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  • 1
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    Book
    Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press
    Language: English
    Pages: 24 cm
    DDC: 320.09
    Keywords: Political science ; Comparative government ; Regierung ; Geschichte ; Staat ; Politisches System
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  • 2
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    Book
    London [u.a.] : Routledge
    Language: English
    Keywords: Philosophy ; Critical theory ; Sociology ; Philosophy ; Political science ; Philosophy
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  • 3
    ISBN: 3608915001 , 9783608915006
    Language: German
    Pages: 23 cm
    DDC: 430
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    Keywords: Sozialgeschichte ; Geschichte ; History ; Dictionaries ; German ; Political science ; Dictionaries ; German ; Germany ; History ; Dictionaries ; German ; Wörterbuch
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  • 4
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    Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands
    ISBN: 9789400779143
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (VI, 248 p. 4 illus, online resource)
    Series Statement: Philosophy of Engineering and Technology 17
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    Series Statement: Bücher
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. The moral status of technical artefacts
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Technology Philosophy ; Political science Philosophy ; Engineering ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Technology Philosophy ; Political science Philosophy ; Engineering ; Engineering ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Political science ; Technology ; Artefakt ; Ethik ; Technik ; Artefakt ; Ethik ; Technik
    Abstract: This book considers the question: to what extent does it make sense to qualify technical artefacts as moral entities? The authors’ contributions trace recent proposals and topics including instrumental and non-instrumental values of artefacts, agency and artefactual agency, values in and around technologies, and the moral significance of technology. The editors’ introduction explains that as ‘agents’ rather than simply passive instruments, technical artefacts may actively influence their users, changing the way they perceive the world, the way they act in the world and the way they interact with each other. This volume features the work of various experts from around the world, representing a variety of positions on the topic. Contributions explore the contested discourse on agency in humans and artefacts, defend the Value Neutrality Thesis by arguing that technological artefacts do not contain, have or exhibit values, or argue that moral agency involves both human and non-human elements. The book also investigates technological fields that are subject to negative moral valuations due to the harmful effects of some of their products. It includes an analysis of some difficulties arising in Artificial Intelligence and an exploration of values in Chemistry and in Engineering. The Moral Status of Technical Artefacts is an advanced exploration of the various dimensions of the relations between technology and morality
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: the moral status of technical artefacts; Peter Kroes and Peter-Paul VerbeekChapter 1. Agency in Humans and in Artifacts: A Contested Discourse; Carl Mitcham -- Chapter 2. Towards a post-human intra-actional account of sociomaterial agency (and Morality); Lucas Introna -- Chapter 3. Which came first, the doer or the deed?; Allan Hanson -- Chapter 4. Some misunderstandings about the moral significance of technology; Peter-Paul Verbeek -- Chapter 5. “Guns don’t kill, people kill”; values in and/or around technologies; Joe Pitt.-Chapter 6. Can technology embody values?; Ibo van de Poel and Peter Kroes -- Chapter 7. From moral agents to moral factors: the structural ethics approach; Philip Brey -- Chapter 8. Artefactual agency and artefactual moral agency; Deborah G. Johnson and Merel Noorman -- Chapter 9. Artefacts, agency, and action schemes; Christian Illies and Anthonie Meijers -- Chapter 10. Artificial agents and their moral nature; Luciano Floridi -- Chapter 11. The good, the bad, the ugly and the poor: instrumental and non- instrumental values of artefacts; Maarten Franssen -- Chapter 12. Values in Chemistry and Engineering; Sven Ove Hansson.
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  • 5
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    London : Palgrave Macmillan UK
    ISBN: 9781349672844
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXXIII, 1049 p, online resource)
    Edition: 2nd Edition
    Series Statement: SpringerLink
    Series Statement: Bücher
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Business ; Management science ; Corporate governance ; Political science ; Politics and war ; Criminology ; Organized crime ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Business ; Management science ; Corporate governance ; Political science ; Politics and war ; Criminology ; Organized crime
    Abstract: The substantially revised second edition of the Handbook of Security provides the most comprehensive analysis of scholarly security debates and issues to date. Including contributions from some of the world's leading scholars it critiques the way security is provided and managed
    Abstract: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables, Figures and Boxes -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- 1 Introducing The Handbook of Security -- Part I Disciplines and Security -- 2 The History of Private Security and Its Impact on the Modern Security Sector -- 3 Environmental Studies and the Influence of Culture: Security Consulting Experiences in Korea, Japan and Malaysia -- 4 What Have Criminologists Done for Us Lately? -- 5 Politics, Economics and Security -- 6 Engineering Principles in the Protection of Assets -- 7 Design and Security -- Part II Offences
    Abstract: 8 From 'Old' to 'New' Terrorism: History, Current Trends and Future Prospects -- 9 The Violent Vortex: Appraising Risk from Workers Who Kill On-the-Job -- 10 The Extent, Nature and Responses to Workplace Violence Globally: Issues and Findings -- 11 Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships -- 12 Fighting Organized Crime and the Threats to Business -- 13 Commercial Burglary -- 14 Identity Theft -- 15 Cybercrime and Establishing a Secure Cyberworld -- 16 Counterfeiting: The Challenges for Governments, Companies and Consumers -- Part III Crime and Security in Sectors
    Abstract: 17 Understanding Loss in the Retail Sector -- 18 Crime and Disorder, Security and the Tourism Industry -- 19 Food Security -- 20 Criminal Activity in the Financial Sector -- Part IV Researching Security -- 21 Influences of Investigations and Scholarly Studies on the Evolution of American Private Policing: Healthy Distrust, Watchful Eyes -- 22 Securing the Knowledge -- 23 A View from the Street: Active Offenders, the Life-course, Technology and Implications for Security -- 24 The Ethnographic Approach and Security: The Case of Airports
    Abstract: 25 Crime Mapping as a Tool for Security and Crime Prevention -- 26 Improving the Evidence Base in Security: Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis -- 27 Developing, Improving and Evaluating Loss Prevention Initiatives Using Randomized Controlled Trials -- Part V Security Products and Services -- 28 Signing Security -- 29 Security Technology in the Protection of Assets -- 30 Intrusion Detection Systems in the Protection of Assets -- 31 CCTV: Reflections on Its Use, Abuse and Effectiveness -- 32 The Security Officer
    Abstract: 33 Private Military and Security Companies: Armed, Global, Regulated and Professional? -- Part VI Security and Its Management -- 34 The Role of Partnerships in Security Management -- 35 Security and Risk Management -- 36 Disaster and Crisis Management -- 37 Managing Intelligence and Responding to Emerging Threats: The Case of Biosecurity -- 38 Regulation -- Part VII Critiquing Security -- 39 Critiques of Corporate Security: Cost, Camouflage and Creep -- 40 Securitization, Infopolitics and the Suppression of Liberty -- 41 Where Next for the Professionalization of Security?
    Abstract: 42 Trading in Security: Issues in the Commodification of Public Security
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  • 6
    ISBN: 9783709116494
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVI, 298 p. 57 illus, online resource)
    Series Statement: Yearbook on Space Policy
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    Series Statement: Bücher
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Keywords: Law of the sea ; International law ; Aerospace engineering ; Engineering ; Political science ; Astronautics ; Economic policy ; Engineering ; Astronautics ; Economics
    Abstract: From the Contents: Part I European Space Activities in the Global Context -- Developments in Space Policies, Programmes and Technologies throughout the World and in Europe -- Part II The Effect of the Financial Crisis on Political Decision-Making -- The Psychology and Reality of the Financial Crisis in Terms of Space Cooperation -- Part III Chronology: June 2011 - May 2012 -- Bibliography of Space Policy Publications July 2011 - June 2012
    Abstract: The Yearbook on Space Policy is the reference publication analyzing space policy developments. Each year it presents issues and trends in space policy and the space sector as a whole. Its scope is global and its perspective is European. The Yearbook also links space policy with other policy areas. It highlights specific events and issues, and provides useful insights, data and information on space activities. The Yearbook on Space Policy is edited by the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) based in Vienna, Austria. It combines in-house research and contributions of members of the European Space Policy Research and Academic Network (ESPRAN), coordinated by ESPI. The Yearbook is designed for government decision-makers and agencies, industry professionals, as well as the service sectors, researchers and scientists and the interested public
    Description / Table of Contents: From the Contents: Part I European Space Activities in the Global ContextDevelopments in Space Policies, Programmes and Technologies throughout the World and in Europe -- Part II The Effect of the Financial Crisis on Political Decision-Making -- The Psychology and Reality of the Financial Crisis in Terms of Space Cooperation -- Part III Chronology: June 2011 - May 2012 -- Bibliography of Space Policy Publications July 2011 - June 2012.
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  • 7
    ISBN: 9780745652283 , 9780745652290
    Language: English
    Pages: X, 216 Seiten , 23 cm
    Uniform Title: Kritik der Rechtfertigungsverhältnisse 〈engl.〉
    DDC: 320.01
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    Keywords: Political science Philosophy ; Idées politiques ; Justice ; Justice ; Justice ; Justification (Morale) ; Political science ; Political science ; Gerechtigkeit ; Politik ; Kritische Theorie
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: On the Idea of a Critique of Relations of JustificationPart I Radical Justice -- Two Pictures of Justice -- The Justification of Human Rights and the Basic Right to Justification: A Reflexive Approach -- The Normative Order of Justice and Peace -- Part II Justification, Recognition, and Critique -- The Ground of Critique: On the Concept of Human Dignity in Social Orders of Justification -- First Things First: Redistribution, Recognition, and Emancipation -- Part III Beyond Justice -- The Injustice of Justice: Normative Dialectics According to Ibsen, Cavell, and Adorno -- The Republicanism of Fear and of Redemption: On the Topicality of Hannah Arendt's Political Theory -- Utopia and Irony: On the Normativity of a Political Philosophy of "Nowhere".
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-204) and index , Aus dem Deutschen übers.
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  • 8
    ISBN: 9789004243873
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (X, 347 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    Series Statement: Studies in the history of political thought Volume 8
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Stroh, Hilary The making of Englishmen
    DDC: 942.05
    Keywords: National characteristics, English History 16th century ; National characteristics, English History 17th century ; Group identity History 16th century ; Group identity History 17th century ; Nationalism and literature History 16th century ; Nationalism and literature History 17th century ; English language Rhetoric ; Political aspects ; Political science ; Political Science ; Electronic books ; England ; Nationalbewusstsein ; Geschichte 1550-1650
    Abstract: Making the Englishmen: Debates on National Identity 1550-1650 asks how Englishmen defined themselves at a time of profound change and uncertainty. It will seek to contextualise the ways in which Englishness came to be construed as free, plain and unCatholic, and situate this construction as part of a larger attempt to create a narrative which would distinguish them from the rest of Europe. But all such attempts were fraught with anxiety and contestation. The normative ideals of Englishness were constantly being undermined, affronted and ignored. In the disarray characteristic of the post-Reformation era, there were constant fears that the Englishman was becoming both slavish and treacherous in political, cultural and religious ways. Englishness was under threat
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-335) and indexes
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  • 9
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    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Imprint: Springer
    ISBN: 9783319019222 , 9783319019215
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XI, 83 p. 5 illus)
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Political Science
    DDC: 302
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    Keywords: Psychology ; Religion ; Political science ; Personality ; Social psychology
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  • 10
    ISBN: 9781315886602 , 9780415663106
    Language: English
    Pages: 239 S. , Ill. , 24 cm
    Series Statement: Routledge advances in Central Asian studies 4
    Series Statement: Routledge advances in Central Asian studies
    DDC: 320.9586
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    Keywords: Nationalism ; Nationalism ; Nationalism Tajikistan ; Nationalism Uzbekistan ; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General ; Nationalism ; Political science ; Tajikistan Politics and government ; Uzbekistan Politics and government ; Asia, Central Politics and government ; Asia, Central Politics and government ; Tajikistan Politics and government ; Uzbekistan Politics and government ; Asia, Central ; Tajikistan ; Uzbekistan ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Tadschikistan ; Usbekistan ; Staatslehre ; Politischer Wandel ; Nationalismus
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  • 11
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    [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] : O'Reilly Media
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 streaming video file (58 min, 54 sec.) , digital, sd., col.
    Keywords: Big data ; Municipal services ; Political science ; Electronic videos ; local
    Abstract: "Open data has the potential to change the face of government at all levels--local, state, and national. In this O'Reilly video collection, professionals who work for and with government demonstrate how they've used open data to introduce or improve public services. Each video segment comes from presenters at Data-Driven Business Day, a unique feature of the Strata 2014 conference."--Resource description page.
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  • 12
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    Madrid ; : LID
    ISBN: 9788483568750 , 8483568756
    Language: Spanish
    Pages: 1 online resource ( 1 v.) , ill.
    Keywords: Presidents ; Spain ; Prime ministers ; Spain ; Political science ; Politics, Practical ; Executive power ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; local
    Abstract: En un momento como el actual, en el que los ciudadanos manifiestan escasa confianza en los máximos representantes de la democracia española y los candidatos a serlo, nuestra sociedad demanda más y mejor liderazgo político. Pero, ¿cómo podemos evaluar los éxitos y fracasos de los presidentes españoles? ¿Qué factores han influido en su mandato: su personalidad o la oportunidad y el contexto? Con una gran dosis de objetividad, José Luis Álvarez explica el auge y la caída de los gobiernos de Adolfo Suárez, Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, Felipe González, José María Aznar, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero y Mariano Rajoy y otras cuestiones que hoy se revelan vitales por el impacto que han tenido en la ciudadanía, por ejemplo, ¿tienen sentido de urgencia en sus reformas? ¿Son nuestros políticos visionarios o gestores? ¿Cuál es su estilo de toma de decisiones? ¿De qué colaboradores se rodean? ¿Quieren y pueden transformar el país? Los presidentes españoles es un libro de lectura imprescindible en el que encontrarás todas las herramientas que te permitirán evaluar el liderazgo presidencia en particular y político en general.
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  • 13
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    New York, NY : Springer New York
    ISBN: 9781461481720
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XI, 328 p, online resource)
    Series Statement: Springer Series in Transitional Justice 5
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
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    Keywords: Political science ; Development economics ; Cross-cultural psychology ; Psychology ; Philosophy (General) ; Development Economics ; Applied psychology ; Transitional Justice ; Wirtschaft
    Abstract: The field of transitional justice has traditionally focused on addressing large-scale human-rights violations involving murder, torture, kidnapping, and rape. But since violations of economic rights often lead to conflict, are perpetrated during conflict, and continue as a post-conflict legacy, it is crucial to pay greater attention to economic and social rights in the transitional justice context as well. A forceful addition to the peace and justice literatures, Justice and Economic Violence in Transition explores the power and potential inherent in adding issues of economic justice to the transitional justice agenda. New papers by established and emerging scholars analyze post-conflict interventions used in addressing extreme poverty, corruption, and the plunder of natural resources, probing the complex questions these efforts raise at the theoretical, practice, and policy levels. In this nuanced context, economic justice is firmly situated within the larger tasks of peacebuilding, and shown as essential to preventing further violence. Among the topics covered in depth: Reparations and economic, social, and cultural rights. Corruption, human rights, and activism: useful connections and their limits. Connections between transitional justice and economic development. Land policy and transitional justice after armed conflict. Accounting for natural resources in conflict. Financial complicity: the Brazilian dictatorship under the “macroscope.” Major steps towards a more holistic view of transitional justice are both timely and necessary. Justice and Economic Violence in Transition is a unique guide intended for an interdisciplinary audience, appealing to scholars and policymakers in fields ranging from conflict resolution, peacebuilding, developmental economics, and political science to international law and human rights
    Description / Table of Contents: Addressing Economic Violence Through Transitional Justice as Transition to Positive PeaceEconomic Violence and Liberal Peacebuilding -- “It’s the Economy, Stupid;” Economic Violence and Violent Conflict -- Economic Violence in the Practice of Truth Commissions -- Reparations and Economic and Social Rights after Violent Conflict -- Corruption and Transitional Justice -- Where does “Transitional Justice” End and “Development” Begin?- Transitional Justice and Natural Resources -- Foreign Investment and Economic Governance in Transitions -- Transitional Justice and Land Tenure Reform -- Conclusion: From Periphery to Foreground;Where Does Policy Go From Here.
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  • 14
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    Cham : Springer International Publishing
    ISBN: 9783319010922
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (VIII, 398 p. 114 illus., 93 illus. in color, online resource)
    Series Statement: Protecting Critical Infrastructure 2
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Securing water and wastewater systems
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    Keywords: Political science ; Water pollution ; Public administration ; Environment ; Environmental sciences ; Environmental pollution ; Wasserversorgung ; Abwasser ; Sicherheit
    Abstract: Urban water and wastewater systems have an inherent vulnerability to both manmade and natural threats and disasters including droughts, earthquakes and terrorist attacks. It is well established that natural disasters including major storms, such as hurricanes and flooding, can effect water supply security and integrity. Earthquakes and terrorist attacks have many characteristics in common because they are almost impossible to predict and can cause major devastation and confusion. Terrorism is also a major threat to water security and recent attention has turned to the potential that these attacks have for disrupting urban water supplies. There is a need to introduce the related concept of Integrated Water Resources Management which emphasizes linkages between land-use change and hydrological systems, between ecosystems and human health, and between political and scientific aspects of water management. An expanded water security agenda should include a conceptual focus on vulnerability, risk, and resilience; an emphasis on threats, shocks, and tipping points; and a related emphasis on adaptive management given limited predictability. Internationally, concerns about water have often taken a different focus and there is also a growing awareness, including in the US, that water security should include issues related to quantity, climate change, and biodiversity impacts, in addition to terrorism. This presents contributions from a group of internationally recognized experts that attempt to address the four areas listed above and includes suggestions as to how to deal with related problems. It also addresses the new and potentially growing issue of cyber attacks against water and waste water infrastructure including descriptions of actual attacks, making it of interest to scholars and policy-makers concerned with protecting the water supply
    Description / Table of Contents: Direct Threats To Water and Wastewater InfrastructureRole of design basis threats in the development, design, and implementation of water security studies and improvement -- Industrial Control System (ICS) Cyber Security for Water and Waste Water Systems -- Implementing Machine Learning Algorithms for Water Quality Event Detection: Theory and Practice -- Sensor Placement Under Nodal Demand Uncertainty for Water Distribution Systems -- Waterborne Transport Modeling of Radioactivity from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Incident -- Quantitatively assessing water asset reliability in the Netherlands : 15 Years of Experience -- Impact of water resource availability on growth and development -- Water Resource Planning in Peru -- Water scarcity in Asia and its long term water and border security implications for Australia -- Threats to water-related ecosystems -- Water Diversion Projects in China -- Impact of climate change on water security -- Feasibility of using satellite water tanks for protecting drinking water in urban communities in developing countries -- Integrated Total Water Management Systems -- Integrated control and detection of accidental occurrences in water distribution networks -- Plan, Prepare and Safeguard: Water Critical Infrastructure Protection in Australia -- Latvian Practices for Protecting Water and Wastewater Infrastructure -- Austrian activities in protecting critical water infrastructure.
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  • 15
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    s.l. : transcript Verlag
    ISBN: 9781322079615 , 1322079617 , 9783839427286 , 3839427282 , 1322079617 , 3839427282 , 9781322079615 , 9783839427286
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
    Series Statement: Studien des Göttinger Instituts für Demokratieforschung zur Geschichte politischer und gesellschaftlicher Kontroversen Band 8
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Middle class ; Political science ; Political sociology ; Middle class ; Political science ; Political sociology ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; History & Theory ; Middle class ; Political science ; Political sociology ; Politics and government ; Wertorientierung ; Politisches Verhalten ; Mittelstand ; Society and social sciences Society and social sciences ; Sociology and anthropology ; Germany ; Sociology ; Germany Politics and government 1990- ; Germany ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The »Middle« - a shiny sociopolitical term is grounded in this volume. For the first time, the relationship between the middle of society and of politics is made the subject of systematically and methodically well-founded research - with surprising findings
    Description / Table of Contents: Frontmatter -- Inhalt -- 1. Einleitung -- 2. Was ist eigentlich „Mitte"? Die Annäherungen der Gesellschaftswissenschaften -- 3. Methodische Überlegungen zur Erschließung der sozialen „Mitte" -- 4. Die Fokusgruppe in der praktischen Forschung -- 5. Die Analyse des in den Fokusgruppen produzierten Materials -- 6. Von Adaptions- und Bewältigungsstrategien: Der Versuch einer Typenbildung -- 7. Zusammenfassung und Schlussfolgerung -- 8. Dank -- 9. Tabellen- und Abbildungsverzeichnis -- 10. Literaturverzeichnis.
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    Canberra, A.C.T. : Australian National University Press
    ISBN: 9781925022063 , 1925022064 , 9781925022018 , 1925022013
    Language: English
    Keywords: Democracy Australia. ; Constitutional law Australia. ; Political science Australia. ; State, The ; State, The. ; Constitutional law ; Political science ; Democracy ; State, The ; Constitutional law ; Political science ; Democracy ; Jurisprudence & general issues ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Ideologies ; Democracy ; Politics and government ; Constitutional law ; Democracy ; Political science ; State, The ; Law - Africa, Asia, Pacific & Antarctica ; Law - Non-U.S ; Law, Politics & Government ; Australia ; Australia Politics and government. ; Australia Politics and government ; Australia ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Law and Democracy : Contemporary Questions / Glenn Patmore and Kim Rubenstein -- Democracy and the Constitution : The People Deciding the Identity of 'the people' / Elisa Arcioni -- Thick and Thin Citizenship as Measures of Australian Democracy / Kim Rubenstein and Niamh Lenagh-Maguire -- The Right to Participate : Revisiting Roach and Rowe / Glenn Patmore -- Ministerial Advisers : Democracy and Accountability / Yee-Fui Ng -- Applied Law Schemes and Responsible Government : Some Issues / Joe Edwards -- Ritual in the Law of Electoral Democracy / Graeme Orr -- Performing Citizenship, Embodying Obedience / Anne Macduff -- People You Might Know : Social Media in the Conflict Between Law and Democracy / Stephen Tully
    Abstract: Law and Democracy : Contemporary Questions / Glenn Patmore and Kim Rubenstein -- Democracy and the Constitution : The People Deciding the Identity of 'the people' / Elisa Arcioni -- Thick and Thin Citizenship as Measures of Australian Democracy / Kim Rubenstein and Niamh Lenagh-Maguire -- The Right to Participate : Revisiting Roach and Rowe / Glenn Patmore -- Ministerial Advisers : Democracy and Accountability / Yee-Fui Ng -- Applied Law Schemes and Responsible Government : Some Issues / Joe Edwards -- Ritual in the Law of Electoral Democracy / Graeme Orr -- Performing Citizenship, Embodying Obedience / Anne Macduff -- People You Might Know : Social Media in the Conflict Between Law and Democracy / Stephen Tully
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    [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] : punctum Books
    ISBN: 9780615986968 , 061598696X
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 electronic resource 90 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Munro, Michael Communism of thought
    Keywords: Communism ; Political science ; Philosophy (General) ; Western philosophy, from c 1900 - ; Political science ; Socialism, Communism & Anarchism ; Political Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics ; commentary, correspondence, friendship, Gilles Deleuze, immanence, philosophy
    Abstract: The Communism of Thought takes as its point of departure a passage in a letter from Dionys Mascolo to Gilles Deleuze: "I have called this communism of thought in the past. And I placed it under the auspices of Hölderlin, who may have only fled thought because he was unable to live it: 'The life of the spirit between friends, the thoughts that form in the exchange of words, by writing or in person, are necessary to those who seek. Without that, we are by our own hands outside thought.'" What, in light of that imperative, is a correspondence? What is given to be understood by the word, let alone the phenomenon? What constitutes a correspondence? What occasions it? On what terms and according to what conditions may one enter into that exchange "necessary," in Hölderlin's words, "to those who seek"? Pursuant to what vicissitudes may it be conducted? And what end(s) might a correspondence come to have beyond the ostensible end that, to all appearances, it (inevitably) will be said to have had?
