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  • 1
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    Polarization, Shifting Borders and Liquid Governance : Studies on Transformation and Development in the OSCE Region (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031445842
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 427 p. 18 illus., 5 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Security, International. ; Political science. ; Human rights. ; International relations. ; Diplomacy. ; Internationaler Konflikt ; Grenzkonflikt ; Kollektive Sicherheit ; Internationale Politik ; Innere Sicherheit ; Menschenrecht ; Governance ; Europa
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Migration Policies in the OSCE Region (Anisa Abeytia) -- Chapter 2. Early Warning Models in the OSCE: Adoption and Re-Invention (Alina Isakova) -- Chapter 3. NATO and EU Strategic Security Environment (Aybike Yalcin-Ispir) -- Chapter 4. Patterns of Border Disputes Amongst OSCE Countries (Halina Sapeha) -- Chapter 5. Assessing Water (Ir)Rationality in the Disputed Region of Nagorno-Karabakh (Leonardo Zanatta) -- Chapter 6. Vetting as a Tool for Strengthening Judicial Integrity in the OSCE Region (Teodora Miljojkovic) -- Chapter 7. Human Rights Adjudication in Central Asia (Saniia Toktogazieva) -- Chapter 8. Human Rights and Social Media: Challenges and Opportunities for Human Rights Education (Joanna Kulesza) -- Chapter 9. Digital Citizen Activism in Central Asia: Beyond Contestation and Cooperation (Bakhytzhan Kurmanov) -- Chapter 10. The Dilemma of Good Governance vs. Power Grab in Georgia (Shalva Dzebisashvili) -- Chapter 11. Transformations of Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine towards EU Membership (Malkhaz Nakashidze) -- Chapter 12. Backsliding Rule of Law and “Stabilotocracy” in Montenegro (Mirko Đuković).
    Abstract: This open-access book explores the security dynamics amid the polarization, shifting borders, and liquid governance that define the Zeitenwende era in Europe's eastern neighbourhood and Central Asia. Presenting various case studies, the volume unveils the intricate web of border dynamics and practices, including the nuanced interplay of border disputes within the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) member states. The contributions shed new light on how contested borders and liquid modes of governance have impacted the engagement of international organizations such as the European Union (EU), North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and OSCE in security crises and conflict prevention. Delving deeper, a special part dissects the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict and examines European and international responses. By analyzing the stances of diverse European countries, their neighborhood, and international organizations, this section uncovers commonalities and disparities in their approaches to the Ukrainian crisis.
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-44584-2
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    Researching Central Asia : Navigating Positionality in the Field (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031390241
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 104 p. 2 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Political Science
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    Keywords: Political science. ; Sociology ; Ethnology. ; Asia
    Abstract: Chapter 1. The Central Asian Research Setting. An Introduction (Jasmin Dall’Agnola) -- Part I. Epistemic and Methodological Uncertainty -- Chapter 2. Making Sense of Central Asia: Sources of Epistemic Uncertainty (Aziz Elmuradov) -- Chapter 3. Pitfalls and Promise for Public Opinion Research in Central Asia (Kasiet Ysmanova) -- Chapter 4. ‘Swiping Right’ – The Ethics of Using Tinder as a Recruitment Tool in the Field (Paolo Sorbello) -- Part II. Beyond ‘Outsiders’ and ‘Locals’ -- Chapter 5. The Power of a Multi-layered Identity in Central Asian Research (Gulzhanat Gafu) -- Chapter 6. Being Afghani, French and not Soviet, Along the Border Between Tajikistan and Afghanistan (Mélanie Sadozaï) -- Chapter 7. A Stranger in the Village: Anti-Blackness in the Field (Alexa Kurmanov) -- Part III. Doing Research in Closed Contexts -- Chapter 8. Safety, Security, and Self-Censorship as Survival Strategies (Aijan Sharshenova) -- Chapter 9. Navigating Academic Repression in Central Asia (Ruslan Norov) -- Chapter 10. Performative Heterosexuality: A Gay Researcher Doing Fieldwork in Central Asia (Marius Honig) -- Chapter 11. From Romantic Advances to Cyberstalking in the Field (Jasmin Dall’Agnola).
    Abstract: This open access book explores some of the struggles and challenges that researchers and practitioners face when conducting research in the Central Asian research setting. Written for scholars still in the planning stages of their research, it addresses key questions, including: How shall we problematize and reconceptualize the concept of positionality through lenses of local voices from the region? How does practitioners’ and scholars’ positionality contribute to their experiences of inclusion, exclusion, and access to the field? How do scholars navigate issues of personal safety and mental well-being in the more closely monitored societies of Central Asia? The book includes contributors from both Central Asia and Western countries, paying particular attention to the ways researchers’ subjectivity shape how they are received in the region, which, in turn, influences how they write about and disseminate their research. In featuring an even greater variety of voices, this book fills an important gap in the literature on field research and knowledge production in and on Central Asia.
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-39024-1
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    Decidim, a Technopolitical Network for Participatory Democracy : Philosophy, Practice and Autonomy of a Collective Platform in the Age of Digital Intelligence (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031507847
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVI, 133 p. 4 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Political Science
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    Keywords: Comparative government. ; Political science. ; Elections. ; Europe ; Public administration.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Decidim: A Brief Overview -- Chapter 2. The Political Plane: Decidim and the Vision of a Radically Democratic Society -- Chapter 3. The Technopolitical Plane: Decidim as a Democratic Software Paradigm -- Chapter 4. The Technical Plane: the Fabric of an Infrastructure -- Chapter 5. A Technopolitical Network for Participatory Democracy: The Future of a Collective Platform.
    Abstract: This Open Access book explains the philosophy, design principles, and community organization of Decidim and provides essential insights into how the platform works. Decidim is the world leading digital infrastructure for participatory democracy, built entirely and collaboratively as free software, and used by more than 500 institutions with over three million users worldwide. The platform allows any organization (government, association, university, NGO, neighbourhood, or cooperative) to support multitudinous processes of participatory democracy. In a context dominated by corporate-owned digital platforms, in the era of increasing social structuring via Artificial Intelligence, Decidim stands as a public or community owned platform for collective human intelligence. Yet, the project is much more than its technological features. Decidim is in itself a crossroad of the various dimensions of the networked society, a detailed practical map of its complexities and conflicts. The authors distinguish three general dimensions of the project: (1) the political - shedding light on the democratic model that Decidim promotes and its impact on public policies and organizations, (2) the technopolitical - explaining how this technology is democratically designed and managed to produce and protect certain political effects, and (3) the technical - presenting the conditions of production, operation, and success of the project. This book systematically covers those three levels in an academically sound, technologically consistent, and politically innovative manner. Serving as a useful resource and handbook for the use of Decidim, it will not only appeal to students and scholars interested in participatory and digital democracy but also to professionals, policy-makers, and a wider audience interested in learning more about the Decidim platform. This is an open access book.
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-50784-7
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    The European Integration, Vol. 2 : Institutions and Policies (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031471766
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVI, 463 p. 689 illus., 671 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Springer Texts in Political Science and International Relations
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    Keywords: Europe ; Comparative government. ; Economics. ; Social choice. ; Political science. ; Economic policy.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Theoretical Perspectives on European Integration and its Evolutionary Trajectory -- Chapter 3. The Institutions of the European Union and the Legislative Procedures -- Chapter 4. The Perception of 'Democratic Deficit' in the European Union -- Chapter 5. The Budget of the European Union and the Underpinning of Union’s Policies -- Chapter 6. The Common Agricultural Policy: Purpose, Evolution, and Future Projections -- Chapter 7. Regional Policy: Disparities, Development, and Future Direction -- Chapter 8. Economic and Monetary Policy: Origin, Evolution, and Current Challenges -- Chapter 9. Foreign and Defence Policy: Historical Developments and Contemporary Challenges -- Chapter 10. Social Policy: Evolution, Impact, and Current Challenges -- Chapter 11. Environmental Policy: Progress, Challenges, and Future Directions -- Chapter 12. Migration Policy: Historical Progress, Current Status, and Future Directions -- Chapter 13. Overview: The European Integration, Volume I & Volume II.
    Abstract: This two-volume textbook teaches about the uniqueness and the difficulty of the European unification project. It describes, as clearly as possible, what Robert Schuman declared in 1950, that "... Europe will not be made all at once…". Navigating the nexus of four academic fields - political science, institutional analysis, economics, and history - the book serves as a reference work for accurate, exhaustive, and well-researched information on the creation and functioning of the European Union. Volume 2 provides a comprehensive overview of the European Union's institutions and policies, such as agricultural and fisheries policies, economic and monetary policy, environmental policy, foreign affairs and defence policy, social policy, competition policy, regional policy, as well as immigration and asylum policy. Supported by numerous photographs, diagrams, maps, and sources, the book will serve as an essential textbook for undergraduate and graduate students studying the subject of European integration, as well as a useful resource for a broader audience interested in the European integration process.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-47176-6
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    Problem-solving and Learning for Public Services and Public Management : Theory and Practice (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031432309
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXI, 454 p. 81 illus., 40 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Springer Texts in Business and Economics
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Kinder, Tony Problem-solving and Learning for Public Services and Public Management
    Keywords: Public administration. ; Knowledge management. ; Political science. ; Technological innovations. ; Learning frameworks ; Public services providers ; Policy-making ; Service models ; Artificial intelligence ; Technology ; Digitalisation ; E-technology ; E-services ; Sustainability ; Inequality ; Climate ; Public goods ; Service users ; Education ; Health ; Security ; Communal living ; E-commerce ; E-democracy
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Problem-solving and Public Services -- Chapter 3. Public Value, Values, and Public Services -- Chapter 4. E-public Services -- Chapter 5. Local Public Sector Innovation -- Chapter 6. Organising in Self-organising Ecosystems -- Chapter 7. Learners, Teachers and Leaders -- Chapter 8. Entrepreneurial Activity -- Chapter 9. Knowledge Flows and Services Improvements -- Chapter 10. Governances and Sustainability -- Chapter 11. Inequality, Climate and Dialectical Problemsolving -- Chapter 12. Conclusions.
    Abstract: In this textbook readers will acquire knowledge of problem-solving and learning to enhance both efficiency and the experience of service users in rapidly changing service environments, that can create new service models. Emphasizing that, above all else, individuals are at the centre of services, the book goes deeply into the nature of public services and their logic-of-practice. By applying learning and problem-solving approaches, the reader gains practical capabilities in addition to an appreciation of the latest research literature. Following a multidisciplinary, international approach, the book suggests a new typology of problem-framing and presents many examples of how new service solutions can be created in any public service context. The book offers a conceptual toolkit to understand and analyse dynamically changing services and the application of new technologies. Topics covered include pressing issues surrounding public services, such as e-technology, digitalisation, e-services, artificial intelligence, entrepreneurialism, sustainability, climate, inequality, developing economies, and smart cities. Chapters follow a similar structure: issue, problems, what we know, learning framework, worked example, theory and practice conclusions, as well as teacher and learner notes. Addressing advanced undergraduate and graduate students of public administration, public management, political science, sociology, computer science, and information systems, the book will also be a valuable resource for practitioners, i.e. experts and managers in public organizations, professionals in organizations working at the business and public sectors, consultants, and IT suppliers.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-43230-9
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    Algorithmic Democracy : A Critical Perspective Based on Deliberative Democracy (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031530159
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 257 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations 29
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    Keywords: Political science ; Ethics. ; Political science. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: Introduction -- Part I: Framing algorithmic democracy -- Chapter 1. The democratic drift -- Part II: Ethical and political challenges of Algorithmic Democracy -- Chapter 2. The Second Age of Artificial Intelligence -- Chapter 3. The virtual politician: on algorithm-based political decision-making -- Chapter 4. Digital twins: on algorithm-based political participation -- Chapter 5. Platformization: the dangers of the artificial public sphere -- Chapter 6. Moral learning by algorithms: the possibility of developing morally intelligent technology -- Chapter 7. The metaverse: building a digital hyper-economy -- Part III: Against algorithmic democracy: scope and ethical-discursive perspectives for an expansion of deliberative democracy -- Chapter 8. Artificial ethics: on the automation of morality -- Chapter 9. Critique of algorithmic reason -- Chapter 10: Dialogic digital ethics: from explicability to participation -- Chapter 11: Civil society: an ethical framework for algorithmic democracy -- Chapter 12. Institutional design for an embedded algorithmic democracy -- Index.
    Abstract: Based on a deliberative democracy, this book uses a hermeneutic-critical methodology to study bibliographical sources and practical issues in order to analyse the possibilities, limits and consequences of the digital transformation of democracy. Drawing on a two-way democracy, the aim of this book is intended as an aid for thinking through viable alternatives to the current state of democracy with regard to its ethical foundations and the moral knowledge implicit in or assumed by the way we perceive and understand democracy. It is intended to stimulate reflection and discussion on the basis that, by addressing what we understand as democracy, we can inevitably influence the reality known as democracy. Democracy’s evident regression in today’s world makes this all too apparent: it has become a hostage to all kinds of autocracies and technopopulisms, which are supported to a greater or lesser extent by the current algorithmic revolution.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-53015-9
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    Handbook of Applied Journalism : Theory and Practice (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031487392
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 629 p. 63 illus., 56 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Springer Handbooks of Political Science and International Relations
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    Keywords: Communication in politics. ; Journalism. ; Mass media ; Comparative government. ; Political science.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Journalism is Software -- Chapter 3. News Recommendation and Information Cocoons: the Impact of Algorithms on News Consumption -- Chapter 4. Environmental Issues Raised in the Forum Pages of a Newspaper in Singapore -- Chapter 5. Towards an Inclusive Journalism: a Review of Ethical Norms and Accountability Systems -- Chapter 6. On the Framing of the Zika Virus Outbreak in Singapore by a Newspaper -- Chapter 7. Journalism in Practice Studies: a Systematic Review -- Chapter 8. A Toolkit for Journalists for More Informed Reporting of Stories About Muslims and Islam -- Chapter 9. Emotional Education: Incorporating Emotional Labor Instruction Into Journalism Training -- Chapter 10. Some Problems of Bridge-building -- Chapter 11. Entrepreneurialism in Digital Journalism Education: the Niche Model -- Chapter 12. Sámi Journalism in the Context of the Sámi Mediascape: Current Trends and Research Agendas -- Chapter 13. Transnational Networks in Global Collaborative Journalism: Mapping Opportunities and Challenges in Africa -- Chapter 14. Media and Democracy: Can the News Media Rightfully Claim Its Role as the Fourth Estate in Zimbabwe Politics? -- Chapter 15. Psychological Aid and Training for Journalists Who Face Continued Emotionally Demanding Environments: the Case of Venezuelan Journalists -- Chapter 16. Reclaiming the Social Legitimacy of Journalism in Polarised Environments: Lessons From Chile and Bolivia -- Chapter 17. Digital Shift Towards What? Implications of Digital Transformation for Professional Journalism Practice in Morocco -- Chapter 18. Brazilian Journalists’ New Media Arrangements: Journalism Made in the Periphery -- Chapter 19. The Pros and Cons of Online Journalism Practice in Egypt -- Chapter 20. Australian Journalist Practice and News Reporting in Relation to First Nations -- Chapter 21. Press Coverage of Yellow Vest Protests in France: a Critical Approach -- Chapter 22. Vietnamese Online Journalism: Vnexpress and Vietnamplus’ Responses to the Big Data and AI Boom -- Chapter 23. Looking for Constructive Journalism Principles in Arab Journalism Codes of Ethics: a Study on UAE, KSA, and Qatar -- Chapter 24. Exploring Environmental Journalism Practices in Singapore: the Case of a National Newspaper -- Chapter 25. Migrating From the Advocacy of Personality Cult to a Vibrant Democratic Landscape: Four Decades of Iraqi Journalism Practice -- Chapter 26. Pivoting on Their Writerly Skills: How Australian Freelance Journalists Fared During the Pandemic -- Chapter 27. Beyond the Bias: the Hegemony of Corporatizing Journalism -- Chapter 28. Ethical Blindness in Journalism -- Chapter 29. Journalists and Editors in an Online Environment: the Case of Croatia -- Chapter 30. Cold War or Inner Unity? How a New Generation of Journalists Challenge Persistent Bias in Reporting East Germany in Die Zeit -- Chapter 31. Cultural Journalism: the Theatre Review -- Chapter 32. We Are the New(S)!: Reporting Experiences of Young Journalists in Albania -- Chapter 33. Fixers as Co-creators of Foreign Reporting: Focus on Hungary -- Chapter 34. “No One is Going to Silence Me”: a Comparison of the Conditions for Press Freedom and Independent Journalism as a Prerequisite for Democracy in the United States, Sweden, and Egypt.
    Abstract: This authoritative handbook looks at the entire news cycle and provides a bridge between the theoretical and academic study of journalism and its actual contemporary practice. The book's main merit is that it brings theory and practice together, with contributors discussing these issues from different perspectives in a way that scholars, students, and practitioners can find useful in the study of journalism. The handbook is also unique as it undertakes an international scope across regions and cultures, both from the West and the Global South, while providing an overview which balances the (over-) emphasis on content in most academic approaches to journalism. The book is divided into four major parts: (1) Conceptual foundations, (2) Interlink between journalism as scholarship and journalism as practice, (3) Regions and cultures, and (4) The practitioner world. The first two sections lay down the foundation for section (3) which provides an overview of journalism practice in different regions and cultures. Section (4) includes contributions by practitioners in which they attempt to respond to some of the issues raised in preceding sections. This handbook will appeal to academics, practitioners, and professionals alike, who are interested in a better understanding of the academic study of journalism and its actual contemporary practice.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-48739-2
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    Moonshots and the New Industrial Policy : Questioning the Mission Economy (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031491962
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XII, 331 p. 14 illus.)
    Series Statement: International Studies in Entrepreneurship 56
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    Keywords: Technological innovations. ; Economic policy. ; Political science. ; Moonshot policies ; Mission-oriented policy ; Innovation stimulation ; Innovation policy ; European Union ; Economic turbulences ; Economic growth ; Policy debate ; Welfare-oriented policies ; Failed missions ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Part 1: Introductory Chapter: 1. Moonshots and the New Industrial Policy: Questioning the Mission Economy -- Part 2: Theoretical Perspectives -- 2. State and Markets: Not Whether But How -- 3. Engineering Is Not Entrepreneurship -- 4. A Behavioral Economics Perspective on the Entrepreneurial State and Mission-Oriented Innovation Policy -- 5. Innovationism and the New Public Intellectuals -- Part III: Empirical Evidence -- 6. Analyzing the Effectiveness of State-Guided Innovation -- 7. A Case Study on DARPA: An Exemplar for Government Strategic Structuring to Foster Innovation? -- 8. The State of the Entrepreneurial State: Empirical Evidence of Mission-Led Innovation Projects around the Globe -- 9. When “What Works” Does Not Work: The United States’ Mission to End Homelessness -- 10. The Cost of Missions: The Case of Shipbuilding in Brazil -- 11. You Can’t Develop What You Don’t Know: The Realities and Limitations of Foreign Aid Missions -- 12. A Public Choice Perspective on Mission-Oriented Innovation Policies and the Behavior of Government Agencies -- 13. Learning from Overrated Mission-Oriented Innovation Policies: Seven Takeaways -- Part IV: Alternative Paths -- 14. The Entrepreneurial State Cannot Deliver without an Entrepreneurial Society -- 15. How Thinking Carefully About Evolution and Morality Can Overcome the Siren Song of Central Planning -- 16. R&D Tax Incentives as an Alternative to Targeted R&D Subsidies -- 17. Bottom-Up Policies Trump Top-Down Missions.
    Abstract: This open access book raises some central questions: Do we need moonshot policies to spur innovation and economic growth? What are the risks associated with such policies? Economic turbulence, the COVID-19 pandemic, and mounting environmental concerns have paved the way for a renaissance of targeted industrial policy. In particular, the idea that society should be organized around large missions is gaining momentum among high-income economies. However, the authors and editors of this volume contend that this shift has occurred without much critical examination, especially as the European Union has adopted these ideas, and Western economies are now increasingly organizing toward the achievement of large, state-formulated goals. Recognizing the urgent need for continued scholarly attention to question notions of the mission economy, more than 20 scholars discuss the dangers of top-down/vertical approaches to industrial policy and draw attention to the progress of independent enterprise, entrepreneurialism, and market solutions in a sound economy and society. By critically examining mission-oriented innovation policies, using theoretical perspectives and empirical investigations, the book highlights both the mechanisms behind failed missions and alternative approaches. This is a must-read for policy researchers and policymakers alike.
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-49196-2
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    Capitalism in the platform age : emerging assemblages of labour and welfare in urban spaces (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031491474
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VI, 371 Seiten) , Diagramme
    Series Statement: Springer Studies in Alternative Economics
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    Keywords: Labor economics. ; Urban policy. ; Political science. ; Economics. ; Schools of economics. ; Platform economy ; Digital labor ; Platform capitalism ; Urban governance ; Social protection ; Digital platforms ; Capitalism ; Urban studies ; Digital economy ; Google ; Facebook ; Organization of labor ; Political economy of platform capitalism ; Amazon ; Microsoft ; Apple ; Industrial Revolution 4.0 ; Future of work ; Labor organization ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Part I. Theoretical Foundations -- Chapter 1. Introduction (Sandro Mezzadra) -- Chapter 2. Operations of Platforms. A Global Process in a Multipolar World (Sandro Mezzadra) -- Chapter 3. The process of valorization in the platform capitalism (Andrea Fumagalli) -- Chapter 4. Out of the Standard. Towards a Global Approach to Platform Labour (Maurilio Pirone) -- Chapter 5. What Urban Future: Do High-Tech Metropolises Dream of Electric Sheep? (Niccolò Cuppini) -- Chapter 6. The Politics of Platforms. Exploring Platform’s Infrastructural Role and Power (Mattia Frapporti) -- Chapter 7. Managing the Wheel: Managerial Normativity from the Wage Society to the Platform Age (Massimilano Nicoli) -- Chapter 8. Digital labour, informal unionism and the rise of a new workers subjectivity (Marco Marrone) -- Chapter 9. Platform capitalism: Infrastructuring migration, mobility, and racism (Stefania Animento) -- Chapter 10. Affect, precarity and feminised labour in Airbnb in London (Eleni Kambouri) -- Part II. Notes from the Field -- Chapter 11. Why the sectoral context matters for platform work (Bettina Haidinger) -- Chapter 12. A Variegated Platform Capitalism? Algorithms, Labour Process and Institutions in Deliveroo in Bologna and Uber in Lisbon (Marco Marrone) -- Chapter 13. Perceiving platform work as decent work? Views regarding working conditions among platform taxi drivers in Tallinn (Marge Unt) -- Chapter 14. Skills development as a political process: Towards new forms of mobilization and digital citizenship among platform workers (Filippo Bignami) -- Chapter 15. How to build alternatives to platform capitalism? (Mayo Fuster Morell) -- Chapter 16. Labour policies for a fairer gig economy (Annamaria Donini) -- Chapter 17. Engaging stakeholders with platform labour: The social lab approach (Raúl Tabarés) -- Chapter 18. Local best practices. Urban governance and the ongoing platformization process (Michelangelo Secchi) -- Chapter 19. Social protection, basic income and taxation in the Digital economy (Cristina Morini) -- Chapter 20. Latent conflict, invisible organisation: Everyday struggles in platform labour (Moritz Altenreid).
    Abstract: This open access book provides an overview of urban digital platforms such as Airbnb and Deliveroo, which, along with Amazon, Google, Facebook and other IT companies, constitute by now the infrastructures for other businesses to operate on and for our social life to go on. These platforms serve as standards-based techno-economic systems that simultaneously capture cooperation through remote coordination and organize labor via algorithm management. Based on a three-years research project, this contributed volume outlines a general theory of platform capitalism that conceives these platforms not only as technical devices, but as generative engines that operate at the interface of several aspects, such as digitalization of forms of social cooperation; algorithm-based management of labor and participation; and private and vertical appropriation of profits. These elements are somehow iconic of the capitalist evolution of the last decades, and they open up a reflection on new forms of “primitive accumulation” (in particular regarding data), on the mechanisms used to capture and extract social surplus value, and on the logistic-financial dimensions of capital. Finally, in light of the transformations associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, the authors examine how platforms can evolve into hegemonic organizational structures. Assuming we are all already living in the age of the platform, this book takes a multifaceted approach—combining sociology with urban studies, and political sciences with economics—to grasp the challenges our societies face in terms of ensuring fair economic growth, adequate social protections, and labor rights. It will appeal to anyone interested in digital platforms and how they are changing the organization of labor, urban spaces, and forms of governance.
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-49147-4
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    Positive tipping points towards sustainability : understanding the conditions and strategies for fast decarbonization in regions (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031507625
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVIII, 343 Seiten) , Illustrationen, Diagramme
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Springer Climate
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    Keywords: Political science. ; Environmental policy. ; Sustainability. ; Energy policy. ; Climatology. ; Regional economics. ; Spatial economics.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. The Tipping+ Project Journey -- Chapter 2. Tipping Points Emerge in the Interaction Between Narrative and Reality -- Chapter 3. Tipping Points: Deep Roots and Contemporary Challenges in Psychology -- Chapter 4. Transformations, Agency and Positive Tipping Points: a Resilience-based Approach -- Chapter 5. Principles for a Case Study Approach to Social Tipping Points -- Chapter 6. Post-war Development Energy Scenarios for Ukraine -- Chapter 7. Exploring Transition in Coal- and Carbon-intensive Regions Through an Interdisciplinary Lens -- Chapter 8. Social Tipping Processes in the Transformation of Civitavecchia’s Socio-energy System -- Chapter 9. Realizing Alternative Energy Futures: From the Promise of a Petroleum Future to Imagining Lofoten as the Green Islands -- Chapter 10. Exploring the Role of Identities and Perceptions of the Future in a Post-coal Mining Region. The Demolition of Andorra Coal-fired Cooling Towers (Spain) as a Tipping Point -- Chapter 11. Narrative-network Dynamics in Tipping Processes Towards Low-carbon Energy Futures: the Case of Indonesia -- Chapter 12. Situated Knowledge and Energy Transformations: a Socioanthropological Exploration -- Chapter 13. Tipping Away From Coal?: Exploring Narratives and Tipping Dynamics in the Phaseout of Coal on Svalbard -- Chapter 14. Confronting Local and Global Tipping Narratives: Green Energy Development in the Arctic and Why Greenland is Not for Sale -- Chapter 15. Assessing Macroeconomic Effects of a Carbon Tax as a Tipping Intervention in Economies Undergoing Coal Phase-out: the Cases of Poland and Greece -- Chapter 16. Transformative Emergence. Research Challenges for Enabling Social-ecological Tipping Points Toward Regional Sustainability Transformations.
