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Democracy, governance, and economic performance: theory and evidence
In this book, Yi Feng combines political and economic analyses to study the effects of political institutions on economic performance. Traditionally, political scientists disregard details of economic conditions, while economists may not take into consideration a systematic explanation of political regimes. The growing interest in the interplay of political and economic systems, spurred by the …
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- 9780262272568
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- 1 online resource (xvii, 383 pages) :illustrations
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Political cycles and the macroeconomy
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- 9780262266956
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- 1 online resource (xii, 302 pages)
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Governing Complex Systems: Social Capital for the Anthropocene
An exploration of the need for innovative mechanisms of governance in an era when human actions are major drivers of environmental change.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262338899
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 279 pages).
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Plato's Revenge: Politics in the Age of Ecology
A provocative essay that imagines a truly ecological future based on political transformation rather than the superficialities of "sustainability."OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262298520
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 256 pages)
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Adversarial Design
An exploration of the political qualities of technology design, as seen in projects that span art, computer science, and consumer products.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262301350
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Tobacco Control Policy in the Netherlands : Between Economy, Public Health, a…
Governments have known since the 1960s that smoking results in irreversible health damage. This open access book examines why governments have done so little to combat this when they have been aware of the problem and its solutions for decades. What are the strategies and decisions that make a difference, given that policy environments are often not conducive to change? Taking the Netherlands a…
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- 9783319433486
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- XXI, 373 halaman
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- Palgrave Studies in Public Health Policy Research
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- 362 WIL t
When China Goes to the Moon...
This book is about China’s ambitions in its most complex and internationally visible space endeavor, namely its human space exploration programme. It provides a comprehensive reflection on China´s strategic direction and objectives in space, including in particular those set forth in its human spaceflight programme and analyses the key domestic and external factors affecting the country’s …
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- 978-3-319-19473-8
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The Chomsky effect :a radical works beyond the ivory tower
Noam Chomsky as political gadfly, groundbreaking scholar, and intellectual guru: key issues in Chomsky's career and the sometimes contentious reception to his ideas.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262267861
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- 1 online resource (xviii, 381 pages) :illustrations
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Water Governance in the Face of Global Change From Understanding to Transfor…
This book offers the first comprehensive treatment of multi-level water governance, developing a conceptual and analytical framework that captures the complexity of real water governance systems while also introducing different approaches to comparative analysis. Applications illustrate how the ostensibly conflicting goals of deriving general principles and of taking context-specific factors in…
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- 978-3-319-21855-7
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Jahrbuch Migration und Gesellschaft / Yearbook Migration and Society 2020/20…
Migration is not a state of emergency, but a basic existential experience of humanity. It shapes contemporary societies by challenging established orders, creating transnational spaces beyond national hegemonies, creating new economies, influencing urban and communal ways of life, making inequality and precariousness visible locally and globally. Migration research as a social science does not …
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- 9783839455913
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