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    Ithaca : Cornell University Press
    ISBN: 9780801454912 , 0801454913 , 9780801453274 , 0801453275
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    DDC: 381.3
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    Keywords: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Commerce ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Marketing / General ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Sales & Selling / General ; Corruption ; Economic history ; Political corruption ; Political science ; Post-communism / Economic aspects ; Politische Wissenschaft ; Wirtschaft ; Wirtschaft. Geschichte ; Corruption ; Political corruption ; Post-communism Economic aspects ; Korruption ; Wirtschaftsreform ; Zentralasien ; Mittelasien ; Mittelasien ; Korruption ; Wirtschaftsreform
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , An absence of alternatives : a new framework for understanding corruption -- Alternatives to corruption and the impact of market reform : the arguments and their theoretical implications -- Bribery, favoritism, and clientelism : evidence from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan -- Market actors as an unrealized alternative : the impact of market reforms -- Islamic institutions and secular charities : obstacles to providing substitute resources -- Families : the uneven impact of market reforms -- Reducing corruption : policy recommendations -- Appendix : statistical analysis
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  • 19
    ISBN: 9780199673889
    Language: English
    Pages: XII, 271 S. , 24 cm
    Edition: 1. ed.
    Series Statement: Oxford constitutional theory
    Parallel Title: Online-Ausg. Muñiz-Fraticelli, Victor M. The structure of pluralism
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Muñiz-Fraticelli, Victor M. The structure of pluralism
    DDC: 342.001
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    Keywords: Legal polycentricity ; Law Philosophy ; Associations, institutions, etc Law and legislation ; Political science ; Legal polycentricity ; Constitutional law ; Political science ; Pluralismus ; Pluralistische Gesellschaft ; Polyzentrismus ; Gruppe ; Meinungsfreiheit
    Abstract: The structure of pluralist arguments -- The inadequacy of multiculturalism -- The incompatibility of subsidiarity -- Associative democracy and the corporatist temptation -- Two conceptions of sovereignty -- A positivist pluralism? -- Law as intelligibility -- Pluralist authority -- This unity of life and action -- The personality of associations -- Property, personality, and public justification -- The spectre of intractability
    Description / Table of Contents: The structure of pluralist argumentsThe inadequacy of multiculturalism -- The incompatibility of subsidiarity -- Associative democracy and the corporatist temptation -- Two conceptions of sovereignty -- A positivist pluralism? -- Law as intelligibility -- Pluralist authority -- This unity of life and action -- The personality of associations -- Property, personality, and public justification -- The spectre of intractability
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    Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press/Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa
    ISBN: 276031619X , 9782760316195
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (248 pages)
    Series Statement: Collection Gouvernance
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Cardinal, Linda Démocratie à l'épreuve de la gouvernance
    DDC: 323.042
    Keywords: Democracy ; Political science ; Decentralization in government ; Political rights ; Civil society ; Political participation ; Democracy ; Démocratie ; Droits politiques ; Société civile ; Décentralisation administrative ; Participation politique ; Science politique ; democracy ; decentralization ; political science ; Political rights ; Political participation ; Civil society ; Decentralization in government ; Democracy ; Political science ; e-books ; Livres numériques
    Abstract: ""TROISIÃ?ME PARTIE: Face au politique, les défis de la gouvernance""""5. Pouvoir, démocratie et gouvernance en réseaux. Commentaire sur Â" La gouvernance en tant que maniÃ?re de voir Â" de Gilles Paquet""; ""6. La gouvernance et la place du politique. Gouvernance, Ã?tat et société civile""; ""7. Gouvernance, participation et métarÃ?gle""; ""8. Gouvernance et décentralisation : abeilles enthousiastes et séparation des fonctions""; ""QUATRIÃ?ME PARTIE: Gouvernance et nouvelles pratiques démocratiques""; ""9. Gouvernance et démocratie dans la société neuronale""
    Abstract: ""10. Le systÃ?me franÃais d'action publique en mutation? La gouvernance comme maniÃ?re de faire""""11. La gouvernance en tant que maniÃ?re de voir : le paradigme de l'apprentissage collectif""; ""12. De l'éducation pour la gouvernance""; ""CONCLUSION: La gouvernance en tant que précautions auxiliaires""; ""Les auteurs""
    Abstract: ""TABLE DES MATI�RES""; ""INTRODUCTION: Autour de Gilles Paquet""; ""PREMI�RE PARTIE: Qu'est-ce que la gouvernance?""; ""1. La gouvernance en tant que mani�re de voir : le paradigme de l'apprentissage collectif""; ""DEUXI�ME PARTIE: Le débat""; ""2. La gouvernance en tant que mani�re de voir : le paradigme de l'apprentissage collectif. Commentaire sur un texte de Gilles Paquet""; ""3. Gouvernance et démocratie : quelles reconfigurations?""; ""4. La gouvernance : une perspective valable afin de repenser la coopération et les conflits?""
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    ISBN: 9781137403605 , 1137403608
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 237 Seiten)
    Series Statement: SpringerLink: Springer e-Books
    DDC: 305.80095
    Keywords: Political science ; International relations ; Educational policy ; ducation and state ; Language and education ; Language and languages Study and teaching ; Ethnicity ; Electronic books. ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung
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    ISBN: 9783847403388
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 p)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The end of welfare as we know it?
    DDC: 360
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    Keywords: Political science ; Political Science / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare ; Electronic books ; Westliche Welt ; Wohlfahrtsstaat ; Sozialpolitik ; Wandel ; Westliche Welt ; Wohlfahrtsstaat ; Strukturwandel
    Abstract: During the last 30 years, the governments of many Western countries have repeatedly called for an end to welfare. While the virtue of this goal and the means of achieving it continue to be debated in politics, much of contemporary social science research assumes that, in fact, the end of the welfare state has already occurred. The authors of this volume hope to contribute to a clearer understanding of how, where and to what extent welfare state settings really have changed since the 1980s. Their work examines questions of change and continuity while exploring various welfare practices in the Western world
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    ISBN: 9783642550102
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (308 pages)
    Series Statement: Global Power Shift Ser.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 327
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    Keywords: Science and international relations.. ; Political science ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: An increasing number of scholars have begun to see science and technology as relevant issues in International Relations (IR), acknowledging the impact of material elements, technical instruments, and scientific practices on international security, statehood, and global governance. This two-volume collection brings the debate about science and technology to the center of International Relations. It shows how integrating science and technology translates into novel analytical frameworks, conceptual approaches and empirical puzzles, and thereby offers a state-of-the-art review of various methodological and theoretical ways in which sciences and technologies matter for the study of international affairs and world politics. The authors not only offer a set of practical examples of research frameworks for experts and students alike, but also propose a conceptual space for interdisciplinary learning in order to improve our understanding of the global politics of science and technology.The second volume raises a plethora of issue areas, actors, and cases under the umbrella notion techno-politics. Distinguishing between interactional and co-productive perspectives, it outlines a toolbox of analytical frameworks that transcend technological determinism and social constructivism.
    Abstract: Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Volume II: Perspectives, Cases and Methods -- A Toolbox for Studying the Global Politics of Science and Technology -- 1 Techno-Politics as Interaction or Co-production -- 2 A Toolbox of Perspectives, Cases, and Methods -- 3 Conclusion -- References -- Part I: Interactional Techno-Politics -- A Bullock Cart on Nuclear-Powered Wheels: Nuclear Science, Indigeneity and the National Development Narrative in India -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Franco-Indian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement 1951 -- 3 Thorium Research and Development -- 4 The Indigeneity-Curiosity Paradox -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- The Politics of European Collaboration in Big Science -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Politics of European Scientific Collaboration -- 3 The Cases -- 3.1 The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) -- 3.2 The European Southern Observatory (ESO) -- 3.3 The Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) -- 3.4 The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) -- 3.5 The European XFEL -- 3.6 The European Spallation Source (ESS) -- 4 Discussion -- References -- Of Red Threads and Green Dragons: Austrian Sociotechnical Imaginaries About STI Cooperation with China -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Perspectives -- 2.1 Bringing IR and STS Together -- 2.2 Socio-Technical Imaginaries -- 2.3 Technopolitical Histories and `Culturally Appropriate´ Technologies -- 3 Material and Methods -- 3.1 Project Background -- 3.2 Material -- 3.3 Method of Analysis -- 3.4 Confidentiality and Consequent Limitations -- 4 The Discursive Knitting of the Red Thread -- 4.1 The Red Dragon Rises -- 4.2 The Dragon Goes Green -- 4.3 The Red Thread -- 5 Conclusions: Waltzing with the Dragon: The Technopolitics of the `Natural´ -- References -- Liberal Preferences as an Explanation for Technology Choices. The Case of Military Robots as a Solution to the West´s Casualty...
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    ISBN: 9789400700864
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIII, 434 p. 4 illus, online resource)
    Series Statement: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine 46
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Ethical issues in prison psychiatry
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    Keywords: Medicine ; Political science ; Ethics ; Psychiatry ; Rehabilitation ; Criminal law ; Medicine & Public Health ; Medicine ; Ethics ; Psychiatry ; Rehabilitation ; Criminal Law ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Psychiatrie ; Strafvollzug ; Ethik
    Abstract: Recent surveys demonstrate a high and possibly increasing prevalence of mental disorders in prisoners. They have an increased risk of suffering from a mental disorder that transcends countries and diagnoses. Ethical dilemmas in prison psychiatry arise from resource allocation and include issues of patient choice and autonomy in an inherently coercive environment. Ethical conflicts may arise from the dual role of forensic psychiatrists giving raise to tensions between patient care/protection of the public.This book describes models and ethical issues of psychiatric healthcare in prison in several countries. Relevant issues are: the professional medical role of a psychiatrist and/or psychotherapist working in prison, the involvement of psychiatrists in disciplinary or coercive measures; consent to treatment, the use of coercion in forcing a prisoner to undergo treatment, hunger strike, confidentiality. The book ends with consensus guidelines concerning good practice in Prison Psychiatry
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction; Prison Psychiatry (Norbert Konrad)Ethics within the Prison System (Helmut Pollähne) -- Ethical Issues in Correctional Psychiatry in the United States (Henry Dlugacz Julie Y. Low, Christopher Wimmer and Lisa Knox) -- The Evolution of Punishment and Incarceration (George B. Palermo) -- Forensic Research With The Mentally Disordered Offender (Julio Arboleda-Flórez and  David Weisstub) -- Special problems in different countries -- Ethical issues in Australian prison psychiatry (Danny Sullivan) -- Penitentiary mental health care in Belgium (Paul Cosyns and Kris Goethals) -- Ethical Issues in Prison Psychiatry: Forensic mental health care in Brazil (José G. V. Taborda, Lisieux E. de B. Telles, Maurício Cardoso, Helena D.C.Bins) -- Psychiatric treatment in the detention systems of Quebec, trying to merge carceral and therapeutic cultures (Jocelyne Aubut, Jean-Luc Dubreucq, Marie-Hélène Régnier) -- Ethical issues in German Prison Psychiatry  (Norbert Konrad) -- Mentally ill prisoners: Indian perspective (Siva Nambi, Janannathan Srinivasaraghavan) -- Ethical Issues in Prison Psychiatry in Israel (Jacob Margolin, Moshe Birger, Eliezer Witztum) -- Current status of prison psychiatry and its relationship with general psychiatry in Japan (Yoji Nakatani, Osamu Kuroda) -- Overcrowded Prisons And Low Psychiatric Provision: The Situation Of Mentally Ill Prisoners In Kenya  (David Ndetai and  Muthoni Mathai) -- Ethical Problems of Forensic and Prison Psychiatry in Latvia (Māris Taube) -- Ethical Issues in Prison Psychiatry in the Netherlands (E.D.M. Masthoff,  B.H. Bulten) -- Ethical isues in prison psychiatry in România (Nicoleta Tătaru) -- Ethical issues of mental health care in the Slovene prison system (Vita Poštuvan, Tanja Madjar) -- Quality and ethical problems of mental health services in prisons in Spain (Luis Fernando Barrios Flores & Francisco Torres-Gonzáles) -- Ethical isues in prison psychiatry in Sweden (Orsolya Hoffmann, Lennart Mossberg) -- Prison psychiatry in Switzerland (Marc Graf) -- Current ethical challenges in prison psychiatry in England & Wales (Adarsh Kaul, Birgit Völlm) -- Application of the AMA Code of Medical Ethics to Psychiatric Practice in Correctional Facilities and Access to Psychiatric Care in the U.S.A. (Alan R. Felthous) -- Conclusion (Norbert Konrad, Birgit Völlm and David Weisstub).
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    Opladen : Verlag Barbara Budrich
    ISBN: 9783847400059
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 p)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Spindler, Manuela International relations
    DDC: 320
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    Keywords: Political science ; Internationales politisches System ; Internationale Politik ; Theorie ; Politische Wissenschaft ; Geschichte ; Forschung ; Lehrbuch ; Political Science / International Relations ; Electronic books ; Lehrbuch ; Internationale Politik
    Abstract: The book is written for active learners - those keen on cutting their own path through the complex and at times hardly comprehensible world of THEORY in International Relations. To aid this process as much as possible, this book employs the didactical and methodical concept of integrating teaching and self-study. The criteria for structured learning about IR theory will be derived from an extensive discussion of the questions and problems of philosophy of science (Part 1). Theory of IR refers to the scientific study of IR and covers all of the following subtopics: the role and status of theory in the academic discipline of IR; the understanding of IR as a science and what a "scientific" theory is; the different assumptions upon which theory building in IR is based; the different types of theoretical constructions and models of explanations found at the heart of particular theories
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    ISBN: 9781849649254 , 9781849649247 , 9781849649261
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (113 Seiten)
    Uniform Title: Beni comuni vs merci 2010
    DDC: 333.7
    Keywords: Political science ; Political Science / Public Policy / Environmental Policy ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Traces the erosion of the commons from the Industrial Revolution to today's neo-liberalism, arguing that a new commons is needed today
    Abstract: Intro -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Foreword by Vandana Shiva -- Introduction to the Italian edition: Will the commons save the world? -- Introduction to the English edition: The enclosure of nature and the social movements -- The escalation of nature's consumption -- Neoliberal economics and the ecology of the commons -- Social and ecological movements -- Case-studies from the South -- Mobilisation in Europe and the Americas -- 1. What are the commons? -- A kaleidoscope of the commons -- The commons in all their variety -- Empedocles' four roots between local and global -- Mother Nature and the ecosystem services -- The tragedy of the commons -- Ownership: Common/collective, public/state, private -- The community, yesterday and today: A controversial concept -- 2. The decline of the commons -- The industrial revolution between the first and second primitive accumulation -- Scientific reductionism and the 'death of nature' -- The invisible hand and homo œconomicus -- 3. The destruction of wealth through commodities -- Premises and outcomes of the crisis: The winners and the losers -- The new enclosures in the North and the South -- Colonialism and neo-colonialism as enclosure policies -- Colonialism in the clothing of 'development' -- Consensus through lies and homologation -- 4. All power to the commons! -- Financialisation: The cancer that is devouring the commons -- The return to the commons: A proposal -- The empowerment of the community -- Real democracy, politics and political ecology -- Afterword: The right to the future -- The reinvention of the commons -- Local communities beyond the market and the state -- Politics: The Left and the Right today -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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    Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press
    ISBN: 9789089644527 , 9089644520 , 9048517257 , 9789048517268 , 9048517265 , 9789048517251
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: The Hague OAPEN Knowledge unlatched pilot collection
    Series Statement: Work around the globe 1
    Series Statement: historical comparisons and connections
    Series Statement: Work around the globe
    Keywords: Military recruitment ; Military employment ; Comparative history Europe, Asia, Middle East ; Recruiting and enlistment Case studies History ; Armed Forces Case studies Vocational guidance ; History ; Political science ; Political Science ; Asia Armed Forces ; Vocational guidance ; Europe Armed Forces ; Vocational guidance ; United States Armed Forces ; Vocational guidance ; Middle East Armed Forces ; Vocational guidance ; Electronic books ; Militärwissenschaft ; Rekrutierung ; Soldat ; Geschichte 1500-2000
    Abstract: "Fighting for a living investigates the circumstances that have produced starkly different systems of recruiting and employing soldiers in different parts of the globe, over the last 500 years. Offering a wide range of case studies taken from Europe, America, the Middle East and Asia, this volume is not military history in the traditional sense, but looks at military service and warfare as forms of labour, and at soldiers as workers. Military employment offers excellent opportunities for international comparison: armies as a form of organized violence are ubiquitous, and soldiers, in one form or another, are always part of the picture, in any period and in every region. Fighting for a living is the first study to undertake a systematic comparative analysis of military labour. It therefore will be of interest to both labour historians and military historians, as well as to sociologists, political scientists, and other social scientists"--Page 4 of cover
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    ISBN: 9783642225284
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVI, 308 p, online resource)
    Series Statement: German Social Policy 4
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Schmidt, Manfred G., 1948 - The rise and fall of a socialist welfare state
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Schmidt, Manfred G., 1948 - The Rise and fall of a socialist welfare state
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    Keywords: Economics ; History ; Political science ; Social policy ; Economics ; History ; Social policy ; Germany (East) ; Social policy ; Germany (East) ; Politics and government ; Germany ; Social policy ; History ; 20th century ; Germany ; History ; Unification, 1990 ; Deutschland ; Sozialpolitik ; Geschichte ; Wiedervereinigung ; Sozialpolitik ; Geschichte 1989-1994
    Abstract: L. Leisering: Introduction -- M. G. Schmidt: Social Policy in the German Democratic Republic: Introduction.- "Socialist Social Policy" -- The Institutions of Social Policy in the GDR -- The Politics of Social Policy Under the Socialist Regime -- The Welfare State as Political Process: From Ulbricht to Honecker to German Unification -- Outcomes of Social Policies -- The GDR in Comparative Perspective: A Socialist Work and Welfare State -- Continuity and Discontinuity in GDR Social Policy -- G. A. Ritter: The Politics of German Unification - Social, Economic, Financial Constitutional and International Issues: Introduction -- The International Context of German Unification -- Social Policy in the Process of Unification -- The Economic, Financial and Constitutional Problems of Unification
    Abstract: The book is part of the 5-volume series “German Social Policy”, a unique multidisciplinary approach to the history of German social policy written by the doyens of their respective disciplines. The volumes expound the contribution of the German tradition to the rise of social policy in the Western world in the 19th and 20th centuries. Germany pioneered modern social policy in the 19th century when Bismarck introduced social insurance. After the Second World War, Germany’s Social Market Economy became a model of social integration. The volumes cover the history of ideas (volume 1), the legal and political history before and after 1945 (volumes 2 and 3), the German Democratic Republic (1949-1990) and the impact of German reunification (1990) (volume 4). Volume 5 embeds the German case in a major comparative study of European welfare states, complemented by a study of the USA and the Soviet Union. The volumes also yield insights into general theoretical issues of social policy beyond the empirical case of Germany. Each volume has an introduction by the editor who summarizes the contribution made by the volumes and looks into the future of German social policy. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of social policy in the German Democratic Republic (GDR, 1949-1990), followed by an analysis of the “Social Union”, the transformation of social policy in the process of German unification in 1990. Schmidt’s analysis of the GDR also depicts commonalities and differences between the welfare state in East and West Germany as well as in other East European and Western countries. He concludes that the GDR was unable to cope with the trade-off between ambitious social policy goals and a deteriorating economic performance. Ritter embeds his analysis of the Social Union in a general study of German unification, its international circumstances and its domestic repercussions (1989-1994). He argues that social policy played a pivotal role in German unification, and that there was no alternative to extending the West German welfare state to the East. Ritter, a distinguished historian, bases his contribution on an award-winning study for which he drew on archival sources and interviews with key actors. Schmidt is a distinguished political scientist.
    Description / Table of Contents: L. Leisering: Introduction -- M. G. Schmidt: Social Policy in the German Democratic Republic: Introduction.- "Socialist Social Policy" -- The Institutions of Social Policy in the GDR -- The Politics of Social Policy Under the Socialist Regime -- The Welfare State as Political Process: From Ulbricht to Honecker to German Unification -- Outcomes of Social Policies -- The GDR in Comparative Perspective: A Socialist Work and Welfare State -- Continuity and Discontinuity in GDR Social Policy -- G. A. Ritter: The Politics of German Unification - Social, Economic, Financial Constitutional and International Issues: Introduction -- The International Context of German Unification -- Social Policy in the Process of Unification -- The Economic, Financial and Constitutional Problems of Unification.