    Abstract: This open access book provides the first comprehensive review of the state of the art of social tipping points applied to energy systems from a social interdisciplinary perspective. It does so by presenting a novel theory of systemic and transformative change, linking it to empirical cases assisted with relevant assessment methodologies, including modeling. The authors unveil the narratives and visions, the transformative capacities as well as deliberate strategies and collective actions that at one point in time have been able - or were prevented - to tip a given social-ecological system towards low-carbon, sustainable trajectories in diverse high-intensive carbon regions around the world. This volume shows that self-reinforcing learning feedbacks connecting transformative solutions and strategies across scales and domains can be induced by targeted policy interventions both in local and regional contexts. It further indicates how changes in behavioral patterns, supported by good governance of disruptive technologies, carbon (dis)investment and finance processes as well as new forms of civic engagement, can create the necessary transformative enabling conditions for the emergence of positive tipping points towards low-carbon sustainable futures. The book is a must-read for students, researchers, and scholars, as well as policy-makers and practitioners interested in a better understanding of sustainability, climate, and energy issues and in assessing the potential impacts and effectiveness of strategic interventions aimed at accelerating just sustainable decarbonization processes.
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-50762-5
    URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2024032304054001413039
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    Transparency in Science and the Effects on Public Policy (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031556456
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(IX, 115 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Library of Public Policy and Public Administration 19
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    Keywords: Political planning. ; Political science ; Social sciences ; Political science.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Why has science been of crucial importance for human development in the last centuries? -- Chapter 3. What about transparency in other areas of the public sector? -- Chapter 4. Proactive transparency -- Chapter 5. Transparency challenges for business and privacy -- Chapter 6. Appendix 1: Personal experiences of the author -- Chapter 7. Appendix 2: Political appointments in ex- communist countries (lack of autonomy in Slovene public sector).
    Abstract: This book argues that, in the development of science, three principles have been used; transparency of results; transparency of procedures; financial transparency. Though the topic of transparency has been researched from various angles by many academics, none have made a comparison between the development of science in the last 350 years and the aforementioned principles. The author uniquely explains how these elements contributed to the rapid development of science and consequently that of technology and human wellbeing and suggests legislation for ensuring transparency in the public sector. In addition, this book provides numerous examples of successful new ways of using these principles in other activities in the public sector as well as possibilities of including the transparency principles from science publishing into general and internet media.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-55645-6
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    Military Heroism in a Post-Heroic Era (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031515569
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(IX, 309 p. 13 illus., 9 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: The Military and Society
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    Keywords: Politics and war. ; Political science. ; Sociology. ; Anthropology. ; Culture
    Abstract: Part one: Introduction -- Part Two: Re-examining Classic Approaches -- Which kind of hero? Thoughts on archetypes of military heroism. Joseph Soeters, Emeritus professor Tilburg University, the Netherlands, (jmml.soetersgmail.com) The Morale Component of the Russia-Ukraine War. Adi Sherzer & Samuel Boumendil Han Solo and Professor Moriarty: what interviewing soldiers taught me about heroism. Morten Brænder, Aarhus University -- Part Three: Changing National Contexts -- Between Heroization and Victimization. Assessing Empirical Evidence of Representations of Veterans in a Pre- and Post-Heroic Era (UK) Rita Phillips, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen UK,Contact: r.phillips5@rgu.ac.uk, Vince Connelly,Oxford Brookes University, UK, vconnelly@brookes.ac.uk I (still) need a Hero: Civilians, Society and the Continuing Need for military Heroism and Heroes (Israel). Elisheva Rosman, Bar-Ilan University From zero to hero: A conceptual framework of creating and recreating heroism based on the Estonian experience. Kairi Kasearu, Tiia-Triin Truusa, Eleri Lillemäe Canada’s military and the post-heroic condition. Eric Ouellet, Ph.D. Department of Defence Studies, Royal Military College of Canada South Korea: Declining but Persistent Military Heroism. Insoo Kim Civilian and military perceptions of heroism in war in Norway. On diverging paths? Torunn Haaland -- Part Four: Contested and Questioning Contexts Japan: a pacified heroism. Saya Kiba and Atsushi Yasutomi Military heroism in Germany: A contested and ever-changing concept. Maren Tomforde Legitimate Use of Violence? Interrogating the Hero-Soldier of the Marawi War in the Philippines. Rosalie Arcala Hall and Duvince Zhalimar Dumpit University of the Philippines Visayas rbarcalahall@up.edu.ph -- Part Five: Emerging Form of Alternative Heroism: Illustrating the post-heroic hero? Portraying the technological hero in Israel. Oshri Bar-Gil -- Military Contractors in a Post-Heroic Society: Organizational Adaptation and Military Autonomy. Christopher Kinsey and Eyal Ben-Ari Heroism in the Context of a Global Pandemic: Canadian Armed Forces Domestic Deployment in Response to COVID-19. Keith Pearce, PhD, Kathy Michaud, PhD, Irina Goldenberg, PhD, & Matthew G. Huebner, MA. Epilogue -- Re-enchanting the Heroic Military and continued enchantment. René Moelker, Eyal Ben-Ari, Uzi Ben-Shalom, Nehemia Stern .
    Abstract: This book explores the variety of forms that individual heroism and sacrifice can take in the context of contemporary military conflicts. It addresses three key questions: How has an enduring ideal of heroism been transformed by the nature of modern warfare? Are we now witnessing the emergence of new forms of exemplary military behavior? And, have new ideals of heroism (and by association, sacrifice or bravery) been added to older forms in the recent past? The book advocates viewing the concept of military heroism as a moral category, in which its theoretical definition and empirical practice reflect those factors that are seen as being vital for society itself. The key theoretical and topical challenges addressed in the respective chapters focus on how ideas of heroism become entwined with issues of individualization (bolstered by the cultural assumptions of neo-Liberalism), the spread of the human rights discourse, and the judicialization, marketization and mediatization of armed forces. The book was written by experts on military studies, including many who are currently active military personnel. It includes contributions from a variety of disciplines, e.g. anthropology, sociology, psychology, and political science.
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    Environmental Activism and Global Media : Perspective from the Past, Present and Future (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031554087
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 343 p. 23 illus., 21 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Springer Studies in Media and Political Communication
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    Keywords: Political science. ; Environmental policy. ; Communication in politics. ; Mass media
    Abstract: Environmental Issues and Global Media: Critique, Analysis and Discourses -- Environmental activism: Historical Review, Development and Expansion -- We the People: Role of Democracy in mitigating Global Climate Change and Raising Environmental issues -- Democracy, Global Climate Change and Raising Environmental issues -- Role of Global Media and Social Media in Raising Environmental Issues -- Communication for Climate Change and Development: Efforts for Building Climate Resilient Communities -- Environmental Activism: Local to Global -- Construction of Environmental Activism in the Digital Age: Challenges and Opportunities -- Media and Environmental Activism: Growth Parameters and Agenda Building in Indian Context -- Environmental Activism in India: Past, Present and Future -- Environmental issues and Mass media: A democratic approach to mitigate global climate change with emphasis on North-East India -- Green washing and the media: The case of Israel -- African Eco-Philosophy as a viable Paradigm for Environmental Media Activism in the 21st century -- Climate Activism in Regional Green Cinemas: A Study in the Indian Context -- From Metaphors of the Forest to Obscurity of Hashtags: Reading Richard Flanagan’s The Living Sea of Waking Dreams -- International Governance and Environmental Activism.
    Abstract: This scholarly work discusses the historical, contemporary, and prospective dimensions of environmental activism and its intersection with global media. It provides a comprehensive view of the pivotal role played by the media in shaping awareness concerning environmental challenges and catalyzing actions to address them. Drawing upon the insights of an interdisciplinary cohort of scholars, the book systematically examines the diverse aspects of the nexus between media and environmental activism. Chapter contributions establish the foundational framework for comprehending how media as a whole lend support to activism; delineate the historical trajectory of environmental activism; the construction of narratives within the political, economic, and social domains of society; scrutinize the function of mass media within the context of globalization, digitization, and social media; and elucidate how governance structures influence the environmental activism process. By introducing readers to the basic narrative in environmental activism, globalization, and media, this book will be an important source of information for researchers, academicians and students engaged in various interdisciplinary studies linked to media, environment and activism.
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    John W. Burton: A Pioneer in Conflict Analysis and Resolution : Key Contributions on International Relations, Peace Theory, World Society, and Human Needs (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031512582
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXI, 470 p. 39 illus., 29 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice 33
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Peace. ; Social sciences. ; Political science.
    Abstract: Part 1. On John W. Burton -- Chapter 1. John W. Burton: From Cold War Politics to Peace Research Pioneer -- Chapter 2. John W. Burton: A Bibliography -- Part II. John. W. Burton Key Texts on International Relations and Peace Research -- Chapter 3. The Alternative (1954) -- Chapter 4. The Problem Stated: Forms of Conflict (1962) -- Chapter 5. Peace Research and ‘International Relations’ (1964) -- Chapter 6. From Power to Steering (1965) -- Chapter 7. Conflict as a Function of Change (1966) -- Chapter 8. Restatement and Propositions (1968) -- Chapter 9. Assessment (1969) -- Chapter 10. Resolution of Conflict (1972) -- Chapter 11. Some Further Comments – in Reply to Criticism (1972) -- Chapter 12. Conceptualizing and models (1972) -- Chapter 13. Discussion: Theory and Reality (1975) -- Chapter 14. Problem-Solving (1979) -- Chapter 15. The Role of Authorities in World Society (1979) -- Chapter 16. Needs Theory Applied to Political Relations (1982) -- Chapter 17. The History ofInternational Conflict Resolution (1985) -- Chapter 18. Unfinished Business in Conflict Resolution (1990) -- Chapter 19. Conflict Resolution as a Political Philosophy (1993) -- Chapter 20. Conflict Provention as a Political System (1995) -- Chapter 21. The Language of Conflict Resolution (1996) -- Chapter 22. Civilizations in Crisis: From Adversarial to Problem-Solving Processes (1996) -- Chapter 23. Needs Theory (1997) -- Chapter 24. Conflict Resolution: Towards Problem-solving (1997) -- Chapter 25. Conflict Resolution: The Human Dimension (1998) -- Chapter 26. Peace Begins at Home (2001) -- Chapter 27. Conflict Provention as a Political System (2001) -- Chapter 28. Where do we go from here (2001) -- Part III. Comments on John W. Burton’s Work -- Chapter 29. Conflict Research Avant la Lettre -- Chapter 30. John Burton’s Contribution to Conflict Resolution Theory and Practice: A Personal View -- Chapter 31. From Controlled Communication to Problem Solving: The Originsof Facilitated Conflict Resolution -- Chapter 32. Relevance of Burton’s Theory and Practice for 21st Century Conflict Transformation? -- Backmatter -- Index.
    Abstract: This book charts John W. Burton's transition from practitioner in diplomacy to pioneer in the theory of peace research, thinking on world society and conflict resolution. Born in 1915, given his father's name, it was assumed that he would follow his father and become a Christian missionary. He did not: he joined the Australian Public Service. From a junior position he rose rapidly. He was forthright and some found him irritating, or worse. He progressed to the highest levels of policy-making. Amidst some controversy, he resigned abruptly in 1951. He then worked on his farm outside Canberra, writing avidly. He did not intend to become an academic, but in 1963 he was offered a position in International Relations at University College in London and he accepted. He was key to the foundation of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA) in 1964 and of the Conflict Research Society in the UK, because he thought that words and ideas were not enough: there needed to be instruments of change. Looking back, he was, in fact, a secular missionary. His aim? Simple: to change the world. · This book is an exploration of how conflict should be reinterpreted. · The ideas of his work are a product not of any metaphysical approach, but of experience. · Burton knew the field: Cold War diplomacy, civil strife, reforming organisations, resistance to change. He had 'been there' and he found much to criticise. · This book illustrates what he had to offer and explains why. These readings reveal shifts in his ideas, cohering incrementally, integrated into a new framework. · This book presents his pioneering and relevant work. Transcending disciplinary boundaries it will be of interest to students, as well as professionals who address conflict at all levels of society, from family to state.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-51258-2
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    Collaborative Governance Primer : An Antidote to Solving Complex Public Problems (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031573736
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXI, 192 p. 16 illus., 15 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Political Science
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    Keywords: Public administration. ; Political science.
    Abstract: This Brief provides a primer on collaborative governance and its essential principles. Drawing on examples from the U.S. at the local government level, chapters accentuate the growing utilization of bottom-up approaches in addressing complex societal concerns, with a particular emphasis on public health issues such as HIV/AIDS and the COVID 19 pandemic. The Brief approaches the topic with the following questions in mind: (1) Does collaborative governance provide a viable alternative to complex public problem solving compared to the traditional top-down bureaucratic approach?; (2) Is cross-sector stakeholders’ involvement in collaborative governance a viable pathway forward in the administration of peoples’ affairs?; (3) Can societal well-being be better promoted with non-mandated collaborative governance?; (4) Would the representation and participation of target populations in policy decision making and/or implementation generate constructive and sustainable solutions for societal benefits? ; and (5) Is collaborative governance the future of public management/administration? Providing much needed insights for theory, policy, and praxis, this volume will be of interest to academics and students of public affairs, public management, governance, public health, public policy, and disaster and emergency management, as well as practitioners and policy makers in related fields.
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    Perspectives and Practices of Public Administration in South Asia : Post-pandemic Recovery and Sustainable Development Agenda (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031498411
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 202 p.)
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    Series Statement: South Asian Public Administration
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    Abstract: This edited volume bridges the gap between theoretical underpinnings of South Asian public administration and practices on the ground to understand the future path of public administration in the region. The ten chapters highlight the post-covid contemporary trajectories of public administration and the civil society in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. In addition, each case study is tied to a relevant UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), using the SDG framework to provide useful insights for transfer of knowledge and learning within the South Asian region and highlight the “South- South” and “South-North” exchange. Illustrating the unique challenges and opportunities faced by South Asian countries post-pandemic, this volume will be of interest to scholars and students of public administration, governance, South Asian politics, and the SDGs.
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    Asian Organized Crime and the Anglosphere (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031414824
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 144 p. 2 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Transnational crime. ; Organized crime. ; Security, International. ; Comparative government. ; International relations. ; Political science.
    Abstract: 1. Theoretical Frameworks -- 2. Developments of Asian Organized Crime -- 3. United States -- 4. Canada -- 5. United Kingdom -- 6. Australia -- 7. New Zealand -- 8. Conclusion.
    Abstract: In this book, "Asian Organized Crime and the Anglosphere," the author uncovers the multifaceted phenomenon of Asian Organized Crime (AOC) and its profound impact on nation-states, with particular emphasis on English-speaking countries. From the United States and Canada, to the United Kingdom, to Australia and New Zealand; each chapter delves into the intricate dynamics and transnational operations of Asian criminal groups. The book explores the diverse responses and strategies employed by these countries, shedding light on the categories of AOC, ranging from traditional criminal activities rooted in Asian countries to high-tech transnational crimes that have rapidly expanded into Western nations. Readers will gain insights into the presence and impact of prominent Asian criminal groups operating within the Anglosphere. Focusing on national and homeland security implications, this book equips professionals, students, practitioners, and academics with the knowledge to understand, counter, and combat Asian organized crime.
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    Technology assessment in a globalized world : facing the challenges of transnational technology governance (2023)
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 271 Seiten) , Illustrationen
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    Keywords: Science—Social aspects. ; Political science. ; Globalization. ; Science ; Globalisierung ; Technikbewertung ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Auswirkung ; Institutionalisierung ; Global Governance ; Entwicklung ; Tendenz ; Erde
    Abstract: This open access book explores the relevance of the concept of technology assessment (TA) on an international and global level. Technologies play a key role in addressing global challenges such as climate change, population aging, digitization, and health. At the same time, their use increases the need for coordinated action and governance at the global level in the field of science, technology and innovation (STI). Featuring case studies on STI fields such as energy, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, and health technology, as well as TA activities at the national and international levels, this book reflects on the challenges and opportunities of global technology governance. It also provides an in-depth discussion of current governmental STI cultures and systems, societal expectations, and the policy priorities needed to achieve coordinated and effective STI intervention in policymaking and public debate at the global level. Lastly, the book promotes the establishment of a forum for a truly global dialogue of TA practitioners, fostering the articulation of their needs, knowledge and perspectives.
    Note: Open Access , Literaturverzeichnisse, Literaturhinweise , Introduction : technology assessment beyond national boundaries , Tracing technology assessment internationally—TA activities in 12 countries across the globe , Technology assessment in a multilateral science, technology and innovation system , Globalisation as reflexive modernisation—implications for S&T governance , Technology assessment and public spheres in the context of globalization : a blueprint for the future , Technology assessment in developing countries : the case of India—examples of governmental and informal TA , Climate change—does the IPCC model provide the foundation for a potential global technology assessment framework? , Challenges of global technology assessment in biotechnology—bringing clarity and better understanding in fragmented global governance , Artificial intelligence—a new knowledge and decision-making paradigm? , Global systems resilience and pandemic disease—a challenge for S&T governance , The shape of global technology assessment , Appendix : technology assessment activities in Australia, Brazil, Central Europe, Chile, China, India, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, and the USA
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    Venezuela – Dimensions of the Crisis : A Perspective on Democratic Backsliding (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031218897
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VI, 214 p. 9 illus., 8 illus. in color.)
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    Keywords: America—Politics and government. ; Comparative government. ; World politics. ; Political science. ; Regionalism. ; Public administration. ; America ; Innenpolitik ; Politischer Wandel ; Krise ; Regierungskrise ; Situation ; Aktualität ; Politischer Konflikt ; Venezuela
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction: Venezuela – Dimensions of the Crisis -- Part I. History and Theory -- Chapter 2. Can an Evolutionary Order be schizophrenic? Reading Venezuelan politics from an institutionalist perspective -- Chapter 3. Ideological aspects of Venezuela’s current divide -- Chapter 4. Venezuela between Democracy and Autocracy: History and Politics in the 20th and 21st centuries -- Part II. Domestic Dimensions of The Crisis: Actors, Parties and Problems -- Chapter 5. Multiple Crises of the Venezuelan Party System -- Chapter 6. Discretionality and Disarticulation in the Venezuelan Public Administration -- Chapter 7. The Military Factor -- Part III. International and Regional Dimensions of the Crisis -- Chapter 8. The Role of the EU in the Venezuelan conflict: Why did democracy promotion fail? -- Chapter 9. From Monroe to Bolívar and back? US-Venezuela Relations -- Chapter 10. Venezuela, Cuba and United States: Power and Geopolitics in the Great Caribbean -- Chapter 11. Difficult but necessary: Venezuela-Colombia relations throughout time. A historical depiction of two specially connected neighbors -- Chapter 12. Conclusion: Dimensions of The Crisis and Future Prospects.
    Abstract: The book is devoted to the subject of Venezuela's politics and the different dimensions of its longstanding crisis, with various researchers exchanging ideas on the current problems affecting the country. It is the first comprehensive overview on the dimensions of Venezuela’s current crisis written in English, thus filling an important research gap. Especially the participation of international, well-known scholars make it a global enterprise. The book covers historical and theoretical facts surrounding the case of Venezuela and also focuses on the parties and actors that play decisive roles in the conflict. Subjects include the military, public administration, ideology, the opposition, the party landscape along with its crisis and Venezuela's oil policy. Furthermore the book touches upon international and regional aspects: Venezuela's diplomatic relations with the EU, the USA, Cuba and Colombia, respectively. The volume addresses a wider audience, such as scholars on Latin American and especially Venezuelan Politics, International Relations, as well as an interested public, including journalists and politicians. .
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    Western Constitutionalism : History, Institutions, Comparative Law (2023)
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 323 p.)
    Edition: 3rd ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Private international law. ; Conflict of laws. ; International law. ; Comparative law. ; Constitutional law. ; Political science.
    Abstract: The Forge of Constitutionalism -- Achievements: Constitutionalism in the Age of the Modern Revolutions -- The Different Paths of Western Constitutional Law in the 19th Century -- Constitutionalism in the Age of Democratization -- Framing Constitutional Democracy: The Anglo-American Experience -- Framing Constitutional Democracy: The European Experience -- The European Constitutional Space: The European Convention on Human Rights and the European Union -- The Worldwide Expansion of Constitutional Democracy.
    Abstract: This book explores the theoretical origins, historical foundation, political meaning, and legal development of western constitutionalism, as well as the structure and transformation of constitutional law in the Western World. Introducing the historical background of western constitutional traditions, it links this rich, conceptual framework with the legal arrangements of states’ constitutions and the current trends of the internationalization of constitutional law. Serving as a comprehensive introduction to constitutional studies, this book provides detailed information on the design of legal systems, while addressing the main critical, theoretical issues raised by constitutionalism in western democracies and in the global landscape. This new, third edition covers a broader scope, reflecting recent political and legal transformations, and is enriched in terms of didactic instruments for university students.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-40872-4
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    Arctic Governance Through Conferencing : Actors, Agendas and Arenas (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031233326
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 169 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Frontiers in International Relations
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    Keywords: International organization. ; Diplomacy. ; Security, International. ; Political science. ; Public policy. ; Internationale Politik ; Konferenz ; Internationale Organisation ; Internationale Kooperation ; Politische Kommunikation ; Global Governance ; Arktis
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Arctic Governance: Actors, Processes, and Structures -- Chapter 3. Arctic Frontiers and Arctic Circle Assembly -- Chapter 4. Actors in the Arctic Conference Sphere -- Chapter 5. Conferences as Agenda Setting Arenas -- Chapter 6. Conferences within the Arctic Governance Architecture -- Chapter 7. Conclusions: Governance by Conference.
    Abstract: This book examines the functions of conferences within Arctic governance, as a third dimension between sovereign states and formalized cooperative arrangements. It analyzes conferences against the background of three main empirical topics. Firstly, the functions of conferences for different actor groups, both Arctic rights holders and emerging non-Arctic state actors claiming stakeholder status. From this, the book also analyzes how conferences contribute to altering the actor composition of Arctic governance as a whole. Secondly, conferences as agenda setting arenas – whether conference activities can contribute to influencing the broader agenda in the region, and conferences as arenas for agenda setting – whether participants can bring with them topics that are picked up and brought into other processes. Thirdly, the book considers the space for conferences within broader governance architectures, as links between units in the regime complex. The book further presents an in-depth case study of the two largest conferences on Arctic issues: the Arctic Frontiers and Arctic Circle Assembly. It illustrates the diverse functions conferences can have for elements within a broader governance system, beyond serving as meeting places and networking arenas. Therefore, it is a must-read for researchers, students, and policy-makers interested in a better understanding of Arctic governance in particular, and International Relations in general.
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    Relational Liberalism : Democratic Co-Authorship in a Pluralistic World (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031227431
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVI, 291 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations 24
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    Keywords: Political science—Philosophy. ; Social sciences—Philosophy. ; Law—Philosophy. ; Political science. ; Political science. ; Social sciences ; Law
    Abstract: Introduction -- Political Legitimacy Under Epistemic Constraints -- An Epistemic Reading of the Ideal of Co-Authorship -- Justification Under Nonideal Circumstances: Reflective Agreement and Relational Liberalism -- The Ideal of Public Justification Revisited -- Compromises for a Pluralistic World -- A Case Study: Extending Marriage Rights to Same-Sex Couples -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book investigates the unresolved issue of democratic legitimacy in contexts of pervasive disagreement and contributes to this debate by defending a relational version of political liberalism that rests on the ideal of co-authorship. According to this proposal, democratic legitimacy depends upon establishing appropriate interactions among citizens who ought to ascribe to one another the status of putative practical and epistemic authorities. To support this relational reading of political liberalism, the book proposes a revised account of the civic virtue of reasonableness along with an investigation of the epistemic-specific dimension of political equality. By engaging with political epistemology and social theory, this book explores ways to address inherent tensions within the liberal paradigm, using the following strategies of addressing these tensions: first, it defends a twofold model of legitimacy that distinguishes the goals, methodologies, and justificatory tasks of both ideal and nonideal phases of the two-level justificatory framework; second, it contends that democratic legitimacy requires an engaged and contextual critical appraisal of the injustices that characterize our daily social lives, illustrating how structural forms of injustice represent a profound betrayal of the liberal ideal of democratic legitimacy.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-22743-1
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    Proceedings of Topical Issues in International Political Geography (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031206207
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 460 p. 12 illus., 5 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Springer Geography
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    Keywords: Culture—Study and teaching. ; International relations. ; Political science. ; Geography. ; Human geography. ; Culture
    Abstract: Eurasia in the Post-Pandemic Political and Socioeconomic Prospects -- EU concerns about Security, 5G and Huawei -- Key aspects of climate strategies in Europe -- Russia's chairmanship of the Arctic Council: problems and prospects -- Political-Geographical Determinants of International Cooperation in the development of international transport corridors (NSR) -- Making of a new petro-state in the Middle East? Fossil fuelled Kurdistan -- UN Charter interpretation in settlement of regional conflicts: Guatemala crisis of 1954 -- Development of cooperation between Russia and China in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization -- A New Centennial Dream: China’s Second Centennial Plan and Sino-US Relations -- BRICS and the Contemporary Body Politic: Examining a Decade of Normativities in the BRICS Summit Declarations -- On Border Energy and Cross-Border Communication in Geoeconomics and Geopolitics -- Biopolitics in the Era of Coronavirus and Artificial Intelligence -- Digital geography and digital borders in the era of information globalization -- Globalization and the principles of tolerance -- Professional Ethics in Higher Education -- Thomas Hobbes and the Linguistic Construction of the International Political Space -- Russian-Swedish Economic (Trade) Relationships in the 18th century -- Geographic and historical factors in the development of political relations between St. Petersburg and Africa -- Social and Political Influence of the media on Corruption -- Open budget as a tool to fight corruption: cases of EAEU countries -- International practice in the organization of management accounting -- In Search of the Ideology of Public Serving: Analysis of Regulatory Legal Acts of the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China -- Transformation and Development of Digital Literary Criticism in China -- Verb Representation of Information Sources in Chinese-Language Political Media Discourse -- Electoral processes in modern Europe: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the electoral institution -- Sustainability and digitalization as the basic principles of the German environmental agenda -- Main trends in the policy of regionalism formation in the Republic of Altal -- Universities, Cultural Diversity and Global Ethics: Opportunities for Moral Leadership -- The role of Russian Soft Power Institutions in Ukraine 2007-2014 -- Sports Relations between Russia and Europe through the Lens of Sport Diplomacy -- Sport as a focus of bilateral contacts between Russia and post-Soviet Central Asia -- The global tourism industry after the COVID-19 pandemic: prospects and ways of recovery -- How Do Geographical Imaginaries Shape Academic Migration to global centres and peripheries? -- Migrant Women as a Risk Group in Contemporary Human Trafficking -- Sociological and Legal Peculiarities of Migration to Turkey: the Case of Russian-Turkish Marriages -- Finnish labor migration policy and integration instruments: Talent Boost program objectives and methods -- Migration processes of the Vepsian population of the Vologda region: historical aspects and modern trends.
