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Training for Model Citizenship
This book explores the state in post-genocide Rwanda through an ethnography of a state-run civic education program and everyday forms of government. In 2007, the Rwandan government introduced a nationwide civic education program, called Itorero, to teach all inhabitants about its vision of the model Rwandan citizen. Since then, this ideal has been pursued through remote training camps, villag…
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- 978-1-137-58421-2
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- X, 276
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Towards a Dynamic Regional Innovation System
Embedding the theoretical discussion on the framework of evolutionary regional innovation systems (RIS), this book reveals the informal nature of the emerging RIS in China, within which interactive learning is organized on the basis of social networks. Furthermore, in a comparative study in the Pearl River Delta, China demonstrates that dirigiste governance in the initial industrialization phas…
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- 978-3-662-45415-2
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- XI, 189
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Towards Global Sustainability
This study develops a new indicator for national and global sustainability. The main components of the EIIW-vita indicator are: the share of renewable energy, the genuine savings rate and the relative "green export" position of the respective countries; it is in line with OECD requirements on composite indicators. As green exports are related to technological progress and environmental-friendly…
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- 978-3-319-18665-8
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- XV, 164
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Towards Energy Transparent Factories
This monograph provides a methodological approach for establishing demand-oriented levels of energy transparency of factories. The author presents a systematic indication of energy drivers and cost factors, taking into account the interdependencies between facility and production domains. Particular attention is given to energy flow metering and monitoring. Readers will also be provided with an…
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- 978-3-319-20868-8
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- XXXII, 284
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- Sustainable Production, Life Cycle Engineering and Management
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Essays in Contemporary Economics A Festschrift in Memory of A. D. Karayiannis
This book is a collection of original essays grouped into four parts under the headings “Greece and European integration,” “Issues in the Methodology of Economics,” “Institutions and the Free Market Economy,” and “Insights for Today from Ancient Greece.” The essays appeal to both researchers in the corresponding fields of knowledge and also to policy makers who are looking for i…
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- 978-3-319-10043-2
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- 3 b/w illustrations
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Toward Well-Oiled Relations?
With China replacing the United States as the world's leading energy user and net oil importer, its relations with the Middle East is becoming a major issue with global implications. Horesh and his contributors set out to analyse the implications of China's growing presence in the Middle East.
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- 1
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- 978-1-137-53978-6
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- XII, 239
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- The Nottingham China Policy Institute Series
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Sustainable Access to Energy in the Global South
Presenting the best papers of the 3rd EPFL-UNESCO Chair Conference on Technologies for Development, this publication offers a valuable collection of innovative case studies exploring access to energy and renewable energy technologies in the Global South. It investigates the key determinants for successfully providing energy to resource-poor communities and examines a wide range of technologies …
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- 978-3-319-20209-9
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- XVIII, 254
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Toward Balanced Growth with Economic Agglomeration
This book explains the relationships between equality and efficiency, as well as between government and market, in urban-rural and regional development by providing theoretical frameworks and empirical evidence. Urban-rural development in China is understood from a regional perspective, while the core issue of urban-rural and regional development is cross-regional resource reallocation driven b…
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- 978-3-662-47411-2
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- VII, 138
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Tourism and Leisure
The Festschrift in honor of Prof. Dr. Peter Keller, president of the International Association of Scientific Experts in Tourism (AIEST) since 1994, represents a wide range of tourism research as well as the current state of the ongoing debates in tourism as a scientific research field. The aim is to cover multiple topics and trends in travelling and to discuss future development possibilities i…
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- 978-3-658-06659-8
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- IX, 389
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Accelerating Academia: The Changing Structure of Academic Time
Filip Vostal examines the changing nature of academic time, and analyzes the 'will to accelerate' that has emerged as a significant cultural and structural force in knowledge production.
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-1-137-47360-8
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- XI, 242
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- 372.8 VOS a
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