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    ISBN: 9781461460619
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XX, 356 p, online resource)
    Series Statement: Studies in Public Choice 8
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Hou, Yilin State government budget stabilization
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    Keywords: 1946-2008 ; Haushaltskonsolidierung ; Haushaltsplanung ; Öffentliche Finanzen ; Teilstaat ; USA ; Economics ; Political science ; Public finance ; Public administration ; Economics ; Finance ; USA ; Finanzwirtschaft ; Öffentlicher Haushalt ; Stabilisierung ; Geschichte 1946-2008
    Abstract: Table of Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction and Overview -- Part I: From Economic Stabilization to Budget Stabilization: Theory and Tools -- 2. From Economic Stabilization to Budget Stabilization -- 3. Subnational Government Tools for Budget Stabilization -- Part II: Boom-Year Savings and Effects in Bust Years -- 4. Patterns of State Savings with BSF and GFS -- 5. State Saving Behavior - Effects of BSF in Interaction with BBR -- 6. Effects of Boom-year Savings across Three Types of State Expenditures -- 7. Effects of Boom-year Savings on Bust-year Budgetary Actions -- Part III: Implications for Budgeting and Financial Management -- 8. Budgeting for Fiscal Stability over the Economic Cycle -- 9. Boom-Year Savings and Budgetary Forecasting -- 10. Debt as Counter-cyclical Fiscal Tool -- 11. A Framework for Fiscal Policy Coordination and Economic Stability -- 12. Prospects for Budget Stabilization by Subnational Governments -- References -- Notes -- General Appendixes -- Index
    Abstract: This book is the first comprehensive, full-scale treatment of the law, politics and economics with regard to the policies and policy instruments for budget stabilization at the state level. Covering the period from 1946 through 2008 in the United States, it provides details on the methods and results of empirical tests of the effects of budget stabilization instruments on government operations, public service provision, and some other aspects of social and economic life. With the lingering effects of the most recent financial crisis and economic downturn, and the subsequent Tea Party movement advocating smaller government and deficit reduction, this book carries timely and important theoretical as well as practical implications, particularly in regard to the potential for counter-cyclical fiscal policy in mitigating negative impacts during a recession. The first contribution of the book is in public finance theory: it provides insights into the applications of the stabilization function in the context of strong government, thereby refining Keynesianism. The second aspect is in Public Choice: the creation and functioning of budget stabilization funds offer extra evidence to demonstrate that the general public provides input and voice in more than the conventional ways when it comes to policy making, even in an area dominated by strong government. The third aspect is in policy making, exploring the opportunities for refining policy tools in preparation for future downturns
    Description / Table of Contents: State Government Budget Stabilization; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview; 1.1 Introduction to the Book; 1.1.1 What Is the Book About?; 1.1.2 Whom Is the Book for?; 1.2 Budget Stabilization Under the Public Choice Perspective; 1.2.1 The Norm of Budget Balance; 1.2.1.1 Budgetary and Economic Logic in the Norm; 1.2.1.2 The Norm's Annual Component: De fi cits; 1.2.1.3 The Norm's Cyclical Component: Debts; 1.2.2 Boom-Year Savings Under Public Choice Perspective; 1.2.2.1 Tax-Smoothing Theory and Public Choice Perspective
    Description / Table of Contents: 1.2.2.2 Government Savings and Public Choice1.3 Overview of the Book; 1.3.1 Chapter Plan of the Book; 1.3.2 Contribution and Limitations of the Book; References; Part I: From Economic Stabilization to Budget Stabilization: Theory and Tools; Introduction; Chapter 2: From Economic Stabilization to Budget Stabilization; 2.1 The Stabilization Function of Government: An Overview; 2.1.1 Economic Cycle; 2.1.2 Evolution of Theory; 2.2 Economic Stabilization by Central Government; 2.2.1 Fiscal Policy for Economic Stability; 2.2.2 Problems with Discretionary Policies
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.2.3 Debate on Stabilization Policy2.3 Stabilization at Subnational Level; 2.3.1 Stabilization Theory Extended to Subnational Level; 2.3.2 Stabilization Practices by State Governments; 2.3.3 Summary: Budget Stabilization; References; Chapter 3: Subnational Government Tools for Budget Stabilization; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Informal Tool: General Fund Surplus; 3.2.1 De fi ning General Fund Surplus; 3.2.2 Data Sources of UUB; 3.2.3 Changing Patterns of General Fund Surplus; 3.3 Formal Tool: Budget Stabilization Fund; 3.3.1 Origin and Evolution; 3.3.2 De fi ning Budget Stabilization Fund
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.3.3 Structural Features of BSF Enabling Legislation3.3.3.1 Purposes of Budget Stabilization Funds; 3.3.3.2 Funding Sources of BSF; 3.3.3.3 Maximum Amount Allowed: Caps on BSF Balance Levels; 3.3.3.4 Procedures for Use Approval; 3.3.4 Patterns of BSF Adoption and Diffusion; 3.3.5 State BSF Data Sources and Balance Levels; Box 3.1 The Survey-Initiated, Document-Based, Multi-Check Data Collection Steps; 3.3.6 Changing Patterns of BSF Balance; 3.4 BSF Structural Features and Balance Levels; 3.4.1 Data and Methodology; 3.4.2 Empirical Methodology; 3.4.3 Results and Discussion
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.4.3.1 Relative Effects of the Features3.4.3.2 Patterns in Boom and Lean Years; 3.4.3.3 Relative Effects of the Features in Lean Versus Boom Years; 3.4.4 Policy Recommendations; References; Part II: Boom-Year Savings and Effects in Bust Years; Introduction; Chapter 4: Patterns of State Savings with Budget Stabilization Funds and General Fund Surplus; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 State Policy Instruments for Budget Stabilization; 4.3 Supplementation and Substitution Between Policy Instruments; 4.4 Data, Methodology, and Model Speci fi cation; 4.4.1 State Savings: A Statistical Analysis
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.4.2 Empirical Methodology
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    ISBN: 9780199971428
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 555 Seiten) , Karten
    Additional Information: Rezensiert in Schreiner, David B. [Rezension von: Bang, Peter Fibiger, The Oxford Handbook of the State in the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean] 2014
    Series Statement: Oxford handbooks
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The Oxford handbook of the state in the ancient Near East and Mediterranean
    DDC: 320.935
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    Keywords: State, The History To 1500 ; Political science History To 1500 ; Comparative government ; State, The ; History ; To 1500 ; Political science ; History ; To 1500 ; Comparative government ; Middle East ; Politics and government ; Mediterranean Region ; Politics and government ; Middle East Politics and government ; Mediterranean Region Politics and government ; State, The ; History ; To 1500 ; Political science ; History ; To 1500 ; Comparative government ; Middle East ; Politics and government ; Mediterranean Region ; Politics and government ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Mittelmeerraum ; Reich ; Staat ; Geschichte Anfänge-750
    Abstract: Tracing the evolution of the state from its beginnings to the early Middle Ages, this comprehensive handbook focuses on key institutions and dynamics while providing accessible accounts of states and empires in the ancient Near East and Mediterranean.
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    ISBN: 9781782547167
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (vii, 158 pages) , diagrams
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Dolfsma, Wilfred, 1970 - Government failure
    DDC: 338.9
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    Keywords: Staatsversagen ; Gesundheitsversorgung ; Immaterialgüterrechte ; Theorie ; Welt ; Economic policy ; Social policy ; Policy sciences ; Intervention (Federal government) ; Political planning ; Electronic books ; Economic policy ; Political science ; Regierung ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Politische Wissenschaft
    Abstract: 1. Introducing government failure -- 2. How market and society relate -- 3. The G-Factor : weighing the visible hand of government intervention / Killian J. McCarthy and Tao Zhu -- 4. Government policy : private incentives, public virtues? -- 5. Government failure -- 6. Policy conflicts : the case of healthcare -- 7. Government failure, IPRs and economic development -- 8. A confused market : divergent routes to implementing market-oriented reform in healthcare -- 9. Vulnerability of institutions and rules -- 10. Establishing government failure or success : a dynamic welfare perspective -- 11. Conclusions : market, business and government.
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    ISBN: 9783642195013
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    Series Statement: German Social Policy 1
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Kaufmann, Franz-Xaver, 1932 - 2024 Thinking about social policy
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    Keywords: Economics ; History ; Political science ; Social policy ; Economics ; History ; Social policy ; Germany--Social policy--History--19th century. ; Germany--Social policy--History--20th century. ; Deutschland ; Sozialpolitik ; Politisches Denken ; Geschichte 1871-1999
    Abstract: The book is part of the 5-volume series “German Social Policy”, a unique multidisciplinary approach to the history of German social policy written by the doyens of their respective disciplines. The volumes expound the contribution of the German tradition to the rise of social policy in the Western world in the 19th and 20th centuries. Germany pioneered modern social policy in the 19th century when Bismarck introduced social insurance. After the Second World War, Germany’s Social Market Economy became a model of social integration. The volumes cover the history of ideas (volume 1), the legal and political history before and after 1945 (volumes 2 and 3), the German Democratic Republic (1949-1990) and the impact of German reunification (1990) (volume 4). Volume 5 embeds the German case in a major comparative study of European welfare states, complemented by a study of the USA and the Soviet Union. The volumes also yield insights into general theoretical issues of social policy beyond the empirical case of Germany. Each volume has an introduction by the editor who summarizes the contribution made by the volumes and looks into the future of German social policy. The book traces the political history of the concept of social policy. „Social policy“ originated in Germany in the mid 19th century as a scholarly term that made a career in politics. The term became more prominent only after World War II. Kaufmann, the doyen of the sociology of social policy in Germany, argues that „social policy“ responds to the modern disjunction between “state” and “society” diagnosed by the German philosopher Hegel. Hegel’s disciple Lorenz von Stein saw social policy as a means to pacify the capitalist class conflict. After World War II, social policy expanded in an unprecedented way, changing its character in the process. Social policy turned from class politics into a policy for the whole population, with new concepts - like "social security", "redistribution" and "quality of life" - and new overarching formulas, "social market economy" and "social state" (the German version of “welfare state”). Both formulas have remained indeterminate and contested, indicating the inherent openness of the idea of the “social”
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    ISBN: 9783642225253
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVIII, 442 p, online resource)
    Series Statement: German Social Policy 3
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Zacher, Hans F., 1928 - 2015 Social policy in the Federal Republic of Germany
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    Keywords: Economics ; History ; Political science ; Constitutional law ; Social policy ; Economics ; Constitutional law ; History ; Social policy ; Deutschland ; Sozialpolitik
    Abstract: L. Leisering: Introduction -- H. F. Zacher: Social Policy in the FRG - The Constitution of the Social: The "Social" as the Guiding Concept of Politics and Law -- Social Policy and the Social Post-War Germany: a Political and Legal History -- The FRG - a Difficult, Fractured, and Open Nation State -- Where We Stand Today
    Abstract: The book is part of the 5-volume series “German Social Policy”, a unique multidisciplinary approach to the history of German social policy written by the doyens of their respective disciplines. The volumes expound the contribution of the German tradition to the rise of social policy in the Western world in the 19th and 20th centuries. Germany pioneered modern social policy in the 19th century when Bismarck introduced social insurance. After the Second World War, Germany’s Social Market Economy became a model of social integration. The volumes cover the history of ideas (volume 1), the legal and political history before and after 1945 (volumes 2 and 3), the German Democratic Republic (1949-1990) and the impact of German reunification (1990) (volume 4). Volume 5 embeds the German case in a major comparative study of European welfare states, complemented by a study of the USA and the Soviet Union. The volumes also yield insights into general theoretical issues of social policy beyond the empirical case of Germany. Each volume has an introduction by the editor who summarizes the contribution made by the volumes and looks into the future of German social policy. This book investigates the history of the post-war welfare state in Germany and its normative foundations, with special emphasis on constitutional issues. The author, formerly Director of the Max-Planck-Institute for Foreign and International Social Law, Munich, and President of the Max-Planck-Society, argues that social policy - not only in Germany - is about struggles over the “social”. The “social” is an open and changing concept that reflects the modern quest for equality, voiced in semantics like justice, participation, inclusion and security. The “social” and the “social state” (the German term for welfare state) are enshrined in the German Constitution of 1949, the Grundgesetz. The book sets out the phases of welfare state development in depth. Social policies are analysed in view of wider contexts, especially the nation state, the rule of law (Rechtsstaat), federalism and democracy. The author emphasizes the dialectics between the national character of the welfare state and its manifold international references
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    ISBN: 9781461461517 , 1299197388 , 9781299197381
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (VIII, 116 p, online resource)
    Series Statement: Public Administration, Governance and Globalization 4
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Keywords: Management science ; Economics ; Business ; Political science ; Public administration ; Economics
    Abstract: Contents -- Introduction -- Brief overview of the Tohoku 3.11 Mega Earthquake, Tsunami and Fukushima NPS Disasters -- Government institutions available at time of the 3.11disaster for the emergency management -- How the 3.11 emergency responses for the gigantic natural disasters were actually organized? -- Managing Fukushima NPS accidents: in particular focus on government crisis communication -- Road to Recovery and Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake -- Conclusion
    Abstract: Natural disasters are often multifaceted and cause severe damage. Disasters initiated locally can become national and even global crises. Today’s world urgently needs a new body of knowledge and techniques for the mitigation of and response to disaster. Central to such a body of knowledge are disaster preparedness, emergency and crisis management systems of government, of which capacity building is becoming an increasingly important element in public administration, management and governance. Today, disasters are to be managed by sound local, national, and global governance, through all the phases of preparedness, prevention, mitigation and then to relief, recovery and re-construction. During all these phases, government plays the most important role. This book provides a case of the disaster governance of Japan, by presenting information and analyses on what happened in the Magnitude 9 Great East Japan Earthquake that caused the huge tsunami and the INES Level 7 Fukushima nuclear power plants accidents on March 11, 2011. In examining this Japanese case study, this book illustrates the socio-economic damage of the stricken areas together with the overall picture of the disasters. It examines Japan’s capacity for disaster governance and it’s crisis management system in response to the most devastating disaster that the country has ever encountered since the end of WWII. It also offers preliminary findings learned from this experience in the Japan’s public administration and governance systems, challenged to be more accountable and transparent during the recovery and reconstruction efforts now in progress. This book provides a case of the disaster governance of Japan, by presenting information and analyses on what happened in the Magnitude 9 Great East Japan Earthquake that caused the huge tsunami and the INES Level 7 Fukushima nuclear power plants accidents on March 11, 2011. In examining this Japanese case study, this book illustrates the socio-economic damage of the stricken areas together with the overall picture of the disasters. It examines Japan’s capacity for disaster governance and it’s crisis management system in response to the most devastating disaster that the country has ever encountered since the end of WWII. It also offers preliminary findings learned from this experience in the Japan’s public administration and governance systems, challenged to be more accountable and transparent during the recovery and reconstruction effo ...
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents -- Introduction -- Brief overview of the Tohoku 3.11 Mega Earthquake, Tsunami and Fukushima NPS Disasters -- Government institutions available at time of the 3.11disaster for the emergency management -- How the 3.11 emergency responses for the gigantic natural disasters were actually organized? -- Managing Fukushima NPS accidents: in particular focus on government crisis communication -- Road to Recovery and Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake -- Conclusion.
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    ISBN: 9783642225499
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (X, 250 p, online resource)
    Series Statement: German Social Policy 5
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Kaufmann, Franz-Xaver, 1932 - 2024 Variations of the welfare state
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Kaufmann, Franz-Xaver, 1932 - 2024 Variations of the welfare state
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    Keywords: Sociology ; Economics ; History ; Political science ; Social policy ; Economics ; History ; Social policy ; Hardback ; Research ; comparative politics ; history ; social policy ; welfare regimes ; welfare state ; Deutschland ; Großbritannien ; Schweden ; Frankreich ; Wohlfahrtsstaat ; Sozialpolitik ; Deutschland ; Großbritannien ; Schweden ; Frankreich ; Wohlfahrtsstaat ; Sozialpolitik
    Abstract: L. Leisering: Introduction -- F.-X. Kaufmann: Variations of the Welfare State - Great Britain, France and Germany Between Capitalism and Socialism: Preliminary Methodological Remarks -- Theoretical Foundations -- Welfare State Development Between Capitalism and Socialism -- Variations on the Welfare State Principle in Europe -- And Germany?- Synoptic Concluding Remarks
    Abstract: The book is part of the 5-volume series “German Social Policy”, a unique multidisciplinary approach to the history of German social policy written by the doyens of their respective disciplines. The volumes expound the contribution of the German tradition to the rise of social policy in the Western world in the 19th and 20th centuries. Germany pioneered modern social policy in the 19th century when Bismarck introduced social insurance. After the Second World War, Germany’s Social Market Economy became a model of social integration. The volumes cover the history of ideas (volume 1), the legal and political history before and after 1945 (volumes 2 and 3), the German Democratic Republic (1949-1990) and the impact of German reunification (1990) (volume 4). Volume 5 embeds the German case in a major comparative study of European welfare states, complemented by a study of the USA and the Soviet Union. The volumes also yield insights into general theoretical issues of social policy beyond the empirical case of Germany. Each volume has an introduction by the editor who summarizes the contribution made by the volumes and looks into the future of German social policy. In the burgeoning literature on welfare regimes and typologies, this comparative study offers a stimulating new perspective. Kaufmann, the doyen of the sociology of social policy in Germany, emphasizes norms, culture and history, in contrast to political economy approaches. Comparing Britain, Sweden, France and Germany, Kaufmann highlights the „idiosyncrasy” of each welfare state: countries are compared with regard to their state traditions and the relationship between state and civil society; their national “social questions”; their economic systems, including the unions and labour law; social security and redistribution; and their personal social services and education. The socio-cultural approach enables Kaufmann to show that not all modern states are welfare states. Some are just „capitalism“ (the USA), others are „socialism“ (the former Soviet Union). In this light, the (essentially North-West European) welfare state is portrayed as a third way between capitalism and socialism
    Description / Table of Contents: L. Leisering: Introduction -- F.-X. Kaufmann: Variations of the Welfare State - Great Britain, France and Germany Between Capitalism and Socialism: Preliminary Methodological Remarks -- Theoretical Foundations -- Welfare State Development Between Capitalism and Socialism -- Variations on the Welfare State Principle in Europe -- And Germany?- Synoptic Concluding Remarks.
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    ISBN: 9781461416265 , 1283622378 , 9781283622370
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XII, 192 p, online resource)
    Series Statement: Public Administration, Governance and Globalization 2
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
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    Keywords: Economics ; Political science ; Comparative politics ; Public administration ; Economics ; Kanada ; USA ; Region ; Governance
    Abstract: Regional governance is a topical public policy issue and is receiving increased attention from scholars, government officials and civic leaders. As countries continue to urbanize and centralize economic functions and population in metropolitan regions, the traditional governing system is not equipped to handle policy issues that spill over local government boundaries. Governments have utilized four basic approaches to address the regional governing problem: consolidating governments, adding a regional tier, creating regional special districts, and functional cooperative approaches. The first two are structural approaches that require major (radical) changes to the governing system. The latter two are governance approaches that contemplate marginal changes to the existing governance structure and rely generally on cooperation with other governments and collaboration with the nongovernmental sector. Canada and the United States have experimented with these basic forms of regional governance. This book is a systematic analysis of these basic forms as they have been experienced by North American cities. Utilizing cases from Canada and the United States, the book provides an in-depth analysis of the pros and cons of each approach to regional governance. This research provides an additional perspective on Canadian and U.S. regional governance and adds to the knowledge of Canadian and United States governing systems. This study contributes to the literature on the various approaches to regional governance as well as bringing together the most current literature on regional governance. The author develops a framework of the values that a regional governing system should provide and measures to assess how well each basic approach achieves these values. Based on this assessment, he suggests an approach to regional governance for North American metropolitan areas that best achieves these values.
    Description / Table of Contents: Measuring the Effectiveness of Regional Governing Systems; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1: Regional Governance in North America; The Metropolitan Governance Problem; Basic Regional Governing Systems; Functions of a Regional Governing System; Measuring the Effectiveness of Regional Governance Systems; Purpose of the Book; References; Chapter 2: Local Government and Regionalism in North American: Background and Historical Development; Development of Local Government in America; Development of Local Government in Canada; Efficiency and Economy Versus Access and Participation
    Description / Table of Contents: Provision of Local Government ServicesLocal Government in the Intergovernmental System; Local Government Political Power; The Decentralization Movement; Concluding Thoughts; Notes; References; Chapter 3: Restructuring Governments in Urban Areas: First Iteration; Pressures to Reform Local Government; Annexation and Consolidation; The Case of New York Consolidation; Tiered Forms of Regional Government in the USA; Regional Government in Canada; Impact on Local Government in Ontario from the Toronto Restructuring; Process of Restructuring Government
    Description / Table of Contents: Template for Ratification of Proposed Structural ChangesNote; References; Chapter 4: Restructuring Government: The Abandonment of Metropolitan Government; Events Leading up to the Restructuring of Toronto; Opposition to the Toronto Amalgamation; Amalgamation in Quebec; Assessment of the Montreal Restructuring; Business and Political Support for Radical Restructuring; References; Chapter 5: Cooperative and Collaborative Regionalism; Cooperative Regionalism; Collaboration with Nongovernmental Organizations; Application of Regime Theory to the Regional Level; Private Sector and Regionalism
    Description / Table of Contents: Elements of Regional CollaborationPublic Sector Involvement and Support for Regional Collaboration; Comparative Case Study of Collaborative Regionalism; Notes; References; Chapter 6: Regional Governance by Special District; Portland Regional District; The Twin Cities Metropolitan Council; Vancouver Regional Governance; Regional Planning in Vancouver; Providing Regional Services in Vancouver; Advantages and Disadvantages of Regional Governance of the Vancouver Special District Model; Concluding Thoughts; References
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 7: The Costs of Radical Structural Change: The Case of Toronto and HamiltonToronto Restructuring; Organizing Services; Downloading Services; Financial Profile of the New City; Hamilton Restructuring; Financial and Administrative Profile; Assessing the Costs of Radical Restructuring; References; Chapter 8: Measuring the Effectiveness of Regional Governing Systems; Support for Centralized Governing Systems; Consolidated Versus Tiered Centralized Governing Structure; Support for Decentralized Governing Systems
    Description / Table of Contents: Evaluating Centralized and Decentralized Governing Systems on Service Delivery Measures
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    ISBN: 9783642225222
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XII, 188 p, online resource)
    Series Statement: German Social Policy 2
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Stolleis, Michael, 1941 - 2021 Origins of the German Welfare State
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    Keywords: Labor law ; Economics ; History ; Political science ; Social policy ; Social legislation ; Economics ; History ; Social policy ; Deutschland ; Sozialpolitik ; Geschichte 1800-1945
    Abstract: L. Leisering: Introduction -- M. Stolleis: Historical Foundations - Social Policy in Germany to 1945: Introduction -- Social Protection in the Middle Ages and in the Early Modern State: Alms, Poor Relief, Care, Social Help -- Social Policy in the German Empire: the Insurance Solution -- The First World War -- The Weimar Republic -- The Nazi State -- Long-Term Perspectives and Social Protection
    Abstract: The book is part of the 5-volume series “German Social Policy”, a unique multidisciplinary approach to the history of German social policy written by the doyens of their respective disciplines. The volumes expound the contribution of the German tradition to the rise of social policy in the Western world in the 19th and 20th centuries. Germany pioneered modern social policy in the 19th century when Bismarck introduced social insurance. After the Second World War, Germany’s Social Market Economy became a model of social integration. The volumes cover the history of ideas (volume 1), the legal and political history before and after 1945 (volumes 2 and 3), the German Democratic Republic (1949-1990) and the impact of German reunification (1990) (volume 4). Volume 5 embeds the German case in a major comparative study of European welfare states, complemented by a study of the USA and the Soviet Union. The volumes also yield insights into general theoretical issues of social policy beyond the empirical case of Germany. Each volume has an introduction by the editor who summarizes the contribution made by the volumes and looks into the future of German social policy. This book traces the origins of the German welfare state. The author, formerly director at the Max-Planck-Institute for European Legal History, Frankfurt, provides a perceptive overview of the history of social security and social welfare in Germany from early modern times to the end of World War II, including Bismarck’s pioneering introduction of social insurance in the 1880s. The author unravels “layers” of social security that have piled up in the course of history and, so he argues, still linger in the present-day welfare state. The account begins with the first efforts by public authorities to regulate poverty and then proceeds to the “social question” that arose during the 19th-century Industrial Revolution. World War I had a major impact on the development of social security, both during the war and after, through the exigencies of the war economy, inflation and unemployment. The ruptures as well as the continuities of social policy under National Socialism and World War II are also investigated.
    Description / Table of Contents: L. Leisering: Introduction -- M. Stolleis: Historical Foundations - Social Policy in Germany to 1945: Introduction -- Social Protection in the Middle Ages and in the Early Modern State: Alms, Poor Relief, Care, Social Help -- Social Policy in the German Empire: the Insurance Solution -- The First World War -- The Weimar Republic -- The Nazi State -- Long-Term Perspectives and Social Protection.