    Abstract: This proceedings book addresses the main issues of contemporary political geography and international relations, providing a platform for discussion and collaboration of experts in the fields of Political Geography, Geopolitics, International Relations, etc. Participants from all over the world consider the controversies and challenges posed by globalization, focusing, in particular, on the ideologies of globalization and regionalism, migration crises, prevention of ethnic conflicts, and measures to promote sustainable development. The content of the book may be interesting to expert community, academics and popular audience.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-20620-7
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    Environmental Governance in Indonesia (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031159046
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 513 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Environment & Policy 61
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Environmental governance in Indonesia
    Keywords: Klimawandel ; Umweltschutz ; Soziale Folgen ; Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Stadtentwicklung ; Natürliche Ressourcen ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Indonesien ; Environmental policy. ; Environment. ; Political science. ; Environmental Law. ; Environmental governance ; Environmental management ; Environmental protection ; Environmental conservation ; Indonesia ; Climate-Change Policy
    Abstract: Foreword -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- PART I: emerging concepts and perspectives -- Chapter 2 Introducing the Pluriverse of the Anthropocene: Toward an Ontological Politics of Environmental Governance in Indonesia -- Chapter 3 Earth System Governance in Indonesia: An Initial Investigation -- Chapter 4 Post-politicizing the Environment: Local Government Performance Assessments in Indonesia -- PART II: Wetlands -- Chapter 5 Gender and Climate Change Vulnerability: A Case Study of a Coastal Community in Pramuka Island, The Seribu Islands -- Chapter 6 Coastal Forest Re-Grabbing: A Case from Langkat, North Sumatera, Indonesia -- Chapter 7 Towards Sustainable Lake Ecosystem-Based Management– Lessons Learned from Interdisciplinary Research of Cage Aquaculture Management in Lake Maninjau -- Chapter 8 Community-Based Fire Management and Peatland Restoration in Indonesia -- Chapter 9 Assessing the Governance Modes of Indonesia’s Forest Management Unit -- Chapter 10 Biofuels Development and Indirect Deforestation -- Chapter 11 The Dynamics of the Green Policies in Papua Land: A Political Economy Study -- Chapter 12 Environmental Governance as Knowledge Co-Production: the Emergence of Permaculture Movements in Indonesia -- Chapter 13 Aggregation and Representation in Knowledge Coproduction: Lesson Learned from the Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil Scheme -- Part IV: Urban -- Chapter 14 The Conceptual Models of Dynamic Governance Toward Sustainable Urban Water Management in Metropolitan Area -- Chapter 15 Governance by Accident:The Role of Civil Society in Shaping Urban Environmental Governance -- Chapter 16 Water Resources Governance in Indonesia Towards Environmental Sustainability Along with Social and Economic Development -- Chapter 17 Coordination Challenges Facing Effective Flood Governance in the Ciliwung River Basin -- Chapter 18 Transformative Solutions in the Global South: Addressing Solid Waste Management Challenges in Jakarta through Participation by Civil Society Organizations? -- PART V: Climate -- Chapter 19 Should Climate Actions Stay Amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic? A Crisis Management Governance Perspective -- Chapter 20 Climate Action in a Far-Flung Archipelagic Nation: Outlining Challenges in Capacity-Building -- Chapter 21 Strategy for Sustainable Urban Climate Mitigation: Kupang City Climate Risk Assessment -- Chapter 22 Local resource governance: Strategies for adapting to change -- Part VI: Social and technological Interventions -- Chapter 23 Local Governance of Sustainability Transition in Community-scale Solar Water Pumping Systems in Indonesia -- Chapter 24 Building a Sustainable Photovoltaic Innovation System in Indonesia Through Network Governance Perspective -- Chapter 25 Conceptual Design of Sustainable Governance by VIDEL (Virtual Dashboard of Environmentally Logistics-Port-City): a Case Study of Jakarta and Tanjung-Priok Port.
    Abstract: This open access book presents the state-of-the-art environmental governance research and practices in Indonesia. It offers a wide scope, covering different sectors (e.g., forestry, mining) and geographical landscapes (e.g., inland and coastal areas). This book engages with existing theories and frameworks, including Earth System Governance, Adaptive and Interactive Governance, among others to trigger a debate regarding the operationalization of such concepts, which are mostly developed for the Global North context. It is also our ambition to incorporate more empirical knowledge from local contexts to indicate research gaps and future directions for environmental governance research agenda to be more diverse, inclusive, and facilitate the incorporation of inter-and transdisciplinary knowledge. This book will be useful for researchers, students, practitioners, and policymakers who are interested in the field of environmental governance, especially in Indonesia. Indonesia is one of the countries with the fastest-growing economies in Asia. Indonesia is rich in natural resources but also suffers from overexploitation and environmental threats exacerbated by climate and human pressures. Along with the growing global ambitions for achieving sustainable development and capacity to adapt to current and future threats, including climate change impacts and disaster risk, Indonesia's commitments to balance development while safeguarding a good environmental status are also increasing. The challenge is on how to govern complex and systemic natural, social and governance systems while adhering to the principle of equity and justice? As it will require more than traditional hierarchical modes of governance and current regulatory instruments (i.e., law and regulations).
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-15904-6
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    Managing Complexity Through Social Intelligence : Foundations of the Modern Organic Corporatist State (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031254444
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXVII, 430 p. 26 illus., 20 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Contributions to Political Science
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    Keywords: Political science—Philosophy. ; Social sciences—Philosophy. ; Comparative government. ; Political science. ; System theory. ; Globalization. ; Political science. ; Social sciences
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. What is Promoting Human Extinction? -- Chapter 3. Responses to Social Problems -- Chapter 4. How These Conditions Came to Be -- Chapter 5. Solution Requirements -- Chapter 6. Order - the Social Embryo -- Chapter 7. How Order Comes to Life – the Living System -- Chapter 8. Who Says Societies Are Living? -- Chapter 9. That Special Social Organism – the State -- Chapter 10. The Social Brain -- Chapter 11. Towards a Solution - the Framework -- Chapter 12. Towards a Solution - the Issues -- Chapter 13. Summary and Conclusions.
    Abstract: This book presents solutions to problems that are total and based on thinking about how and why humans have organized themselves. It discusses how to avoid the now well-documented Holocene Extinction, propelled by climate change, wars, resource depletion, desertification, degrading knowledge quality, famine, and deterioration of societies overall. It explains why we cannot respond effectively with hedonistic, incompetent, corrupt, and anarchistic "liberal democracy" and why neither personality cult regimes can suffice. The book offers a model of an organic social structure embodying a collective consciousness of communitarianism and Platonic-style ethos. Putting an emphasis on the re-establishment of Classical Greek virtue, it offers solutions to resolve identity politics, alienation, and meritocracy. While doing so, the author opposes the "everyone is equal" ideology to govern the section of policymakers, instead circumscribing "rights" in terms of responsibilities, prioritizing education and training to carry forth the ethos of valuing truth above materialism, and developing Durkheim's social brain via a new discipline, "sociointelligence". The book goes on to explain how underpinning these elements is a comprehensive elucidation of often misunderstood words like "liberty", "freedom", "authoritarianism", and "democracy". All of these areas are arranged and combined in uniquely describing the organic society the author deems necessary to avoid human extinction. As a result, the book presents a “new organicity”, where the emerging transhumanism seeks to transcend hydrocarbon-based life with humanly-constructed life. This book will appeal to students, researchers, and scholars of political science, philosophy, and the social sciences interested in a better understanding of complexity, democratic theory, Holocene Extinction, organic thinking, and meritocratic societies.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-25444-4
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    Judicial Governance and Democracy in Europe (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031201905
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 91 p. 3 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Law
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    Keywords: Law—Europe. ; Law—Philosophy. ; Law—History. ; Europe—Politics and government. ; International law. ; Political science. ; Law ; Europe ; Law ; Law
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction. Democracy and judicial governance in Europe -- Chapter 2: The trade-offs of judicial governance -- Chapter 3: Modernization, democracy and judicial governance -- Chapter 4: Independent judicial councils and democratic quality: a set-theoretical approach -- Chapter 5: Conclusions and some policy reflections -- Appendix 1. Classification and justification of models of judicial governance -- Appendix 2. Database for replication of statistical analyses -- Appendix 3. QCA data matrix for replication of analyses.
    Abstract: Amid the growing debate about models of judicial governance and their relationship to democratic quality, this book offers a systematic and empirical study of this relationship. The book thereby contributes to filling in this gap for the European continent. Taking an interdisciplinary politics and law perspective, and combining empirical and theoretical considerations, the book addresses the important link between democracy and judicial governance. In particular, it provides for three interconnected contributions. First, the book provides for a comprehensive classification of European countries into different models of judicial governance. Second, the book analyses empirically the relationship between the design of judicial governance and the quality of democracy. Third, building on those findings, the book presents policy reflections for the reform and improvement of mechanisms for judicial governance in European countries. The book seeks to refine our knowledge about the relationship between judicial governance and democracy, making an important academic and social contribution. In an era in which many democracies backslide and deconsolidate, it assesses to what extent existing mechanisms for judicial governance have contributed to the stability and quality of democratic systems in which they are implemented. Furthermore, the book puts forward reflections to improve the role of organs for judicial governance in fostering the quality of democracy. Since the book introduces in an accessible form key concepts of Judicial Governance, it will be of interest for the general public as well as academics and students in the fields of Law and Political Science. The book also addresses policy makers, as based on our empirical knowledge about the interaction judicial governance and democracy it puts forward ideas for a design of judicial governance that is more capable of protecting democratic systems of government.
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-20190-5
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    Non-Academic Careers for Quantitative Social Scientists : A Practical Guide to Maximizing Your Skills and Opportunities (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031350368
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VI, 208 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Texts in Quantitative Political Analysis
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    Keywords: Political science. ; Social sciences ; Statistics .
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction: Surveying the Landscape of Industry Jobs -- Section 1: Career Paths -- Chapter 2. Data Science Needs You, Social Scientist -- Chapter 3. How to Thrive in the Data Industry Without a Traditional STEM Background -- Chapter 4. Alt-Academic Career Paths -- Chapter 5. From the Academy to Tech Startups: Considerations and Opportunities -- Chapter 6. Opportunities and Pathways in Survey Research -- Chapter 7. Market Research with a PhD in Sociology -- Chapter 8. Say Yes to Cultivating Your Future -- Chapter 9. Working in Government -- Chapter 10. Working in Quasi-Governmental Research -- Chapter 11. Proudly Disinterested: Public Administration and Social Science Ph.D. Programs -- Chapter 12. Applying the Transferrable Skill Set of a Ph.D. to Emerging Data Fieldsx -- Section 2: Advice for Non-Academic Job Success -- Chapter 13. How to Market Yourself for Careers Beyond the Professoriate -- Chapter 14. Beyond Visa Sponsorship: Navigating the Job Market as An Immigrant -- Chapter 15. So You Want to Work in Tech. How Do You Make the Leap? -- Chapter 16. Perspectives on Rapid Antigen Tests for Downstream Validation and Development of Theranostics -- Chapter 17. Kill, Pivot, Continue: Tips and Tricks for Career Transition Away From Academe -- Chapter 18. Presenting Academic Research in the Interview Process and Beyond: A Conversation Between Colleagues -- Chapter 19. Thriving in a Non-Academic Environment -- Chapter 20. You Got Your First Job, What About Your Second? Conversations with Women Social Scientists on Landing Multiple Non-Academic Jobs -- Chapter 21. Staying Academically Relevant in a Non-Academic Career.-.
    Abstract: This book is a guide to non-academic careers for quantitative social scientists. Written by social science PhDs working in large corporations, non-profits, tech startups, and alt-academic positions in higher education, this book consists of more than a dozen chapters on various topics on finding rewarding careers outside the academy. Chapters are organized in three parts. Part I provides an introduction to the types of jobs available to social science PhDs, where those jobs can be found, and what the work looks like in those positions. Part II creates a guide for social science PhDs on how to set themselves up for such careers, including navigating the academic world of graduate school while contemplating non-academic options, and selling their academic experience in a non-academic setting. Part III offers perspectives on timelines for making non-academic career decisions, lifestyle differences between academia and non-academic jobs, and additional resources for those considering a non-academic route. Providing valuable insight on non-academic careers from those who have successfully made the transition, this volume will be an asset to graduate students, advisors, and recent PhDs, in quantitative social science. .
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-35036-8
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    Anarchism and Social Revolution : An Anarchist Politics of the Transitionary State (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031394621
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXI, 412 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Political science. ; Comparative government. ; Political science
    Abstract: Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Anarchism -- Chapter 1: Anarchism in the Political Realm -- Chapter 2: Anarchism in the Economic Realm -- Chapter 3: Anarchism in the Cultural Realm -- Part II: Social Revolution -- Chapter 4: An Elite Theory of United States Politics -- Chapter 5: The Political Landscape -- Chapter 6: Revolutionary Objectives -- Chapter 7: Revolutionary Strategy -- Conclusion-Works Cited -- Index.
    Abstract: This monograph provides an update to anarchist philosophy, advocating for a paradigm shift beyond neoliberalism and liberal democracy. The book’s central thesis has two components. First, it is argued that the maximization of equal liberty requires historical progress beyond the sovereign state system. In contrast to Fukuyama’s (1992) argument that liberal democracy is the end of history, it is argued that liberalism contains two contradictions (socioeconomic inequality and the shortcoming in equal liberty inherent to state power) with the potential to propel history further. This book’s argument – libertarian social democracy – provides a framework to guide that final stage of history. Second, while anarchist philosophy offers a vision beyond the sovereign state, it can be rendered more suitable as an alternative paradigm. Specifically, it is argued that anarchism is hampered by its traditional adherence to prefigurative strategy, according to which the state cannot be used as a means to achieve a free and equal society. By contrast, libertarian social democracy incorporates a role for a democratic transitionary state (described here as gradualist anarchism) thus addressing mainstream “Hobbesian” concerns about bad anarchy (where decentralization yields a net loss in equal liberty). In so doing, the book reveals the full spectrum of anarchist strategy from prefigurative to gradualist. .
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    Principles for Governance : Strategies for Reducing Inequality and Promoting Human Development (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031400254
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 249 p. 9 illus., 3 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Sustainable Development Goals Series
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    Keywords: Economic development. ; Sustainability. ; Economic policy. ; Public administration. ; Political science. ; Bioethics. ; SDG 10 ; economic inequality ; circular economy ; sustainability ; E-Government ; basic income ; Green Deal ; bioethical governance ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: 1. Bioethics of Public Governance: a Strategy Towards the “Reduction of Inequality” -- 2. Political Currents and the Democratic Convergence -- 3. Historical, Bioethical and Technical Aspects for the Creation of the Popular Online Forum -- 4. Money to the People: the Challenge of Financing Human Development -- 5. Impact investment and Social Impact Bonds for a Humanist Economy -- 6. Popular Self-Organization and Cooperativism: Towards Economic Democracy and Human Development -- 7. Solidarity Economy and Self-Management: Theoretical Notes and Practical Experiences of Participatory Democracy and Popular Governance -- 8. Indicative Planning and Government Redistribution Policies: A Systemic Continuous Process -- 9. Semiotics of Money: Towards the Governance of Development -- 10. A Public/Private Partnership for the Implementation of a Job Guarantee Program -- 11. A Circular Approach to a Sustainable Economy -- 12. Metabolic Imperative: Deep Gaps in Western Culture Concerning Our Dependence on the Environment -- 13. A Pathway to Benevolence and the Rise of Consciousness in Social Practices -- 14. Wellbeing and Well-living: New Directions in Social Assistance -- 15. A Plea for Rationality: Education and Bioethic Governance -- 16. Economic Complexity in the Information Age: Challenges for Professional Education -- 17. Educational Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in Situations of Social Vulnerability.
    Abstract: This edited volume provides strategies for reducing inequality and promoting human development through the use of innovative digital technology and the adoption of new bioethical principles for governance. The book is structured around a series of practical proposals which can be adapted to different circumstances, countries, and political systems. Written by an interdisciplinary panel of international researchers and professionals, each chapter details a proposal for a policy—new social technology, Green Deals, robust social assistance—that will move society forward towards a sustainable, digital, and equitable future. Researchers across multiple disciplines--public administration, cognitive technology, E-learning, finance, philosophy of economy, agronomics, forest engineering, bioethics and education—will find this volume a useful reference.
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    Unlocking PhD Success : How to Acquire Crucial PhD Skills (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031406515
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XI, 181 p. 73 illus., 70 illus. in color.)
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    Keywords: Economics. ; Political science. ; Business. ; Management science. ; PhD project ; PhD students ; PhD skills ; Academic skills ; Skills development ; Academic development plan ; Personal growth process ; Personal academic development plan ; Managing Graduate School ; Graduate Student Guide ; Guide for PhD Students ; Planning a PhD Thesis ; Academic Talent Development ; Presentation skills ; Time management ; Organizing PhD Work
    Abstract: Academic Talent Development -- Research Skills -- Collaboration Skills -- Writing Skills -- Presentation Skills -- Time Management Skills -- Persistence Skills -- Making It Work.
    Abstract: Are you a current or aspiring Ph.D. student determined to overcome the challenges that lie ahead? Do not let statistics discourage you, because this comprehensive guide is here to help you defy the odds and reach the pinnacle of academic achievement. With failure rates hovering between 40% and 50%, it is crucial to equip yourself with the right skills to ensure your success. In this book, you will embark on a transformative journey toward becoming a confident and accomplished scholar. This book takes a meticulous approach, addressing the six essential skills every Ph.D. student must possess: research, writing, presentation, time management, persistence, and collaboration. Each chapter delves into the significance of these skills within the Ph.D. process, explores the necessary competences, and provides practical strategies for their acquisition. Armed with numerous tips, tricks, and actionable advice, this invaluable resource empowers you to optimize your performance throughout your Ph.D. journey. Within these pages, you will discover how to assess your current skill set, identify areas for improvement, and develop a personalized academic development plan. With the aid of many informative figures and tables, you will find quick and easy access to expert guidance. Do not let uncertainty and self-doubt hinder your progress. “Unlocking PhD Success” is your roadmap to triumph, supporting you every step of the way as you conquer the challenges of doctoral studies. Embrace this book as your trusted companion, and unlock your full potential as an exceptional Ph.D. candidate.
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    Republicanism and Democracy : Close Friends? (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031157806
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VII, 236 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Contributions to Political Science
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    Keywords: Intellectual life—History. ; Political science. ; World politics. ; Human rights. ; Constitutional law. ; Intellectual life
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Republicanism and democracy. An introduction (Skadi Siiri Krause) -- Chapter 2. Considerations on Machiavelli: Alibis, Evasions, and Counter-Provocations (John P. McCormick) -- Chapter 3. The democratic impulse in the English Revolution (Skadi Siiri Krause) -- Chapter 4. The possibility of democratic republicanism: the Levellers, Milton, and Harrington (Rachel Foxley) -- Chapter 5. Democracy in Algernon Sidney’s Discourses Concerning Government (Thomas Ashby) -- Chapter 6. The democratic moment in the American Revolution (Skadi Siiri Krause) -- Chapter 7. The American Founding: from democratic to aristocratic republicanism (Philip Dingeldey) -- Chapter 8. Democracy and democratic reform impulses before the French Revolution (Skadi Siiri Krause) -- Chapter 9. Democratic Republicanism in the French Revolution (Nadia Urbinati) -- Chapter 10. Republicanism, Democracy and History.
    Abstract: This book discusses whether democracy and republicanism are identical, complementary, or contradicting ideas. The rediscovery of classic republicanism a few decades ago made it clear how profoundly modern notions of democracy had been shaped by the republican tradition. But defining these two concepts remains difficult, and the views diverge widely. The overarching aim of this book is to discuss the extent to which democracy and republicanism are identical, complementary or mutually contradicting ideals / ideas. Pursuing this open approach to the subject means calling into question a widely used formula according to which modern democracy is composed of liberal principles such as individualism, the rule of law and human rights, on the one hand, and of republican principles such as focusing on the common good and popular sovereignty, on the other. This book will appeal to students, researches, and scholars of political science interested in a better understanding of political theory and political history. The editors Dr. Skadi Siiri Krause, Research Associate at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, is known for her work on the political history of ideas in France. Dr. Dirk Jörke, Professor of Political Theory at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, focuses on contemporary interpretations of the concept of democracy. .
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-15780-6
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    Global Warming and the Climate Crisis : Science, Spirit, and Solutions (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031123542
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(IX, 301 p. 45 illus., 39 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: America—Politics and government. ; Indigenous peoples—Religion. ; Environmental policy. ; Climatology. ; Political science. ; Bioclimatology. ; America ; Indigenous peoples
    Abstract: Introduction -- Science: Why So Urgent? -- Climate Crisis: Code Red for Humanity and Our Home Planet -- Mother Earth vs. Mother Lode -- A Struggle to Survive -- Specious Solutions and Speculations.
    Abstract: This textbook introduces readers to basic scientific principles of climate change. Based on extensive empirical evidence, it explains weather events that indicate climate change’s evolution and presents important topics connected to climate change, such as political controversies, climate policy, as well as Native American perspectives. Finally, it presents attempted solutions, including policy recommendations and technological proposals for necessary changes in our world. Providing a well-written and easy-to-follow overview of knowledge of science-based geophysical facts, including thermodynamics, the book puts a strong emphasis on why expeditious action on global warming is urgent. The book also explains why smart greenhouse-gas reduction strategies will ignite economic growth, generate new domestic jobs, protect public health, and strengthen energy security. Not assuming a scientific background on the part of the reader, Global Warming and the Climate Crisis: Science, Spirit, and Solutions offers an ideal supplemental reading in many types of courses in Earth sciences, climate policy, climate change sciences, as well as politics of climate change, from high school through undergraduate. General readers also will benefit from its treatment of this very important and timely issue.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-12354-2
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    Causality in policy studies : a pluralist toolbox (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031129827
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 274 Seiten)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023
    Series Statement: Texts in quantitative political analysis
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    Keywords: Social sciences—Statistical methods. ; Political science. ; Political planning. ; Social sciences ; Politische Wissenschaft ; Sozialwissenschaften ; Quantitative Methode ; Statistische Analyse ; Analysis
    Abstract: This volume provides a methodological toolbox for conducting policy research. Recognizing that policy research spans various academic disciplines, each of which takes a different view on causality, the volume introduces a methodologically pluralistic approach to policy studies. Each chapter clarifies the research question that each technique can answer, the research design and data treatment that each technique requires for its results to be sound, the validity domain of its results, and the actual deployment of the technique through a replicable example. Techniques covered include quasi-experimental designs, approaches to account for selection bias and observed imbalances, directed acyclic graphs and structural equation models, Qualitative Comparative Analysis, Bayesian case study and process tracing, and Agent-Based Modelling. By working through the volume, readers will understand how to learn from different techniques, apply them consciously, and triangulate them to make better sense of findings. This volume is intended for advanced academic courses, as well as scholars and practitioners in policy-related fields, such as political science, economics, sociology, and public administration. This is an open access book.
    Note: Open Access , Tabellen, Literaturverzeichnisse, Literaturhinweise , Introduction : the elephant of causation and the blind sages , Causation in the social realm , Counterfactuals with experimental and quasi-experimental variation , Correlation is not causation, yet… matching and weighting for better counterfactuals , Getting the most out of surveys : multilevel regression and poststratification , Pathway analysis, causal mediation and the identification of causal mechanisms , Testing joint sufficiency twice : explanatory qualitative comparative analysis , Causal inference and policy evaluation from case studies using Bayesian process tracing , Exploring interventions on social outcomes with in Silico, agent-based experiments , The many threats from mechanistic heterogeneity that can spoil multi-method research
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-12982-7
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    Synthetic Biology and the Question of Public Participation : Governance and Ethics in Dealing with Emerging Technologies (2023)
    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Springer
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    ISBN: 9783031160042
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(V, 62 p. 5 illus., 4 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Philosophy
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    Keywords: Political science—Philosophy. ; Science—Philosophy. ; Political science. ; Science ; Political science.
