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Political Reform Reconsidered
This Open Access book provides a comprehensive analysis of political reforms in Japan since the 1990s, emphasizing the role of ideas in shaping their goals and outcomes. For more than fifteen years following the collapse of Japan’s economic bubble, politicians, business people and academics tackled a range of institutional reforms. The sweeping changes they enacted—covering almost…
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- 978-981-19-9432-6
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- XVIII, 215
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Transgovernance : Advancing Sustainability Governance
‘Transgovernance: Advancing Sustainability Governance’ analyses the question what recent and ongoing changes in the relations between politics, science and media – together characterized as the emergence of a knowledge democracy – may imply for governance for sustainable development, on global and other levels of societal decision making, and the other way around: How can the discussion…
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- 978-3-642-28009-2
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- XX, 324
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Biometric Identification, Law and Ethics
This book is open access. This book undertakes a multifaceted and integrated examination of biometric identification, including the current state of the technology, how it is being used, the key ethical issues, and the implications for law and regulation. The five chapters examine the main forms of contemporary biometrics–fingerprint recognition, facial recognition and DNA identification– a…
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- 978-3-030-90256-8
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- IX, 99
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- SpringerBriefs in Ethics (BRIEFSETHIC)
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Taming the Big Green Elephant : Setting in Motion the Transformation Towards …
In this open access publication it is shown, that sustainable low carbon development is a transformative process that constitutes the shifting from the initially chosen or taken pathway to another pathway as goals have been re-visited and revised to enable the system to adapt to changes. However, shifting entails transition costs that are accrued through the effects of lock-ins that have framed…
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- 978-3-658-31821-5
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- XXVII, 400
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- Globale Gesellschaft und internationale Beziehungen (GGIB)
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Preparing for Digital Disruption
This open access book offers an analysis of why preparations for digital disruption should become a stated goal of security policy and policies that aim to safeguard the continuity of critical infrastructure. The increasing use of digital technology implies new and significant vulnerabilities for our society. However, it is striking that almost all cyber-security measures taken by governments, …
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- 1
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- 9783030778385
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- XIV, 74 hlm,: ill, lamp;
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Why Knowing What To Do Is Not Enough : A Realistic Perspective on Self-Reliance
This open access book sets out to explain the reasons for the gap between “knowing” and “doing” in view of self-reliance, which is more and more often expected of citizens. In today’s society, people are expected to take responsibility for their own lives and be self-reliant. This is no easy feat. They must be on constant high alert in areas of life such as health, work and personal f…
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- 1
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- 9789402417258
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- IX, 157 hlm,: ill, lamp;
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People or Property: Legal Contradictions, Climate Resettlement, and the View …
This open access book explores the intersection of property law, relocation, and resettlement processes in the United States and among communities that grapple with migration as an adaptation strategy. As communities face the prospect of relocating because of rising seas, policy makers, disaster specialists, and community leaders are scrambling to understand what adaptation pathways are legally…
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- 978-3-031-36872-1
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- XXI, 242
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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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