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    ISBN: 9781461473725
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XII, 251 p, online resource)
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. In search of better governance in South Asia and beyond
    Keywords: Economics ; Political science ; Political theory ; Public administration ; Economics ; Südasien ; Governance
    Abstract: 1) Introduction Towards better governance: Theoretical perspective -- 2.Improving governance: lesson learnt for Future Challenges -- 3.Towards Good Governance: A Socio-Institutional Perspective -- 4.Failed States and the lack of Good Governance -- 5.Governance and multilateral organizations in times of neo-liberalism: From Rawls and Hayek inspirations to post-Schumpeter innovations. -- 6.Does Corruption Matter for Citizen’s Trust in Public Institutions? Lessons from South Asia Local governance: Issue of accountability and service delivery. -- 7. Bangladesh Local government and Development in Bangladesh: Lesson Learned and Challenges for Improving Service Delivery of Union Parishad -- 8.NGO Accountability status in Nepal. -- 9. “Health Service Decentralization in Nepal: Achievements and Challenges” -- 10. E-government policy Implementation in Brunei: Lesson Learnt from Singapore -- 11.Women’s Political Participation in Bangladesh: Role of Political Parties -- 12.Governance: collaboration or Opposition? A comparative Study of Two Governance NGO relation Cases in Kunming, China -- 13.Relationship between Administrative Reforms and Political Will: A Case of the Application of Performance Based Incentive in the Nepalese Civil Service -- 14.New Age of South-South Development Cooperation: A Case Study of Nepal -- 15.Endemic Corruption and Progress towards MDGs in South Asia -- 16.Poverty Reduction in Nepal: sustainability of Achievements -- 17.Malpractices in Public Distribution System: Administrative or Political Factors -- 18.Revisiting Anticorruption Approach in the Developing Countries -- 19.Conclusion
    Abstract: The pursuit for better governance has assumed center stage in developmental discourse as well as reform initiatives of all organizations working for the public welfare, and includes such issues as service delivery and responding to citizens’ needs and demands. In the era of globalization, multilevel and new modes of governance are changing the traditional governance models of nation states, accelerated by technological innovation, rising citizen expectation, policy intervention from international and multilateral donor communities, and the hegemony of western ideology imposed on many developing nations. However, a universally accepted and agreed upon definition of 'governance’ still remains elusive. There is no consensus or agreement as to what would be the nature and form of governance and public administration. The question that is raised: Is there a universal governance mechanism that fits in all contexts or governance mechanisms should be based on home grown ideas?One can see various programs and policies of reforms and reorganizations in public administration in the developing countries, but these efforts have not been effective to address the challenging issues of economic development, employment generation, poverty reduction, ensuring equality of access to public services, maintaining fairness and equity, security and safety of citizens, social cohesion, democratic institution building, ensuring broader participation in the decision making process, and improving the quality of life. Therefore, there is a widespread concern for better governance or sound governance to bridge the gap between theory and practice, making this book of interest to academics as well as policy-makers in global public administration
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface; Abbreviation and Acronyms; Contents; 1 Introduction; Introduction; Governance Indicators in South Asia; Wealth and Health Indicators in South Asia; Contents of the Book; References; 2 Understanding Governance in South Asia; Introduction; Understanding Governance in South Asia; Paternalism; Implications; The Administrative State; Alliances and Networking; Alliances Between Political Parties; Politics-Business Nexus; Implications; Reinventing State; Four Faces of Governance in South Asia; Conclusion; References; 3 Improving Governance: Lessons Learnt; Introduction
    Description / Table of Contents: The Origins of the ConceptThe Evolution of the Concept; Lessons Learnt; Institutional Transfers are Difficult; Countries Have Their Own Institutional Legacies; Context Makes a Difference; Good Governance as Aid Conditionality has Outlived Itself; Future Challenges; Independent or Dependent Variable; How to Get a Better Understanding; Process or Outcome Variables; Conclusions; References; 4 Good Governance and the Global Economic Crises: A New Opportunity for UNDP? Comparing WB and UNDP Good Governance Rhetoric; Introduction; Economic Governance Versus Democratic Governance
    Description / Table of Contents: An Ongoing Discourse: NeoliberalismGG and the WB: A Growing Critique; UNDP: Will It Capture the Day?; Toward a Polarization Between the WB and UNDP? A Donor Driven Process at Country Level Versus Global Economic Expertise?; Hard Economic Laws and Soft Societal Adjustments; Donor Experience and Donor Support: A Critical Influence for UNDP; Streamlining the Discourse of Democratic Governance; Politics, Democracy, and the Market: How Power Relations Work?; Democracy and Power: A UNDP Policy Success?; Conclusion; References; 5 Failed States and the Lack of Good Governance: A Causal Explanation
    Description / Table of Contents: IntroductionDependent Variable: The Failed States; Operational Definition of Failed States; Independent Variable: Good Governance; Operational Definition: Good Governance; Data Analysis; Conclusion; Appendix 1; References; 6 The Quest for Better Governance: A Case Study of India; Introduction; Policy of Globalization and Liberalization in India: The Background; The New Public Management Paradigm and Governance in India; Introducing NPM in the Governance of India; The NPM and the Emerging Moral Dilemmas; India's Quest for Good Governance: Some Emerging Problems
    Description / Table of Contents: Strategies Needed for Good Governance and Sustainable DevelopmentAdopting a Normative Model of Good Governance; The Public--Private Sector Synergy; Accountability as a Basic Requisite for Good Governance; Adoption of IT and the Concept of E-Governance; The Citizen-Oriented Paradigm of Good Governance; Combating Corruption for Good Governance; Reversing Policy Paralysis; Concluding Observations; 7 Application of Performance-Based Management: A Case of Nepalese Civil Service Reform; Introduction; Reforms and Performance-Based Management in Nepal; Conceptual Framework; Reforms
    Description / Table of Contents: New Public Management
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    ISBN: 0804780978 , 9780804780971
    Language: English
    Pages: XIV, 209 S. , graph. Darst.
    Additional Material: graph. Darst., Reg., Lit.Hinw.
    DDC: 320.6
    Keywords: Politischer Wandel ; Politische Willensbildung ; Politische Entscheidung ; Anreiz ; Soziale Kosten ; Political planning Economic aspects ; Policy sciences Economic aspects ; Political entrepreneurship ; Economic policy ; Staat ; Politischer Wandel ; Politische Planung ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Wirtschaftsplanung ; Politische Wissenschaft ; Good Governance ; Staat Politischer Wandel ; Politische Planung ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Wirtschaftsplanung ; Politische Wissenschaft ; Politische Herrschaft ; Gute Regierungsführung ; State Political change ; Political planning ; Economic policy ; Economic planning ; Political science ; political rule ; Good governance ; Bibliografie ; Politische Planung ; Politisches Denken ; Politischer Wandel ; Wirtschaftspolitik
    Description / Table of Contents: Ideas and the rules of politics -- The never-ending quest for good government -- Economists join the battle of political ideas -- Public choice : how we get bad policies and get stuck with them, or not -- How ideas matter for political change -- Four stories of political change -- What is to be done? : assembling the wisdom.
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    ISBN: 9780801451867
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Keywords: Political science ; Political Science ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Most wars between countries end quickly and at relatively low cost. The few in which high-intensity fighting continues for years bring about a disproportionate amount of death and suffering. What separates these few unusually long and intense wars from the many conflicts that are far less destructive? In Logics of War, Alex Weisiger tests three explanations for a nation's decision to go to war and continue fighting regardless of the costs. He combines sharp statistical analysis of interstate wars over the past two centuries with nine narrative case studies. He examines both well-known conflicts like World War II and the Persian Gulf War, as well as unfamiliar ones such as the 1864-1870 Paraguayan War (or the War of the Triple Alliance), which proportionally caused more deaths than any other war in modern history
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    ISBN: 0615849784 , 9780615849782
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Political science ; Mutualism ; Mutualisme (Économie politique) ; Political activism ; Political Science / Political Process / Political Advocacy ; Mutualism ; Political science ; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Anarchism ; political theory, activism, commonism, cultural studies, anarchism
    Abstract: As capitalist societies in the twenty-first century move from crisis to crisis, oppositional movements in the global North have been somewhat stymied (despite ephemeral manifestations like Occupy), confronted with the pressing need to develop organizational infrastructures that might prepare the ground for a real, and durable, alternative. More and more, the need to develop shared infrastructural resources -- what Shantz terms "infrastructures of resistance"--Becomes apparent. Ecological disaster (through crises of capital), economic crisis, political austerity, and mass produced fear and phobia all require organizational preparation -- the common building of real world alternatives. There is, as necessary as ever, a need to think through what we, as non-elites, exploited, and oppressed, want and how we might get it. There is an urgency to pursue constructive approaches to meet common needs. For many, the constructive vision and practice for meeting social needs (individual and collective) is expressed as commonism -- an aspiration of mutual aid, sharing, and common good or common wealth collectively determined and arrived at. The term commonsim is a useful way to discuss the goals and aspirations of oppositional movements, the movement of movements, because it returns to social struggle the emphasis on commonality -- a common wealth -- that has been lost in the histories of previous movements that subsumed the commons within mechanisms of state control, regulation, and accounting -- namely communism
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    ISBN: 0615897185 , 9780615897189
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 electronic resource 210 pages)
    Keywords: Political science ; Architecture ; Speculative philosophy ; Theory of architecture ; Architecture ; Political science ; ARCHITECTURE / Criticism ; activism, architecture, cultural studies, design, geopolitics
    Abstract: This book is a collection of thirty-five texts from the first series of guest writers' essays, written specifically for The Funambulist weblog from June 2011 to November 2012. The idea of complementing Lambert's own texts on his blog with those written by others originated from the idea that having friends communicate with each other about their work could help develop mutual interests and provide a platform to address an audience. Thirty-nine authors of twenty-three nationalities were given the opportunity to write essays about a part of their work that might fit with the blog's editorial line. Overall, two 'families' of texts emerged, collected in two distinct parts in this volume. The first part, The Power of the Line, explores the legal, geographical and historical politics of various places of the world. The second part, Architectural Narratives, approaches architecture in a mix of things that were once called philosophy, literature and art. This dichotomy represents the blog's editorial line and can be reconciled by the obsession of approaching architecture without care for the limits of a given discipline. This method, rather than adopting the contemporary architect's syndrome that consists in talking about everything but being an expert in nothing, attempts to consider architecture as something embedded within (geo)political, cultural, social, historical, biological, and dromological mechanisms that widely exceed what is traditionally understood as the limits of its expertise
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    London : Hurst & Company
    ISBN: 9781849042765 , 1849042764
    Language: English
    Pages: VII, 278 S. , 23 cm
    Parallel Title: Online-Ausg. Devji, Faisal Muslim Zion
    DDC: 954.91
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    Keywords: Nationalism Religious aspects ; Islam and politics Pakistan ; Islam and state Pakistan ; Nationalism Religious aspects ; Islam and politics ; Islam and state ; Nationalism Religious aspects ; Political science ; Pakistan Politics and government ; Pakistan History ; Pakistan Politics and government ; 20th century ; Pakistan History ; 20th century ; India History ; Partition, 1947 ; India ; Pakistan ; History ; Pakistan ; Nationalismus
    Abstract: Another country -- The problem with numbers -- A people without history -- The fanatic's reward -- To set India free -- The spirit of Islam
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    Basingstoke [u.a.] : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9781137310101
    Language: English
    Pages: ca. 264 S.
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Print version Improving International Capacity Development : Bright Spots
    DDC: 320.41724
    Keywords: Economic development ; International relations ; Social work ; Social structure ; Social inequality ; Political science ; Economic policy ; Poverty
    Abstract: Jim Armstrong explores emerging approaches to the capacity development of developing nations.
    Abstract: Jim Armstrong explores emerging approaches to the capacity development of developing nations
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 One Size Fits All; 2 Wicked Problems; 3 Positivism and Constructivism; 4 The Central Case Study; 5 Non-linear Process; 6 Co-diagnosing; 7 Co-learning; 8 Evaluation as Co-learning; 9 Co-designing; 10 Co-acting; 11 Trinidad and Tobago Example; 12 The Way Ahead; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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    Basingstoke [u.a.] : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9781137269768
    Language: English
    Pages: ca. 216 S.
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: International political economy series
    Parallel Title: Print version Least Developed Countries and the WTO : Special Treatment in Trade
    Keywords: Political science ; Political economy ; International relations ; International organization ; Development economics ; Economic development ; Economic policy
    Abstract: A norm of special treatment for LDCs, created by the UN, has spread to various international organisations including the WTO. Within the WTO evidence of the institutionalization of the norm can be found both in the agreements and legal documents and the way in which the LDCs have been treated by other states. Helen Hawthorne investigates how norms impact on negotiations in international organisations. She shows that few studies of international organisations focus on the role of the weaker states in the organization, the majority focus either on the major states or the emerging economies. By ignoring the role of the poorer, weaker states in the GATT/WTO we are ignoring the history of these states in the organisation and do not get a true picture of the organization, how it operates in relation to them and their impact on the organisation
    Abstract: Helen Hawthorne investigates how norms impact on negotiations in international organisations
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 The International Norm of Special Treatment for LDCs; 3 LDCs in the GATT; 4 Norm Institutionalization in the WTO; 5 Case Study 1 - LDCs Accession to the WTO; 6 Case Study 2 - Benefiting from Trade: Market Access and LDCs; 7 Case Study 3 - Cotton and the LDCs: The Litmus Test?; 8 Conclusion; Appendix A: Provisions Made for LDCs in WTO Agreements; Appendix B: List of Least Developed Countries; Appendix C: LDCs Benefitting from Special Market Access Arrangements; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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    London : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9781137269775
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XII, 200 p, online resource)
    Series Statement: International Political Economy Series
    Series Statement: SpringerLink
    Series Statement: Bücher
    Series Statement: Springer ebook collection / Palgrave Economics and Finance Collection 2000 - 2013
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Political science ; Political Science and International Relations ; Political economy ; International relations ; International organization ; Development economics ; Economic development ; Economic policy
    Abstract: A norm of special treatment for LDCs, created by the UN, has spread to various international organisations including the WTO. Within the WTO evidence of the institutionalization of the norm can be found both in the agreements and legal documents and the way in which the LDCs have been treated by other states. Helen Hawthorne investigates how norms impact on negotiations in international organisations. She shows that few studies of international organisations focus on the role of the weaker states in the organization, the majority focus either on the major states or the emerging economies. By ignoring the role of the poorer, weaker states in the GATT/WTO we are ignoring the history of these states in the organisation and do not get a true picture of the organization, how it operates in relation to them and their impact on the organisation.
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    London : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9781137295248
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (IX, 208 p, online resource)
    Series Statement: SpringerLink
    Series Statement: Bücher
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
    Series Statement: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection
    Series Statement: Springer ebook collection / Palgrave Economics and Finance Collection 2000 - 2013
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Printed edition
    Keywords: Political science ; Political Science and International Relations ; Political theory ; Political economy ; Comparative politics ; Public policy ; Great Britain Politics and government ; Political philosophy
    Abstract: Covering the period from Ted Heath's assumption of the leadership of the Conservative Party through to the early years of the Coalition, this volume provides a detailed analysis of the Tory Party's Macroeconomic and Microeconomic Policy-Making over the past 50 years providing an historical context for the political and economic events of today
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    ISBN: 9781137321718
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XI, 261 p, online resource)
    Series Statement: SpringerLink
    Series Statement: Bücher
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
    Series Statement: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection
    Series Statement: Springer ebook collection / Palgrave Economics and Finance Collection 2000 - 2013
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Printed edition
    Keywords: Philosophy ; Political science ; Political theory ; Ethics ; Political philosophy ; Social sciences Philosophy ; Mill, John Stuart 1806-1873 ; Politische Philosophie
    Abstract: This edited collection highlights the inquisitive and synthetic aspects of John Stuart Mill's mode of philosophising while exploring various aspects of Mill's thought, intellectual development and influence. The contributors to this volume discuss a number of Mill's ideas including those on political participation, democracy, liberty and justice
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    New York : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9781137345431
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVIII, 282 p. 3 illus, online resource)
    Series Statement: SpringerLink
    Series Statement: Bücher
    Series Statement: Asia Today
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
    Series Statement: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection
    Series Statement: Springer ebook collection / Palgrave Economics and Finance Collection 2000 - 2013
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Printed edition
    Keywords: Business ; Business and Management ; Corporate governance ; Business enterprises Finance ; Finance ; Corporations Finance ; Political science ; Commercial law
    Abstract: Corporate Governance and Finance Law is designed to educate students, researchers, and practitioners on the legal aspects of corporate financial markets within the United States, the Eurozone, and China
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    ISBN: 9783709113639
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXII, 322 p, online resource)
    Series Statement: Yearbook on Space Policy
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    Series Statement: Bücher
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
    Series Statement: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Keywords: Law of the sea ; International law ; Aerospace engineering ; Engineering ; Political science ; Astronautics ; Economic policy ; Europa ; Weltraumpolitik
    Abstract: The Yearbook on Space Policy is the reference publication analysing space policy developments. Each year it presents issues and trends in space policy and the space sector as a whole. Its scope is global and its perspective is European. The Yearbook also links space policy with other policy areas. It highlights specific events and issues, and provides useful insights, data and information on space activities. The Yearbook on Space Policy is edited by the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) based in Vienna, Austria. It combines in-house research and contributions of members of the European Space Policy Research and Academic Network (ESPRAN), coordinated by ESPI. The Yearbook is designed for government decision-makers and agencies, industry professionals, as well as the service sectors, researchers and scientists and the interested public
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    London : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9781137009166
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XI, 194 p, online resource)
    Series Statement: SpringerLink
    Series Statement: Bücher
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
    Series Statement: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection
    Series Statement: Springer ebook collection / Palgrave Economics and Finance Collection 2000 - 2013
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Printed edition
    Keywords: Political science ; Political Science and International Relations ; Ethnology Asia ; Political economy ; Public policy ; Asia Politics and government ; Economic policy ; Education and state ; China ; Bildungspolitik ; Bildungsfinanzierung
    Abstract: Tingjin Lin explores the conflict between self-interest and the provision of equality of opportunity facing educators in China. Provincial leaders prove reluctant to equalize education when doing so means sacrificing their future promotion
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    London : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9781137310118
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIV, 249 p, online resource)
    Series Statement: SpringerLink
    Series Statement: Bücher
    Series Statement: Springer ebook collection / Palgrave Economics and Finance Collection 2000 - 2013
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Political science ; Political Science and International Relations ; International relations ; Social work ; Social structure ; Social inequality ; Economic development ; Economic policy ; Poverty
    Abstract: Nothing is more important to a new, fragile or developing nation than developing the capacity of its government to support national well-being. Every society is complex; every government is complex. Yet, well-intentioned international development aid, born in an era of infrastructure projects, continues to apply simplistic technical solutions to these wickedly complex development problems. It's an outside-in approach that rarely succeeds, even by the development industry's own admission. But out there, amongst the billions of dollars of failed interventions, there are bright spots of success places where capacity is harnessed, not just for today, but for tomorrow, too. What is working so well? Drawing on research, practical experience, and stories of success, Jim Armstrong explores these emerging approaches.
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    ISBN: 9781137274526
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (VIII, 161 p, online resource)
    Series Statement: SpringerLink
    Series Statement: Bücher
    Series Statement: Springer ebook collection / Palgrave Economics and Finance Collection 2000 - 2013
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Political science ; Political Science and International Relations ; Political economy ; International relations ; International economics ; Economic policy ; Environmental economics
    Abstract: With frequent discoveries of energy resources in remote and undeveloped areas, the importance of transnational oil and gas pipelines is set to grow ever more prominent. This study dissects the diplomacy and bargaining power of the transit country and the shifting economic relations involved in cross-border energy transportation.
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    Dordrecht : Springer Science+Business Media B.V
    ISBN: 9789400722545
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XX, 180p. 3 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: Issues in Business Ethics 36
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    Series Statement: Bücher
    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T.
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Ethics ; Political science Philosophy ; Economics ; Political science ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Ethics ; Political science Philosophy ; Economics ; Political science
    Abstract: The interaction between corporations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) has become an important topic in the debate about corporate social responsibility (CSR). Yet, unlike the vast majority of academic work on this topic, this book explicitly focuses on clarifying the role of NGOs, not of corporations, in this context. Based on the notion of NGOs as political actors it argues that NGOs suffer from a multiple legitimacy deficit: they are representatives of civil society without being elected; the legitimacy of the claims they raise is often controversial; and there are often doubts rega
    Description / Table of Contents: Acknowledgements; Summary; Introduction; The Problem; How Do Corporations Choose Their Partner NGO?; Outline and Methodology; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Part I Getting to the Core; 1 NGOs as Representatives of Public Claims; Defining NGOs; Support from Stakeholder Theory; The Triple Legitimacy Deficit of NGOs; Addressees of NGO Legitimization; A Remark on the Role of NGOs as Experts; Locating NGOs in the CSR Debate; Instrumental CSR; Political CSR; Part II Actors: Civil Society and NGOs in the Postnational Constellation
    Description / Table of Contents: 2 The Postnational Constellation: A Broad Conception of DemocracyExtending the Sphere of Political Action; The Democratic Roles of Civil Society and NGOs in the Postnational Constellation; Three Contexts for NGOs as Representatives of Public Claims; Interaction with Official Political or Economic Institutions; Semi-institutionalized Contexts (''Hybrid Model''); Interaction Outside Institutionalized Contexts (''Wild Model''); Implications of the Degree of Institutionalization for the Political Conceptualization of NGO Action; On the Use of the Term Partner NGO
    Description / Table of Contents: 3 Normative Orientation from Political TheoryLiberalism; Deliberative Democracy; Justifying the Selection of Theories: Why Not Communitarianism and Republicanism?; 4 Civil Society: Coming to Grips with an Elusive Term; Historical Uses of the Term "Civil Society"; Facing the Challenge: Assigning Civil Society a Constitutive Role; The Liberal View: Civil Society as a Residual Category?; The Deliberative View: Identifying the Constitutive Core of Civil Society; 5 Insights from Part II; Part III Institutions and Processes: A Normative Framework for Legitimate Partner NGOs; 6 The Public Sphere
    Description / Table of Contents: Importance of the Public SphereLiberal Versus Deliberative Views of the Relation Between the Public Sphere and Civil Society; The Liberal View: Confining the Public Sphere to Constitutional Questions; The Liberal Conceptualization of the Public Sphere in the Postnational Constellation; The Deliberative View: The Public Sphere as a Site for Critical Reflection; The Deliberative Conceptualization of the Public Sphere in the Postnational Constellation; 7 Public Reason; The Importance of "Public Reason" in Light of the "Fact of Reasonable Pluralism"; The Content of Public Reason
    Description / Table of Contents: Implications of Restricting the Content of Public ReasonImplication 1: Divided Selves; Implication 2: Oppression; Implication 3: No Democratic Structures; Criticism of the Liberal Constraints; 8 The Political Process; The Liberal View of the Political Process: Aggregating Preferences and Voting; Is Rawls a Deliberative Democrat?; The Deliberative View of the Political Process: A Non-voting-centric Conception of Democracy; Central Elements of the Deliberative Political Process; Two-Track Model of Deliberative Democracy; Critical Strand of Deliberative Democracy; 9 Legitimacy
    Description / Table of Contents: Liberal Principle of Legitimacy
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    ISBN: 9780754699781 , 9781409472407
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 221 Seiten)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Andrews, Penelope From Cape Town to Kabul
    DDC: 323.3/4
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    Keywords: Women's rights ; Women's rights ; Sex discrimination against women Law and legislation ; Sex discrimination against women Law and legislation ; Political science ; Political Science / Human Rights ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Südafrika ; Afghanistan ; Frau ; Diskriminierung
    Abstract: Using her experience of living under apartheid and witnessing its downfall and the subsequent creation of new governments in South Africa, the author examines and compares gender inequality in societies undergoing political and economic transformation. By applying this process of legal transformation as a paradigm, the author applies this model to Afghanistan. These two societies serve as counterpoints through which the book engages, in a nuanced and novel way, with the many broader issues that flow from the attempts in newly democratic societies to give effect to the promise of gender equality. Developing the idea of 'conditional interdependence', the book suggests a new approach based on the communitarian values which underpin newly democratic societies and would allow women's rights to gain momentum and reap greater benefits. Broad in its thematic approach, the book generates challenging and complex questions about the achievement of gender equality. It will be of interest to academics interested in gender and human rights, international and comparative law
    Note: First published 2012 by Ashgate Publishing, published 2016 by Routledge , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9780230301627 , 128364164X , 9781283641647
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (ca. 232 S.)
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Print version Reading Hayek in the 21st Century
    Keywords: Political science ; Political theory ; Political economy ; Political philosophy ; Economic policy ; Social sciences ; Hayek, Friedrich A. von 1899-1992 ; Politische Theorie
    Abstract: Papaioannou offers a radical new reading of Hayek in the 21st century, arguing that the moral dimension of his political theory is based on the methodological implications of an epistemologically founded morality, a morality that must respect the natural limits of human knowledge.
    Abstract: Papaioannou offers a radical new reading of Hayek in the 21st century, arguing that the moral dimension of his political theory is based on the methodological implications of an epistemologically founded morality, a morality that must respect the natural limits of human knowledge
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Context and the Intellectual Background of Hayek's Political Theory; 2 The Epistemological Foundation of Hayek's Anti-rationalist Concept of Morality; 3 The Methodological Formation of Hayek's Moral Dimension: The Exclusion and Requirement of Substantive Politics; 4 The Order of Catallaxy, Commutative Justice, the Minimal State and the Great Society; Conclusions; Notes; References; Index;
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    Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9781137033284
    Language: English
    Pages: ca. 224 S.