    Abstract: Introduction -- Imagined Futures: Trust and Justice in SB Governance -- Governance and Participation in Policy Reports of Synthetic Biology (Literature Review) -- Approaches in Defining Governance, Challenges and Benefits -- Designing Governance Frameworks -- Governance of Synthetic Biology -- Governance and Public Participation -- Objectives -- Focus Areas Participation -- Communication -- Representation.-Evaluation -- Focus Areas Governance -- Resources -- Training -- Data Management -- Responsibility -- Case Study: COVID-19 Vaccine Development -- Conclusion -- Recommendations.
    Abstract: The book considers the relationship between governance and participation, and the ways participation has been understood, framed and applied in the context of synthetic biology (SB) governance approaches. Based on fundamental questions about the scope, purpose, and responsibilities assigned to public participation activities, the authors conducted an literature review of policy reports and articles on SB governance. Against this basis the authors identify key characteristics of synthetic biology, such as the complex interplay of research, engineering and IT expertise in the field, as well as the challenges these characteristics pose in designing governance frameworks. Drawing on insights from the literature on governance and public participation in political science and public policy, the authors contest calls for “earlier” and “more” participation on the basis that such calls fail to consider the necessary structural adjustments and resources needed for such endeavors.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-16004-2
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    A Free Press, If You Can Keep It : What Natural Language Processing Reveals About Freedom of the Press in Hong Kong (2023)
    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Springer
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    ISBN: 9783031275845
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VII, 75 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Political Science
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    Keywords: Political science. ; Natural language processing (Computer science). ; Communication in politics. ; Human rights.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Methodological Approach and Data -- 3. Non-rhetorical Tactics -- 4. Rhetorical Tactics -- 5. Conclusions.
    Abstract: This Brief introduces a novel research approach to investigate freedom of the press in Hong Kong. The authors pair computational analyses from the field of natural language processing with qualitative content analysis of patterns of journalistic practice in volatile political settings. Together, these shed light on the evolution of press freedom in Hong Kong since its return to Chinese sovereignty. Providing an interdisciplinary perspective, the Brief will appeal to a wide range of readers with interests in computational social science, public policy, political sciences as well as policy-makers, think tanks, and practitioners who focus on the China-Hong Kong nexus.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-27584-5
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    Pan-Africanism Versus Partnership : African Decolonisation in Southern Rhodesian Politics, 1950-1963 (2023)
    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Springer
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    ISBN: 9783031255595
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XX, 217 p. 2 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Africa—History. ; Africa—Politics and government. ; World politics. ; Human geography. ; Cultural geography. ; Political science. ; Africa ; Africa
    Abstract: Chapter One – Introduction: African Decolonisation and Realignments in Southern Rhodesian Politics -- Part I: (Decolonisation & Realignments: Domestic Level) -- Chapter Two – Resisting Pan-Africanism: From Partnership to Bulwark in White Politics -- Chapter Three – Pan-African Disunity: From Fraternity to Factionalism in Zimbabwean Nationalism -- Part II: (Decolonisation & Realignments: Continental Level) -- Chapter Four – ‘Forward Ever, Backward Never!’ West Africa in Southern Rhodesian Politics -- Chapter Five – ‘Long Live Lumumba!’ Congo (Leopoldville) in Southern Rhodesian Politics -- Chapter Six – ‘Kwacha! Nyasaland in Southern Rhodesian Politics -- Chapter Seven – Conclusion: The Use and Abuse of Africa in Southern Rhodesian Politics -- Appendices -- A. Timeline of Key Events -- B. Government and Political Party Leadership -- C. Federal and Nationalist Representation in Africa -- D. Diagram of the Central African Alliance Plan -- E. Precis of Southern Rhodesia General Election Returns.
    Abstract: This book takes the transnational history of southern Africa’s liberation struggles in an innovative direction. It provides one of the first targeted studies of the manner in which the wider process of African decolonisation shaped the political struggle for control of Southern Rhodesia (colonial Zimbabwe). It offers an in-depth survey of the repercussions of pan-African developments on national-level political thought amidst one of the most seminal moments of the continent’s history. The book draws on over a year of fieldwork in southern Africa as well as archival collections in the USA and UK to explore the seismic re-alignments that occurred in the white settler dominated territory in southern Africa as self-determination became a widely accepted international principle virtually overnight. In particular, it focuses on the impact of decolonisation struggles and/or independence in Ghana, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Malawi on Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle. In so doing, it also offers new context on the roots of contemporary repression in Zimbabwe.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-25559-5
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    Military, Politics and Democratization in Southern Africa : The Quest for Political Transition (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031352294
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIX, 278 p. 11 illus., 10 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
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    Keywords: Africa ; Political science. ; Economic development. ; Comparative government. ; World politics. ; Political leadership. ; Demokratisierung ; Politischer Wandel ; Politisches System ; Innere Sicherheit ; Unruhen ; Innenpolitik ; Politische Elite ; Politische Führung ; Südafrika
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction. Rethinking political transition in southern Africa: threats and challenges to democratic consolidation (Tendai Chari) -- Part I. Military and Political Transition -- Chapter 2. Praetorianism and political transitions in Lesotho: A critique of the Lesotho military (Dylan Yanano Mangani) -- Chapter 3. The Military and politics in Zimbabwe, 1970s to 2018 (Gilbert Tarugarira) -- Chapter 4. Political leadership in Zimbabwe in the aftermath of the military coup. Change without change? (Mazorodze Washington) -- Chapter 5. Military orchestrated leadership change in Zimbabwe and the quest for political transition (Patrick Dzimiri) -- Chapter 6. Political transition and (anti)democratic culture in Zimbabwe: Press discourses on the November 2017 Military Coup (Tendai Chari) -- Part II. Electoral Politics and Democratisation -- Chapter 7. Fresh presidential election in Malawi, June 2020: Implications on Malawi’s democracy (Tiyesere Mercy Chikapa- Jamali).
    Abstract: This book explores multiple challenges faced by democratization in Southern Africa. Applying a wider lens to the concept of political transition and employing a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches, the contributions gathered here explore residual political cultural practices that hinder democratic consolidation in Southern Africa. Presenting various case studies, the book tackles themes such as the military-political nexus, leadership renewal, constitutionalism, electoral politics, election violence, marginalization of women, civil society and political transition, media framing and transitional justice. Written from a multidisciplinary perspective and drawing on empirical data from multiple sources, this edited volume challenges orthodox conceptualizations of political transition. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of political science, African studies, and related fields, as well as policy-makers and professionals interested in the latest political developments in Southern Africa.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-35229-4
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    A Critical Theory for the Anthropocene (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031377389
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 462 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Anthropocene – Humanities and Social Sciences
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    Keywords: Philosophy. ; Earth sciences. ; Climatology. ; Political science.
    Abstract: Introduction -- Part One: The tensions of politics in the Anthropocene -- Chapter 1. Introduction to the Anthropocene -- Chapter 2. The notion of planetary limits -- Chapter 3. The political ambivalences of the Anthropocene -- Chapter 4. Conceptions of political action in the Anthropocene: between Prometheism and post-Prometheism -- Chapter 5. The entry of the Anthropocene into the citizens’ debate -- Part Two: A political consolidation requiring an anthropological mutation -- Chapter 6. The idea of anthropological mutation -- Chapter 7. Overcoming the contemporary anthropological crisis -- Chapter 8. From the (augmented) individual to a post-Promethean togetherness -- Chapter 9. From the human condition to the human adventure -- Part Three: Conviviality as a paradigm of political education -- Chapter 10. Learning convivial citizenship in the Anthropocene -- Chapter 11. Resistant education: confronting the emerging hubris -- Chapter 12. Critical education: we are not separate from the Earth, we are the Earth -- Chapter 13. Utopian education: the Earth and the world speak -- Conclusion: Education to change the world in the Anthropocene.
    Abstract: This volume, which is rooted in biogeophysical studies, addresses conceptions of political action in the Anthropocene and the tension between a desire to accomplish the Promethean project of modernity and a post-Promethean approach. This work explores the idea of an anthropological mutation of political consolidation from a “post-Promethean togetherness”, to creating the capacity to act together. The political thinking of the human condition developed by Hannah Arendt is important here as a resource for thinking about humanity in terms of human adventure. This has three dimensions: hubris, the world and coexistence referring respectively to the logic of profit of the homo oeconomicus, the logic of responsibility of the homo collectivus and the logic of the hospitality of the homo religatus. The intellectual and political attitude outlined in this book is an extension of critical theory: the work also puts forward a critique of what poses a problem in our relationship to the world and suggests how to overcome it, the ultimate goal being social transformation. The author propose an uprising and an anthropological consolidation of politics based on the revitalization that is brought about by the sharing of a conviviality both between humans and with what is non-human. The identification of conviviality as an educational paradigm to survive the Anthropocene gives us the much needed reason for hope despite this heritage of the Anthropocene. In addition to Arendtian thinking, this critical theory for the Anthropocene draws on the political thinking of several contemporary authors including Maurice Bellet, Hartmut Rosa, Andreas Weber, Dominique Bourg, and Christian Arnsperger. This volume is of interest to researchers in the Anthropocene.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-37738-9
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    The United Nations and the Pacific Islands (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031341557
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XLII, 306 p. 13 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: United Nations University Series on Regionalism 24
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    Keywords: CELAC ; Internationale Beziehungen ; Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Technologiepolitik ; Digitalökonomie ; Diplomatie ; EU-Staaten ; Lateinamerika ; Karibischer Raum ; Political science. ; Biotechnology. ; Regionalism. ; Human rights.
    Abstract: Introduction: The Pacific Islands Region and the United Nations -- Part One: Self-determination and the development of new nations -- Self-Determination -- National development planning, implementation, and assessment -- Regional Development and the UN -- UN Offices in the Pacific -- Governance and Pacific Islands Policy networks -- Part Two: Pacific Islands engagement in the UN -- Membership and Participation in the major organs -- Regional Peace and Security -- Part Three: Small Island Developing Countries, Regionalism, and Global Multilateralism -- Global Policy Networks & Global Summitry -- Global Development Plans -- The Emergence of SIDS Development Discourse -- Small States as Good States, Smart States, in the Global Era.
    Abstract: This book critically examines the relationship between the United Nations Organization and the small states of the Pacific islands. It provides an in-depth coverage of the United Nations, coupled with how Pacific Small Island Developing States interact. It covers three themes, the first one being the position of the UN on the Pacific Islands, which examines the role of the many UN organs, agencies and programs in strengthening individual countries and the region as a whole. It examines the manner in which the UN’s activities have benefited Pacific nations, territories and peoples. The second theme deals with the Pacific states in the UN, and examines the participation of Pacific nations and territories in the UN’s various organs, agencies, and programmes. It analyses the contribution they have made to the effectiveness of the organization, as distinct from the benefits they have sought to gain from it. The third and last theme deals with small states in global public policy, taking a broader look at how small states are faring within the UN system in the age of global discourse on shared public goods/public policy concerns.
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    Realism, Ideology, and the Convulsions of Democracy (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031394584
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXI, 148 p.)
    Series Statement: Studies in Public Choice 44
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    Keywords: Economics. ; Social choice. ; Political science. ; entangled political economy ; vulnerability of liberalism ; civic republicanism ; logical and non-logical environments ; Hume ; Pareto ; Machiavelli ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Introduction Meg Tuszynski -- Beneficial vs. Problematic Entanglement: A Taxonomy-Rosolino Candela -- Can Classical Liberalism Transcend the Distinction Between Reason and Sentiment?-Dave Hebert -- Mr. President, Tear Down This Fence-Jim Caton -- Community and Reason in a Pluralistic World-Laurent Dobuzinskis -- Nonideal Fairness: Searching for a Pragmatically Virtuous Entanglement-Kevin Vallier.-Trust, Polarization, and Affective Looping: The Emotional Decay of Liberalism-Vlad Tarko -- Economic efficiency and moral values-Giampaolo Garzarelli -- Duality, Liberty, and Realism in Entangled Political Economy.
    Abstract: This edited volume explores the tension between reason and sentiment in democracies and its contribution to the decline of liberalism. Bringing together classical liberal scholars with a deep knowledge of public choice ideas, the chapters delve into this tension from a variety of perspectives. Building on the principle of entangled political economy, as articulated by Richard E. Wagner, this volume engages with new facets of the relationship between choice and consequence and their implications for democratic politics. Advocating for a reframing of public choice theory as compatible with civic republicanism, this volume will be of interest to students and scholars of public choice, political economy, political theory, governance, and economic policy.
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    The Statesman's Yearbook 2024 : The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World (2023)
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    ISBN: 9781349960767
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(200 illus. in color. eReference.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: The Statesman's Yearbook
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    Abstract: Flags of the World/Map of the World -- Key World Facts -- Chronology of World Events -- PART I International Organizations -- PART II: COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD A-Z -- Key Historical Events -- Territory and Population -- Social Statistics -- Climate -- Constitution and Government -- Government Chronology -- Recent Elections -- Current Government -- Current Leaders -- Defence -- Economy -- Energy and Natural Resources -- Environment -- Industry -- International Trade -- Communications -- Social Institutions -- Culture -- Diplomatic Representatives -- Further Reading -- Sources -- Abbreviations -- Place and International Organizations Index -- Index of Current leaders. .
    Abstract: This classic reference work presents a political, economic and social account of every country of the world together with facts and analysis. The 2023 edition includes: Revised and updated biographical profiles of all current leaders Extensive updates to national economic overviews Accurate historical introductions Comprehensive coverage of major international organizations and think tanks Every country ranked for the ease of doing business REVIEWS OF PREVIOUS EDITIONS ‘… an indispensable reference work that any library should have. It deciphers the alphabet soup of international organizations and provides essential basic information on countries …’ Dennis Jett, Professor of International Affairs, Penn State University ‘For more than a century and a half The Statesman’s Yearbook has provided scholars and practitioners with reliable and accurate political and economic information about the ever more complex world in which we live. Even in the age of the internet such a balanced and trustworthy resource remains essential.’ Roger E. Kanet, University of Miami and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (retd) ‘Over 1,000 pages of essential facts. Just as current but more reliable than the internet, I consult it almost daily.’ Professor R. N. Lebow, King’s College London ‘… this remains the preeminent and most comprehensive ready-reference source for current material about countries worldwide. Highly recommended.’ Donald Altschiller, Boston University Library ‘The fact that so much information can be crammed into one volume is a testament to the care and research involved.’ The Diplomat ‘All you need to know about the population of various states and countries, officials, exports, constitutions, governments, diplomatic representatives, religion, finance and basic histories.’ The New York Times.
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    Participatory and Digital Democracy at the Local Level : European Discourses and Practices (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031209437
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIV, 405 p. 36 illus., 20 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Contributions to Political Science
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Political science. ; Political planning. ; Public administration. ; Political sociology. ; Europe
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Actors and Discourses: typology of discourses according to the actors and contexts -- 3. Evolution of the legal framework in Europe for the use of digital participation at the “local” level : the French case -- 4. European Free Mobility and Italian Participatory Democracy. Knowledge and digital technology as a bridge -- 5. Youth and Democracy: Digital Opportunities for the Future of Participation?- 6. Silenced Voices and Freedom of Speech in the Digital Epoch: a Critical Perspective on the Post-Totalitarian Media Culture -- 7. The relationship between participatory democracy and digitalisation. Is there an East-West division in Europe?- 8. Differences and similarities in local gouvernance in Slovakia and Lithuania -- 9. Online citizen consultations since 2018: Europanova's experience -- 10. (Dis) Empowering Citizens at the Local Level in Bulgaria. Digitalization, Local Democracy and Participatory Practices before and post-COVID-2019 -- 11. The conditions of social learning in formal deliberative settings: a study of municipal councils in Brussels.
    Abstract: This edited volume discusses digital democracy at the local level in Europe. Contrasting the political discourse surrounding participatory digital democracy with actual experiences of implementation, the book provides a wholistic view of digital democracy across Western, Central, and Eastern Europe. The book is divided into three parts. Chapters in Part I analyze discourses about participatory democracy in Europe. Chapters in Part II provide case studies of digital democracy practices at the local level in the EU. Chapters in Part III discuss the risks and challenges associated with digital democracy. Written by a panel of international, interdisciplinary experts, this volume will be of interest to researchers, students, and practitioners across public administration, political science, economics, management, and sociology.
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    Methods of Strategic Trade Analysis : Data-Driven Approaches to Detect Illicit Dual-Use Trade (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031200366
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 183 p. 17 illus., 14 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications
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    Keywords: Security, International. ; Politics and war. ; Political science.
    Abstract: Introduction -- Introduction to Strategic Trade Analysis -- Fundamental Systems of Strategic Trade Analysis -- Introduction to STA Methodologies -- Scripting an Illicit Strategic Trade Transaction -- Strategic Trade Risk Assessment -- Mirror Statistics -- Market Share Analysis -- Transshipment and Re-Export Analysis -- Machine Learning for Strategic Trade Analysis -- Network Analysis -- Applying Strategic Trade Analysis.
    Abstract: This book addresses ways that governments, international organizations, and other stakeholders can utilize data to uncover illicit trade in materials and equipment that could be used to support chemical, biological, nuclear, and advanced conventional weapons systems. Key concepts of strategic trade are introduced, including examples of strategic goods and their potential uses in weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and weapons systems, the interplay between the Harmonized System and strategic trade control regimes, and the data available for analysis in the field. Innovative, yet practical methodologies to analyze strategic trade cover the use of crime scripts, risk assessment indicators, mirror statistics, market share analysis, and transshipment and re-export analysis. There are also chapters on leading-edge techniques involving machine learning and network analysis that have shown promise in other areas of crime and illicit trade investigations. Each chapter provides step-by-step instructions on applying the technique, numerous case studies and examples, and discussions of the strengths and weaknesses of each approach. This volume is designed to provide all types of analysts with practical pathways for understanding, detecting, and disrupting illicit procurement of materials and equipment needed to produce WMDs and advanced weapons.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-20036-6
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    Marek Thee: My Story : A Journey through the 20th Century (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031169052
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(V, 110 p. 6 illus., 4 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice 32
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    Keywords: Political science. ; International relations. ; History. ; Economic development. ; Human rights.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. An International Scholar with a Dramatic Life -- Chapter 2. My Story: A Journey Through the 20th Century -- Chapter 3. Marek Thee: His Published Work -- On the author -- On the editors -- On the book.
    Abstract: Marek Thee was a Jewish Polish journalist, scholar, and activist. This book tells his life from narrowly escaping death in the Holocaust to exile in Palestine, where he became attached to the Polish consular service. On his return to Poland in 1950, he worked for the Foreign Ministry and later for the Polish Institute for International Affairs. He served as Head of the Polish delegation to the International Control Commission in Indochina in the late 1950s. In 1968 he lost his job and his Polish citizenship in a nationalistic and antisemitic campaign. He was able to move to Norway where he worked for twenty years at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), editing an international quarterly journal, Bulletin of Peace Proposals and doing research on the arms race. In retirement, he continued his research and writing at the Norwegian Human Rights Institute. The book vividly relates the drama of his life in Poland, Palestine, Indochina, and Norway. This is an open access book.
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-16905-2
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    African Security in the Anthropocene (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031251511
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 188 p. 7 illus., 6 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: The Anthropocene: Politik—Economics—Society—Science 36
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    Keywords: Human ecology—Study and teaching. ; Security, International. ; International relations. ; Political science. ; Peace. ; Human ecology ; Sicherheit ; Kollektive Sicherheit ; Alternative Sicherheitspolitik ; Internationale Kooperation ; Regionale Kooperation ; Risikofaktor ; Afrika
    Abstract: Introduction -- Contending Conceptions of African Security -- Homer-Dixon’s Environmental Scarcity Theory and Potential for Conflict in the Nile River Basin (NRB) -- Climate-Security and the Anthropocene: The Case of Mali -- The State, African Security and the African Union in the Anthropocene Age 49-64 -- Resource-Based Conflicts in Africa -- Democratization vs Authoritarianism including coups in Africa -- Identity and Security -- The Role of Foreign Actors in African Security -- Insecurity and Regional Actors’ Role in Securing African Security:An Analysis of the Role of ECOWAS, SADC and IGAD -- The Future of African Security: Final Thoughts. .
    Abstract: Much has been written on security in Africa—its democratic deficit, poor civil-military relations, and myriad conflicts—but these are often treated in isolation from one another. This book takes a different approach, as it links all of these issues to the dynamics of the Anthropocene. Penned by African scholars on the continent and in the diaspora, it examines the different challenges not as separate entities but as outcomes of the Anthropocene Age. In this geological epoch, humans have become a global force—unfortunately, not necessarily for good. The interaction between humans and the climate, the effects of waste, the impact of pollution on marine and terrestrial ecosystems, the loss of biodiversity, and the change in the chemical composition of the soil, oceans and atmosphere are key identifiers of the age of the Anthropocene. This has fueled conflict and instability from the vast swathes of the Sahel to Somalia. Responding to these issues of insecurity without understanding their inter-connectedness and how this relates to the environment can only result in failure. From this perspective, the current structures in place are inadequate for the task of confronting insecurity at the state and continental levels, as represented by the African Union. What is needed is a radical reevaluation of Africa’s security architecture and approach to security. This necessitates pooling sovereignty on a continental and global level. It necessitates less state-centric responses that include civil society and the business community as equal partners of states in order to collectively confront insecurity in the age of the Anthropocene. • The authors are academics, policy makers and military veterans who have worked in building capacity on the African continent • The book is comprehensive in scope, strong on theory, pragmatic in policy and reflects experience from the field. • The authors approach makes the book easy, interesting and intriguing.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-25151-1
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    The Legislature in Nigeria’s Presidential Democracy of the Fourth Republic : Power, Process, and Development (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031246951
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 269 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
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    Keywords: Africa—Politics and government. ; Comparative government. ; Public administration. ; Political science. ; Africa
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Legislature in a Presidential System: Structure, functions and expectations -- Chapter 3. The Historical Overview of the Evolution of the Legislature in Nigeria -- Chapter 4. Legislative Oversight as Accountability Mechanism: The Nigerian Perspective -- Chapter 5. The Politics of Legislative Investigations in Nigeria’s National Assembly in the Fourth Republic -- Chapter 6. The Legislature and Social Development in Nigeria, 2015-2019 -- Chapter 7. Representative democracy, political disengagement, and young people’s perceptions of legislators in Nigeria -- Chapter 8. Corruption and Executive Interference in Legislative Oversight in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic -- Chapter 9. Constituency Projects in Nigeria’s 8th National Assembly, 2015-2019 -- Chapter 10. Nigeria’s Presidential System and the Vicissitudes of Executive-Legislative Conflicts in the Fourth Republic -- Chapter 11. Party Affiliation and Law-making Efficiency: A Study of the Seventh and Eighth Nigerian National Assemblies -- Chapter 12. Comparing the ‘New’ and ‘Old’ Regimes of Legislative-Executive Relations and its Implications in Governance: Evidence from Osun State -- Chapter 13. Nigerian Presidentialism and legislative decadence in the Fourth Republic, 2015-2021 -- Chapter 14. Legislative Turnover in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic: Issues and Implications -- Chapter 15. The Legislature, the Rule of Law and Impeachment in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic -- Chapter 16. The Legislature, Subnational Governments and Child’s Education Rights in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic -- Chapter 17. Constitutional Underpinnings of Partisanship and Consensus Building in Nigeria’s National Assembly -- Chapter 18. Two Decades of Legislative Activities in Nigeria's Fourth Republic: Issues, Challenges, and the Way Forward.
    Abstract: This book investigates whether legislative institutions, state and national, in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic have been able to harness constitutional powers to impact public policy. Presenting how the Nigerian state has not been able to showcase the expected dividends of presidential democracy since 1999, it analyzes the crisis of governance and its impact on political stability, social cohesion, and the livelihood of citizens. The book further discusses the depreciating infrastructure, corruption, and mismanagement of public resources, and shows how defiant attitudes of public political and bureaucratic officials define the new wave of corruption and profligacy in Nigeria, presenting this development as a result of a weakened legislature. The book displays the necessity of implementing a culture of accountability and discusses oversight mechanisms to make the executive accountable. These mechanisms are designed to ensure effective public service delivery. Finally, the book situates the legislative institutions in Nigeria within the context of the contributions of the National Assembly and the Assemblies of the State Houses to the development of this emerging democracy in Africa. The book will appeal to students and scholars of political science and public administration, as well as policy-makers and practitioners interested in a better understanding of democracy, separation of powers, governance, and Nigerian politics.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-24695-1
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    Identities, Borderscapes, Orders : (In)Security, (Im)Mobility and Crisis in the EU and Ukraine (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031232497
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 269 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Frontiers in International Relations
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    Keywords: Europäische Union ; Europe—Politics and government. ; Security, International. ; International relations. ; Political science. ; Peace. ; Europe ; Mitgliedsstaaten ; Außenpolitik ; Staatensystem ; Internationale Organisation ; Erweiterung ; Nachbarstaat ; Grenze ; Grenzgebiet ; Identität ; Mobilität ; Kollektive Sicherheit ; Interdisziplinarität ; Analyse ; Mitteleuropa ; Osteuropa ; Ukraine ; Russland
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction: Identities, Borders and Orders in Central & Eastern Europe -- Chapter 2. Conceptualising the Borderscape -- Chapter 3. Interpretively Researching the CEE Borderscape -- Chapter 4. A Diverse Archipelago: Borderscape Features -- Chapter 5. Euro-renovations: Borderscape Discourses -- Chapter 6. Limiting Europe: Borderscape Practices -- Chapter 7. Conclusion A Moveable East and the EU’s Unfulfilled Potential -- Chapter 8. Epilogue: Europe Through the Prism of Russia’s War on Ukraine.
