an empirical operationalisation of the welfare state or specific elements of social policy is required. However, this operationalisation is fraught with some impor…
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- 978-3-658-39422-6
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- XIII, 224
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- Sozialstrukturanalyse (SSA)
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Modernising European Legal Education (MELE) : Innovative Strategies to Addres…
This open access book presents innovative strategies to address cross-cutting topics and foster transversal competences. The modernization of European legal education presents a compelling challenge that calls for enhanced interdisciplinary collaboration among academic disciplines and innovative teaching methods. The volume introduces venues towards education innovation and engages with complex…
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- 9783031408014
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- VIII, 303 hlm,: ill, lamp;
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Everyday Welfare in Modern British History : Experience, Expertise and Activism
This open access book offers a new approach to understandings of welfare in modern Britain. Foregrounding the agency individuals and groups claimed through experiential expertise, it traces deep connections between personal experience, welfare, and activism across diverse settings in modern Britain. The experiential experts studied in this collection include women, students, children, women who…
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- 9783031649875
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- XV, 381 hlm,: ill, lamp;
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Counter-Terrorism, Ethics and Technology: Emerging Challenges at the Frontier…
This open access book brings together a range of contributions that seek to explore the ethical issues arising from the overlap between counter-terrorism, ethics, and technologies. Terrorism and our responses pose some of the most significant ethical challenges to states and people. At the same time, we are becoming increasingly aware of the ethical implications of new and emerging technologies…
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- 9783030902216
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- XVI, 221
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Handbook of Military Sciences
This open access handbook is a major reference work in the field of Military Sciences. Its main purpose is to inform and enlighten those dealing with the military on the role and contributions of science in describing, understanding and explaining military life, knowledge and doings. The handbook provides a comprehensive thematic introduction to various sub-fields of Military Sciences. The …
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- 9783030028664
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The Values of Independent Hip-Hop in the Post-Golden Era
Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, this book uncovers the historical trajectory of U.S. independent hip-hop in the post-golden era, seeking to understand its complex relationship to mainstream hip-hop culture and U.S. culture more generally. Christopher Vito analyzes the lyrics of indie hip-hop albums from 2000-2013 to uncover the dominant ideologies of independent artists regarding race, cla…
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- 9783030024819
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- XV, 184 hlm,: ill, lamp;
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Homonegativity and Religiously Motivated Political Extremism : A Study Based …
This open access book describes the world’s increasingly multicultural societies face the problem that more and more diverse lifestyles (LGBTQIA+ communities) are not universally accepted, and that today, in addition to xenophobia, racism and anti-Semitism, there is substantial homonegativity. This book explores this issue, reviews the empirical literature on the subject and provides new empi…
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- 978-3-031-66202-7
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- XXIII, 114
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- SpringerBriefs in Political Science (BRIEFSPOLITICAL)
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- 320 TAU h
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