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Print version Economics and Modern Warfare : The Invisible Fist of the Market
    Keywords: Political science ; Industries ; Military history ; Political economy ; International relations ; Economic theory ; Economic policy
    Abstract: By referring to a handful of battles throughout history, a new form of military strategy is derived through the manipulation of supplies, capital, and markets. This book combines economic theory with applied analyses of military successes and failures, explaining them simply for audiences of all levels of interest
    Abstract: By referring to a handful of battles throughout history, a new form of military strategy is derived through the manipulation of supplies, capital, and markets. This book combines economic theory with applied analyses of military successes and failures, explaining them simply for audiences of all levels of interest
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; A Critique on Current Methods; Part I Supply Manipulation; 1 Creating Shortages of Supplies; 2 Creating Shortages of Capital Assets; 3 Creating Shortages of Human Assets; 4 Physical Confrontation; 5 Systempunkt Targets; 6 Limitations and Failures of Supply Manipulation; 7 Suggestions for Future Research; Part II Trade Manipulation; 8 Preliminary Concept: Terms of Trade; 9 Preclusive Purchasing; 10 Resource Appropriation; 11 Supply Exploitations; 12 Tactical Hiring
    Description / Table of Contents: 13 Tactical Pricing14 Trade Agreements; 15 Currency Manipulation; 16 Counterfeiting; 17 Limitations and Failures of Trade Manipulation; 18 Suggestions for Future Research; Part III Market Manipulation; 19 Economic Intelligence; 20 Labor Exploitations; 21 Expropriating Peoples; 22 Equity and Debt Engineering; 23 Equilibrium Redirection; 24 Decision Management Modeling; 25 Resource-Based View of Warfare; 26 Limitations and Problems of Market Manipulation; 27 Suggestions for Future Research; Conclusion; Afterword; Bibliography; Index;
    Description / Table of Contents: A Critique of Current MethodsEmbargoes -- Blockades -- Tariffs and Quotas -- Subsidies and Dumping -- Other Trade Sanctions -- Exchange Rate Manipulation -- Leveraging Humanitarian Aid -- Summary -- PART I: SUPPLY MANIPULATION -- Creating Shortages of Supplies -- Blockade Example: The Ostrogoths Sack Rome -- Supply Channel Example: The United States Civil War -- The Impact of Specific Supplies -- Strategic Targeting -- Creating Shortages of Capital Assets -- Funding Sources -- Trade Example: The Cold War -- Commercial Funding Example: Al Qaeda -- Reactions to Capital Shortages -- Creating Shortages of Human Assets -- Skilled and Unskilled Labor -- Skilled Labor Example: Nazi Germany and the Atomic Bomb -- Hiring Local Nationals -- Human Resource Management -- Physical Confrontation -- Measuring their Incentive to Attack -- Strategies in Anticipating Attack -- Resource Consumption Example: 23rd Headquarters Special Troops -- Strategies in Reacting to Attack -- Resource Infiltration Example: Merchant Raiders -- Systempunkt Targets -- Resource Mapping and Systempunkt Identification -- Systempunkt Example: Operation Pastorius -- Limitations and Failures of Supply Manipulation -- Market Destruction -- Black Market Trade -- Suggestions for Future Research -- PART II: TRADE MANIPULATION -- Preliminary Concept ₆ Terms of Trade -- Definition and Application -- Implications of Altering Terms of Trade -- Industries to Target -- Preclusive Purchasing -- Altering Price and Supply -- Tungsten Example: Nazi Germany -- Optimizing Strategy -- Resource Appropriation -- The Value of Supplies -- Trade Example: Chinese Warlords -- Supply Exploitations -- Anticipating Black Markets -- Supply Exploitation Example: The Second Sack of Rome -- Secondary Impacts -- Tactical Hiring -- Labor Market Wage Equilibrium -- Altering Capital Ownership Social Dynamics -- Tactical Pricing -- Predatory Pricing -- Taking Advantage of Tariffs and Subsidies -- Price Discrimination -- War Profiteering Example: Waste and Fraud during OIF/OEF -- 'Insider Trading' -- Trade Agreements -- Finding Potential Partners -- Terms of Partnership -- Loyalty -- Currency Manipulation -- Currency Value Manipulation -- Currency Liquidation Example: China's Reserve of US Dollars -- Diverting Foreign Currencies -- Diverting Local Currencies -- Counterfeiting -- Altering Value of Demand -- Altering Value of Supply -- Limitations and Failures of Trade Manipulation -- Time Elasticity Problems -- Legal Concerns -- Suggestions for Future Research -- PART III: MARKET MANIPULATION -- Economic Intelligence -- Analyzing Economic Fluctuations -- Price Analysis Example: Black Market Diamonds in Nazi Germany -- Predicting Behaviors Based on Resources -- Counterintelligence -- Corporate Misinformation Example: Board of Economic Warfare -- Economics Style Information Warfare -- Controlling Enemy Example: 23rd Headquarters Special Troops -- Labor Exploitations -- Labor Disruptions -- Work Stoppages: Nazi Germany -- Expropriating Peoples -- Providing Honorable Option to Change Sides -- Conquered by Choice Example: Alexander the Great -- Westernization -- Culture Shock Example: The Wal-Mart Effect -- Equity and Debt Engineering -- Altering Ownership Structure -- Leveraging Key Industries and Businesses -- Equilibrium Redirection -- Increased Resource Consumption -- Employment Redistribution -- Decision Management Modeling -- Regional Statistical Variation Modeling -- Decision Management Optimization -- Resource-Based View of Warfare -- Combat Progress Model -- Implications of Model -- Relationship to Incentive Model -- Limitations and Problems with Market Manipulation -- Suggestions for Future Research -- Conclusion -- Summary -- Ethical Concerns -- Potential and Plans for Future Research -- Future Frontiers.
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    Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9780230300651 , 1283587785 , 9781283587785
    Language: English
    Pages: ca. 256 S.
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: International political economy series
    Parallel Title: Print version The IMF and European Economies : Crisis and Conditionality
    Keywords: Finance ; Political science ; Political economy ; European Union ; Economic policy ; Economic history
    Abstract: This book examines the role that the IMF has played in the management of financial crises in developed nations. The topic is of particular significance in light of the global financial crisis that emerged following the collapse of American sub-prime mortgage markets in 2007, and the subsequent sovereign debt problems of many Western states.
    Abstract: This book examines the role that the IMF has played in the management of financial crises in developed nations. The topic is of particular significance in light of the global financial crisis that emerged following the collapse of American sub-prime mortgage markets in 2007, and the subsequent sovereign debt problems of many Western states
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: The IMF in the Post-War World Economy; 2 The Politics of Economic Policy-Making: Conceptualizing IMF Lending; 3 The Context of Program Ownership: British Economic Policy in 1974; 4 Establishing Program Ownership 1: The Sterling Exchange Rate and Counter-Inflation; 5 Establishing Program Ownership 2: External Financing and Public Expenditure; 6 Consolidating Ownership: The 1976 IMF Loan; 7 The Legitimacy Deficit: Competing Institutions, Competing Consensus, and Self-Insurance
    Description / Table of Contents: 8 The IMF and European Sovereign Debt: New Crisis, New Clients9 Conclusions; Notes to the Text; References; Index
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    Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press
    ISBN: 9780191749483
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXII, 803 S.)
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource Oxford handbooks online. Political science
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. The Oxford handbook of governance
    DDC: 320
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    Keywords: Political science ; Policy sciences ; Political science ; Policy sciences ; Political science ; Policy sciences ; Politische Wissenschaft ; Governance
    Abstract: 'Governance' has become one of the most popular terms in contemporary political science. This handbook explores the full range of meaning and application of the concept and its use in a number of research fields.
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    ISBN: 9781137274519
    Language: English
    Pages: ca. 170 S.
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Print version Cross-border Oil and Gas Pipelines and the Role of the Transit Country
    Keywords: Political science ; Political economy ; International relations ; International economics ; Economic policy ; Environmental economics
    Abstract: With frequent discoveries of energy resources in remote and undeveloped areas, the importance of transnational oil and gas pipelines is set to grow ever more prominent. This study dissects the diplomacy and bargaining power of the transit country and the shifting economic relations involved in cross-border energy transportation
    Abstract: With frequent discoveries of energy resources in remote and undeveloped areas, the importance of transnational oil and gas pipelines is set to grow ever more prominent. This study dissects the diplomacy and bargaining power of the transit country and the shifting economic relations involved in cross-border energy transportation
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 The Economics of Cross-border Oil and Gas Pipelines Involving Transit; 3 The Role of Bargaining in Oil and Gas Transit Pipelines; 4 Bargaining Positions of the Parties to a Transit Pipeline: Four Case Studies; 5 The Role of the Energy Charter Treaty: A Critique; 6 A Case for Mutual Dependencies; 7 Concluding Remarks; References; Index;
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    ISBN: 9789332509252 , 9332509255
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (1 v.) , ill.
    Series Statement: Always learning
    Keywords: Political science ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; local
    Abstract: Political Theory is about the description, observation, analysis and inquiry into the issues of political science. Divided into 15 chapters, the book captures all relevant aspects of political science and analyses them in the light of examples from India and the rest of the world. Through a thorough examination of various political institutions, the role of different social groups and the evolution of our politics, this book will help students understand the basic concepts and notions of political theory, and illustrate how these concepts apply to political systems across the world.
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    ISBN: 9780615612034 , 0615612032
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 electronic resource 60 pages)
    Keywords: Social structure ; Social movements ; Political science ; Political science ; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General ; #Occupy, cooperatives, Fluxus, Fulxhouse, George Macianus, manifesto, mass media, modernism, netwoked art, political networks, sociopoetics, Soho
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    Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands
    ISBN: 9789048189939
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (VII, 264 p, digital)
    Series Statement: Studies in Global Justice 9
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Sharma, Arvind, 1940 - Problematizing religious freedom
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Ethics ; Philosophy of law ; Religion (General) ; Political science ; Philosophy ; Religionsfreiheit ; Menschenrecht
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    London : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9781137271273
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (IX, 239 p, online resource)
    Series Statement: International Political Economy Series
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    Series Statement: Springer ebook collection / Palgrave Economics and Finance Collection 2000 - 2013
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    Keywords: Economics ; Finance ; Political science ; Political economy ; European Union ; Economic policy ; Economic history
    Abstract: This book examines the role that the IMF has played in the management of financial crises in developed nations. The topic is of particular significance in light of the global financial crisis that emerged following the collapse of American sub-prime mortgage markets in 2007, and the subsequent sovereign debt problems of many Western states.
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    ISBN: 9780230355088
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIII, 220 p, online resource)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Political Science and International Relations ; Political science ; Political theory ; Pollution ; Sociology ; Environmental sociology ; Environmental policy
    Abstract: This book discusses climate change as a social issue, examining the incompatibility of capitalist development and Earth's physical limits and how these have been regulated in different ways. It addresses the links between modes of consumption, energy regimes and climate change during Fordism and finance-driven capitalism
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    ISBN: 9781137282255
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (224 p, online resource)
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    Keywords: Political science ; Political Science and International Relations ; Industries ; Military history ; Political economy ; International relations ; Economic theory ; Economic policy
    Abstract: By referring to a handful of battles throughout history, a new form of military strategy is derived through the manipulation of supplies, capital, and markets. This book combines economic theory with applied analyses of military successes and failures, explaining them simply for audiences of all levels of interest.
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    London : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9781137283627
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (IX, 221 p, online resource)
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    Keywords: Political science ; Political Science and International Relations ; Political theory ; Political economy ; Political philosophy ; Economic policy ; Social sciences
    Abstract: Papaioannou offers a radical new reading of Hayek in the 21st century, arguing that the moral dimension of his political theory is based on the methodological implications of an epistemologically founded morality, a morality that must respect the natural limits of human knowledge.
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    ISBN: 3832966846 , 9783832966843
    Language: German
    Pages: 287 S. , 23 cm
    Edition: 1. Aufl.
    Series Statement: Studien zur politischen Soziologie 12
    Series Statement: Schriftenreihe Studien zur politischen Soziologie
    Parallel Title: Online-Ausg. Hitzel-Cassagnes, Tanja, 1969 - Die Verfassung des Transnationalen
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    Keywords: Constitutional law ; International law ; Constitutional law ; Constitutional law Philosophy ; Political science ; Völkerrechtlicher Vertrag ; Verfassung ; Rechtsordnung ; Internationales Recht ; Globalisierung ; Erde ; Verfassung ; Politische Theorie ; Transnationale Politik ; Verfassung ; Politische Theorie ; Transnationale Politik
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    ISBN: 9781136589324
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (248 p)
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    Series Statement: Routledge Studies in Religion and Politics
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Politics, religion and gender
    DDC: 305.48697094
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    Keywords: Political science ; Political Science / International Relations ; Political Science ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Europa ; Muslim ; Kopftuch ; Diskursanalyse ; Religiöser Pluralismus ; Geschlechterrolle
    Abstract: Heated debates about Muslim women's veiling practices have regularly attracted the attention of European policymakers over the last decade. The headscarf has been both vehemently contested by national and/or regional governments, political parties and public intellectuals and passionately defended by veil wearing women and their supporters. Systematically applying a comparative perspective, this book addresses the question of why the headscarf tantalises and causes such controversy over issues about religious pluralism, secularism, neutrality of the state, gender oppression, citizenship, migration, and multiculturalism.Seeking also to establish why the issue has become part of the disciplinary practices of some European countries but not of others, this work brings together an important collection of interpretative research regarding the current debates on the veil in Europe, offering an interdisciplinary scope and European-wide setting. Brought together through a common research methodology, the contributors focus on the different religious, political and cultural meanings of the veiling issue across eight countries and develop a comparative explanation of veiling regimes. This work will be of great interest to students and scholars of religion & politics, gender studies and multiculturalism
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    ISBN: 9783531933023
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (265 p. 8 illus. in color, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Regression of democracy?
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Political science ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Political science ; Autokratie ; Demokratie ; Demokratieforschung ; Failing States ; Paperback / softback ; Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Begrenzte Staatlichkeit ; Demokratie ; Defizit ; Demokratieforschung ; Transformationsländer ; Demokratie ; Defizit ; Autokratie
    Abstract: Democratization since the implosion of the communist bloc displays a mixed balance. While the neo-democracies in Central Eastern European Countries can be seen as largely consolidated, many other processes of democratization in other parts of the world such as Africa, Asia and Latin America got stuck as unconsolidated or became defective democracies, some 'regressed' into hybrid regimes or were even turned into autocracies. While transitology dealt with the transition from authoritarian rule, the reverse process, the transition from democratic rule, remained almost completely outside the schol
    Description / Table of Contents: Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft Sonderheft 1 / 2011; Foreword; Introduction; Bibliography; Decline of Democracy: Loss of Quality, Hybridisation and Breakdown of Democracy; 1. Introduction1; 2. The research problem and the literature; 3. Taking stock of the situation; 3.1 Frequency of decline; 3.2 The institutional or age dimension; 3.3 The economic conditions; 4. Case-oriented approaches; 4.1 Structurally biased approaches; 4.2 Process-oriented approaches; 5. The conceptual issue: Quality and more; 6. The international dimension; 7. Conclusion and desiderata; Bibliography
    Description / Table of Contents: Quality Criteria for Democracy. Why Responsiveness is not the Key1. On the relevance of quality criteria; 2. The Quality of Democracy - Methodical Solution Strategy and Findings; 3. Responsiveness - a core basis for democracy?; 4. Conclusion; Bibliography; Is the international environment becoming less benign for democratisation?; 1. Introduction: Why now?; 2. Assumptions; 3. Modernising the analytical framework; (i) The international dimensions of multi-directional regime change; (ii) Influences: active and passive, direct and indirect
    Description / Table of Contents: 4. Comparing international strategies for securing democracy's advance and maintaining or renewing authoritarian rule(i) Is socialisation any different?; 5. Weak and insignificant states are part of the international (dis)order too; 6. Concluding remarks; References; The United States of America - a Deficient Democracy; 1. Introduction: Terminology and Research Question; 2. Freedom, Equality and Control: Development and Standards for the Measurement of Democracy; 2.1 Fundamental Concepts; 2.2 Varying Concepts of Democracy: Participation, Competition and/or Control
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.3 The "Democracy Matrix" as a Basis for Determining the Quality of a Democracy3. The Quality of American Democracy: Strengths and Weaknesses; 3.1 Decision-making Processes (Elections); 3.2 Institutional Intermediation; 3.3 Public Communication; 3.4 Effective Rule of Law; 3.5 Setting and Implementation of Laws; 4. Conclusion and Prospects for American Democracy; Literature; Deficits in Democratic Quality? The Effects of PartySystem Institutionalisation on the Quality of Democracy in Central Eastern E; 1. Introduction; 2. Do parties and party systems matter for democratic quality?
    Description / Table of Contents: 3. The party systems in CEE and their institutionalisation3.1 Inter-party competition; 3.2 Party roots in society; 3.3 Legitimacy of parties; 3.4 Party organization; 4. Instability of party systems and the implications for the quality of democracy; 5. Conclusion: Why the stability of party systems matters; Annex; Bibliography; Internet sources; Do Party Systems Make Democracy Work? A Comparative Test of Party-system Characteristics and Democratization in Francophone Afri; 1. Introduction1; 2. Theoretical Framework: A Functionalist Argument; 3. Comparative Design
    Description / Table of Contents: 4. Operationalization of Party-system Characteristics
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    Wiesbaden : VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften / Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, Wiesbaden
    ISBN: 9783531927879
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (379p. 5 illus, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Fuchs, Manfred From legislators to the end-user
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    Abstract: Dr. Manfred Fuchs is working in the European Commission (DG Enterprise and Industry) in the field of construction.
    Abstract: The Construction Products Directive (89/106/EEC - CPD) should have facilitated putting construction products on any national market within the European Economic Area. Two decades later, its practical impact is still relatively weak. By going beyond the scope of most studies on the implementation of EU legislation at the level of the practical end-users (architects, civil engineers, construction companies), this study highlights the fact that the acceptance of this professional group not only plays a major role in the practical implementation of this directive, but could also change, strengthen or neutralise the intentions of policy makers and administrators at the EU and national level. The book is valuable reading for practical users of the CPD, researchers in political/administrative sciences and professionals working in international institutions and organizations.
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: The "insider's" view; 2 "Stayin' alive, stayin' alive" -Interaction, problem solving conceptsand "European" actors; 2.1 Organisations, institutions and individual actors; 2.2 Organising and stabilising interaction; 2.3 European and national actors; 2.4 "After the dust has settled …" - the implementationof EU legislation by national actors; 2.5 Knowledge, lack of knowledge, trust; 3 The practical implementation of the CPD; 3.1 Researching one's own backyard; 3.2 The EU level; 3.3 The assumptions of actors at EU level; 3.4 Conclusions at EU level
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.5 The national level3.6 The assumptions of actors at national level; 3.7 Conclusion at national level; 3.8 The "construction site" level; 3.9 The assumption of actors at the construction site level; 3.10 Conclusion construction site level; 4 Conclusion: Lessons to be learned?; 4.1 "I had a dream …"; 4.2 "Brussels" - setting the stage; 4.3 The information flow to (and from) national actors -setting the national level; 4.4 The "construction site" level -The quest for the "missing link"; 4.5 Good news and bad news for Eurosceptics …; 4.6 … and Europhiles
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.7 Research on European Directives -"Gaps" and future fields of research?4.8 "Here is my brilliant plan! You work out the details!"; 5 Bibliography;
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    ISBN: 9783642176623
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXXII, 271p, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg.. Egede, Edwin Africa and the deep seabed regime
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    Keywords: Geographical information systems ; Comparative law ; Public law ; Marine Sciences ; Humanities ; Political science ; Law ; Law ; Geographical information systems ; Comparative law ; Public law ; Marine Sciences ; Humanities ; Political science ; Afrika ; Meeresbergbau ; Meeresboden ; Gemeinsames Erbe der Menschheit ; Seevölkerrecht ; Afrika ; Meeresbergbau ; Meeresboden ; Gemeinsames Erbe der Menschheit ; Seevölkerrecht
    Abstract: This book seeks to fill a gap in the existing literature by examining the role of African States in the development and establishment of the regime of the deep seabed beyond national jurisdiction (the Area) and the concept of the Common Heritage of Mankind.
    Abstract: This book bridges an essential gap in the existing literature by examining the role of the African States in the development and establishment of the regime for the deep seabed beyond national jurisdictions and in keeping with the concept of the common heritage of mankind. It explores the African States contributions to the creation and evolution of the international legal norms related to the regime and places these contributions in the context of vital historical, social, political and economic factors influencing their attitudes toward international law. In addition, the book points to connections between international legal norms developed with regard to the regime and developmental / geopolitical issues. For the African States the regime was not just about the construction of legal rules, but also provided an avenue to attempt to resolve outstanding north/south issues related to economic and social development. In addition, the book considers the possible hindrances to the effective involvement of the African States in this regime, including participation in seabed mining activities, and possible cooperative strategies that they might embark on to overcome such hindrances.
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    London : Macmillan Education UK
    ISBN: 9781349266364
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (X, 267 p, online resource)
    Edition: Second Edition
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Holton, Robert J., 1946 - Globalization and the nation-state
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    Keywords: Globalisierung ; Nationalstaat ; Welt ; Political science ; International relations ; Globalization ; Regional economics ; Spatial economics ; Sociology ; Political sociology ; Economics ; Political science ; International relations ; Globalization ; Regional economics ; Spatial economics ; Sociology ; Political sociology ; Internationalisierung ; Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Geschichte
    Abstract: Globalization is much discussed but little understood. This study opens up new ways of seeing the global world around us. Drawing on contemporary and historical evidence, insights are offered into a range of subjects from the multi-national corporation and the future of the nation state, to the revival of ethnicity and the development of global culture. Globalization poses profound social challenges, but it is far from sweeping all before it. This is an important book for all those interested in economic, political and cultural change
    Abstract: Globalization is much discussed but little understood. This study opens up new ways of seeing the global world around us. Drawing on contemporary and historical evidence, insights are offered into a range of subjects from the multi-national corporation and the future of the nation state, to the revival of ethnicity and the development of global culture. Globalization poses profound social challenges, but it is far from sweeping all before it. This is an important book for all those interested in economic, political and cultural change
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    Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg
    ISBN: 9783642195167
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVI, 466p. 94 illus, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Schofield, Norman, 1944 - Leadership or chaos
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Economics ; Finance ; Economics, Mathematical ; Political science ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Economics ; Finance ; Economics, Mathematical ; Political science ; Demokratie ; Wahlverhalten ; Kollektiventscheidung ; Gleichgewichtsmodell ; Politische Ökonomie ; Demokratie ; Wahlverhalten ; Kollektiventscheidung ; Gleichgewichtsmodell ; Politische Ökonomie
    Abstract: Maria Gallego
    Abstract: Combining elements of economic reasoning and political science has proven to be very useful for understanding the broad variation in economic development around the world. In a sense research in this field goes back to the Scottish Enlightenment and Adam Smith's original plan in his Theory of Moral Sentiments and Wealth of Nations. "Leadership or Chaos" by Norman Schofield and Maria Gallego is intended as an advanced, self-contained text in political economy dealing with social choice. The theory and empirical analysis are used to examine democratic institutions and elections in the
    Description / Table of Contents: Leadership or Chaos; Foreword; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1: Political Economy: Risk and Uncertainty; Chapter 2: Limited Access Society; Chapter 3: Social Choice; Chapter 4: Models of the World and Society; Chapter 5: Elections in the United States; Chapter 6: Elections in the United Kingdom; Chapter 7: Elections in Canada, the Netherlands and Belgium; Chapter 8: Elections in Poland 1997-2005; Chapter 9: Elections in Russia and the Caucasus; Chapter 10: Elections in Israel and Turkey; Chapter 11: Institutions and Development; Chapter 12: Chaotic Leadership Transitions
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 13: Concluding Remarks on Knowledge of Science and SocietyReferences;
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    ISBN: 9789048189632 , 1282995553 , 9781282995550
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVII, 268p, digital)
    Series Statement: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice 6
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Grover, Sonja C. Young people's human rights and the politics of voting age
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Law ; Political science ; Sociology ; Developmental psychology ; Law Psychological aspects ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Law ; Political science ; Sociology ; Developmental psychology ; Law Psychological aspects ; Heranwachsender ; Menschenrecht ; Wahlrecht ; Altersgrenze ; Stimmrecht
    Abstract: Young People's Human Rights and The Politics of Voting Age explores the broader societal implications of voting age eligibility requirements and the legislative bar against youth voting in North America and in Commonwealth countries (where 'youth' is defined as persons 16 and over but under age 18). The issue is raised as to whether the denial of the youth vote undermines democratic principles and values and ultimately the human dignity of youth. This is the first book to address the topic of the youth vote in-depth as a fundamental human rights concern relating to the entitlement in a democracy to societal participation and inclusion in influencing policy and law which profoundly affects one's life. Also examined are international perspectives on the issue of voting age eligibility. The book would be extremely valuable for instructional purposes as one of the primary texts in undergraduate or graduate courses on children's human rights, political psychology, political science , sociology of law or society and as a supplementary text for courses on human rights or constitutional law and would be of interest also to members of the general public concerned with children's human rights issues.