    Abstract: This book provides a pre-history of Russia's war on Ukraine and Europe’s relations to it, illuminating the deep roots of the EU’s neighbourhood crisis as well as the migration crises it created in the last decade. To do so, the book employs a new and innovative framework that allows for a comprehensive, yet nuanced analysis of borders and a more cogent interpretation of their socio-political consequences. Drawing on interdisciplinary scholarship the book analytically examines the key common elements of borderscapes and links them in related arrays to allow for nuanced evaluation of both their particular and cumulative effects, as well as interpretation of their overall consequences, particularly for issues of identities and orders. The book offers a significant conceptual and theoretical advance, providing a transferable conceptualization of borderscape to guide research, analysis, and interpretation. Drawing on the author’s experience in policy, practice and academia, it also makes a methodological contribution by pushing the boundaries of reflexivity in interpretive International Relations (IR) research. Analyzing three main sites in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), the book challenges conventional critical wisdom on EU bordering in the Schengen zone, at its external frontiers, and in its Eastern neighborhood. In so doing, it sheds new light on the post-communist transitions as well as the contemporary politics of CEE. It also shows how European Union bordering and its relations to identities and orders created great benefits for many Europeans, but also hindered the lives of many others and became self-defeating. This book is a must-read for scholars, students, and policy-makers, interested in a better understanding of Critical Border Studies (CBS) in particular, and International Relations in general. It will also appeal to anyone interested in CEE or wishing to get a deeper understanding of Russia’s war and the fight for Europe’s future.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-23249-7
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    Making Politics in Zimbabwe’s Second Republic : The Formative Project by Emmerson Mnangagwa (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031301292
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 270 p. 4 illus., 3 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
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    Keywords: Africa—Politics and government. ; Elections. ; Economic development. ; Comparative government. ; Political science. ; Political leadership. ; Africa
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Mnangagwa’s Formative Project: Risks and Limits -- Part I: Activating Civil and Political Liberties -- Chapter 2: The Quest for Transitional Justice in the Post-Mugabe Era -- Chapter 3: Mnangagwa’s Missed Opportunities for Reconciliation -- Chapter 4: The Second Republic’s Stance on Corruption and the Battle for Public Confidence -- Chapter 5: Media Policies and Practices in Zimbabwe’s ‘New Dispensation’ -- Part II: Reconfiguring Governance -- Chapter 6: Exploring the Politics of Jecharism in Zimbabwe’s Second Republic -- Chapter 7: Change and Continuity: Traditional Leadership’s Political and Developmental Footprints in Zimbabwe’s Second Republic -- Chapter 8: Devolution in Zimbabwe’s ‘Second Republic’: A Myth or Reality? -- Chapter 9: Prospects of Implementing Devolution in the Post-Mugabe Era -- Part III: Stimulating Socio-Economic Development -- Chapter 10: The Right to Development in Zimbabwe’s Second Republic -- Chapter 11: China’s Expanding Footprint and Deepening Debt Crisis in Zimbabwe –From Robert Mugabe to Emmerson Mnangagwa -- Chapter 12: Financing the Social Sector in Zimbabwe’s Post-Mugabe Era – Obstacles and Opportunities -- Chapter 13: Exploring Innovative and Sustainable Financing of Agriculture in Zimbabwe’s Second Republic -- Chapter 14: Concluding Reflections on Change and Continuity.
    Abstract: The book provides a fresh and innovative interpretation of the new government of Zimbabwe led by Emmerson Mnangagwa, which emerged in late 2017 after the downfall of Robert Mugabe. It demonstrates the contradictory character of the Mnangagwa government, involving both continuities and discontinuities in relation to Mugabe’s regime . The temptation amongst Zimbabwean scholars has been to focus on the continuities and to dismiss the significance of any discontinuities, notably reform measures. This book adopts an alternative approach by identifying and focusing specifically on the existence of a formative project of the Mnangagwa’s Second Republic, further analysing its political significance, as well as risks and limitations. While doing so, the book covers topics such as reform measures, reconciliation, transitional justice, corruption, the media, agriculture, devolution, and the debt crisis as well as health and education. Discussing the limitations of these different reform measures, the book highlights that any scholarly failure to identify the risks of the project leads to an incomplete understanding of what constitutes the Mnangagwa’s Second Republic. The book appeals to students, scholars and researchers of Zimbabwean and African studies, political science and international relations, as well as policymakers interested in a better understanding of political reform processes.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-30129-2
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    Urban Informality : A Multidisciplinary Perspective (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031298271
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VI, 134 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Urban policy. ; Political science. ; Regional economics. ; Spatial economics. ; Urban economics. ; Sustainability.
    Abstract: Informality: a difficult qualification -- Informality and evolution of the urban space -- Collective action, urban spaces, and common goods: the concept of informality from a sociological perspective -- Informality and democratic innovation: the urban political laboratory -- The legal value of informality for the general interest. The example of cities -- The reuse of assets confiscated from organized crime: how to make the informal formal -- The role of “intangible factors” for local development: policy indications and initial evaluation indicators -- Urban regeneration and informal city in the European framework -- Historicizing urban informality. An opportunity to rethink the study of the contemporary city -- Informality as a way of living in the city. The point of view of urban practices to rethink the categories of urban governance.
    Abstract: This book analyzes the informal practices of contemporary cities through a close dialogue between different research perspectives, with the shared goal of giving voice to informality and evaluating its benefits and potential in a multidimensional key of social factors. Recently, the human sciences have seen the emergence of this new term “informality,” at first sight in conflict with their function of giving order and form to social phenomena. A term with which, in this book, the authors, having as reference the Italian and European experience, specifically identify those unsatisfied social demands and those collective actions “from below” that aim at the recovery of urban space and the renewal of its organization, often not following the trajectories of legality and institutions. By means of a close dialogue between different areas of social research, this book attempts to establish the different declinations and applications of the term, evaluating the causes and effects, benefits, and potential of the phenomena attributable to it, within a multidimensional analysis that calls into question the regeneration and collective use of spaces, political-institutional confrontation and conflict, legal innovation, and social-economic benefits.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-29827-1
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    World Statehood : The Future of World Politics (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031323058
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 324 p. 7 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: World-Systems Evolution and Global Futures
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    Keywords: International organization. ; Political science. ; Globalization. ; International economic relations. ; International relations.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction: the Future of World Politics -- Part 1: Cosmo-political Processes -- Chapter 2. Cosmological Sources of Critical Cosmopolitanism -- Chapter 3. A Creation Myth and Origin Story Suitable to Our Globalised World? A Friendly Critique of the Big History Storyline About Our Place in Cosmos -- Chapter 4. Overcoming Eurocentrism: a Universal History of the Industrial Revolution and the Peace Problematic -- Chapter 5. Problems of Democratising Global Power Relations in the 21st Century: Time, Space and the Emancipatory Process -- Part 2: Reflexive Futures and Agency -- Chapter 6. How Will the Cold War End? Non-fixed Pasts, Reflexive Futures and the Transformation of the Temporality of Human Existence -- Chapter 7. Resolving Problems and Overcoming Contradictions Through Global Law and Institutions: a Post-Deutschian Perspective -- Chapter 8. On the Dialectics of Global Governance in the 21st Century: a Polanyian Double Movement? -- Chapter 9. Transformative Agency: Towards a World Political Party -- Part 3: World Statehood and Beyond -- Chapter 10. Emergence of World Statehood: a Processual and Open-ended Account -- Chapter 11. The Transformative Potential of Climate Change: Towards a Dynamic Global Tax -- Chapter 12. Rethinking World Parliament: Beyond the Indeterminacy of International Law -- Chapter 13. After World Statehood? Legitimation and Potential Conflicts in a World Political Community.
    Abstract: Developing a processual understanding of world statehood, this book combines history, political philosophy, explanatory social science, and critical-reflexive futures studies. While doing so, it poses essential questions about world political integration, especially (i) whether and to what degree elements of world statehood exist today, (ii) whether the development of further elements of world statehood in some stronger sense can be seen as a tendential direction of history, and (iii) whether, and under what conditions, a world state could be viable? The book is organised into three parts. The first part, “Cosmopolitical processes”, explores whether world history as a whole is directed towards planetary integration, focusing on the emergence of cosmopolitanism, the world economy, and the peace problematic. The second part of the book, “Reflexive futures and agency”, focuses on the contemporary 21st-century processes of world history in terms of how non-fixed pasts, changing contexts, and anticipations of the future interact. The author explains how certain rational directionality is compatible with the possibility of deglobalisation, disintegrative tendencies, and “gridlock” in global governance in the key areas of the economy, security, and environment. In the final part of the book, “World statehood and beyond”, the author develops further the processual and open-ended account of the formation of interconnected elements of world statehood by discussing the cases of a global greenhouse gas tax and world parliament. He also analyses the feasibility of different paths towards global-scale integration and the potential for conflicts, divisions, and disintegration. This book is a must-read for students and scholars of political science, international relations, history, sociology, political philosophy, and futures studies interested in a better understanding of world statehood, world political integration, as well as the future of world politics.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-32305-8
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    Social Policy Dismantling and De-democratization in Brazil : Citizenship in Danger (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031351105
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VIII, 240 p. 4 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Societies and Political Orders in Transition
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    Keywords: Comparative government. ; Political planning. ; Public administration. ; Political science. ; America
    Abstract: Part 1. Theoretical Approaches to the Welfare State in Latin America -- Chapter 1. The Welfare State: in Search of a Latin-American Theory -- Part 2. Austerity Policies and Economic Constraints -- Chapter 2. The Institutional Construction of Post-1988 Austerity -- Part 3. Employment and Social Security -- Chapter 3. Labor Reforms and the Crisis of Democratic Corporatism -- Chapter 4. The Dismantling of Employment Policies in Brazil: Employability Without Rights -- Chapter 5. Pension System at a Crossroads: Between Frail Solidarity and Financial Appropriation -- Part 4. Networks of Social Policies Under the Aegis of De-democratization -- Chapter 6. The Universal Right to Health in Brazil: From Restricted Expansion to Dismantling -- Chapter 7. The Brazilian System for Food and Nutrition Security: Tensions, Conflicts, and Paradoxes -- Chapter 8. Advancing Toward the Past: the Dismantling of the Unified Social Assistance System -- Chapter 9. Authoritarian Populism, De-democratization and Social Policy Dismantling: Lessons from Brazil.
    Abstract: This book examines the emergence of authoritarian populist regimes, analyzing Brazil as a case study. The authors explain how the tactics employed by the Bolsonaro administration to dismantle bureaucracy and public policies, especially labour and social policies, find expression in the fiscal austerity measures recently inscribed in the Federal Constitution: a counter-democratic device employed by technical and financial elites to systemically derail the social protection system. Through this in-depth case study, the book presents new theoretical arguments and concepts that can be useful to understand the dynamics of such new regimes, and discussing similar cases in other contexts. Democratic governments in Brazil, driven by social movements and political actors, have strengthened social protection through a distinctive institutional architecture that combines the strengthening of public bureaucracies, the creation of intergovernmental networks, and the democratic instances of social participation and agreement. The contributions throughout this volume analyze these transformations in different sectors of public policy, such as labour, employment, pensions, food and nutrition security, health, and social assistance. Each contribution discusses the recent trajectory through a political analysis of the main actors and institutions, reform processes and policy changes, and the results achieved. Finally, the existing weaknesses in each of these social protection sectors are identified in the context of the literature on policy dismantling, revealing the strategies used to take advantage of these political and institutional weaknesses. This book will appeal to students, scholars, and researchers of political science and public policy, interested in a better understanding of de-democratization by social policy dismantling.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-35110-5
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    Nationalism vs. Nature : Warming and War (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031360565
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 284 p. 2 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Springer Studies on Populism, Identity Politics and Social Justice
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    Keywords: Peace. ; Energy policy. ; Diplomacy. ; Environmental policy. ; International relations. ; Political science.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Crises of Climate & Nationalism: Then and Now -- Chapter 3. Nationalism, Politics, and Money: Autocrats, Oligarchs, Ex-Presidents, Czars, Manifest Destiny, Fascists, Rich ex-Communists, Uber-nationalists, Reich und Volk, Nazis, The KKK, et al. -- Chapter 4. Nationalism as a Lethal Malady -- Chapter 5. Gun Fetish Nation -- Chapter 6. White Pride, World-Wide: The Nationalistic Roots of Racial Hatred -- Chapter 7. How Hot, How High, How Soon? Climate Changes to Come -- Chapter 8. The Carbon Footprint of War -- Chapter 9. Conclusion: A Future to Love – or Loathe?.
    Abstract: Developing an original approach, this book examines how both nationalism and climate change threaten humankind with future catastrophes, arguing that humanity is on a fast track to a dystopian future unless significant changes are implemented. While the world warms, wars driven by nationalism may lead to worldwide devastation, with humankind being caught between two existential threats of its own creation. The author explains how both nationalism and climate change originate from human ingenuity and can only be answered by human cooperation. While, in a perfect world, such problems already would have been solved by the United Nations, this isn't the case in reality. The book discusses how humanity’s many peoples can cooperate to a degree necessary to retain mutual respect without war, in the interest of achieving long-term change which will use technology for mutual good, also “dodging the bullet” of climate change. Offering an outlook into a possible better world, the author also analyzes the massive changes required for everyone to face, discuss, and solve the problems at hand. The book will appeal to students, scholars, and researchers of political science, international relations, and environmental sciences, as well as practitioners and a general audience interested in the study of nationalism, diplomacy, wars, and climate change. .
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-36056-5
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    National Security Drivers of Ukraine : Information Technology, Strategic Communication, and Legitimacy (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031337246
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 316 p. 53 illus., 24 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Contributions to Political Science
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    Keywords: Security, International. ; Comparative government. ; Political science. ; Europe ; Communication in politics.
    Abstract: Part 1. National Security: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches -- Chapter 1. Review of the Ukrainian Discourse Field of National Security Issues of the Modern State -- Chapter 2. Societal Content and Main Determinants of “National Security” Phenomenon in the Information and Communication Context -- Chapter 3. Systematization of Main Threats to the National Security of the State in Modern Conditions -- Part 2. Informational Security Phenomenon -- Chapter 4. Post Industrial Society and Global Informational Space as Infrastructure Medium and Factor for Actualization of the State Informational Security -- Chapter 5. Substantive Essence and Components of the Societal Phenomenon “Information Security” in the Age of Information Society -- Chapter 6. Formation of Information Security Systems of the State: Current Status, Trends and Problems -- Part 3. Strategic Communications -- Chapter 7. Theoretical Models of Information and Communication Interaction of State and Society in the Context of National Security -- Chapter 8. Place and Role of Strategic Communications in Public Management System -- Chapter 9. Structure and Function of Strategic Communications in the System of National and Informational State Security -- Chapter 10. Current State of Strategic Communications in Ukraine and Their Functional Influence on Efficiency of State Management System -- Part 4. Legitimacy and Legitimation -- Chapter 11. Essence and Content of State-Administrative Duality “Legitimacy” – “Legitimation” and its Place in the Information Security System of the Modern State -- Chapter 12. Comparative Analysis of Conceptual Models of Power Legitimation in Authoritarian, Democratic and Transitional Societies -- Chapter 13. Project Approach in the Executive Bodies Activity of United Territorial Communities as a Modern Mechanism of Local Public Authorities’ Legitimation in Ukraine -- Chapter 14. “Legitimacy Crisis” and its Impact on the Stability and Security of the System of Public Authorities of the State During the Formation of the Global Information Space -- Part 5. Informational Wars -- Chapter 15. Information Wars: Historical and Comparative Analysis, Specifics and Factors of Actualization in the Modern World -- Chapter 16. Information Weapons: Forms and Technologies of Modern Information Wars -- Chapter 17. Tools for Counteracting Information Aggression Use of Elements of Information War in Ukraine -- Chapter 18. Mental and Value Features of Ukrainian Society in the Context of “Civilizations Clash” as the Main Object of Information War in Ukraine.
    Abstract: This volume presents the key informational, communication, and socio-political drivers of the Ukrainian state's national security. Since the beginning of the third millennium, there has been an aggravation of global inter-civilizational confrontations, which in 2022 has already resulted in an open military aggression against Ukraine. The hybrid wars against the world of democracy have put ensuring the national security of states on the front pages of world and national agendas. Using the example of Ukraine, the book demonstrates how, in order to achieve their geopolitical interests, authoritarian regimes incite information wars as a prerequisite for the transition to an armed "hot" war. It further shows how these processes actualize the formation of a fundamentally new state policy to ensure information and, more broadly, national security. The book identifies the main threats to national security in modern states and identifies ways of protecting Ukraine's national interests. The book will appeal to scholars, students, and researchers of political science, international relations, social sciences, and neighboring disciplines, as well as practitioners and policy-makers interested in a better understanding of national security drivers and protecting national interests.
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    Averting Nuclear War (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031386886
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIX, 153 p. 27 illus., 23 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications
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    Keywords: Political science. ; Peace. ; Politics and war. ; Security, International. ; Außenpolitik ; Strategie ; Sicherheit ; Kernwaffe ; Militärische Macht ; Nukleare Abschreckung ; Atomkrieg ; Militärisches Gleichgewicht ; Entscheidungstheorie ; Spieltheorie
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Deterrence -- 3. Disarmament -- 4. Warfighting -- 5. Modeling Nuclear Stability -- 6. Findings -- 7. Conclusion.
    Abstract: This timely book offers a comprehensive examination of the current state of nuclear stability postures worldwide, effectively highlighting their inherent limitations. Through their analysis, the authors illustrate how the seemingly contradictory perspectives of deterrence optimists, disarmament idealists, and warfighting pessimists can be reconfigured into a unified approach towards achieving regional and global peace. They suggest that these strategies can be reconciled as complementary, rather than substitute approaches, to achieve the common goal of nuclear stability. To achieve this objective, the book employs a game-theoretical framework to analytically define the conditions for nuclear war. Drawing from extensive observations of significant crises, the model incorporates identifiable systemic regularities that influence the strategic decision-making process during severe crises and establish the prerequisites for different levels of nuclear confrontation. Additionally, by tracing the strategic-technological trajectories of nuclear powers, the authors present a novel analysis that explores the potential for stable coexistence to replace unstable confrontation between global powers, ultimately fostering nuclear peace. The author's theoretical explorations lead to the policy conclusion that establishing a nuclear oligopolistic hierarchy, under the leadership of preponderant global powers committed to a no-first-use pledge, presents the most effective international system for enhancing both regional and global nuclear stability. This book aims to surpass the Cold War origins of current nuclear strategy and develop a comprehensive policy framework that guarantees enduring nuclear stability in the contemporary world.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-38688-6
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    Investing in a Changing Climate : Navigating Challenges and Opportunities (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031471728
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XI, 184 p. 117 illus., 116 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Professional Practice in Governance and Public Organizations
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    Keywords: Environmental economics. ; Economic policy. ; Climatology. ; Valuation. ; Political science. ; Decarbonization ; Climate policy ; Transportation ; Farming ; Industry ; Construction ; Climate action ; Investment gap ; Green deal ; Sectoral transition pathways ; Climate change ; Global warming ; Net zero ; Allianz ; Carbon pricing ; Energy
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Watts Next? The Energy Pathway -- Chapter 3. The EU Utility Transition: Electrifying Times -- Chapter 4. Transportation: The Long and Winding Road -- Chapter 5. Greendustry -- Chapter 6. Construction and Buildings: Green Blueprints -- Chapter 7. Forestry, Agriculture, Food Chain, and Land Use: Greener Pastures -- Chapter 8. Africa Unbound. .
    Abstract: Net Zero is not enough. We have dithered so long about climate change that, by now, we would need to go to negative-emissions territory, well before 2050, to keep global warming under the iconic 1.5°C target. The national commitments made so far fall short of what is needed, and so do the investments envisioned. But even with the best of intentions, it is hard for policymakers and potential investors to discern where, in the profusion of initiatives and technologies, it would make sense to focus their attention and resources. This is where this book comes in. It offers a clear-eyed view of how far along the decarbonization path six key sectors of the economy are—namely energy, utilities, transportation, industry, buildings, and agriculture—and which areas and technologies within each sector are promising in terms of investments to advance the cause. Furthermore, a special chapter on Africa spotlights a continent that is simultaneously one of the worst affected by climate change, the most likely to see its greenhouse gas emissions increase—and the one with the greatest potential for solving the West's, and the world’s, energy transition and economic growth conundrum. As such, the book serves as a concise guide both to the state of the battle against global warming, and for investors, professionals, and policymakers to find their way through the maze of options.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-47172-8
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    Democratic Protests and New Forms of Collective Action : When Disobedience is Social (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031440496
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 262 p. 5 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Contributions to Political Science
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    Keywords: Political science. ; Political sociology. ; Comparative government. ; Law ; Citizenship
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Disobedience, Old and New Definitions. An Introduction -- Part I: Definitions - Disobedience as a Form of Dissent and Resistance in Contemporary Times -- Chapter 2. The Puzzle of Civil Disobedience -- Chapter 3. From Civil to Social: Disobedience as a Need for Transition From Representative Democracy to the Democracy of the Future -- Chapter 4. The “standard” Definition of Civil Disobedience Between the Fidelity-to-law Requirement and the Rule-of-law Ideal -- Chapter 5. Judicial Civil Disobedience, the Limitations of Portia, the Futile Radicalism of Antigone and the Wisdom of Cato -- Chapter 6. Disobedience. Theoretical Framework and Case Studies -- Chapter 7. The Philosophy of Disobedience. The Detachment From the Rule as a Theoretical Act -- Part II: Democracy and Solidarity - Civil, Social and Prosocial Disobedience: Challenging Issues All Over the World -- Chapter 8. Breaching Acts That Challenge Deep Structures of Society -- Chapter 9. Understanding Victims’ Narratives as Actions of Social Disobedience in Transitional Justice Times: the Case of the Never Again Museum in Colombia -- Chapter 10. Children of Homosexual Couples: Between Legislative Limits and the Disobedience of Would-be Parents. Reflections on a Problem Awaiting a Solution -- Chapter 11. Guilty Without Crime: the Policing of Solidarity With Refugees and Other Migrants -- Chapter 12. Prosocial Activism: First Evidence From the Protests for Migrants’ Rights in Sicily -- Chapter 13. Civil Disobedience as a Current Form of Resistance: the Tax Rebellion of the Agricultural Sector in Argentina -- Chapter 14. Why Do People Disobey the Law? Emotions and Reasons in the Protest Against the Trans-adriatic Pipeline -- Chapter 15. Students and Dissent. Rethinking Kenneth Keniston’s Contribution to Youth Studies -- Chapter 16. The 21st Century Economy Between Global Law and National Legal Systems: the Strength of the Market and the Weakness of the State -- Part III: Contemporary Changes - Disobedience in Pandemic Times -- Chapter 17. The Handling of the Covid-19 Pandemic and Regional or Local “disobedience” -- Chapter 18. Social Movements and Social Disobedience During the Covid-19 Crisis: the Case of the Italian University -- Chapter 19. Cosmopolitan Educational Disobedience. A Proposal for Changing Times? -- Chapter 20. Disobedience in Pandemic Times: Protests for and Against Distance Learning in Italy.
    Abstract: Following a dialogic and interdisciplinary approach, this book highlights changes in the concept and action of disobedience, presenting a theoretical framework and applied case studies. Disobedience has traditionally been played out through collective actions and protests which configure and propose alternative social scenarios to the status quo. Today, in a changing socio-historical context, disobedience represents a mode of political participation and a form of an active citizenship attempt to correct authoritarian drifts. Furthermore, it often highlights social problems and morally controversial issues. Disobedience is not only a right granted to the individual within democratic systems and/or duty imposed in the interest of society in a pro-social sense, i.e. defense of human rights and a tendency towards equalization, but it also became an alternative process, often symbolic, of construction of reality. The book focuses on a) reconstructing the concept of social disobedience and the field's state of the art from an innovative, contemporary, theoretical, and conceptual perspective and b) analyzing its phenomenology within a specific territorial horizon, with the objective of uncovering social and pro-social aspects related to today’s forms of disobedience. The book therefore will appeal to students, scholars, and researchers of contemporary political theory, political science, democratization studies, social movement studies, criminology, legal theory, and moral philosophy.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-44049-6
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    Hegel and Schelling in Early Nineteenth-Century France : Volume 1 - Texts and Materials (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031393228
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VII, 237 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées 246
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    Keywords: Philosophy ; History. ; Idealism, German. ; Political science. ; Aesthetics.
    Abstract: 1. Landmarks -- 2. French Translations and Editions -- 3. Mechanisms of Dissemination -- 4. Chronology of Key Works -- 5. Biographical Glossary.
    Abstract: Hegel and Schelling in Early Nineteenth-Century France is a two-volume work that documents the French reception of G. W. F. Hegel and F. W. J. Schelling from 1801 to 1848. It shows that the story of the "French Hegel" didn't begin with Wahl and Kojève by giving readers a solid understanding of the various ways in which German Idealism impacted nineteenth-century French philosophy, as well as providing the first ever English-language translations of excerpts from the most important philosophical texts of the era. Inside volume one, readers will find a number of interpretative frameworks to help them get to grips with this neglected field in the history of ideas. In addition to excerpted translations and a narrative of Hegel’s and Schelling’s fate in France during the early nineteenth century, this volume includes an introduction on transnational reception history, as well as an analytical catalogue of the translations of their work produced in French at this time, of the publications which appropriated or interrogated their philosophical legacy, and of the journals, institutional structures and other mechanisms of dissemination that brought Hegel’s and Schelling’s philosophy into France. The book thus details the ways in which French philosophers of the period took up the debates and concepts of German Idealism, transformed them or rejected them. In this way, it aims to contribute to a reversal of the serious neglect of early nineteenth-century French thought in English-language scholarship and, in so doing, goes beyond a nation-based narrative of the history of philosophy. Figures covered in the volumes include major philosophers such as Cousin, Leroux, Proudhon, Quinet, Ravaisson, Renouvier and Véra, as well as more neglected figures, like Barchou de Penhoën, Bénard, Lèbre, Lerminier, Pictet, and Willm.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-39322-8
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    The Political Economy of Lobbying : Channels of Influence and their Regulation (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031443930
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VI, 384 p. 21 illus., 10 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Studies in Public Choice 43
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The political economy of lobbying
    Keywords: Economics. ; Social choice. ; Political science. ; Legislation. ; Political planning. ; Europe ; Welfare economics. ; Accountability ; Chinese Politics ; Corruption ; Economics ; European Union Politics ; Governance ; Lobbying ; Political Science ; Political Economy ; Public Choice ; Party donations ; Regulation ; Revolving door ; Russian and Post-Soviet Politics ; US Politics ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter 1 Introduction -- Part I: Theoretical Background -- Chapter 2 Lobbying – A Public Choice Perspective -- Chapter 3 Lobbying from the Perspective of Behavioral Political Economy -- Chapter 4 Policy Failure and Lobbying -- Chapter 5 Lobbying and Macroeconomic Development -- Part II: Channels of Influence and their Regulation -- Chapter 6 Informational Lobbying -- Chapter 7 Campaign Finance -- Chapter 8 The Revolving Door Phenomenon -- Chapter 9 Politicians’ Extra-Parliamentary Activities and Lobbying -- Chapter 10 Lobbying through Gifts -- Chapter 11 Commercial Lobbying Firms: Lobbying as Business -- Chapter 12 The Evolution of Modern Democracy as a Process of Constitutional Lobbying -- Chapter 13 Lobbying and Trade Protection -- Part III: Lobbying in selected World Regions -- Chapter 14 Lobbying in the United States -- Chapter 15 Lobbying in the European Union -- Chapter 16 Lobbying in Russia -- Chapter 17 Lobbying in China.
    Abstract: Lobbying is not only the subject of ongoing, heated debates in politics and the public sphere but has also been a focus of the social sciences for decades. This edited volume provides an overview of the current state of research on lobbying from the perspective of Public Choice as a subfield of political science and economics. After a brief introduction to the field, Part I provides an overview of basic concepts and political-economic theories of lobbying from the standpoints of various subfields of Public Choice. Subsequently, Part II investigates the various channels used by interest groups to influence policymakers, such as party donations, informational lobbying, hiring politicians, etc. These chapters also discuss the possibilities and limits of regulating the respective channels. Lastly, Part III sheds light on lobbying in selected regions (i.e., the United States, European Union, Russia, and China). .
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-44393-0
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    The European Integration, Vol. 1 : History (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031477768
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVIII, 367 p. 96 illus., 58 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Springer Texts in Political Science and International Relations
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    Keywords: Europe ; Comparative government. ; Economics. ; Social choice. ; World politics. ; Political science.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Genesis of the "European Idea" and its Early Implementation Efforts -- Chapter 3. From the Ruins of World War II to the Dawn of a New Europe (1945-1950) -- Chapter 4. From Schuman Declaration to the Establishment of the European Communities (1950-1958) -- Chapter 5. From Crisis to the Luxembourg Compromise: The Period of Stagnation (1958-1969) -- Chapter 6. From The Hague Conference to the Crises of the 1970s (1969-1979) -- Chapter 7. From Enlargement to the South to the Single European Act (1979-1986) -- Chapter 8. From the Single Market Goal to the Treaty on European Union (1986-1993) -- Chapter 9. From the Inception of the EU to the Amsterdam Treaty (1993-1999) -- Chapter 10. From the Treaty of Nice to the Fifth and Sixth Enlargements (1999-2007) -- Chapter 11. From the Lisbon Treaty to the Seventh Enlargement (2007-2013) -- Chapter 12. From Britain's EU Exit Referendum to the COVID-19 Pandemic (2014-2020).
    Abstract: This two-volume textbook teaches about the uniqueness and the difficulty of the European unification project. It describes, as clearly as possible, what Robert Schuman declared in 1950, that "... Europe will not be made all at once…". Navigating the nexus of four academic fields - political science, institutional analysis, economics, and history - the book serves as a reference work for accurate, exhaustive, and well-researched information on the creation and functioning of the European Union. Supported by numerous photographs, diagrams, maps, and sources, volume 1 sets out in a concise and readable way the European historical origins, the important steps in the creation of the European Union, and the treaties and historical events that have marked its course so far. Providing a comprehensive picture of the unification process and the functioning of this sui generis edifice of a united Europe, the book will serve as an essential textbook for undergraduate and graduate students studying the subject of European integration, as well as a useful resource for a broader audience interested in the European integration process.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-47776-8
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    EU Citizenship Beyond Urban Centres : Perceptions and Practices of Young People in East Central European Peripheral Areas (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031297939
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(IX, 250 p. 44 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: The Future of Europe
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Political science—Study and teaching. ; Comparative government. ; Political science. ; Family policy. ; Political science. ; Europe
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Approaching EU Citizenship from the Angle of Young People in the East Central European Double Periphery. Introduction -- Part 1. Perceptions of EU Citizenship and EU Citizenship Practices in Rural Areas. Evidence from Group Discussions and a Survey -- Chapter 2. Peripheral Futurities. Emigration Plans and Sense of Belonging among East Central European Youth -- Chapter 3. Notions of EU Citizenship among Young People in the Peripheral Regions of East Central Europe -- Chapter 4. No Strong Sense of Belonging and the EU as a Security-Provider – How Young People in Rural Poland Perceive EU Citizenship -- Chapter 5. European Citizenship as an Invisible Anchor. Students’ EU Perceptions in Rural Peripheral Areas of the Czech Republic -- Chapter 6. Between Support and Mere Coexistence. Diverging Perspectives on the EU from Slovak Students in Peripheral Towns -- Chapter 7. An EU Providing Freedom of Movement, Health Security and Financial Support. Students’ EU Perceptions in Two Hungary’s Peripheral Towns -- Chapter 8. Low Attachment to an EU that is Associated with Mobility. Students’ EU Perceptions in Two Romanian Peripheral Towns -- Part 2: Practices of EU Citizenship. Evidence from Erasmus+ Projects Promoting EU Citizenship within the Framework of the EU Youth Dialogue -- Chapter 9. How to Make Projects to Enhance Youth Participation Successful. A Comparative Analysis of Six Youth Dialogue Projects -- Chapter 10. Challenges for Participation and Empowerment. Six Youth Dialogue Projects in Comparative Perspective -- Chapter 11. A Project by Young People for Young People – The European Youth Week 2019 in Kielce -- Chapter 12. Initiating A Structured Dialogue between Local Youth and Decision Makers – the Mińsk Mazowiecki Youth Forum -- Chapter 13. A Building Block of an Overall Strategy for Political Education – Decide on Europe -- Chapter 14. Making Young People in Remote Rural Areas Heard – (un)Attractive? II -- Chapter 15. Even Successful Projects Must End? Lessons Learned from the Project The Best is yet to Come -- Chapter 16. A School Workshop Format for Thirteen-to-Fifteen Years Old Pupils. Experiencing and Understanding Europe -- Part 3: Recommendations for Different Audiences -- Chapter 17. How to Enhance EU Citizenship in the Rural Areas of Central Europe. Recommendations for Governments and Regional Authorities -- Chapter 18. Perspectives for Digital Participation in Rural Areas: Evidence From German Regions -- Chapter 19. Promoting the Active Citizenship of Young People in Peripheral Regions: Recommendations for EU Key Players -- Chapter 20. EU Citizenship and the young people in the rural areas of East Central Europe: Three Recommendations for the research on citizenship.
    Abstract: This open access book provides in-depth and comparative analyses of how young people in peripheral areas in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania perceive EU citizenship. It also informs the reader about the challenges faced by EU Youth Dialogue projects that aim at promoting active (EU) citizenship in these areas and it offers context-specific recommendations for local, regional, national and European policymakers and people working with young people. The contributions are based on new qualitative data collected within the framework of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at Leipzig University. It will be of interest to practitioners and scholars working on Europe and the EU, citizenship and the promotion of an active EU citizenship beyond urban centres. The Editors Dr. Astrid Lorenz is a Professor of German and European Politics, Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence “The European Union and its Rural Periphery in East Central Europe” and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy at Leipzig University, Germany. Dr. Lisa H. Anders is a member of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence “The European Union and its Rural Periphery in East Central Europe” and a postdoctoral researcher in the project “Rule of Law in East Central Europe” at the Institute of Political Science, Leipzig University, Germany.
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    The ‘New Normal’ in Planning, Governance and Participation : Transforming Urban Governance in a Post-pandemic World (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031326646
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 326 p. 36 illus., 28 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series
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    Keywords: Urban policy. ; Political science.
    Abstract: Introduction to the new normal in planning, governance, and participation -- Theorizing public participation in urban governance. Towards a new normal planning -- Planning – The force of working unfinished -- Building on recent experiences and participatory planning in Serbia towards a new normal -- Building the buzz in Blakelaw: Re-igniting the public realm of Britain’s peripheral urban estates in the new normal -- Adaptation of partnership models in times of COVID-19 -- An anthropology of the co-emergency: Getting inspired from the COVID-19 for a natural economy -- Pandemic cycling urbanism in French intermediate cities: A singular episode or a shift to a “new normal”?- Lockdown democracy: Participatory budgeting in pandemic times and the Portuguese experience -- Social distancing and participation: The case of participatory budgeting in Budapest, Hungary -- Establishing a green energy transition process in COVID times -- Participation during and after the pandemic: Lessons learned from an urban revitalization project in Dortmund, Germany -- Urban living labs for healthy and people-centred cities: A Nordic model -- Reframing participatory regeneration through the COVID-19 pandemic. Highlights from Lisbon -- Exploring PPGIS as a way of digital participation on the example of heat relief planning -- Online participatory events, myth or reality? Learnings from the easyrights hackathons -- Towards a new normal in participatory governance in Berlin during COVID-19. A “lost year” or a “new beginning”?- Videoconferencing, miracle tool or policy trap in the collaborative governance of smart and sustainable mobility?- Digital consumers will reign post-COVID city development -- The territorial stigmatization of non-profit housing areas in Denmark during COVID-19 -- From pandemic governance to PED agenda in the new normal -- Urban governance in post-pandemic Barcelona: A superblock-based new normal?- Driving urban transitions – Digital-twin solutions -- Conclusions.
    Abstract: This book offers a unique and timely contribution, informed by responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, to unpack the intertwined challenges that planning needs to cope with in the future. It argues that the pandemic and post-pandemic periods, in their successive waves of restrictions and social distancing, have disrupted ‘normal’ practices but have also contributed to shaping a ‘new normal’. The new normal is emerging, re-configuring, and prioritizing the substantive objects of planning and its governance and participatory processes. This book discusses this shift and presents a collection of episodes and cases from diverse European urban contexts to develop a new vocabulary for describing and addressing challenges, models, perspectives, and imaginaries that contribute to defining the new normal. The book is aimed at scholars interested in urban planning, sociology, geography, anthropology, art, economy, technology studies, design studies, and political science. .
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    Global Norms in Local Contexts : Examining Cases of Environmental Governance in France (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031411083
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 80 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Political Science
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    Keywords: Environmental policy. ; Political science. ; Comparative government. ; Sustainability.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction: Examining Global Environmental Norms in Local Settings -- Chapter 2. How Global Norms Travel: A Theoretical Framework -- Chapter 3. The Cerbère-Banyuls Marine Nature Reserve -- Chapter 4. The Thau Fisheries Local Action Group -- Chapter 5. The Biovallée Biodistrict -- Chapter 6. Conclusion: Looking Back and Ahead.
    Abstract: This Brief discusses the translation of global environmental norms across local contexts in France. It provides a snapshot of how global-level environmental norms travel vertically across levels of governance, from the global to the local, and asks how global environmental norms are (re)interpreted by local-level actors and translated to a particular local context. Chapters focus on three in-depth case studies, each involving multi-stakeholder environmental governance: (1) the Cerbère-Banyuls Marine Nature Reserve, (2) the Thau Fisheries Local Action Group (FLAG), and (3) the Biovallée biodistrict. In each of these cases, the author assesses how twilight norms are used to frame, promote, and generally develop a local discourse that centers on environmental conservation and sustainability. By combining concepts from the literature on norm localization with processes from the literature on norm-based institutional change, this Brief will generate new insights on the dynamic aspects of norm translation. As such, it will be of interest to researchers studying environmental politics, comparative policy, governance, and norms.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-41108-3
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    Citizen-Centered Public Policy Making in Turkey (2023)
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XIII, 476 p. 22 illus., 19 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Contributions to Public Administration and Public Policy
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    Keywords: Public administration. ; Political science. ; Political planning. ; Citizen-Centered Public Policy ; direct citizen participation ; Turkey ; Policy Actors ; Policy Process ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: PART I: PUBLIC POLICY MAKING IN THE NEW AGE -- Chapter 1. Introduction to Citizen-Centered Public Policy Making -- Chapter 2. Different Approaches to Public Policy Making -- Chapter 3. Normative Public Policy, the “Public Value” and Value Conflicts -- Chapter 4. Rethinking the Role of Nudge in Public Policy -- Chapter 5. Civil Society and Public Policy in Turkey -- PART II: APPROACHES ON CITIZEN-CENTERED PUBLIC POLICY MAKING -- Chapter 6. Social Networks of/for Citizen Participation in Turkey -- Chapter 7. Digital Divide and Citizen Participation in Public Policy Making -- Chapter 8. Conceptual Complexities and Frameworks to Analyze Digital Transformation and Citizen-Centric E-Participation in Public Administration -- Chapter 9. Active Citizenship and Disadvantaged Groups: The Roma in Turkey -- Chapter 10. Women, Nationalism, And Political Participation in Turkey -- Chapter 11. Rising Expectations: How Digital Democracy Don’t Mean More Participation for Vulnerable Groups -- Chapter 12. Challenges for Direct Citizen Participation in Public Policy making -- PART III: REFLECTIONS FROM VARIOUS POLICY FIELDS IN TURKEY -- Chapter 13. Citizen-Oriented Participation Mechanisms in Turkey: The Case of the Ministry of Interior -- Chapter 14. Citizen-Centered Public Policy Making Through Social Media in Local Governments: A Research on Twitter Accounts of Metropolitan Municipalities in Turkey -- Chapter 15. Citizen-Centric Smart City Practices of Local Governments During Covid-19: Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Case -- Chapter 16. Data Wars During COVID-19 Pandemic in Turkey: Regulatory Science, Trust, Risk, and Citizen Science -- Chapter 17. Citizen-Centered Environmental Policy Making in Turkey: The Struggle of Unheard Voices -- Chapter 18. Housing Affordability in Turkey: How Big Is It and Who Are the Most Vulnerable? -- Chapter 19. Educational Policy Making in Turkey: Citizen-Centered or Window-Dressing? -- Chapter 20. Evaluation of Higher Education Policies in Turkey in the Context of Citizen-Centered Public Policies -- Chapter 21. Access vs. Quality Trade-Off: How Citizen-Centered Is the Public Policy Making in The Expansion of the Turkish Higher Education System? -- Chapter 22. People-Centered Health Policies in Turkey -- Chapter 23. Implementation of Citizen-Oriented Economic Policies -- Chapter 24. Citizen-Centered Public Security in Turkey: Policy and Practice.
    Abstract: This edited volume discusses direct citizen participation and public policymaking in Turkey. Written by a diverse group of scholars and practitioners, this book advances the field of public policy by critically examining whether and how direct citizen participation may add value to government business. Structurally, the book focuses on the core topics of public administration, the generation of public services, the design and implementation of public policies, citizens and networks, new business models, and local perspectives. Using Turkey as a case study, this volume fills a gap in the literature and will appeal to researchers interested in public policy in the MENA context. .
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-35364-2
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    Quantitative Methods for the Social Sciences : A Practical Introduction with Examples in R (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031345838
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVI, 141 p. 33 illus., 22 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 2nd ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Springer Texts in Political Science and International Relations
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    Keywords: Political science. ; Sociology ; Social sciences ; Mathematical statistics
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Nuts and Bolts of Empirical Social Science -- Chapter 3: A Short Introduction to Survey Research -- Chapter 4: Constructing a Survey -- Chapter 5: Conducting a Survey -- Chapter 6: Introducing R and Univariate Statistics -- Chapter 7: Bivariate Statistics with Categorical Variables -- Chapter 8: Bivariate Statistics with Two Continuous Variables -- Chapter 9: Multivariate Regression Analysis -- Appendix.
    Abstract: This textbook offers an essential introduction to survey research and quantitative methods with clear instructions on how to conduct statistical tests with R. Building on the premise that we need to teach statistical methods in a holistic and practical format, the book guides students through the four main elements of survey research and quantitative analysis: (1) the importance of survey research, (2) preparing a survey, (3) conducting a survey and (4) analyzing a survey. In detail, students will learn how to create their own questionnaire on the basis of formulating hypotheses; sampling participants; disseminating their questionnaire; creating datasets; and analyzing their data. The data analytical sections of this revised and extended edition explain the theory, rationale and mathematical foundations of relevant bivariate and multi-variate statistical tests. These include the T-test, F-test, Chi-square test and correlation analyses, as well as bivariate and multivariate regression analyses. In addition, the book offers a brief introduction to statistical computing with R, which includes clear instructions on how to conduct these statistical tests in R. Given the breadth of its coverage, the textbook is suitable for introductory statistics, survey research and quantitative methods classes in the social sciences.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-34583-8
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    Digital Communication and Populism in Times of Covid-19 : Cases, Strategies, Examples (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031337161
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VI, 207 p. 33 illus., 21 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Studies in Digital Politics and Governance
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    Keywords: Communication in politics. ; Comparative government. ; Elections. ; Political science. ; Europe ; Public administration.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. The Digital Present and the Future of Political Communication; Introduction and Prospects -- Part 1. Digital Methodologies -- Chapter 2. New Methodological Perspectives in Political Communication Research: Machine Learning and Algorithms -- Chapter 3. Feminist Framing in Times of Pandemic: an Analysis of the Spanish Case -- Chapter 4. Ten Years of Immigration: Ten Years of Polarisation? Natural Language Processing Techniques for the Study of the Andalusian Case -- Part 2. Case Studies -- Chapter 5. Social Media as an Information and Voter Activity Tool on the Example of the 2020 Presidential Election in Poland -- Chapter 6. Digital Disinformation During the 2020 Parliamentary Elections in Lithuania -- Chapter 7. Mexico’s Governmental Communication Strategy “Las Vespertinas” in Times of COVID-19: Crises and Strategies of a Populist Government -- Chapter 8. Polish Deputies Support to the Anti-vaccination Movement in Social Media. The Case of Confederation Leaders -- Chapter 9. Memory and Remembrance in Digital Populist Discourse in Times of COVID-19 Pandemic: Case Study of TPPatriots (Tea Party Patriots) Activity on Twitter -- Chapter 10. The Anti-feminist Agenda of the Spanish Populist Radical Right in Times of COVID-19 Crisis: a Comparative Approach -- Chapter 11. Rise of E-citizens in Croatia - a Case Study of the Croatian Main eGovernment Platform During the Time of the Pandemic -- Part 3. Reflections on Social Changes and Future Directions and Challenges -- Chapter 12. Distributed, Decentralized Registries and Digital State. Are We Moving Toward a Blockchain Democracy? -- Chapter 13. Development of Central Bank Digital Currency as a Payment Method for the SARS-COV-2 Virus Pandemic -- Chapter 14. Populism, Political Legitimacy & Digital Communication: An Alternative Conversation.
    Abstract: This book examines different dimensions of digital communication and populism in times of the COVID-19 pandemic. While doing so, it discusses views, opinions, and research results regarding the conditions, experiences, constraints, benefits, and challenges related to the topic - not only using theoretical and methodological approaches but also practical perspectives. The COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic significantly accelerated the technological revolution presenting many social, economic, and political challenges, as it pushed the world into cyberspace to ensure social distancing. At the same time, many populist protests expressed in the digital public sphere massively gained importance during the lockdowns. As a result, one of the most significant consequences of using electronic tools is not only greater e-participation of citizens, but - especially evident through elections during a pandemic - even greater transfer of political communication and election campaigns into the space of new media. The book broadly analyses various contexts of digitalization of communication processes and populist politics from both theoretical and empirical perspectives in various case studies on the digitalization of information, communication, or participation processes during the COVID-19 pandemic in selected European countries and beyond. This book will appeal to students, researchers, and scholars of political communication, political science, electoral studies, digital politics, and democracy, as well as policy-makers interested in a better understanding of digital communication and populism during the Covid-19 pandemic.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-33716-1
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    The Politics of Electoral Reform in Central Europe since 1989 : The Temptation of the Incumbents (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031450839
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VII, 166 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Springer Series in Electoral Politics
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    Keywords: Elections. ; Comparative government. ; Europe ; Legislation. ; Political science.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part I. The Politics of Electoral Reform: A Framework for Analysis -- Chapter 2. Electoral System Change: A Theoretical Perspective -- Chapter 3. Political Consequences of Electoral Reforms: Proportionality and Personalisation -- Part II. Electoral Systems under Re/Construction: What Electoral Systems for new Democracies? -- Chapter 4. The Most Complex Electoral System as a Compromise: The Hungarian Negotiations of 1989 -- Chapter 5. The Politics of Electoral Reform as a Dispute over the Role of Parties: Czechoslovak Debates in the Early 1990s -- Part III. Cuius regio, eius regulae electionis: Attempts at Changing the Rules of Democracy -- Chapter 6. Aiming to Secure a Parliamentary Majority: The 1998 and 1999 Electoral System Changes in Slovakia -- Chapter 7. Clashing over the Rules of Democracy: The 1998–2002 Czech Electoral Reform -- Chapter 8. Manufacturing the Monopoly of Power: The Electoral System Change under Orbán -- Chapter 9. Constitutional Court Back on the Scene: The 2021 Czech Electoral Reform -- Part IV. The Politics of Electoral Reform: A Central European Perspective -- Chapter 10. Electoral Reforms in Central Europe since 1989.
    Abstract: This book on the politics of electoral reform in Central Europe since 1989 explains by whom, why, and how the electoral rules were changed in Central Europe in the post-Communist period. Examining the contextual factors affecting, underlying, and/or initiating these changes, the book identifies main actors, their motivations, and other circumstances surrounding the electoral reform processes. It further explores their political consequences, particularly on proportionality and personalization. Based on a detailed analysis of electoral reform processes in Czechoslovakia, Czechia, Hungary, and Slovakia over the past thirty years, the book discusses how the politics of electoral reform in Central Europe is mostly driven, controlled, and decided by politicians, with other actors being either overlooked or ignored. Finally, it argues that most of the cases were imposed by an elite majority, with the sole exception of the Czech Republic, where the politics of electoral reform were influenced by the intervention of the constitutional court as an external actor. The book will appeal to students, researchers, and scholars of political science interested in a better understanding of electoral politics in general, as well as democratic transformation processes and electoral reform in Central Europe.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-45083-9
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    Scandalogy 4 : Political Scandals in the Age of Populism, Partisanship, and Polarization (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031471568
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VI, 195 p. 11 illus., 7 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Communication in politics. ; Comparative government. ; Communication. ; Political science.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part 1: Populism and Political Scandals -- Chapter 2. Performance, Celebrity Populism, Fiction and Democracy -- Chapter 3. Two Faces of Zoran Milanovic -- Chapter 4. But Some Scandals Are More Scandalous Than Others -- Part 2: Outrage, Lionization, and Resistance in a Polarized Public -- Chapter 5. Scandal or Lionization -- Chapter 6. Inappropriateness as the Ultimate Resistance -- Chapter 7. Holding Out for a Hero -- Chapter 8. The Many Deaths of Domitian -- Part 3: Partisanship, Scandals, and Political Culture -- Chapter 9. America’s First Sex Scandal -- Chapter 10. Leader Prototypicality in Party Punishment -- Chapter 11. Forty Years of Political Scandals in Germany.
    Abstract: This volume examines the growing presence of populism, partisanship, and polarization and analyzes what this means for scandalization processes. While politics appears to have entered a mode of perpetual crisis and growing dysfunctionality, the rapid succession of scandals may be a symptom of this crisis and its catalyst at the same time. The book provides a better definition of political scandals and discusses from an interdisciplinary and critical scientific perspective how such scandals are relevant to political developments and how they impact public discourse and media practices. International experts from various subfields of communication studies, political communication research as well as related disciplines contribute to the volume with conceptual, empirical, and methodological approaches which reflect on political scandals and the role of media and/or communication. Presenting a unique perspective and providing a first in-depth insight into the relationship between polarization, partisanship, populist communication, and scandalization, the book will appeal to students, researchers, and scholars from different disciplines, as well as practitioners and policy-makers interested in a better understanding of political scandals, their impact on public discourse and political developments, and their catalyzation through media and communication.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-47156-8
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    Hegel and Schelling in Early Nineteenth-Century France : Volume 2 - Studies (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031393266
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 219 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées 247
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    Keywords: Philosophy ; History. ; Idealism, German. ; Political science. ; Aesthetics.
    Abstract: 1. Cousin's and Leroux's Antagonistic Visions of German Idealism (Lucie Rey) -- 2. Becoming Cousin: Eclecticism, Spiritualism and Hegelianism before 1833 (Daniel Whistler) -- 3. Ravaisson after Schelling: Purposiveness without Purpose in Genius and Habit (Mark Sinclair) -- 4. Line, Vine, and Grace: Ravaisson’s Spiral and Schelling’s Vortex (Ben Woodard) -- 5. “Naturism” in place of Idealism: Henri Ducrotay de Blainville and Auguste Comte on Naturphilosophie (Laurent Clauzade) -- 6. Pierre-Joseph Proudhon and the Reception of German Philosophy in Mid-Nineteenth-Century France (Edward Castleton) -- 7. Pantheism and the Dangers of Hegelianism in Nineteenth-Century France (Kirill Chepurin) -- 8. Hegel’s Aesthetics in Nineteenth-Century France: Charles Bénard’s Translation and its Reception (Élisabeth Décultot) -- 9. Augusto Vera’s Mystical Conception of Hegelianism (Andrea Bellantone) -- 10. Charles Renouvier, Modern French Philosophy, and the Great Learned Men of Germany (Jeremy Dunham).