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Author; Part I The Philosophical Context of the Minimum Voting Age Question; 1 Alternative Philosophical Perspectives on the Origin and Nature of Human Rights; Part II Socio-Cultural Factors and the Minimum Voting Age; 2 Examples of Contextual Factors in the Youth Struggle for the Vote; Part III Voting Age Eligibility: Human Rights Issue or Social Policy Matter?; 3 The Human Rights Imperative and Minimum Voting Age; Part IV A Victory for the Vote at 16 in Austria Goes Largely Ignored in Other States; 4 Austria and the Vote at 16
    Description / Table of Contents: Part V Rationalizing of the Violation of U.K. Youths Inherent Right to Suffrage5 The U.K. Example of Resistance to the Vote at 16: The U.K. Electoral Commission and Select U.K. Social Scientists; Part VI The 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and Eligible Voting Age; 6 The 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Does it Really Make Age Discrimination in the Vote Against Under 18s Constitutional? The Broader Lessons; Part VII Barriers Coming From Unlikely Sources to Youth's Struggle to Access the Basic Human Right to Suffrage
    Description / Table of Contents: 7 The Youth Vote as a Human Right and Resistance from High Profile International and National Human Rights GatekeepersPart VIII Re-Examining Alleged Rationales for the Bar Against the Vote for Under 18s; 8 Unconstitutional Age-Based Discrimination in the Vote Applied on Account of Young Age; Part IX Voting Age Eligibility and the Societal Marginalization of Under 18s; 9 Minors' Perspectives on Their Citizenship Status; Part X Unequal Treatment in Accessing the Inherent Right to Suffrage
    Description / Table of Contents: 10 Two Different Standards for Enfranchisement: A 'Rights Standard' for Adults and a Supposed 'Competency Qualification Standard' for MinorsPart XI Recognizing the Vote at 16 Movement as a Fundamental Human Rights Struggle; 11 Concluding Comments; References
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    ISBN: 9789048190171
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIV, 187p, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Toleration and Recognition in an Age of Religious Pluralism
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Democracy, religious pluralism and the liberal dilemma of accommodation
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Ethics ; Philosophy of law ; Political science Philosophy ; Regional planning ; Political science ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Ethics ; Philosophy of law ; Political science Philosophy ; Regional planning ; Political science ; Religious pluralism ; Political aspects ; Religion and state ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Religiöser Pluralismus ; Liberalismus ; Egalitarismus ; Demokratie
    Abstract: How should liberal democratic governments respond to citizens as religious believers whose values, norms and practices might lie outside the cultural mainstream? Some of the most challenging political questions arising today focus on the adequacy of a policy of 'live and let live' liberal toleration in contexts where disputes about the metaphysical truth of conflicting world-views abound. Does liberal toleration fail to give all citizens their due? Do citizens of faith deserve a more robust form of accommodation from the state in the form of 'recognition'. This issue is far from settled. Controversies over the terms of religious accommodation continue to dominate political agendas around the world. This is the first edited collection to provide a sustained examination of the politics of toleration and recognition in an age of religious pluralism. The aftermath of the events of September 11th have dramatised the urgency of this debate. It has also surfaced, nationally and globally, in disputes about terrorism, security and gender and human rights questions in relation to minority communities. This volume brings together a group of new and established scholars from the fields of law and philosophy, who all present fresh and challenging perspectives on an urgent debate. It will be indispensable reading for advanced researchers in political and legal philosophy, religious and cultural studies and related disciplines.
    Description / Table of Contents: Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; About the Authors; 1 Introduction - Liberal Democracy and Religious Pluralism: Accommodating or Resisting the Diversity of a Globalising Age?; 1.1 Religious Pluralism in Democratic Theory and Practice; 1.2 Religious Accommodation in Liberal Democracies: Toleration, Respect and Recognition; 1.3 The Chapters; References; Part I Religious Pluralism in Liberal Democracies: Toleration and the Dynamics of Social Conflict; 2 Religions and Liberal Democracy: Reflections on Doctrinal, Institutional and Attitudinal Learning; 3 How Not to Tolerate Religion
    Description / Table of Contents: 4 On the Muslim Question5 Dealing Morally with Religious Differences; 6 Diversity and Equality: `Toleration as Recognition' Reconsidered; Part II Cases, Concepts and New Frameworks for Accommodating Religion in Liberal Democracies; 7 Modus Vivendi and Religious Conflict; 8 Negotiating the `Sacred' Cow: Cow Slaughter and the Regulation of Difference in India; 9 An Ex Post Legem Approach to the Reconciliation of Minority Issues in Contemporary Democracies; Index;
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    ISBN: 9789400716551
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIV, 222p. 6 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: Law and Philosophy Library 96
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Aarnio, Aulis, 1937 - Essays on the doctrinal study of law
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Philosophy of law ; Law Philosophy ; Political science ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Philosophy of law ; Law Philosophy ; Political science ; Law ; Philosophy ; Rechtsphilosophie
    Abstract: "Essays on the Doctrinal Study of Law" is a summary of the author's 40 years of research in the fields of civil law and the philosophy of law. The main focus is on the two main tasks in the doctrinal study of law: the interpretation and systematisation of legal norms. In this regard, Professor Aarnio deals with the theory of argumentation as well as with its foundations - i.e., with the ontology, epistemology and methodology of legal thinking - and develops the ideas that were first presented in "The Rational as Reasonable" (Kluwer 1987) in all of these dimensions. The work
    Description / Table of Contents: pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. The foundations of legal thinking -- pt. 3. Between realism and idealism -- pt. 4. On the doctrinal study of law.
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    ISBN: 9783642164552
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (IX, 141p, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. International law and humanitarian assistance
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    Keywords: Comparative law ; Public law ; Political science ; Law ; Law ; Comparative law ; Public law ; Political science ; Comparative law ; Law ; Political science ; Public law ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Humanitäre Hilfe ; Humanitäres Völkerrecht
    Abstract: It is becoming increasingly apparent that there are major gaps in International Humanitarian Law and Public International Law in the area of humanitarian assistance. In response international organizations such as the UN and the EU are developing their own legal frameworks for humanitarian assistance and the body of customary law and so-called international disaster response law is growing steadily. This however shows that a coherent body of law is far from being a given. The legal reality of international law pertaining to emergency response is rather broadly spread over various international legal fields and related documents, covering situations of armed conflict and natural disasters. This book is one of the first attempts of linking different legal areas in the growing field of what could be called the international law of humanitarian assistance.
    Description / Table of Contents: International Law and Humanitarian Assistance; A Crosscut Through Legal Issues Pertaining to Humanitarianism; Contents; Abbreviations; Contributors; Introduction; 1 General Overview; 2 Detailed Chapter Overview; 2.1 Spieker: The Right to Give and Receive Humanitarian Assistance; 2.2 Mackintosh: Beyond the Red Cross: The Protection of Independent Humanitarian Organizations and Their Staff in International Humanitarian Law; 2.3 Zwitter: United Nations´ Legal Framework of Humanitarian Assistance
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.4 Broberg: Legal Basis of EU Council Regulation 1257/96 Concerning Humanitarian Aid: Time for Revision?2.5 Maus: Human Rights in UN Peace-Keeping Missions: A Framework for Humanitarian Obligations?; 2.6 Heintze: Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law; 2.7 Patnaik: Protection of Individuals in the Event of Disasters: Quest for an International Legal Framework; The Right to Give and Receive Humanitarian Assistance; 1 Terminology and Evolution of Concept; 2 The Legal Regime for Humanitarian Assistance in International Armed Conflicts
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.1 Humanitarian Assistance Within Occupied Territory2.1.1 Protection of the Operation; Obligations and Rights of the Occupying Power; Obligations and Rights of Other States; Actors in Humanitarian Assistance; The Civilian Population Within Occupied Territory; 2.1.2 Protection of Personnel; 2.2 Humanitarian Assistance in Other than Occupied Territory; 2.2.1 The Parties to the Conflict and Other States Concerned; Legal Obligation to Offer and Provide Assistance; Legal Obligation to Accept Offers of Assistance; 2.2.2 Right of the Civilian Population to Receive Assistance
    Description / Table of Contents: 3 The Legal Regime in Non-international Armed Conflicts3.1 Rights According to Common Article 3 Geneva Conventions; 3.2 Rights and Obligations Deriving from Additional Protocol II; 3.3 Customary Law; 4 A ``Right to Access´´?; 5 The Legal Regime for Humanitarian Assistance in Non-conflict Situations; 5.1 International Instruments; 5.1.1 The Principles and Rules for Red Cross and Red Crescent Disaster Relief; 5.1.2 UN GA Resolution 46/182; 5.1.3 International Treaties; 5.2 The IDRL Guidelines; 5.2.1 Responsibilities of Actors; 5.2.2 Initiation and Termination of an Operation
    Description / Table of Contents: 5.2.3 Granting of Legal Facilities6 Evaluation of Rights and Obligations in Humanitarian Action; References; Documents; Beyond the Red Cross: The Protection of Independent Humanitarian Organizations and Their Staff in International Humanitarian Law; 1 Introduction; 2 The Red Cross; 3 Status and Protection of Independent Humanitarian Organisations; 3.1 Status; 3.2 Protection; 4 Improving Protection; 5 Conclusion; References; United Nations´ Legal Framework of Humanitarian Assistance; 1 History of UN´s Humanitarian Actors; 1.1 The Early Days of UN Humanitarian Assistance
    Description / Table of Contents: 1.2 The Cold War Days of UN Humanitarian Assistance
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    ISBN: 9789400700741
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    Series Statement: Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science 351
    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Genetic epistemology ; Logic ; Science Philosophy ; Computer science ; Economics, Mathematical ; Political science
    Abstract: This volume is a collation of original contributions from the key actors of a new trend in the contemporary theory of knowledge and belief, that we call 'dynamic epistemology'. It brings the works of these researchers under a single umbrella by highlighting the coherence of their current themes, and by establishing connections between topics that, up until now, have been investigated independently. It also illustrates how the new analytical toolbox unveils questions about the theory of knowledge, belief, preference, action, and rationality, in a number of central axes in dynamic epistemology: temporal, social, probabilistic and even deontic dynamics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; 1 Introduction; Patrick Girard, Mathieu Marion, and Olivier Roy; 2 Logics of Rational Interaction; Barteld Kooi and Eric Pacuit; 3 Dynamic Epistemic Logic and Temporal Modality; Audrey Yap; 4 Exploring the Power of Converse Events; Guillaume Aucher and Andreas Herzig; 5 Modal Logic for Qualitative Dynamics; Darko Sarenac; 6 Knowing One's Limits: An Analysis in Centered Dynamic Epistemic Logic; Denis Bonnay and Paul Égré; 7 Simple Evidence Elimination in Justification Logic; Bryan Renne; 8 Belief Update as Social Choice; Johan van Benthem
    Description / Table of Contents: 9 Revision with Conditional Probability Functions: Two Impossibility ResultsFrançois Lepage and Charles Morgan; 10 Indeterminacy and Belief Change; Horacio Arló-Costa; 11 Perspectival Act Utilitarianism; John F. Horty; 12 Real Change, Deontic Action; Krister Segerberg; 13 Neither Logically Omniscient nor Completely Irrational Agents: Principles for a Fine-Grained Analysis of Propositional Attitudes and Attitude Revision; Daniel Vanderveken; Index
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    New York, NY : Tibor R. Machan
    ISBN: 9781441978592
    Language: English
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    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Political Science
    DDC: 128.33
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Ethics ; Logic ; Political science Philosophy ; Political science
    Abstract: Especially when there is a lot of political rhetoric in the air, those of us with strong political convictions are inclined to reflect on just why we hold certain views even as others who are basically like us hold very different ones. Social scientists and other thinkers struggle to explain it, but the puzzle remains-in part because they, too, disagree so much with one another. Whether the arena is politics, religion, business, scientific research, or education, individuals who operate in the same environment and experience the same conditions may have radically different interpretations of the facts and diametrically opposed convictions about how to react to them. When faced with a fundamental disagreement, we ask ourselves: Why are these folks so wrong? And how can they be so convinced that we are wrong? In this provocative monograph, Tibor Machan explores the principles of truth, reason, and ideology, with particular respect to the profound political, economic, and social crises gripping the world today. In so doing, he not only sheds light on the nature of 'truth' but also suggests a framework for embracing differences to come up with creative solutions.
    Description / Table of Contents: Why Is Everyone ElseWrong?; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Preface; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Is There a Right to Be Wrong?; 3 Can One Be Innocently Wrong?; 4 Is Everyone Always Wrong?; 5 What to Do When Friends, Strangers, or Foes Are Wrong?; 6 Does Science Rule Us All?; 7 Do We Need Philosophy?; 8 Did Socrates Know Nothing?14; 9 Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; About the Author;
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    ISBN: 9781441975393
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    Series Statement: Studies in Public Choice 25
    DDC: 324.63
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Economics ; Social sciences Methodology ; Political science
    Abstract: In the modern era, representation is the hallmark of democracy, and electoral rules structure how representation works and how effectively governments perform. Moreover, of the key structural variables in constitutional design, it is the choice of electoral system that is usually the most open to change. There are three distinctive approaches to electoral system research. One, associated largely with economics, involves the study of electoral system effects through the deductive method, using mathematical tools to derive theorems about the properties of voting methods and behaviors. A second, associated largely with political science, has a primarily empirical focus, and looks in depth at how electoral rules impact on political outcomes, through large cross-sectional or case studies. A third, and more recent tradition, inspired largely by work in experimental economics, involves experimentation, either in the form of controlled laboratory experiments or in the form of in situ field studies. This volume employs the third approach to report on experiments that look at alternatives to the present two round (majority runoff) system used for the election of French presidents. This system is of considerable importance not just because of its use in France but also because of its wide adoption in presidential elections in new democracies, such as Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Russia and Ukraine. The editors have assembled the top experimental economists and political scientists specializing in French politics to provide in-depth analysis of the double ballot electoral system, and, more broadly, of the effect of electoral rules on the number of candidates, voter strategies, and ideological choice. Ultimately, the editors and contributors argue that experimental methods have great potential to inform our understanding of institutional mechanisms in the context of voting behavior.
    Description / Table of Contents: In Situ and Laboratory Experiments on Electoral Law Reform; Acknowledgments; Contents; Contributors; 1 Editors' Introduction: The Role of Controlled Experiments in Evaluating Proposed Institutional Reforms; 2 Election by Majority Judgment: Experimental Evidence; 3 French Presidential Election: A Field Experiment on the Single Transferable Vote; 4 Framed-field Experiment on Approval Voting and Evaluation Voting. Some Teachings to Reform the French Presidential Electoral System; 5 Lessons from In Situ Experiments during French Elections
    Description / Table of Contents: 6 Measuring Duvergerian Effects of the French Majority Runoff System with Laboratory Experiments: Duverger's Laws Under the Microscope7 French Double Ballot Effects: American Experiments; Glossary of Key Electoral System Terms; About the Editors; About the Authors; References; Author Index; Subject Index;
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    ISBN: 9781441909909
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Criminology ; Political science ; Russland ; Organisiertes Verbrechen ; Korruption
    Abstract: "Countries undergoing major social and legal transitions typically experience a light, but relatively insignificant, increase in crime. However, in the past decade, many transitional countries in Eastern Europe, and Russia in particular, have experienced a surge in criminal activities that came about through the collaboration of diverse players such as criminals, state officials, businesspersons, and law enforcement into organized networks aimed to obtain financial and economic gains. In this process, two interdependent tendencies have become apparent: the ""economization"" of organized crime and the increased organization of economic crime itself. Both trends have led to a fundamentally new phenomenon in Russia, the Organized Corruption Network (OCN), which is a symbiosis that is a direct result of corruption, organized crime and economic crime within the Yeltsin and the Putin times. Russian Organized Corruption Networks and their International Trajectories aims to investigate the new phenomenon of OCN. This book addresses the fundamental changes that have taken place in Russia in the last five to seven years, including the increasing crime in the economy and the shift of power from organized crime/ mafia-like organizations to the Organized Corruption Networks. More specifically, the book will describe: The shift in power balance from criminal groups to groups within or partly within the state apparatus, That the main source of revenues that fuel corruption are often no longer mainly run by criminal groups but by legal businesses instead, How full state resources are used for the benefit of OCNs. The findings in this book will enable a better assessment of the scale and danger of economic crime and corruption in Russia, and the corresponding response of law enforcement agencies while also providing necessary guidelines to classify the nature, structure, scale, and method of operation of the Organized Corruption Networks."
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Modalities of Organized Crime Phenomena; Chapter 3: Roots of Russian Organized Crime; Chapter 4: Corruption in Russia: Past, Present, and Future; Chapter 5: Organized Crime, Businesses, and Local Bureaucracy; Chapter 6: Ways to Fight OCNs: Law-Enforcement Services; Chapter 7: Organized Corruption Networks; Chapter 8: The International Reach: Comparative Dimensions of Russian Organized Corrupted Networks; b978-0-387-78701_4;
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    ISBN: 9789048190201
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    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2011 Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Studies in Global Justice 8
    Parallel Title: Print version The New Faces of Victimhood
    DDC: 364
    Keywords: Law ; Law Philosophy ; Political science ; Sociology ; Law Psychological aspects
    Abstract: Globalization is changing the victimological agenda by generating new types of victims, raising awareness of global responsibilities for their protection and eroding the capacity of states to offer it. Examples are victims of transnational organised crime including human trafficking, victims of cyber crimes, terrorism and cross-border environmental crimes. The concept of human security has been introduced as an analytical tool to understand how growing international interdependencies produce a need to protect new categories of victims regardless of national borders. Whereas the concept of national security focuses at threats to the sovereignty of the national state, human security looks at threats to the sovereignty of individuals. In this context, the individual human being is not just defined in terms of vulnerabilities, but also of strengths and capabilities to act as agents of change (victim empowerment). New international arrangements to protect victims in the emerging global arena are under development. Several international treaties have been elaborated in recent years to address the new global security threats. Modern concepts about victim involvement from national criminal law have been transposed into new international criminal law. In many of the treaties, victims of crime have been given procedural rights, transposed from national criminal law (eg. the UN Convention on Transnational Organised Crime and its three protocols have incorporated several elements of the UN Victims Declaration of 1985). It remains to be seen how these individual or collective rights will work out in practice in trials against maffiatype organisations or companies engaging in corrupt practices. Developments at the global or UN level are replicated at the level of the European Union. Although the development of European criminal law is resisted by many member states, there are incremental trends nevertheless. The European Council's framework decisions on human trafficking and on victim rights and the directive on state compensation for victims of violent crime are important instances of victim protection in the framework of EU-based criminal law. The further development of such EU legislation on crime victims as well as its implementation can illustrate how state formation at the European level impacts on victim issues. A related recent trend is the growing attention for international humanitarian law and specifically for the procedural role of victims therein, eg. the inclusion of an elaborate set of victim rights in the Statute of the International Criminal Court. This set of rights stands in stark contrast to the exclusion of the victim in the Neurenberg en Tokyo trials. It can be understood as the fruit of growing awareness of the responsibility of the world community for the protection of private besides collective interests against state violence regardless of national borders. It remains to be seen how these transposed rights, such as the right of reparation, will work out in the setting of the International Criminal Court and whether they will strengthen or weaken prosecution by the new, fledging international structures. A third implication of globalisation is the emergence of arrangements for liability for environmental damage across borders. Recent attention for the responsibility of Dutch companies and authorities for environmental damage caused in Africa by cargo departing from the Amsterdam port illustrates the emerging of new types of victims in the international legal arena. Still largely unchartered territory are the victimological dimensions of cyberspace, perhaps the most radical manifestation of globalisation. The weak roles of traditional national states as well as international structures in cyberspace may explain the absence of a discourse on victim protection in this domain so far but such discourse seems long overdue. The internationalisation of criminal law is in full swing and the emergence of rights and entitlements of victims in international criminal law treaties on crime, corruption and terrorism and in supranational settings such as the International Criminal Court, merits academic reflection. Equally topical seems reflection on the role of victims in international environmental law. Finally, there is an obvious gap in victim protection in cyberspace that calls for critical exposure and debates about remedies from state-of-the-art state authorities or public- private- partnerships. The leading theme of a collection of papers from Intervict researchers will be the relationship between processes of globalisation, emerging threats to human security and the development of new national and international arrangements to protect and empower victims.