    Abstract: Hegel and Schelling in Early Nineteenth-Century France is a two-volume work that documents the French reception of G. W. F. Hegel and F. W. J. Schelling from 1801 to 1848. It shows that the story of the "French Hegel" didn't begin with Wahl and Kojève by giving readers a solid understanding of the various ways in which German Idealism impacted nineteenth-century French philosophy, as well as providing the first ever English-language translations of excerpts from the most important philosophical texts of the era. Inside volume two, readers will find a series of scholarly studies to help them get to grips with this neglected field in the history of ideas. The contributors are world-leading and emerging experts from Europe, UK, and North America. They highlight the stakes and trace the pathways of this reception for French and German thought during the period, including the ways in which French philosophers of the period took up the debates and concepts of German Idealism, transformed them or rejected them. In this way, the volume aims to redress the serious neglect of early nineteenth-century French thought in English-language scholarship and, in so doing, goes beyond a nation-based narrative of the history of philosophy. Figures covered in the volumes include major philosophers such as Cousin, Leroux, Proudhon, Quinet, Ravaisson, Renouvier and Véra, as well more neglected figures, like Barchou de Penhoën, Bénard, Lèbre, Lerminier, Pictet, and Willm.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-39326-6
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    Enlargement and the Future of Europe : Views from the Capitals (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031432347
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXV, 183 p. 2 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Europe ; Comparative government. ; Political science. ; World politics. ; Europe
    Abstract: Part 1: Member States -- Chapter 1. Enlarging and Reforming the European Union - An Austrian Perspective -- Chapter 2. Belgium: If the Enlargement Process is Broken, Then Fix It -- Chapter 3. Bulgaria’s Attitude Towards EU Enlargement -- Chapter 4. Croatia: Between Proclaimed Enthusiasm and Reality on the Ground -- Chapter 5. The National Debate in Cyprus on the Future of EU Enlargement Policy -- Chapter 6. The Czech Approach to EU Enlargement: Full Steam Ahead! -- Chapter 7. Denmark’s Position on Enlargement -- Chapter 8. Estonia: Supporting Fast-track Enlargements -- Chapter 9. Finland Should Focus on EU Reforms Ahead of Enlargement -- Chapter 10. What Infuriating French Reluctance Reveals -- Chapter 11. Strong Tailwinds for EU Enlargement in Germany – but EU Membership Has a Price Tag -- Chapter 12. Greece, EU Enlargement and the ‘thessaloniki Promise’ -- Chapter 13. Enlargement at All Costs? A View From Hungary -- Chapter 14. Further Enlargement of the European Union: the View From Dublin -- Chapter 15. Beyond ‘enlargement Fatigue’ – A View From Rome -- Chapter 16. Head and Heart in the Right Place: Latvia on the EU Enlargement -- Chapter 17. Lithuania’s Strong Support for the EU’s ‘Open Door’ Policy – How to Make Use of the Geopolitical Window of Opportunity -- Chapter 18. Luxembourg: Get Ready to Enlarge -- Chapter 19. Malta and Enlargement – Supportive but Not Engaged -- Chapter 20. Direction East – Polish Views on the EU’s Enlargement Policy -- Chapter 21. Portugal: Nobody Talks About Enlargement -- Chapter 22. Romania’s Constant Support for the Enlargement Process: A Proof of Investment in European Values -- Chapter 23. Slovakia’s Approach to EU Enlargement: From Strategic Passivity and Declaratory Supporter Into the Reformist Vanguard -- Chapter 24. Slovenia: A Strong Defender of Western Balkan Enlargement -- Chapter 25. Spain: From a Reluctant Supporter to a True Defendant of Enlargement? -- Chapter 26. Sweden and EU Enlargement: A Strong Supporter Walking a Fine Line -- Chapter 27. Strict, Fair, Engaged.... And Still Without a Vision? A View From the Netherlands on EU Enlargement and Its Neighbourhood -- Part 2: EU Neighbours -- Chapter 28. What is Holding Back Albania? -- Chapter 29.between Hopes and Frustrations: Bosnia’s Path to the EU is No Shorter Despite EU Candidacy Status -- Chapter 30. Seizing the EU Enlargement Momentum: Georgia’s Prospects for Joining the European Family -- Chapter 31. Iceland’s Passive Supportive Approach: Vocal With Others on Ukraine -- Chapter 32. Kosovo’s Leap of Faith for EU Membership -- Chapter 33. How Should the EU Support Moldova’s Path Towards Accession? -- Chapter 34. The Scramble for Enlargement: Montenegro -- Chapter 35. North Macedonia: Stuck on the EU’s Doorstep? -- Chapter 36. Norway – A Non-member but Active Supporter of EU Enlargement -- Chapter 37. Serbia on a Rocky Road to the EU -- Chapter 38. Switzerland: Not a Candidate but a Partner in EU Enlargement -- Chapter 39. Schrödinger’s Candidate: Türkiye’s Awkward Situation Within the Enlargement Debate -- Chapter 40. On the Outside Looking in: the United Kingdom After Brexit -- Chapter 41. EU Enlargement Considering New Realities: the Ukrainian Direction.
    Abstract: This book analyses Member States’ and EU neighbours’ national visions for the enlargement of the European Union (EU), highlighting 41 national histories, policies, and corresponding public perceptions of European integration. In a geopolitical context in which Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine has renewed the impetus for EU enlargement, national views vary considerably on the timing, conditions, and reforms necessary to welcome Eastern neighbours and the Western Balkans countries into the European family. Moreover, EU enlargement policy is not only an investment in peace and stability; it has also become a political tool in response to the exploitation of interdependencies and illiberal pressures. This book presents concrete policy recommendations to national governments and the EU on how to move forward productively. The Editors Dr. Michael Kaeding is the Jean Monnet Professor for European Integration and European Union Politics at the Institute of Political Science of the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. He is a visiting fellow at the University of Ljubljana and of the European Institute of Public Administration in Maastricht, member of the flying faculties of the College of Europe, Bruges, and the Turkish-German University in Istanbul. Dr. Johannes Pollak is a Professor of International Relations and Rector of Webster Vienna Private University, Austria. In the summer 2019, he was elected chairperson of the Board of the Institute of European Politics in Berlin. He is also senior fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna. Paul Schmidt is the Secretary General of the Austrian Society for European Politics, which promotes and supports analysis and communication on European affairs. Prior to that he worked at the Oesterreichische Nationalbank, both in Vienna and at their Representative Office in Brussels at the Permanent Representation of Austria to the European Union.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-43234-7
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    Trump and the Bureaucrats : The Fate of Neutral Competence (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031220791
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(IX, 133 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: America—Politics and government. ; Executive power. ; Public administration. ; Political science. ; America
    Abstract: Acknowledgements -- The Appeal of Neutral Competence -- Where to Find Neutral Competence -- The Office of Management and Budget: When Responsive Competence Isn’t Enough -- Congressional Budget Office: Wonks Protected by Congressional Committees -- The Government Accountability Office: Redefining but Maintaining Neutral Competence -- The Economic Research Service: Attacking Neutral Competence by Going Around the Rules -- The Four P’s of Protecting Neutral Competence -- The State and Fate of Neutral Competence -- Bibliography -- Appendix.
    Abstract: This volume discusses the long term impacts of the Trump presidency on the federal bureaucracy. Drawing on the longstanding academic literature on neutral competence and interviews with the bureaucrats themselves, this book adds insight to the academic question of the role of bureaucrats in a democratic system after a four-year period in which their role has been questioned and threatened as never before. Focusing on the elite agencies of the Office of Management and Budget, the Congressional Budget Office, the Government Accountability Office, as well as the Economic Research Service at the Department of Agriculture, the chapters evaluate individual experiences of members of each agency during the Trump presidency through the lens of the growing tension between politics and administration. Enlightening the role that bureaucrats play in American democracy in an era when polarization is on the rise and disputes over the role of the civil service are growing, this volume will be of interest to scholars and students in public policy, political science, and public administration as well as policymakers and members of the US federal government workforce.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-22079-1
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    Democracy and political governance in South Africa : the African Peer Review Mechanism (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031163135
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 192 Seiten) , Illustrationen
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    Series Statement: Advances in African economic, social and political development
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    Keywords: Africa—Politics and government. ; Comparative government. ; Political science. ; Political planning. ; Elections. ; Public administration. ; Africa ; Good Governance ; Governance ; Demokratie ; Demokratisierung ; Bestandsaufnahme ; Südafrika
    Abstract: This book presents a holistic perspective and analysis of democratic practice, processes, and governance in South Africa. It examines the development in the South African governing system and its response to the challenges of the crisis of governance under the influence of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM). While doing so, the book's central objective is to examine the progress of the South African government in strengthening democracy and political governance. Each of the contributions follows a similar structure and addresses the following thematic issues: (1) Assessment of the implementation of the core APRM-related programs; (2) Identification of areas of excellence and prognosis for further improvement; (3) Identification of the weak areas of each and how to make the future implementation better, (4) Identification areas to improve democracy and political governance. A self-assessment strategy initiated by the African Union (AU) in 2002 and adopted in 2003, the APRM is a voluntary mechanism adopted by countries in the African continent to improve governance in general. As a specialized AU agency, APRM monitors the peer review activities of each African country. It serves as a tool for sharing experiences, reinforcing best practices, identifying deficiencies, and assessing capacity-building needs to foster policies, standards, and practices that lead to political stability, high economic growth, sustainable development, and accelerated sub-regional and continental economic integration. This book will be useful for and appeal to scholars and researchers in political science, public administration, and the social sciences in general, as well as policy-makers interested in a better understanding of democratic practice and processes, governance, public policy, and the African Peer Review Mechanism.
    Note: Democracy and Political Governance in South Africa , A Critique of South Africa’s Quest for Accountable, Efficient and Effective Public Service , Evaluating the Commitment of South Africa to the Principles of Separation of Powers , A Rural Perspective on the African Peer Review Mechanism: Views on Socio-Economic Development and Public Service Delivery in Rural South Africa , Democracy, Peace and Stability in South Africa: The Struggle Continues , South Africa’s Political Commitment to the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Vulnerable Groups , Evaluating the Rights of Children and Young People in Africa: The Policies and Practices in South Africa , Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Citizens in South Africa: A Review , The Voice of the Voiceless: The State of Civil and Political Rights in South Africa , An Assessment of Government Commitment to the Promotion and Protection of Women’s Rights in South Africa , Deepening Leadership Accountability in South Africa , Correction to: Peace and Stability in South Africa: The Struggle Continues
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    Critical Minerals, the Climate Crisis and the Tech Imperium (2023)
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 210 p. 21 illus., 8 illus. in color.)
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    Keywords: Science—History. ; Science—Philosophy. ; Human ecology—Study and teaching. ; Political planning. ; International relations. ; Political science. ; Human ecology ; Science ; Science
    Abstract: Foreword (Morgan Bazilian and Dolf Gielen) -- Introduction (Sophia Kalantzakos) -- Section I -- Chapter 1. Between Rocks and Hard Places: Geopolitics of Net zero futures and the tech imperium (Sophia Kalantzakos) -- Chapter 2. Interdependence vs. Geopolitics: Securitization and Partial Recoupling of U.S.-China Relations (Xiaoyu Pu) -- Chapter 3. Securing Supply Chain Resiliency for Critical Rare Earth Metals (Kristin Vekasi) -- Section II -- Chapter 4. Public Policy Toward Critical Materials: A False Dichotomy, a Messy Middle Ground, and Seven Guiding Principles (Roderick Eggert) -- Chapter 5. Lessons from Three Decades in the Rare Earth Trenches (Constantine Karayannopoulos and Vasileios Tsianos) -- Chapter 6. The Paradox of Green Growth: Challenges and Opportunities in Decarbonizing the Electric Vehicle Supply Chain. (Chris Berry) -- Chapter 7. Raw material demands for the Green Transition. Risks, opportunities, and required actions to meet the 2030 climate targets. (Roland Gauß, Carsten Gellermann, Alexander Maurer) -- Section III -- Chapter 8. Social and environmental impacts of rare earth mining and processing: Scoping and preliminary assessment (Julie Michelle Klinger) -- Chapter 9. The Social Conundrum of Eco-centric Activism against Oceanic Minerals (Saleem Ali) -- Chapter 10. The ESG Triangle: How Lithium Mining in Latin America Could Point the Way Toward Long-term Environmental and Social Value Strategies (Owen Pell) -- Index.
    Abstract: This book examines the latest manifestations of resource competition. The energy transition and the digitalization of the global economy are both accelerating even as geopolitics driven by Sino-American hyper-competition become increasingly contentious. The volume brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars, policy makers, institutional stakeholders, and industry experts to analyze not only the transition itself, but also the implications that the need for uninterrupted access to unprecedented levels of raw materials generates. By framing the challenges ahead for global society, governance, industry, international power politics, and the environment, the book asks hard questions about the choices that need to be made to reach net zero by mid-century. Moreover, it sheds light on different facets of the growing risks to what have been global interdependent supply chains in a way that is nuanced, balanced, and practical, thus pushing back on some of the most sensational headlines that breed confusion and may lead policymakers to make more narrow and less effective decisions. The volume is an outcome of “Rich Rocks, the Climate Crisis and the Tech-imperium” a Summer Institute at Caltech and the Huntington that took place in July 2021.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-25577-9
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    The power of morality in movements : civic engagement in climate justice, human rights, and democracy (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783030987985
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(328 Seiten)
    Series Statement: Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies, An International Multidisciplinary Series
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    Keywords: Political sociology. ; Ethics. ; Political science.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction: movements and morality -- 2. Paradigm lost? Three dimensions of morality and social movements -- 3. Bringing morality back in -- 4. Solidarity mobilizations in the “refugee crisis”: Between particularism and universalism -- 5. Values, activism, and changing attitudes: The process of individual-level moral development through movement participation -- 6. For a better living-together: Ongoing meaningful conversations at play -- 7. Justification, values or concerns? Pragmatist theories of morality and civic engagements in local urban greenspaces -- 8. Social movements prefiguring political theory -- 9. The ethics of radical student activism: Social justice, democracy, and engagement across difference -- 10. Moral elites in the Danish temperance movement (1910–1919): Elite struggles over disease and values -- 11. The dark side of laughter. Humor as a tool for constructing a moral order in the memes of Czech far right organization “Angry Mothers" -- 12. Emotions, morality, and political participation behaviors in online activism -- 13. The moral dimension of counter movements: the case of antifeminism -- 14. Paradigm revived? The prospect of a multidisciplinary research agenda. .
    Abstract: This Open Access book explores the role of morality in social movements. Morality has always been central to social movements whether it be in the form of the moral foundations of movement claims, politics and ideologies, the values motivating participation, the new moral principles envisioned and practiced among movement participants, or the overall struggle over society’s moral values that movements engage in. This is evident in movements emerging from recent interlinked crises: the crisis of human rights, the climate crisis, and the developing crisis of democracy. In analyzing these current events through a variety of theoretical, methodological, and empirical lenses, this book brings morality to the forefront of the discussion, allowing for a rethinking of its role. The book is divided into five parts. The first part introduces and explores the central concept of the book, outlining the dominant existing approaches to morality and ethics in the extant movement and civil society literature. The following three parts investigate morality in relation to topics and movements that are either prominent to contemporary politics or salient to the question of morality. In these empirically informed parts, the authors apply a diverse selection of methods spanning fieldwork, historiography, traditional and novel statistical analytical methods, and big data analysis to a diverse selection of data. Topics discussed include refugee solidarity movements, male privilege and anti-feminism movement, environmental and climate justice movements, and religious activism. The fifth and closing part of the book focuses on the more abstract theoretical question of the relationship between morality and ethics and activist practices and points to future research agendas. This book will be of general interest to students, scholars and academics within the disciplines of political sociology, -science and -anthropology and of particular interest to academics in the subfields of social movement and civil society studies.
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-98798-5
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    Common Law – Civil Law : The Great Divide? (2022)
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    ISBN: 9783030877187
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 191 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Law and Philosophy Library 139
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    Keywords: Law—Philosophy. ; Law. ; Political science.
    Abstract: The Chain Novel of Civil Law – Dworkin, Brandom and the Rational Practice of Law outside of Common Law Systems -- The Civil Law as Foundation of the Common Law: Roscoe Pounds looks at the Origins of the Common Law -- Progress in Purity v. Purity in Progress. On: “The Law works itself pure -- In the Mix: Common Law and Civil Law Approaches United -- Presumption(s) of Correctness (?): Comparing the Methodological Relevance of Judicial Precedents in Civil Law and in Common Law Systems -- A Matter of Choice: On China’s Transition to a Civil Law System -- Xxx -- Between Guidance and Discretion: Mainstream and Critical Portrayals of Judges in the Civil Law and (American) Common Law Worlds -- Civil Law is only more or less Common Law – why Overstate the Difference? -- Common Law and Civil: Tree Diagram or Pyramid of Norms? -- A Positive Turn: Originalism between Common Law and Civil Law -- Common Law, Civil Law, and the Data of Legal Philosophy -- A Post Mortem on Legal Science? -- Two Faces of judicial decision making. On the concept of judicial precedent in the Civil Law Countries -- Common Law and Civil Law – The Matter of Constitutional Reasoning.
    Abstract: This book offers an in-depth analysis of the differences between common law and civil law systems from various theoretical perspectives. Written by a global network of experts, it explores the topic against the background of a variety of legal traditions. Common law and civil law are typically presented as antagonistic players on a field claimed by diverse legal systems: the former being based on precedent set by judges in deciding cases before them; the latter being founded on a set of rules intended to govern the decisions of those applying them. Perceived in this manner, common law and civil law differ in terms of the (main) source(s) of law; who is to create them; who is (merely) to draw from them; and whether the law itself is pure each step of the way, or whether the law’s purity may be tarnished when confronted with a set of contingent facts. These differences have deep roots in (legal) history – roots that allow us to trace them back to distinct traditions. Nevertheless, it is questionable whether the divide thus depicted is as great as it may seem: international and supranational legal systems unconcerned by national peculiarities appear to level the playing field. A normative understanding of constitutions seems to grant ever-greater authority to High Court decisions based on thinly worded maxims in countries that adhere to the civil law tradition. The challenges contemporary regulation faces call for ever-more detailed statutes governing the decisions of judges in the common law tradition. These and similar observations demand a structural reassessment of the role of judges, the power of precedent, the limits of legislation and other features often thought to be so different in common and civil law systems. The book addresses this reassessment.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-87718-7
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    Democracy in Times of Crises : Challenges, Problems and Policy Proposals (2022)
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    ISBN: 9783030972950
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 231 p. 4 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
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    Keywords: Comparative government. ; Elections. ; Social choice. ; Welfare economics. ; Political science. ; World politics. ; Constitutional law.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction: Democracy in Times of Crises -- Part 1. Challenges, Crises and Threats to Democracy -- Chapter 2. The Crisis of Democracy and the Importance of Mixed Government -- Chapter 3. Democracy Erodes from the Top. Public Opinion and the Crisis of Democracy in Europe -- Part 2. Defining the Limits of Democratic Governance -- Chapter 4. Limits of Democracy -- Chapter 5. The battle of Salamis and the future of democracy -- Part 3. Policies Towards Improving the Quality of Democratic Governance -- Chapter 6. Policy Making by Randomly Selected Assemblies. The Perspective of Elected Politicians -- Chapter 7. Legislature by Lot. A way out of the Problems of Modern Democracy or Just Another Unrealistic Approach? -- Chapter 8. Asymmetric Information, Social Choices and Democracy -- Part 4. Intertemporal Aspects of Democracy Regarding Ancient and Modern Greece and the World -- Chapter 9. Democracy in Times Ancient and Modern. About the Relevancy of the Ancient Greek Experience for our Own Societies -- Chapter 10. Europe in Modern Greece: The Constant Navarino -- Part 5. Modern Aspects of Law in relation to the Present-Day Democratic Institutions -- Chapter 11. Democracy and Social Rights -- Chapter 12. Public Confidence and the Judiciary in a Democratic Society.
    Abstract: Inspired by the democratic origins of the Greek naval victory at Salamis, the book discusses the current pressing issues of democracy worldwide. In 12 carefully selected chapters, well-renowned scholars from around the globe discuss topics such as Brexit, Euroscepticism, or the rise of populism. The authors further analyze various aspects of democracy, as well as various types of democratic regimes, such as mixed government, direct democracy, and cases of quasi democracies. While doing so, they relate this discussion to the pivotal question of how the quality of democracy today can be improved, seeking answers and solutions to current pending problems at the global level. This book is the second out of two edited volumes as a sequel of an international academic conference titled Salamis and Democracy: 2500 Years After that took place between October 3rd and October 5th, 2020, on the occasion of the 2500th anniversary of the great historical event of the Battle of Salamis, which saved Greek culture and the newly founded democratic regimes throughout the Hellenic world during the Classical period (508-323 BCE). The book is a must-read for scholars and students of political science, economics, and law, as well as policy-makers interested in a better understanding of democracy, governance, populism, social choice, and constitutional law.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-97295-0
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    Crises and Migration : Critical Perspectives from Latin America (2022)
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    ISBN: 9783031070594
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 208 p.)
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    Series Statement: Latin American Societies, Current Challenges in Social Sciences
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    DDC: 304.8
    Keywords: Emigration and immigration. ; Emigration and immigration—Social aspects. ; Ethnology. ; Latin America—History. ; Political science. ; Human geography.
    Abstract: 1. At the Crisis-Migration Crossroads: Scope and Limits -- Part I -- 2.Venezuelan Migration and Crime in Colombia: Migrant Stigmatization in the Media and its Connection to a Crisis of (Failed) Integration of Said Migrants -- 3.“Migration Crisis” and Migrant Caravans (October 2018-January 2019) in Mexico: An Analysis from Contemporary Academic Publications -- 4.Emerging from Crisis: Transformations in Uruguayan Migration Management of Venezuelan Migration -- Part II -- 5.The COVID 19 Pandemic as Crisis: Immobility of Workers in Chubut, Patagonia, Argentina -- 6.Parting and Keep on Existing. Crisis and Reproduction of the Existence of Migrants and their Collectives in the City of Rosario -- 7.Mobility and Crisis in Nicaragua. Narratives and Subjectivities of Forced Migration -- Part III -- 8.Migration Crisis in Brazil and Treatment of Venezuelan Migrants -- 9.Nicaraguans in Costa Rica: Continued Crisis as Context in Nicaragua and as Breakdown of Normality in Costa Rica -- 10.Violent Contexts and “Crisis” in Mexico-Central America and Colombia-Venezuela Cross-border Dynamics, 2010-2020.
    Abstract: This book critically examines the association between the notions of crisis and migration in the context of Latin America, and from three different perspectives: first, it analyzes the discourses based on the concept of crisis employed by the media, academic researchers, civil society organizations and the state to frame human mobility issues; second, it investigates migrants’ agency under conditions of crisis; and third, it discusses whether “migration crisis” is a conjunctural or structural phenomenon in the region. Chapters in this contributed volume investigate the crisis-migration nexus in seven Latin American countries – Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua and Uruguay – by discussing different human mobility phenomena, such as the migrant caravans that departed from Central America bound to Mexico and the United States; the Nicaraguan exodus caused by the political crisis in the country; the perception of Venezuelan migrants in Colombia’s media; the presence of Caribbean migrants in Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. Crisis and Migration: Critical Perspectives from Latin America will be of interest to a wide range of social scientists interested in migration studies, as well as to policy makers and civil society organizations. This book offers a fresh look at the way we conceive, represent, and think about the relationship between crisis and human mobility. As the volume’s contributions show, a critical examination of the notion of crisis is a first step towards a more comprehensive understanding of the plight of present-day migrants worldwide.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-07059-4
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    Higher Education and Research in the European Union : Mobility Schemes, Social Rights and Youth Policies (2022)
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    ISBN: 9783030856908
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 342 p. 29 illus. in color.)
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    Keywords: Education and state. ; Education, Higher. ; Political science. ; Social policy. ; Civil rights. ; European communities.
    Abstract: Introduction -- PART I. EUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA -- Will European Research Area Ever Be a Reality? -- Researchers and Mobility in the European Research Area -- Open Labour Market for Researchers in EU, Progress Towards ERA, Challenges and Recommendations -- Obstacles on Researchers’ Career and Mobility in the European Research Area: The Case Law of the Court of Justice of the European Union -- Re-search and Innovation in Times of Crisis: The Case of Greece -- PART II. EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA -- The European Education Area(s): Towards a New Governance Architecture -- The Bologna Process: New Objectives -- Educating the Socially Vulnerable in the Life-long Learning Era: Reflections on the Role of Higher Education -- Recognition of Skills and Qualifications in the European Union: Institutional Framework and Operational Dimensions -- Skills for Life: Building Decentralized Learning Synergies to Support Literacy Policies for People with Low Skills and Socially Vulnerable Groups in South-Eastern Europe -- EU Policy on Education and Training in the EU2020 Framework. Its Main Components and the Europe State of Play: Social indicators, Employment, Education, Training and Lifelong Learning -- PART III. THE EUROPEAN PILLAR OF SOCIAL RIGHTS AND YOUTH POLICIES -- Building social Europe: from Social-Liberalism to Ordo-Socialism -- Economic and Social Europe Re-Balancing: Adopting a Youth-Outlook on the European Pillar of Social Rights -- EU Youth Policy and Employment -- Youth Guarantee: Context, Implementation and Challenges -- How Do We Define the NEET Group? -- Youth in Greece, Today: Remarks on the EU State of Play in Youth Unemployment and NEETs - Key Determinants of Greek Young Peoples’ Life Course.