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface; Contents; Contributors; About the Authors; Part I Introductions and Overviews; 1 New Faces of Victimhood: Reflections on the Unjust Sides of Globalization; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Defining Globalization; 1.3 International Criminal Law, Human Security and Global Justice; 1.4 Outline; 2 Global Governance and Global Crime Do Victims Fall in Between; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Analysis of Victims Rights Instruments; 2.2.1 General Victims' Rights Instruments; 2.2.1.1 United Nations; 2.2.1.2 Implementation; 2.2.1.3 The European Union and the Council of Europe; 2.2.1.4 Implementation
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.2.1.5 Changes After the Adoption of the Lisbon Treaty2.2.2 Compensation to Crime Victims; 2.2.2.1 Implementation; 2.2.3 Specific Instruments: Victims of International Crimes; 2.2.4 Victims at the International Criminal Court; 2.2.5 Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings and Other Forms of Organized Crime; 2.2.6 Victims of Terrorism; 2.2.6.1 Implementation; 2.3 From Multi-Level Governance to Multi-Level Implementation; 2.4 Concluding Observations; 3 Human Security and the Emergence of a Global Conscience; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 A New Cosmopolitanism; 3.3 Global Fear and Concern for the Self
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.4 Global Empathy and the Concern for the Other3.5 Human Development; 3.6 Human Security; 3.7 Human Security and Cosmopolitanism; 3.8 Differenzierungsverlust; 3.9 The Importance of an Index; 3.10 Back to New Cosmopolitanism; 3.10.1 Development and Security Are Coming Together; 3.10.2 The North-South Divide Is Challenged; 3.11 New Challenges; 3.12 In Conclusion; Part II Victims of Transnational Crimes; 4 Trafficking for Sexual Purposes as a Globalized Shadow Economy: Human Security as the Tool to Facilitate a Human Rights Based Approach; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Globalization and Trafficking
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.2.1 Globalization and Migration4.2.2 Migration and THB; 4.2.3 Feminization of Migration and Gendered Vulnerability to Victimization by Trafficking; 4.2.4 Victims of Trafficking: Identifying Victims' Needs and Stereotyping; 4.2.5 Impact of Dominant Legal Responses to Combating Trafficking; 4.3 Human Rights Obligations in Relation to THB; 4.3.1 The Human Rights Framework in Relation to THB; 4.3.2 State Obligations Based on Human Rights in Relation to THB; 4.3.2.1 The Obligation of Due Diligence; 4.3.2.2 The Obligations to Protect and Assist Victims and to Address the Root Causes of THB
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.3.3 Limitations of a Human Rights Based Approach to THB4.4 Legal Protection and Psycho-Social Assistance of Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings; 4.4.1 Current Legal Provisions for Victim Protection and Assistance; 4.4.2 A Victim Assistance and Protection Package (VAPP) for THB Victims; 4.5 Human Rights and the Use of Human Security as an Instrument to Identify the Needs of Victims of Trafficking; 4.6 Conclusion; 5 Transnational Organized Crime, Civil Society and Victim Empowerment; 5.1 Introductory Remarks; 5.2 Organized Crime as Security Threat
    Description / Table of Contents: 5.3 Organized Crime and the Lack of Victim-Based Legitimacy
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    ISBN: 9781441909756
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    DDC: 363.2320956
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Criminology ; Political science ; Demokratie ; Polizei ; Todesschuss ; Indien ; USA
    Abstract: Extrajudicial executions have blighted parts of the world for generations, but criminological coverage has been superficial and selective, in that it has concentrated on South America giving the impression that this is a problem specific to that part of the world and associated with military rule, dictatorial regimes and colonial heritage. Permission to Shoot?: Police Use of Deadly Force in Democracies brings a new dimension to the problem of police abuse of deadly force by concentrating on India and the United States, both large democracies and vibrant superpowers. In the book, the research is based on primary sources - interviews with police officers of varying ranks: those who are involved in the killings, those who facilitate such operations, and those who are mute spectators. The book deals with universal, fundamental themes such as: what makes ordinary, decent human beings do horrible things? What motivational techniques and justifications are used to override social norms governing moral conduct, centring on the sector of society mandated to use deadly force against civilians? Why in a democratic country the abuse of police powers appears to be overtly and tacitly encouraged? Permission to Shoot? seeks to provide broad guidelines and recommendations for reforms in policing policy and practice in developing countries. The research peels back the lies and deceit that surround this issue, but more than that it shows how those lies and deceit act to support the practice itself.
    Description / Table of Contents: Permission to Shoot?; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Police and the Use of Deadly Force; Chapter 2: A Tale of Three Cities; Chapter 3: Policing and Organised Crime in Mumbai; Chapter 4: Defining Encounters; Chapter 5: Are Encounters Effective? Police Role and Police Image; Chapter 6: A Culture of Complicity? Social Attitudes Towards Encounters; Chapter 7: Justifying Encounters: The Theory of Denial; Chapter 8: Explaining Encounters: What Can We Do About Them?; Chapter 9: Appendix: Methodology; Bibliography; Index;
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    ISBN: 0415999200 , 9780203846476 , 9780415811422 , 9780415999205
    Language: English
    Pages: VIII, 331 S.
    Edition: 1. publ.
    Series Statement: Routledge studies in social and political thought 71
    Series Statement: Routledge studies in social and political thought
    DDC: 320.01
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    Keywords: Foucault, Michel Political and social views ; Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984 ; Influence ; Political science ; Philosophy ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Herrschaft ; Politische Theorie ; Herrschaft ; Politische Theorie ; Foucault, Michel 1926-1984 ; Regierung
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    ISBN: 9781526151612
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 276 Seiten)
    Edition: 1st published
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als History, historians and development policy
    DDC: 320.6
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    Keywords: Geschichtswissenschaft ; Entwicklungspolitik ; Gesundheitswesen ; Bildungswesen ; Natürliche Ressourcen ; Policy sciences ; Social sciences and history ; Political science Decision making ; Historians ; Economic development ; Public health ; Natural resources Management ; History ; Social Science / Developing & Emerging Countries ; Policy sciences ; Social sciences and history ; Political science ; Decision making ; History ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Geschichtswissenschaft ; Entwicklungspolitik
    Abstract: Leading historians and policy advisors explore the implications of incorporating historical sensibilities into key development policy issues
    Abstract: "If history matters for understanding key development outcomes then surely historians should be active contributors to the debates informing these understandings. This volume integrates, for the first time, contributions from ten leading historians and seven policy advisors around the central development issues of social protection, public health, public education and natural resource management. Where did the policy ideas underpinning these sectors come from? How did certain ideas, and not others, gain traction in shaping particular policy responses? How did the content and effectiveness of these responses vary across different countries, and indeed within them? Answering these questions requires incorporating historical sensibilities into development policy deliberations in ways that take seriously the importance of context, process, and contestation. Achieving this is not merely a matter of seeking to "know more" about specific times, places and issues, but recognizing the distinctive ways in which historians rigorously assemble, analyze and interpret diverse forms of evidence. Doing so gives rise to policy conclusions rather different to those emerging from prevailing analytical approaches. This book will appeal to students and scholars in Development Studies, History, International Relations, Politics, Geography as well as policy makers and those working for or studying NGO's." Publisher's website
    Abstract: Leading historians and policy advisors explore the implications of incorporating historical sensibilities into key development policy issues
    Abstract: "If history matters for understanding key development outcomes then surely historians should be active contributors to the debates informing these understandings. This volume integrates, for the first time, contributions from ten leading historians and seven policy advisors around the central development issues of social protection, public health, public education and natural resource management. Where did the policy ideas underpinning these sectors come from? How did certain ideas, and not others, gain traction in shaping particular policy responses? How did the content and effectiveness of these responses vary across different countries, and indeed within them? Answering these questions requires incorporating historical sensibilities into development policy deliberations in ways that take seriously the importance of context, process, and contestation. Achieving this is not merely a matter of seeking to "know more" about specific times, places and issues, but recognizing the distinctive ways in which historians rigorously assemble, analyze and interpret diverse forms of evidence. Doing so gives rise to policy conclusions rather different to those emerging from prevailing analytical approaches. This book will appeal to students and scholars in Development Studies, History, International Relations, Politics, Geography as well as policy makers and those working for or studying NGO's." Publisher's website
    Description / Table of Contents: Overview of key issues. How and why history matters for development policy / Michael Woolcock, Simon Szreter and Vijayendra RaoIndigenous and colonial origins of comparative economic development: The case of colonial India and Africa / C.A. Bayly -- Commentary: History, time and temporality in development discourse / Uma Kothari -- Historical contributions to contemporary development policy issues: Social Protection. Social security as a developmental institution? The relative efficacy of Poor Relief provisions under the English old Poor Law / Richard Smith -- Historical lessons about contemporary social welfare: Chinese puzzles and global challenges / R. Bing Wong -- Commentary: Why might history matter for development policy? / Ravi Kanbur -- Public Health. Health in India since Independence / Sunil S. Amrith -- Health care policy for American Indians since the early 20th century / Stephen J. Kunitz -- Commentary: Can historians assist development policy-making, or just highlight its faults? / David Hall-Mathews -- Public education. The end of literacy: The growth and measurement of British public education since the early nineteenth century / David Vincent -- The tools of transition: Education and development in modern southeast Asian history / Tim Harper -- Commentary: Remembering the forgetting in education / Lant Pritchett -- Natural resource management. Energy and natural resource dependency in Europe, 1600-1900 / Paul Warde -- Special rights in property: Why modern African economies are dependent on mineral resources / Keith Breckenridge -- Commentary: Natural resources and development-which histories matter? / Mick Moore.
    Note: Enthält 10 Beiträge , Overview of key issues. How and why history matters for development policy , Indigenous and colonial origins of comparative economic development: The case of colonial India and Africa , Commentary: History, time and temporality in development discourse , Historical contributions to contemporary development policy issues: Social Protection. Social security as a developmental institution? The relative efficacy of Poor Relief provisions under the English old Poor Law , Historical lessons about contemporary social welfare: Chinese puzzles and global challenges , Commentary: Why might history matter for development policy? , Public Health. Health in India since Independence , Health care policy for American Indians since the early 20th century , Commentary: Can historians assist development policy-making, or just highlight its faults? , Public education. The end of literacy: The growth and measurement of British public education since the early nineteenth century , The tools of transition: Education and development in modern southeast Asian history , Commentary: Remembering the forgetting in education , Natural resource management. Energy and natural resource dependency in Europe, 1600-1900 , Special rights in property: Why modern African economies are dependent on mineral resources , Commentary: Natural resources and development-which histories matter?
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    ISBN: 9780191728365
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 840 Seiten)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The Oxford handbook of the history of political philosophy
    DDC: 320.01
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    Keywords: Political science Philosophy ; History ; Political science Philosophy ; History ; Political science ; Philosophy ; History ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Politische Philosophie ; Geschichte
    Abstract: 50 contributors survey the history of political philosophy. They consider questions about how the subject should best be studied they examine historical periods and great theorists in their intellectual contexts; and they discuss aspects of the subject that transcend periods, such as the state, democracy, and imperialism.
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    ISBN: 9783642127571
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    Series Statement: Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace 6
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    Abstract: "The volume places the migration-development-security nexus in the field of transnational studies. Rather than treating these three categories as self-evident, the essays excavate aspects of power and privilege built into their governing frameworks and conflicting rationales apparent in practices of control. Bringing together diverse experiences and case studies, the volume highlights the problematic nature of maintaining distinct and disconnected frameworks of governance. It argues for a new approach that demonstrates the significance and usefulness of comparative ethics in conceptualising migration from a human-centered and gendered perspective in order to address the multi-facetted and multi-dimensional nature and meanings of ""security""."
    Description / Table of Contents: Transnational Migration and Human Security; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I Introduction; 1 Transnational Migration, Development and Human Security; 1.1 Introductory Remarks; 1.2 The 'Migration-Security-Development' Nexus: Danger and Opportunity; 1.2.1 Migration and Security; 1.2.2 Migration and Development: Integrating Perspectives From Across a Fragmented Field; 1.3 Overview of the Chapters; 1.3.1 Part I: Introduction; 1.3.2 Part II: Neoliberal Governmentality and Transnational Migration: The Interplay of Business Forces and Security Fears
    Description / Table of Contents: 1.3.3 Part III: Migration as Life Experiences: Agency in the Grey Zone1.3.4 Part IV: Transnational Identities andIssues of Citizenship; 1.3.5 Part V: Ethics of Modern-dayTransnational Migration: A Human Security Perspective; 1.4 Conclusion; 2 The Governmentality of Transnational Migration and Security: The Making of a New Subaltern; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Ontology of the Nation-State: Apprehending Security, Rights and Migration; 2.3 From Bipolarity to Trilateralism: The Security, Migration and Development Triad; 2.4 Governance of Global Migration: A Contested Order
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.5 Reframing Security: The Parrhesia of the Subaltern2.6 Conclusion; Part II Neoliberal Governmentality and Transnational Migration: the Interplay of Security Fears and Business Forces; 3 Migration from Mexico and Central America to the United States: Human Insecurities and Paths for Change; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 US Immigration Policy and Migratory Flows from Mexico; 3.3 Mexico's Policies and 'In-Transit' Migrants; 3.4 Confluence at the Borders: Risks and Migrants' Vulnerability; 3.4.1 Risky Routes and Death; 3.4.2 Abuse by State Agents and Third Parties; 3.4.3 Women and Minors
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.4.4 Migration and Crime: Impact of a Conflation3.5 Support for In-Transit Migrants; 3.5.1 Government Programmes; 3.5.2 Civic Organizations; 3.6 Concluding Remarks; 4 The Blind Spot of Repression: Migration Policies and Human Survival in the Central Sahara; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Intra-African Migration Systemsas an Important Factor of Economic Development in Northwest Africa: The Case of the Central Sahara; 4.3 Overlapping Institutional Frameworks: Abstruseness and Patchiness Regarding Migrants' Rights; 4.3.1 The Limited Efficiency of International Commitments
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.3.2 National Legal Frameworks and the Bilateral Links with EU Member States4.4 Crossing Saharan Borders: From Unofficial to Clandestine Modes; 4.4.1 Getting from Niger into Algeria: State Control, Migrants' Movements and Spatial Transformation; 4.4.2 Niger to Libya: Variations on the Themeof Illegality; 4.5 The Central Sahara and the European Union: Security for Whom?; 4.6 Conclusion; 5 Europeanization and the Right to Seek Refugee Status: Reflections on Frontex; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Europeanization of Immigration Policy and its Effects on the Right to Seek Refugee Status
    Description / Table of Contents: 5.3 The Making of Frontex in the Europeanization of Immigration Policy
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    ISBN: 9783642194146
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XX, 385p, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Jansen, Thomas, 1939 - At Europe's service
    Keywords: Science (General) ; History ; Political science ; Popular Science ; Science (General) ; History ; Political science ; Europäische Volkspartei ; Europäische Volkspartei
    Abstract: The European People's Party, the largest political party in Europe, has roots that run deep in history. Founded in 1976 as a Christian Democratic federation, the European People's Party is now a strong centre-right movement and a leading European political family. It has member parties in almost all European countries, and it is very well represented in the institutions of the European Union. This book tells the story of the European People's Party: why it was founded, how it is currently organised and what its guiding ideas, values and principles are. It gives an up-to-date account of the party's contribution to European integration, its work with its member parties and its central role in organising the centre-right in Europe. Above all, this book is for everyone who wants to know what a European-level political party looks like, how it is structured and how it acts.
    Description / Table of Contents: pt. 1. Origins and development -- pt. 2. Party organization -- pt. 3. Party programme.
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    ISBN: 9783531930510
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (187p. 11 illus, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T.
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Political science ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Political science
    Abstract: Katharina Mewes, M.A. Political Science and Islamic Science, is currently a consultant for Conflict Sensitive Development in Yemen.
    Abstract: The paper introduces to the theoretical and practical dimensions of decentralization in an accessible and systematic way. On the example of the reform process for the Yemeni Urban Water Supply and Sanitation (UWSS), it links the theoretical, conceptual, and methodological aspects of decentralization to empiric problems. Against the background of the increasing water scarcity in Yemen, a reform process for the Urban Water Supply and Sanitation (UWSS) was initiated in 1997. The main elements of the reforms were decentralization, corporatization, commercialization, community participation, financial sustainability, private sector integration, and separation between service delivery, executive, and regulatory functions. Since the start of the reform process UWSS services have progressively been decentralized and the over-centralized National Water and Sanitation Authority (NWSA) has been gradually replaced by a system of UWSS utilities. In 2000 the first local corporation (LC) for UWSS was established in Sanaa and, to date, fifteen LCs, seventeen LC branches, and eleven Autonomous Water Supply and Sanitation Utilities (AUWSSU) are responsible for UWSS services for 95% of the urban population. The UWSS reforms are well underway and are showing results in terms of expanded service delivery and improved performance. However, there are several issues that need to be observed in order to consolidate the on-going decentralization and to produce the targeted outcomes. Furthermore, UWSS needs to respond to high population growth and water scarcity, freshwater availability in Yemen is one of the lowest in the world. Capacity building needs to be extended and more ownership and authority should be decentralized.
    Description / Table of Contents: Acknowledgement; Abstract; Contents; Abbreviations; Tables; Figures; Introduction; 1. Theoretical and Practical Pre-Considerations; 1.1 Methodology of This Paper; 1.2 Choice of Research Areaand Timeframe; 1.3 Choice of Survey Methodology and Conducting the Survey; 1.4 DataEvaluation; 2. Decentralization Concept; 2.1 Waves of Decentralization; 2.2 Theoretical Placement 0f Decentralization; 2.3 Decentralization within the Political Debate of Development Aid; 3. Decentralization: Concepts and Definitions; 3.1 Dimensions of Decentralization; 3.2 Forms of Decentralization
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.3 Sequences of Decentralization3.4 Interim Conclusion; 4. Success Criteria of Decentralization; 4.1 Central Government; 4.2 Sub-National Capacities; 4.3 Coordination between National and Sub-National Institutions; 4.4 Participation; 4.5 Accountability; 5. Decentralization in Yemen; 5.1 The Yemeni Context; 5.2. Status ojDecentralization in Yemen; 5.3 The Local Authority Law (LAL); 5.4 National Decentralization Strategy; 5.5 Finaneial Resourees of the Loeal Authorities; 6. Urban Water Supply and Sanitation (UWSS); 6.1 The Yemeni Water Sector; 6.2 UWSS in Yemen
    Description / Table of Contents: 6.3 National Water Sector Strategy andInvestment Program (NWSSIP)6.4 TheUWSS Reform Process; 7. Conclusion and Future Outlook; References; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources;
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    ISBN: 9783531928982
    Language: English
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Local direct democracy in Europe
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Political science ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Political science ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europa ; Direkte Demokratie
    Abstract: Theo Schiller
    Abstract: Modern direct democracy has recently become an important element of political life in many countries. These developments can be observed at the national, regional, and local level of political systems. Participation and democracy in local political affairs play a major role in stabilising and developing democratic systems. This volume presents, for the first time, a broad basis of information on the wide variety of local institutions and practice of direct democracy in 19 countries. Country specialists analyse - the role of direct democracy in the institutional context and culture of national political systems, - political processes of introduction and development of initiatives an d referendums, - regulations of procedures of municipal direct democracy, - practice of local direct democracy, - the contribution of local direct democracy to democratic development in general.
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents; Preface; Local Direct Democracy in Europe - a comparative overview; 1 General considerations and structure of the book; 2 Basic developments and contexts of democracy; 3 Forms of local direct democracy; 4 Practice; 5 Conclusions - political impact and quality of local direct democracy; References; Appendix; I. Emerging Patterns; The uneasy balance between participation and represent Republic1ation: local direct democracy in the Czech Republic1; Local direct democracy in Germany - varieties in a federal state
    Description / Table of Contents: The institutionalisation of the referendum in the Italian political system: from the national to regional and local levelsDirect democracy in local politics in Norway1; Twenty years of Polish direct democracy at the local level; Second-order direct democracy in Switzerland: How sub-national experiences differ from national ballots; Direct Democracy at the local level: a comparison of eight municipalities from four countries around Lake Constance (Austria, Ge; II. Small Beginnings; Direct democracy in Britain: citizens' empowerment or political cosmetics?
    Description / Table of Contents: Towards a law on local direct democracy in BulgariaDenmark - fragments of local direct democracy; Local popular votes in Finland - procedures and experiences; Local referendums in France: a disappointing experience; Slovakia - restricted direct democracy in local politics; Direct democracy in Slovenia - poor practice at the local level; Sweden: Better late than never. Towards a stronger initiative right in local politics; Democratic participation at the local level in post-communist states: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania; List of Authors;
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    Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
    ISBN: 9783642149740
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIX, 318p, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Senn, Myriam Non-state regulatory regimes
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    Abstract: Non-State Regulatory Regimes explores how the concept of regulation continues to evolve. The focus is placed on those forms of regulation that are different from state regulation or present alternatives to state regulation. Departing from an analysis of the goals and policies of the traditional regulatory state, the emergence of 'regulation by other means' is examined. The approach is interdisciplinary encompassing various perspectives be they legal, political, international relations-based, economic, or sociological. The task of comprehending non-state regulation is a daunting one. To date, a number of essays already exist, which concentrate on specific aspects of the issue. In comparison to these essays, this study is innovative in that it applies a holistic view. Linking public policy approaches to regulation, it draws a theoretical path to understanding the emergence and persistence of non-state jurisdictional assertions and regulatory regimes.
    Description / Table of Contents: Non-State Regulatory Regimes; Preface; Contents; List of Figures; Table of Legislation; Table of Cases; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1: On Regulation; Chapter 2: An Approach to Autonomous Regulatory Regimes; Chapter 3: Case Studies; Chapter 4: Analysis; Chapter 5: Evaluation; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index;
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    Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
    ISBN: 9783642144325
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVII, 520p, digital)
    Series Statement: European Yearbook of International Economic Law 2
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    Abstract: "Part one of Vol. 2 (2011) of the European Yearbook of International Economic Law" addresses two major topics of current academic debate and public interest: firstly, it focuses on the State and the Global Economy, secondly, on Climate Change and International Economic Law. Part two contains treatises of recent regional integration developments taking place in the major regions of the world. Part three covers the legal and political developments in the major international organizations and fora dealing with international economic policy making. Part four contains book reviews of recent works in the field of International Economic Law."--Publisher's website
    Abstract: Part one of Vol. 2 (2011) of the European Yearbook of International Economic Law adresses two major topics of current academic debate and public interest: firstly, it focuses on the State and the Global Economy, secondly, on Climate Change and International Economic Law. Part two contains treatises of recent regional integration developments taking place in the major regions of the world. Part three covers the legal and political developments in the major international organizations and fora dealing with international economic policy making. Part four contains book reviews of recent works in the field of International Economic Law.
    Description / Table of Contents: European Yearbook of International Economic Law 2011; Editorial; Contents; Contributors; Part I: Topics; Distinguished Essay; Forms of Governmental Decision-Making; Stagnation and Diverse Trends; Trade Liberalization Stalemated at a High Level; The Growing International Law Umbrella Protecting Foreign Investment; Proliferation of Competition Laws; Financial Regulation in the Wake of the Banking Crisis; Informal Forms of Intergovernmental Decision-Making; Constitutionalization of the World Economy?; Central Bank Challenges in the Global Economy; Introductory Remarks; Globalization
    Description / Table of Contents: Towards Global Standards and PracticesCentral Banks as Guardians of Price Stability; Central Bank Independence and Accountability; Regionalization; Global Challenges to Central Banking; The Globalization of Monetary Policy; The Global Economic Crisis; Concluding Remarks; An International Normative Framework for Sovereign Wealth Funds?; Introduction; Basic Issues; Searching for a Precise Legal Definition of SWFs; Fund; Wealth (Fund); Sovereign (Fund); Specific Nature of SWFs; Development and Objectives of SWFs; Some Historical Remarks; Different Objectives; Structure and Activities
    Description / Table of Contents: Funding and Spending RulesInvestment Strategies and Policies; SWFs and Other Funds Engaged in International Financial Activities; Concepts for a Normative Framework at International Level; Global Institutions; International Monetary Fund; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; Bank for International Settlements; World Trade Organization; International Working Group of Sovereign Wealth Funds; European Commission; Preliminary Conclusions; Elements of an International Normative Framework for SWFs; International Investment Law; GAPP: Nature, Content and Scope
    Description / Table of Contents: Purpose, Membership, OrganizationImprovement by Disclosure?; Dispute Settlement Under GAPP?; SWFs and the Financial Market Crisis; New Rules Needed?; Sovereign Wealth Funds: Market Investors or ``Imperialist Capitalists´´? The European Response to Direct Investment by Non-EU State-Controlled Entities; Introduction; SWF: The Phenomenon and the Questions It Raises; Defining SWFs; Experiences with SWFs So Far; Concerns Regarding the Investment Activities of SWFs and Other Foreign State-Controlled Entities; The US Reaction to Foreign States´ Involvement in Economic Activities Within the USA
    Description / Table of Contents: The Legal Framework of EU Law on Member States´ Involvement in Economic ActivitiesDo Public Undertakings Benefit from the Protection of the Free-Movement Rules?; Cross-Border Investments: Freedom of Establishment or Free Movement of Capital?; Foreign States´ Involvement in Economic Activities Within the EU: What Rules Do We Have? What Rules Do We Need?; Concerns Regarding the Involvement of Foreign States in Economic Activities Within the EU: The Commission´s Proposal for a ``Co; Member States´ Entry Controls for Foreign Investment and the Free Movement of Capital
    Description / Table of Contents: Does Art. 56 TEC (Equivalent to Art. 63 TFEU) Apply at All to National Foreign Investment Control Regimes Limited to the Acquis
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Part I:TopicsSpecial Focus I:The State and the Global EconomyDistinguished Essay:Governmental Decision-Making in the World Economy , Central Bank Challenges in the Global Economy , An International Normative Framework for Sovereign Wealth Funds? , Sovereign Wealth Funds: Market Investors or "Imperialist Capitalists"? The EuropeanResponse to Direct Investment by Non-EU State-Controlled Entities , The Role of the IMF as a Global Financial Authority , No Ado About Nothing: Obama's Trade Policies After 1 Year , Special Focus II:Climate Change and International Economic LawCarbon Capture and Storage from the Perspective of International Law , Biofuels and WTO Law , Climate Labelling and the WTO: The 2010 EU Ecolabelling Programme as a Test Case Under WTO Law , Environmental Services and the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS): Legal Issues and Negotiating Stakes at the WTO , European Union Competences and Actions in International Environment Law: RecentDevelopments and Current Challenges , Part II:Regional IntegrationThe European Union and Regional Trade Agreements: A Case Study of the EU-Korea FTA , MENA: The Question of Palestinian Observership and Accession to the WTO , Integration and Disintegration in North America: The Rise and Fall of International Economic Law in One Region , African Regional Economic Integration: Is the Paradigm Relevant and Appropriate? , Regional Integration in Latin America: Some Lessons of 50 Years of Experience , Report on the ASEAN Economic Cooperation and Integration , Part III:International Economic InstitutionsFrom the G8 to the G20: Reforming the Global Economic Governance System , The Doha Development Agenda at a Crossroads: What Are the Remaining Obstacles toThe Conclusion of the Round: Part II? , WTO Dispute SettlementThe Establishment of 'Binding Guidance' by the Appellate Body in US Stainless Steel and Recent Dispute Settlement Rulings , Part IV:Book ReviewsRudolf Dolzer, Christoph Schreuer, Principles of International Investment Law , Daniel Wüger and Thomas Cottier, Genetic Engineering and the World Trade System , Simon Lester and Bryan Mercurio with Arwel Dawies and Kara Leitner, World Trade Law: Text, Materials and Commentary , Rüdiger Wolfrum, Peter-Tobias Stoll and Clemens Feinäugle, WTO: Trade in Services, Max Planck Commentaries on World Trade Law, Vol. 6 , Part V:MaterialsOpinion of Advocate General Kokott Delivered on 26 March 2009
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    ISBN: 9781441980687
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XV, 243 p. 4 illus, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Schatz, Sara, 1963 - Murder and Politics in Mexico
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Criminology ; Political science ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Criminology ; Political science ; Mexiko Politische Partei ; Partido de la Revolución Democratica (México) ; Politisch motivierte Gewaltanwendung ; Mord ; Politische Verfolgung ; Straflosigkeit ; Politisches System ; Rechtsordnung ; Kriminalität ; Strafverfolgung ; Unterdrückung/Repressalien ; Korruption ; Guerrero ; Mexiko ; Partido de la Revolución Democrática ; Politischer Mord ; Geschichte 1988-2010
    Abstract: Murder and Politics in Mexico studies the causes of political killings in Mexico s liberalization-democratization within the larger context of political repression. Mexico s democratization process has entailed a little known but highly significant cost of human lives in pre- and post-election violence. The majority of these crimes remain in a state of impunity: in other words, no person had been charged with the crime and/or no investigation of it had occurred. Over 70% of the political murders of Partido de la Revolución Democrática (PRD) members in the 1990s remain unsolved. This has several consequences for Mexican politics: when the level of violence is extreme and when political killings that are systematic and invasive are involved, this could indicate a real fracture in the democratic system. This book analyzes several dimensions regarding impunity and political crime, more specifically, the political killings of members of the PRD in the post-1988 period in Mexico. The main argument proposed in this book is that impunity for political killings is a structured system requiring one central precondition, namely the failure of the legal system to function as a system of restraint for killings. This structured system of impunity for political killing in general consists of political and institutional elements (law enforcement agencies, lawyers, public prosecutors, politicians). Dr Schatz s research finds that political assassinations are indeed rational, targeted actions but they do not occur within an institutional vacuum. Political assassinations are calculated strategies of action aimed at eliminating political rivals. They are caused by multiple interacting factors that involve the political, legal and criminal justice systems. As a form of interpersonal violence, political assassination involves direct or implied authorization from political leaders, the availability of assassins for hire and the willingness of some political leaders to utilize them against political opponents, and violent interactions between political parties combined with judicial system ineffectiveness. A corrupt legal system facilitates the use of political assassination and explains the persistence of impunity for political murder over time. To reduce political violence in the transition to electoral democracy, specific institutional conditions, namely a structured system of impunity for murder must be overcome.
    Description / Table of Contents: Murder and Politics in Mexico; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction; Political Killings as a Specific Form of Political Repression; The Political Killing of PRD Members in Mexico; Chapter 2: Mexico's Liberalization-Democratization in Context; The Problem; Overview of the Mexican Political and Legal System; Origins; 1988-2010: A Brief Overview of the Emergence and Electoral Vicissitudes of the PRD; The 1977 Electoral Reforms; The Emergence of the FDN-PRD (1987-1988); After the 1988 Presidential Election
    Description / Table of Contents: Impunity: A Consistent Theme Across SexeniosImpunity, Crime, and Drug-Related Assassinations; Chapter 3: Theoretical Dimensions of a Structured System of Impunity for Political Killings; Democratization and Political Repression in Global Perspective; How Much Violence?; Regime Change Toward Regimes with Deficits in Accountability; The Mexican Case in Perspective; A Structured System of Impunity for Political Killings; Democratization and Political Repression; Democratization, Political Protest, and Political Repression; Accountable Legal Institutions and Democratization; Cause or Effect?
    Description / Table of Contents: Accountability and the Rule of LawImpunity; Impunity as a Structured System; Political Assassination as a Calculated Strategy Embedded in Interparty Relations; Political Party Strategies: PAN, PRD, PRI; Social Origins and Political Activism; Puebla; Social Origins; Political Activism and PRD Victims in Puebla; Political Assassination in Mexico: A Calculated Strategy; Chapter 4: Authorizing Political Killing in Mexico: The Importance of a Destructive Social Milieu; Introduction; The Mexican Dynamic of Political-Electoral Homicide; After 1988: A Difficult Time for the PRD; Methods
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I: The Activation of Historical Conditions for Destructive BehaviorThe Role of Leadership Authorization; Selective Political Assassinations; Engagement in Everyday Social Activities; Rationalization for Political Assassination; Authorization for Destruction Through Independent Social Mechanisms; Part II: Political Assassination: Victims and Perpetrators in Cross-sectional Analysis; Political Assassinations as Deliberate Targeting; Cover-up/Authorization for Assassination; Who Kills? Who Gains from These Murders?
    Description / Table of Contents: Killings by Known PRI Members and Hired Guns Generally Linked to a PRI Leader(s)PRI Members; Hired Guns; Killing Federal, State, and Local PRD Politicians; The Political Murder of Perredistas by "Unknowns"18; The Killings by Police; Are There Alternative Explanations for These Murders?; Accidents or Revenge Homicides?; Police Inefficiency?; Conclusion; End Notes; Chapter 5: Disarming the Legal System: Impunity for the Political Murder of Dissidents in Mexico; Introduction; Political Killings in the Mexican Context; The Problem of Political Assassination; Crime Without Punishment
    Description / Table of Contents: The CNDH Case Reports: A Detailed Analysis
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    Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
    ISBN: 9783642179006
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIX, 279p, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Grover, Sonja C. Schoolchildren as propaganda tools in the war on terror
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    Keywords: Criminal Law ; Comparative law ; Political science ; Sociology ; Law ; Law ; Criminal Law ; Comparative law ; Political science ; Sociology ; Afghanistan ; Schulkind ; Sicherheit ; Propaganda ; Internationaler Terrorismus ; Bekämpfung ; Afghanistan ; Schulkind ; Sicherheit ; Propaganda ; Internationaler Terrorismus ; Bekämpfung
    Abstract: This book explores in what ways both sides involved in the so-called war on terror are using schoolchildren as propaganda tools while putting the children's security at grave risk. The book explores how terrorists use attacks on education to attempt to destabilize the government while the government and the international aid community use increases in school attendance as an ostensible index of largely illusory progress in the overall security situation and in development. The book challenges the notion that unoccupied civilian schools are not entitled under the law of armed conflict to a high standard of protection which prohibits their use for military purposes. Also examined are the potential violations of international law that can occur when government and education aid workers encourage and facilitate school attendance, as they do, in areas within conflict-affected states such as Afghanistan where security for education is inadequate and the risk of terror attacks on education high.
    Description / Table of Contents: pt. 1. Re-examining the role of education aid as a component of the 'humanitarian' agenda in conflict-affected states -- pt. 2. Attacks on education : the scope of the problem and unwitting complicity of CAFS, their coalition allies and the international aid community -- pt. 3. Attacks on education : issues of accountability for both sides in the 'War on Terror.'
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    ISBN: 9783531932019
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Politics and emotions
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Political science ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Political science ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Fallstudiensammlung ; Politische Kommunikation ; Emotionales Verhalten ; Politische Psychologie ; Obama, Barack 1961- ; Wahlkampf ; Politische Kommunikation ; Emotionales Verhalten
    Abstract: Marcos Engelken-Jorge is postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of the Basque Country. Pedro Ibarra Güell is a former professor of political science at the University of the Basque Country and member of the research group Parte Hartuz. Carmelo Moreno del Río is associate professor of political science at the University of the Basque Country.
    Abstract: Mainstream liberal narratives have often depicted politics as a matter of power and competing interests, disregarding emotions or conceiving them as threats to a rational and well-ordered society. In the last decades, however, this viewpoint has been increasingly challenged by a number of scholars researching on the complex and multidimensional role of emotions in politics. This edited collection aims at providing a concise but comprehensive introduction to this area of research. The essays contained in this volume focus on a single case, the Obama phenomenon, illustrating empirically how the variable 'emotions' can enrich political analysis. Taken together, the essays reflect the plurality of approaches available to the study of politics and emotions and thus contribute to the cutting-edge debates on this fascinating topic.
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    ISBN: 9780191766879 , 9780199562954
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    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2013 Online-Ressource Oxford handbooks online. Political science
    Series Statement: The Oxford handbooks of political science / general ed.: Robert E. Goodin [11]
    Series Statement: The Oxford handbooks of political science
    Series Statement: The Oxford handbooks of political science
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Oxford handbooks of political science ; [11]: The Oxford handbook of political science
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Oxford handbooks of political science ; [11]: The Oxford handbook of political science
    DDC: 320
    RVK:
    Keywords: Political science ; Political science ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Politische Wissenschaft
    Abstract: This one-volume distillation provides a comprehensive overview of the main branches of contemporary political science. It will serve as the reference book for political scientists and those following their work for years to come.
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  • 98
    ISBN: 9780719085772 , 0719085764 , 9780719085765 , 0719085772
    Language: English
    Pages: XII, 276 S. , 24 cm
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als History, historians and development policy
    DDC: 320.6
    RVK:
    Keywords: Geschichtswissenschaft ; Entwicklungspolitik ; Gesundheitswesen ; Bildungswesen ; Natürliche Ressourcen ; Policy sciences ; History ; Social sciences and history ; Political science Decision making ; Historians ; Economic development ; Public health ; Natural resources Management ; Policy sciences ; History ; Social sciences and history ; Political science ; Decision making ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Geschichtswissenschaft ; Entwicklungspolitik
    Abstract: Leading historians and policy advisors explore the implications of incorporating historical sensibilities into key development policy issues
    Abstract: "If history matters for understanding key development outcomes then surely historians should be active contributors to the debates informing these understandings. This volume integrates, for the first time, contributions from ten leading historians and seven policy advisors around the central development issues of social protection, public health, public education and natural resource management. Where did the policy ideas underpinning these sectors come from? How did certain ideas, and not others, gain traction in shaping particular policy responses? How did the content and effectiveness of these responses vary across different countries, and indeed within them? Answering these questions requires incorporating historical sensibilities into development policy deliberations in ways that take seriously the importance of context, process, and contestation. Achieving this is not merely a matter of seeking to "know more" about specific times, places and issues, but recognizing the distinctive ways in which historians rigorously assemble, analyze and interpret diverse forms of evidence. Doing so gives rise to policy conclusions rather different to those emerging from prevailing analytical approaches. This book will appeal to students and scholars in Development Studies, History, International Relations, Politics, Geography as well as policy makers and those working for or studying NGO's." Publisher's website
    Abstract: Leading historians and policy advisors explore the implications of incorporating historical sensibilities into key development policy issues
    Abstract: "If history matters for understanding key development outcomes then surely historians should be active contributors to the debates informing these understandings. This volume integrates, for the first time, contributions from ten leading historians and seven policy advisors around the central development issues of social protection, public health, public education and natural resource management. Where did the policy ideas underpinning these sectors come from? How did certain ideas, and not others, gain traction in shaping particular policy responses? How did the content and effectiveness of these responses vary across different countries, and indeed within them? Answering these questions requires incorporating historical sensibilities into development policy deliberations in ways that take seriously the importance of context, process, and contestation. Achieving this is not merely a matter of seeking to "know more" about specific times, places and issues, but recognizing the distinctive ways in which historians rigorously assemble, analyze and interpret diverse forms of evidence. Doing so gives rise to policy conclusions rather different to those emerging from prevailing analytical approaches. This book will appeal to students and scholars in Development Studies, History, International Relations, Politics, Geography as well as policy makers and those working for or studying NGO's." Publisher's website
    Description / Table of Contents: Overview of key issues. How and why history matters for development policy / Michael Woolcock, Simon Szreter and Vijayendra RaoIndigenous and colonial origins of comparative economic development: The case of colonial India and Africa / C.A. Bayly -- Commentary: History, time and temporality in development discourse / Uma Kothari -- Historical contributions to contemporary development policy issues: Social Protection. Social security as a developmental institution? The relative efficacy of Poor Relief provisions under the English old Poor Law / Richard Smith -- Historical lessons about contemporary social welfare: Chinese puzzles and global challenges / R. Bing Wong -- Commentary: Why might history matter for development policy? / Ravi Kanbur -- Public Health. Health in India since Independence / Sunil S. Amrith -- Health care policy for American Indians since the early 20th century / Stephen J. Kunitz -- Commentary: Can historians assist development policy-making, or just highlight its faults? / David Hall-Mathews -- Public education. The end of literacy: The growth and measurement of British public education since the early nineteenth century / David Vincent -- The tools of transition: Education and development in modern southeast Asian history / Tim Harper -- Commentary: Remembering the forgetting in education / Lant Pritchett -- Natural resource management. Energy and natural resource dependency in Europe, 1600-1900 / Paul Warde -- Special rights in property: Why modern African economies are dependent on mineral resources / Keith Breckenridge -- Commentary: Natural resources and development-which histories matter? / Mick Moore.
    Note: Enth. 10 Beitr , Overview of key issues. How and why history matters for development policy , Indigenous and colonial origins of comparative economic development: The case of colonial India and Africa , Commentary: History, time and temporality in development discourse , Historical contributions to contemporary development policy issues: Social Protection. Social security as a developmental institution? The relative efficacy of Poor Relief provisions under the English old Poor Law , Historical lessons about contemporary social welfare: Chinese puzzles and global challenges , Commentary: Why might history matter for development policy? , Public Health. Health in India since Independence , Health care policy for American Indians since the early 20th century , Commentary: Can historians assist development policy-making, or just highlight its faults? , Public education. The end of literacy: The growth and measurement of British public education since the early nineteenth century , The tools of transition: Education and development in modern southeast Asian history , Commentary: Remembering the forgetting in education , Natural resource management. Energy and natural resource dependency in Europe, 1600-1900 , Special rights in property: Why modern African economies are dependent on mineral resources , Commentary: Natural resources and development-which histories matter?
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  • 99
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    New York, NY : Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
    ISBN: 9781461401926
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource , v.: digital
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology
    DDC: 330.122091724
    Keywords: Social sciences ; History ; Archaeology ; Political science
    Abstract: Lindsay Weiss
    Abstract: "The Archaeology of Capitalism in Colonial Contexts: Postcolonial Historical Archaeologies" explores the complex interplay of colonial and capital formations throughout the modern world. The authors present a critical approach to this topic, trying to shift discourses in the theoretical framework of historical archaeology of capitalism and colonialism through the use of postcolonial theory. This work does not suggest a new theoretical framework as such, but rather suggests the importance of revising key theoretical terms employed within historical archaeology, arguing for new engagem
    Description / Table of Contents: The Archaeology of Capitalism in Colonial Contexts; Preface; Contents; About the Contributors; Contributors; Chapter 1: The Archaeology of Capitalism in Colonial Contexts, an Introduction: Provincializing Historical Archaeology; Introduction; Historical Archaeology's Haunts: Capitalism and Colonialism; Postcolonial Theory and Its Implications; Theoretical Implications; Volume Overview; Thoughts on the Future: Provincializing Historical Archaeology; References; Chapter 2: Precolonial Encounters at Tamál-Húye : An Event-Oriented Archaeology in Sixteenth-Century Northern California; Introduction
    Description / Table of Contents: The Encounters at Tamál-HúyeCulture Contact and Colonialism; Event-Oriented Archaeology; An Event-Oriented Archaeology; Archaeology of the Encounters at Tamál-Húye; Conclusions; References; Chapter 3: Subduing Tendencies? Colonialism, Capitalism, and Comparative Atlantic Archaeologies; Introduction: Scales of Analysis; Uniform Interpretations and Subduing Tendencies; The Colonial Past in the Capitalist Present; Commemoration, Excavation, Reconsideration?; Concluding Thoughts; References; Chapter 4: Ethnicity and Periphery: The Archaeology of Identity in Russian America
    Description / Table of Contents: Russian Conquest and ColonialismEthnicity in Russian America; Ethnicity and Material Culture; Material Expression in the Archaeological Record; Alaska Native Village Sites; Russian Settlements; Archaeological Interpretation; Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: Building Farmsteads in the Desert: Capitalism, Colonialism, and the Transformation of Rural Landscapes in Late Ottoman Period Transjordan; The Archaeology of Ottoman Transjordan; Ottoman Archaeology as Global Historical Archaeology; The Ottoman Empire and the Tanzimat; The Ottoman Land Code and Bedu Registrations; Case Study: Qasr Hisban
    Description / Table of Contents: Parallel Landscapes of Resistance: Caves and GuesthousesConclusions; References; Chapter 6: Uneven Topographies: Archaeology of Plantations and Caribbean Slave Economies; Introduction; Metropolitan Archives and Colonies; Colonies as the Archives of Empires; A Focus on Consumption; A Focus on Production; A Focus on Circulation; Discussion; Conclusion; References; Chapter 7: A Life on Broken China: Figuring Senses of Capitalism in Late Nineteenth-Century Bogotá; Modernity, Coloniality, and Capitalism; Ascending to the Olympus; Tracking Back the Merchant's Mark; Capitalist Dualities; References
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 8: Exchange Values: Commodities, Colonialism, and Identity on Nineteenth Century ZanzibarIntroduction; Contextualizing Capitalism: Plantations on Nineteenth Century Zanzibar; Taking Notice of Ceramics; Wealth and Reciprocity on Zanzibar; Trading Identity; Global Capitalist Relations; Conclusions: The Complexities of Capitalism; References; Chapter 9: "In [Them] We Will Find Very Desirable Tributaries for Our Commerce": Cash Crops, Commodities, and Subjectivities in Siin (Senegal) During the Colonial Era; Formations of Colonial Capitalism: From Totalities to Assemblages
    Description / Table of Contents: Mise-en-Valeur: Logics and Aesthetics of Colonial Capitalism in French West Africa
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  • 100
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    New York, NY : Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
    ISBN: 9781461401896 , 9781283351935
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource , v.: digital
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Protecting Critical Infrastructure 2
    DDC: 363.6/1
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Hydraulic engineering ; Industrial management ; Political science
    Abstract: Avi Ostfeld
    Abstract: Following the events of 9/11, the Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency created the Water Protection Task Force (WPTF), which identified water and wastewater systems as a major area of vulnerability to deliberate attack. The WPTF suggested that there are steps that can be taken to reduce these vulnerabilities and to make it as difficult as possible for potential saboteurs to succeed. The WPTF recommended that be scrutinized with renewed vigor to secure water and wastewater systems against these possible threats. It also recommended that water and wastewater systems have a res
    Description / Table of Contents: Acknowledgement; Contents; Contributors; 1 Securing Water and Wastewater Systems: An Overview; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 History of Water Supply Vulnerability; 1.3 Threats from Earthquakes; 1.3.1 The Loma Prieta Earthquake; 1.3.2 The Northridge Earthquake; 1.3.3 Kobe City Earthquake; 1.3.4 Technological and Institutional Adaptation; 1.3.4.1 Technological Adaptations; 1.3.4.2 Institutional Adaptations; 1.4 Vulnerable Characteristics of US Water Supply Systems; 1.5 The Threat of Terrorism to Urban Water Systems; 1.5.1 Bioterrorism and Chemical Contamination; 1.6 Countermeasures Against Terrorism
    Description / Table of Contents: 1.6.1 Physical Countermeasures1.6.2 Sensor Networks; 1.7 Cyber Security; 1.7.1 Laws and Regulations Governing the Internet; 1.7.2 Internet Recovery; 1.7.3 Examples of Internet Interruption; 1.7.3.1 Case Study -- The Slammer Worm; 1.7.3.2 Case Study -- A Root Server Attack; 1.7.3.3 Case Study -- The Baltimore Train Tunnel Fire; 1.7.3.4 Case Study -- The September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attack on the World Trade Center; 1.7.3.5 Case Study -- Hurricane Katrina; 1.7.4 Cyber Attacks in the Public Sector; 1.7.4.1 The ''Stuxnet'' Virus; 1.8 Material to Be Included in This Book
    Description / Table of Contents: 1.8.1 Current State of Water Supply and Wastewater Systems Security: An Overview1.8.2 Characteristics of Water and Wastewater Systems in the United States; 1.8.3 Chemical and Microbiological Threats for Water System Contamination; 1.8.4 Monitoring for Natural and Manmade Threats in Water and Wastewater Systems; 1.8.5 Modeling Contaminant Propagation and Contaminant Threats; 1.8.6 Case Study Applications; 1.8.7 Distribution System Modeling, SCADA Systems, Security and Surveillance Systems; 1.8.8 Institutional and Management Issues in Responding to Natural and Manmade Threats
    Description / Table of Contents: 1.8.9 Developing Techniques and Approaches for Natural and Manmade Threat Response1.9 Summary and Conclusions; References; 2 Water/Wastewater Infrastructure Security: Threats and Vulnerabilities; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Why Secure Water Infrastructure?; 2.3 Threats to Water Systems; 2.3.1 Evolving Threat Environment; 2.3.1.1 September 11 Terrorist Attacks; 2.3.1.2 Hurricane Katrina; 2.3.2 Threat Assessments; 2.3.3 Natural Disasters; 2.3.3.1 Human-Caused Incidents; 2.3.3.2 External Threats; 2.3.3.3 Internal Threats; 2.3.3.4 Cyber Threats; 2.3.4 Design Basis Threat
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.3.5 Continuity Threats to Workforce and Infrastructure2.3.5.1 The Dual Threat: Aging Infrastructure and Aging Workforce; 2.3.5.2 Aging Infrastructure; 2.3.5.3 Interdependent Infrastructure Failures; 2.3.5.4 Workforce Illness; 2.4 Water System Vulnerabilities; 2.4.1 Above-Ground Structures; 2.4.2 Below-Ground Structures; 2.4.3 SCADA and Cyber Systems; 2.4.4 Vulnerability Assessments; References; 3 EPA Drinking Water Security Research Program; 3.1 Background; 3.2 Research Drivers; 3.3 Objectives and Desired Outcomes; 3.4 Water Security Research; 3.4.1 Protection and Prevention
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.4.1.1 Blast Vulnerability Assessment Tool
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