    Abstract: This interdisciplinary book consists of three parts which examine the European Union policies on research and innovation, education and life-long learning, as well as the European Union Pillar on social rights and youth policies. In the first part, high-level experts analyze the European Research Area and its current enhancement, with emphasis on mobility and employability of researchers, especially in times of crises. In the second part, the governance architecture of the European Education Area(s) is explored and the new objectives of the Bologna Process, as well as the EU institutional framework of the recognition of skills and qualifications, are analyzed. Life-long learning is also important for the individual development of human capital especially for socially vulnerable people who could also benefit from literacy policies and skills development. The second part concludes with the evaluation of the EU education and training policy based on social indicators in the framework of the EU 2020 Strategy. In the third part, the book turns to Social Europe and the balancing between ordo-liberalism and ordo-socialism. It examines the EU Pillar of Social Rights and its impact on youth policies. It analyzes the EU youth policies e.g. on youth credit and their interaction with young people’s employment and education possibilities, with emphasis on the young people "not in education, employment or training" (NEETs).
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    Manufacturing Government Communication on Covid-19 : A Comparative Perspective (2022)
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    ISBN: 9783031092305
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 395 p. 1 illus.)
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    Series Statement: Springer Studies in Media and Political Communication
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    Keywords: Communication in politics. ; Comparative government. ; Political science. ; Mass media—Political aspects.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Similar and Dissimilar Patterns of Government Communication on COVID-19 -- Part I. Organizing Centralized Government Strategies -- Chapter 2. Pros and Cons of the Eu Response and Communication During COVID-19 Crisis -- Chapter 3. Fighting COVID-19 by State Mobilization: China in the Lens of Social Constructivism -- Chapter 4. Crisis Communication During the First Wave of the Pandemics: the Latvia’s Case -- Chapter 5. South Korea: Positive to Negative Attention -- Chapter 6. No Lockdown, please, We Are Swedish: How the Middle Way Country Suddenly Became the Extreme Case of Government Communication -- Part II. Local Versus National -- Chapter 7. National Leadership Versus Regional Command: The Case of the Spanish COVID-19 Crisis -- Chapter 8. Rituals and Reassurance: Government Communication in Australia During the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Chapter 9. Efforts in Communicating Science in Brazil in a Context of a Denialist Government and Contradictory Realities -- Chapter 10. Government Communication Policy for Dealing with the COVID-19, the Case of Israel: How to Explain to Groups with Unique Communication Characteristics a Universal Phenomenon -- Part III. Taking the Leader's Way -- Chapter 11. “Trump Confronts COVID — in Press Briefings and on Twitter” -- Chapter 12. Between Empathy and Threat: Legitimation Strategies and Rhetorical Appeals in Angela Merkel’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Chapter 13. Italian Government Communication from Giuseppe Conte to Mario Draghi: Between ‘permissive Consensus’ and ‘leadership Building’ -- Part IV. The Weight of Government Credibility -- Chapter 14. The Greeks and the Coronavirus Pandemic: Assessing the Credibility and Effectiveness of Social Institutions and Public Sphere Players -- Chapter 15. The UK: ‘not One Rule for Everyone’ and the Impact of Elite Rule-breaking on Public Trust -- Chapter 16. The Messenger and the Message: South African Government Communication During the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Chapter 17. Pushing Through Own Agenda: COVID-19 and Government Communication in Poland -- Part V. The Importance of Social Media -- Chapter 18. Redefining the Citizen-government Relationship: Policy Communication Through Social Media in Post-COVID Japan -- Chapter 19. A Vos Seringues : French Governmental Communication on COVID-19 Vaccination via Twitter.
    Abstract: This book presents a comparative perspective on different government communication strategies to COVID-19 around the globe. Scholars from twenty parts of the world specialized in political and government communication analyze initiatives and methods of various governments' communicative responses to the pandemic. In their contributions to this volume, they examine a wide range of distinct attitudes and reactions facing the crisis. Today’s omnidirectional contact allowed by social media, with its load of contradictory rumors and fake news, often obliterates the citizens' ability to comprehend reality. The book frames a broad canvas on how government communication may deal with that and manage similar crises — bound to happen as climate changes and war menaces are generating more and more worries about the future of humanity. This makes this volume a must-read for scholars and students of political communication, health policies and communication, crisis marketing and communication. It will also be of utmost interest for practitioners and policy-makers from these fields willing to better understand government communication and its answer to global crises.
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    Capitalism, Democracy, Socialism: Critical Debates (2022)
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    ISBN: 9783031084072
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VII, 263 p. 1 illus.)
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    Series Statement: Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations 22
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    Keywords: Critical theory. ; International relations. ; Political science—Philosophy. ; Globalization. ; Political science.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Democracy, Capitalism, Socialism, or none of the above – deciphering history’s tremors -- Chapter 2. Capitalism and Democracy: Complementarity, Complicity, Conflict, Compatibility -- Chapter 3. Privatization and the Governance of the Commons -- Chapter 4. Finance and the Financialization of Capitalism -- Chapter 5. Technology and the Future of Work -- Chapter 6. Varieties of Neoliberal Capitalism -- Chapter 7. Cosmopolitanism, International Development and Human Rights -- Chapter 8. Feminist Theory and Social Solidarity -- Chapter 9. Sustaining What? Capitalism, Socialism, and Climate Change -- Chapter 10. Capitalism and Crisis: Thinking through capitalist crisis with Schumpeter and Polanyi.
    Abstract: This book critically analyzes the current historical conjuncture of neoliberal capitalism with an eye to its emergent alternatives. Can democracy and capitalism thrive together? Is socialism a viable and a desirable alternative? What are the forms of emancipatory action and critical thought that can effectively chart a way forward? Focusing on nine “critical debates” it provides a uniquely comprehensive overview of the tensions, contradictions, and latent emancipatory potential of contemporary global capitalism. The specific debates are as follows: capitalism’s relationship with democracy; privatization and governance of the commons; the financialization of capitalism; technology and the future of work; varieties of neoliberal capitalism; cosmopolitanism, international development, and human rights; feminist theory and social solidarity; sustainability and climate change; and theories of capitalist crisis.
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    Handbook of Energy Governance in Europe (2022)
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    ISBN: 9783030432508
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(145 illus., 115 illus. in color. eReference.)
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Energy policy. ; Energy and state. ; Environmental economics. ; Political science. ; Energie ; Energiepolitik ; Energieversorgung ; Versorgungssicherheit ; Strukturwandel ; Internationale Organisation ; Politik ; Wirtschaftskooperation ; Regionale Kooperation ; Internationale Kooperation ; Umweltpolitik ; Handbuch ; Europa
    Abstract: 1. Introduction: Energy Governance in Europe -- 2. Energy Governance Research: Theories, Issues, and Problems -- Energy research in the social sciences: history and developments -- The Politics of Green Transformations -- Instruments of renewable energy promotion -- Energy Justice -- Energy poverty -- Transition of energy systems: patterns of stability and change -- Steering and Monitoring in Energy Policy -- Extending energy policy: the challenge of sector integration -- Participation in energy transitions -- 3. Global Energy Governance -- Global Energy Challenge. Environment, Development and Security -- Politics and Institutions of Global energy governance -- Fragmentation in international energy institution -- Global Energy Dilemmas -- 4. European Governance -- European Union Energy Governance -- Energy policies in the EU - a fiscal federalism perspective -- An emerging EU strategic energy narrative? Twitter communication during the EU’s sustainable energy week -- EU Energy Cooperation with the „BICS“ Countries -- EU-Russian Energy cooperation -- EU-US Energy cooperation -- EU-Canada Energy cooperation -- Energy matters in the EU Eastern Partnership -- Energy matters in the EU Southern Partnership -- Regional Energy Cooperation in Central and South East Europe -- Making sense of the EU’s external energy governance in the Caspian Sea: Energy security and pipeline politics -- Third countries adoption of European Energy Regulations -- The Politics of Nuclear Energy in the European Union -- The Politics of fossil fuels in the European Union -- The Politics of Renewable Energy in the European Union -- European Energy Charter Treaty -- European Transmission Network Regulation -- Regional cooperation within the EU -- The EU and the local level in Energy Policy -- Energy Policy through transnational Cooperation: the Covenant of Mayors -- 5. Country Studies -- Introduction: National Energy Governance. Building Blocks of a Framework for Analysis -- Energy Governance in Albania -- Energy Governance in Armenia -- Energy Governance in Austria -- Energy Governance in Azerbaijan -- Energy Governance in Belgium -- Energy Governance in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the small states on the Western Balkans -- Energy Governance in Croatia -- Energy Governance in the Czech Republic -- Energy Governance in Denmark -- Energy Governance in Estonia -- Energy Governance in Finland -- Energy Governance in France -- Energy Governance in Georgia -- Energy Governance in Germany -- Energy Governance in Greece -- Energy Governance in Hungary -- Energy Governance in Ireland -- Energy Governance in Iceland -- Energy Governance in Italy -- Energy Governance in Latvia -- Energy Governance in Lithuania -- Energy Governance in Luxembourg -- Energy Governance in Malta -- Energy Governance in Moldavia -- Energy Governance in Netherlands -- Energy Governance in Norway -- Energy Governance in Poland -- Energy Governance in Portugal -- Energy Governance in Romania -- Energy Governance in Russia -- Energy Governance in Serbia -- Energy Governance in Slovakia -- Energy Governance in Slovenia -- Energy Governance in Spain -- Energy Governance in Sweden -- Energy Governance in Switzerland -- Energy Governance in Turkey -- Energy Governance in the -- Energy Governance in the United Kingdom -- 6. Comparison and conclusion. .
    Abstract: This Handbook provides the most comprehensive account of energy governance in Europe, examining both energy governance at the European level and the development of energy policy in 30 European countries. Authored by leading scholars, the first part of the book offers a broad overview of the topics of energy research, including theories of energy transitions, strategies and norms of energy policy, governance instruments in the field, and challenges of energy governance. In the second part, it examines the internal and external dimensions of energy governance in the European Union. The third part presents in-depth country studies, which investigate national trajectories of energy policy, including an analysis of the policy instruments and coordination mechanisms for energy transitions. It closes with a comparative analysis of national energy governance. This book is a definitive resource for scholars in energy and climate research as well as decision makers in national governments and EU institutions.
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    Social revolutions and governance aspirations of African millennials : emerging from the political shadows of strongmen (2022)
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    ISBN: 9783030885465
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 110 Seiten)
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    Keywords: Africa—Politics and government. ; Comparative politics. ; Political leadership. ; Political sociology. ; Political science. ; Jugend ; Politische Führung ; Erwartung ; Zukunft ; Politische Elite ; Good Governance ; Afrika
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Salient Features of Being a Young African and the Effects of Poor Leadership -- Chapter 3. Understanding Political Strongmen and Rising Out of their Shadows -- Chapter 4. Determinants of the Propensity for Social Revolutions Among African Millennials -- Chapter 5. Mapping Africa’s Possible Future Political Geography Based on Governance Aspirations of Millennials -- Chapter 6. Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book discusses the role of millennials in political leadership and governance in Africa going forward. Africa is in the process of significant change. The nature of this change, dimensions, and what change might bring will depend on young people who now represent three quarters of the population of the continent. This book contributes to ongoing discussions and provides a pathway and guide for a new generation of young African leaders to emerge and not to miss the opportunity for real transformative change. The book provides a thought-provoking analysis of the political and economic systems in Africa. In its analysis of development challenges and opportunities, it shows how millennials can be the catalyst for change in leadership and governance behavior. Consequently, the book argues how this can improve the fortunes of Africa's estimated 1.3 billion people. It is inspired by the factual circumstances of Africa’s significant history, a deep understanding of current power relations, and motivated by an ambitious vision of Africa’s role in the world. The book combines a deep explanation of concepts with a range of techniques and recent illustrative applications. It also embraces a multi-method approach that allows for the embedding of primary and secondary forms of data. A cross-fertilization of ontological arguments and analytical techniques from a range of allied disciplines further contribute to the book’s novelty. The book appeals to multiple stakeholders including students, researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-88546-5
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    Vindicatory Justice : Beyond Law and Revenge (2022)
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    ISBN: 9783030795955
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 290 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice 93
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    Keywords: Law—Philosophy. ; Law. ; Criminal law. ; Political science.
    Abstract: This volume offers a new theoretical approach to the analysis of the law/revenge binary, and attempts to dismantle the common idea of revenge as lacking any legal, moral or rational dimension. In contrast, the book puts forward a model of a complex system of justice—which it terms 'vindicatory'—wherein vendetta constitutes an authorized action, the core of which does not (just) lie in vengeance but also in settlement procedures for peace—or 'composition.' The first part of the book ("Vindicatory Justice: Conceptual Analyses and Forerunners") seeks to identify the nature of vindicatory justice and to shed light on the structure of so-called vindicatory systems. In turn, the second part ("Mapping Vindicatory Justice") illustrates, using examples gathered from a range of sociolegal contexts, the dynamic relationship between composition and authorized revenge in vindicatory systems. Taken as a whole, the volume shows that applying a longue durée historical perspective to the study of revenge systems allows us to clearly recognize composition and authorized revenge as features of the same legal system, even though one of them may seem predominant (or more eye-catching) than the other in certain cultural settings.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-79595-5
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    The Statesman's Yearbook 2023 : The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World (2022)
    London : Palgrave Macmillan UK | London : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
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    ISBN: 9781349960569
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(200 illus. in color. eReference.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: The Statesman's Yearbook
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    Keywords: Political science.
    Abstract: Flags of the World/Map of the World -- Key World Facts -- Chronology of World Events -- PART I International Organizations -- PART II: COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD A-Z -- Key Historical Events -- Territory and Population -- Social Statistics -- Climate -- Constitution and Government -- Government Chronology -- Recent Elections -- Current Government -- Current Leaders -- Defence -- Economy -- Energy and Natural Resources -- Environment -- Industry -- International Trade -- Communications -- Social Institutions -- Culture -- Diplomatic Representatives -- Further Reading -- Sources -- Abbreviations -- Place and International Organizations Index -- Index of Current leaders. .
    Abstract: This classic reference work presents a political, economic and social account of every country of the world together with facts and analysis. The 2023 edition includes: Revised and updated biographical profiles of all current leaders Extensive updates to national economic overviews Accurate historical introductions Comprehensive coverage of major international organizations and think tanks Every country ranked for the ease of doing business REVIEWS OF PREVIOUS EDITIONS ‘… an indispensable reference work that any library should have. It deciphers the alphabet soup of international organizations and provides essential basic information on countries …’ Dennis Jett, Professor of International Affairs, Penn State University ‘For more than a century and a half The Statesman’s Yearbook has provided scholars and practitioners with reliable and accurate political and economic information about the ever more complex world in which we live. Even in the age of the internet such a balanced and trustworthy resource remains essential.’ Roger E. Kanet, University of Miami and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (retd) ‘Over 1,000 pages of essential facts. Just as current but more reliable than the internet, I consult it almost daily.’ Professor R. N. Lebow, King’s College London ‘… this remains the preeminent and most comprehensive ready-reference source for current material about countries worldwide. Highly recommended.’ Donald Altschiller, Boston University Library ‘The fact that so much information can be crammed into one volume is a testament to the care and research involved.’ The Diplomat ‘All you need to know about the population of various states and countries, officials, exports, constitutions, governments, diplomatic representatives, religion, finance and basic histories.’ The New York Times.
    DOI: 10.1057/978-1-349-96056-9
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    Democracy and Africanness : Contemporary Issues in Africa’s Democratization and Governance (2022)
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    ISBN: 9783031112485
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIV, 233 p. 10 illus., 8 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
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    Keywords: Africa—Politics and government. ; Political science. ; Identity politics. ; Political leadership.
    Abstract: 1. The 1995 Constitution as a Tool for Dictatorship in Uganda: An African Dilemma of Constitutionalism -- 2. Public participation in African indigenous governance systems: Evidence from Pre-colonial Rwanda -- 3. Democracy in Africa: Misrepresented or Tailored -- 4. A Consensual Democracy and the African Traditional Society: Promoting Africanness -- 5. Democratic Transformation in Mali Republic since 1991 -- 6. From Ubuntu to Makwerekwere: Reinvigorating Belonging in Democratic South Africa -- 7. Conflicts Governance in Africa: Perspectives from the North-Western Highland Rangelands of Cameroon -- 8. Social Media Threats and the Anglophone Crisis: An Interpretation of the Cameroonian Criminal Law Response -- 9. “Speak to be heard”: Women and deliberative democracy in the Ugandan Parliament -- 10. Norm Entrepreneurs or Norm Takers? African and Western Election Observer Missions’ Agency in Determining the Credibility of Zimbabwe’s Elections -- 11. Elections and Domestic Peace in Africa: Assessing peace opportunities in Uganda’s 2021 Presidential Election -- 12. Impact of Election Boycotts on the Democratic Process in Cameroon: A Philosophical Appraisal -- 13. Art as a Social Process and Form of Democratic Practices in Uganda -- 14. Democratisation Processes amidst Cultural Diversity in Uganda.
    Abstract: This book examines the governance and democratization process in Africa, its history, trends, and prospects. Written by a diverse panel of experts, the book provides an intersectional and interdisciplinary analysis of Africa’s democratic environment. Chapters cover topics such as the evolution of democracy in Africa, electoral politics, gender, activism, human rights, and cultural diversity. Critically assessing the fit of democracy for African countries and offering strategies for the Africanization of democracy, this volume will be important for researchers and students interested in African politics, postcolonial theory, democracy, and governance. .
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-11248-5
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    Russia and the Future of Europe : Views from the Capitals (2022)
    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Springer
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    ISBN: 9783030956486
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXI, 172 p. 2 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: The Future of Europe
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; International relations. ; Political science. ; Comparative government. ; Energy policy. ; Europe—Economic conditions. ; Internationale Organisation ; Einflussgröße ; Interesse ; Politische Kooperation ; Geschichte ; Globalisierung ; Datenbank ; Wirtschaftliche Abhängigkeit ; Vorherrschaft ; Außenpolitik ; Ursache ; Russland
    Abstract: Making Friends with Russia: Austria as a Solid Backer of Russia in the Eu -- Relations Belgium-Russia: Balancing Values and Interest -- Bulgaria-Russia Political Relations: Between Rethinking and Commitment -- Croatia’s Policy Towards Russia: To Be a Hawk for No Good Reason -- Cyprus and Russia: Strong Ties in a New Context -- the Czech-Russian Relations: From Bridge-building to Open Hostility -- Wide Fluctuations in Danish-Russian Relations -- Estonia and Russia: More Cooperation or Growing Tensions?.-Finland: Reckoning with a More Assertive and Authoritarian Russia -- France: What’s Behind the Macron Russia Initiative?.-(No) Wind of Change? - German-Russian Relations in the Post-Merkel Era -- Greco - Russian Relations: The Two Faces of “Janus”.-Hungary: More Business, Less Illiberalism -- Ireland: Reluctantly Re-thinking Russia -- Diplomatic Bridge but Hybrid Fist: Italy’s Possible Approach Towards Russia -- Latvian-Russian Relationship Status: ‘it’s Complicated’ -- Lithuania’s Approach – Push-back Autocrats Back into Russia and Engage Democratic Activists -- Luxembourg: If You Cannot Tame the Bear, Talk to It! -- Malta-Russia Relations and the Libyan Civil War -- Poland and Russia: Turbulent Relations and No Rapprochement in Sight.-Portugal: Two Women’s Legacy - a Bridge Forged to Russia from the Western Edge of Europe -- Romania Vs. Russia: Black Sea Region Ambitions -- Slovak – Russian Relations: A Challenging Big Brother Legacy -- Russians Are Welcomed in Slovenia: As Artists, Tourists and Investors -- Spain’s Relationship with Russia: Out of Sight, out of Mind? -- Swedish – Russian Relations: Distrust and Tensions -- the Power of Attraction (Rather than Persuasion) - a Brief Enquiry into Dutch-Russian Relations -- Russian Influence: Is Albania the Odd One Out? -- Russia Vs. The West: Global Competition in the Local Setting of Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Caught in Between: Georgia’s European Aspirations under Russian Influence -- Icelandic-Russian Relations: Trade Determined by the Eu -- (Un)Shielded: Russia’s Western Balkans Influence Through the Kosovo-Serbia Open Dispute 89 -- Liechtenstein’s Relations with Russia: Too Small to Be Noticed -- a Hot and Cold Power Struggle for Influence: Russia-Montenegro Relations -- North Macedonia and Russia – an Ambiguous Relationship -- Russia – Norway’s Best Frenemy -- Serbia and Russia: Continuity in a Changing Context? -- Switzerland: The Tedious Art of Bridging a Widening Gap -- Between Conflict and Compromise: Turkey-Russia Relations and the West -- the Approach to Russia for a Post-Brexit UK -- the Russian Shadow over Ukraine’s European Choice -- Laplacian.
    Abstract: This book sheds light on how Member States and EU neighbours relate to Russia. It includes their historical, financial and political ties, as well as the public perception of the national population vis-à-vis Russia. Each chapter builds on these factors to elucidate the country’s position towards Russia and provides a prediction on the future of these relations. This volume shows the diverse relations that the EU member states and neighbours have with Russia, spanning from tense and confrontational to more eased and friendly, highlighting the contrasts between the national state and the EU as a whole. The book also presents the reader with concrete aspects in different policy areas, via recommendations on how single countries and the EU should deal with Russia. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 23rd February 2022 will change the relationship between the West and Putin’s Russia for decades to come. No doubt that this blatant violation of International Law and the incomprehensible human suffering of Ukrainian citizens will massively change the attitude of the countries analysed in this book.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-95648-6
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    Democratic Institutions and Practices : A Debate on Governments, Parties, Theories and Movements in Today’s World (2022)
    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Springer
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    ISBN: 9783031108082
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 242 p. 12 illus., 11 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Contributions to Political Science
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    Keywords: Comparative government. ; Political science. ; Elections. ; Communication in politics. ; Political science—Philosophy.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Does the Constitutional-pluralist regime have a future? -- Chapter 2. A commitment to the principles of judicial ethics against the danger of judicial politicization to the democracies in the European Union -- Chapter 3. Democracy of People: Beyond the Citizen and the Individual -- Chapter 4. On Contemporary Democratism: The Twilight of Political Virtue and Its Paradoxes -- Chapter 5. Democratic representation and the nature of political parties -- Chapter 6. Democracy, Representation and Critical Aesthetics -- Chapter 7. Communism or freedom: right-wing populist discourse and the false disjunctives -- Chapter 8. Meritocracy: The Keyword of Market Populism -- Chapter 9. Controlling the Desire for Control. Machines, Institutions and Democracy -- Chapter 10. Random Recruitment, Civil Society, and the State -- Chapter 11. Visions and Forms of Democratic Participation in Italian Universities after 1968 -- Chapter 12. The Ethics and Politics of Design for the Common Good: A Lesson from Alibaug -- Chapter 13. Democratic practice in the era of platforms: From clicktivism to open-source intelligence -- Chapter 14. A Media Citizenry and Communication Policies: The Challenges of Information Democracy.
    Abstract: This book explores key contemporary issues of democracy in our globalized and highly technologized world. Written from an interdisciplinary perspective, with contributions including the fields of philosophy, political science, media studies, linguistics, and aesthetics, it reflects on the characteristics of the democratic state and democratic social practices. The book features contributions on topics such as the status of political parties, the separation of powers and the rule of law, bureaucracy and meritocracy, equality, forms of democratic participation and governance, comparisons between historical and contemporary democratic practices, individual rights, propaganda, political engagement, and consent. Further, it discusses how global information flows and new technologies affect democratic processes, including topics such as cyber-activism and open-source software as a means of empowerment to ethnocentric and class-centric technological design, globalization and media neutrality, and the mechanization of public administration. Overall, the book demonstrates how historical, philosophical, technical, and institutional issues relate to contemporary democracy. It will appeal to political theorists, social scientists and everybody interested in contemporary democracy.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-10808-2
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    Street-Level Workers as Institutional Entrepreneurs : Agents of Change in the Implementation of Public Policy (2022)
    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Springer
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    ISBN: 9783031174490
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 140 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Contributions to Political Science
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    Keywords: Political planning. ; Public administration. ; Political science. ; Urban policy.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction: Can Street-Level Workers Be Institutional Entrepreneurs? -- Chapter 2. Conceptualizing Street-Level Workers as Institutional Entrepreneurs -- Chapter 3. Institutional Logics as an Approach to Embedded vs. Free Agency -- Chapter 4. Morality Policy as a Most-likely Case for Institutional Entrepreneurship -- Chapter 5. Capturing Institutional Entrepreneurship in Discourse: A Qualitative Approach -- Chapter 6. Three Case Studies on Street-Level Agency in Institutional Contexts -- Chapter 7. Conclusion.
    Abstract: Introducing the institutional logics perspective to street-level analysis, this book examines how street-level workers deal with the institutional logics that guide their organization – whether they follow or challenge them. While doing so, the book develops a theoretical framework to study street-level workers’ institutional agency within organizations from different institutional backgrounds. The book conceptualizes street-level workers as institutional entrepreneurs and presents an original process model to capture deinstitutionalization efforts in street-level discourse. This ordinal model accounts for embedded agency and institutional entrepreneurship as well as for more gradual moves towards deinstitutionalization through the hybridization of institutional logics. The author tests the model empirically using interview data and discusses how street-level workers diverge from the institutional logic of their organization in almost two thirds of their statements, indicating a tendency towards institutional entrepreneurship. The book finally combines two literature strands: institutionalism and implementation research, showing how street-level workers may be perceived as institutional entrepreneurs. This book will appeal to students, scholars, and researchers of political science, public policy, public administration, and organizational studies, as well as to practitioners and policy-makers interested in a better understanding of institutional entrepreneurs, street work, and the institutional logics perspective. .
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-17449-0
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    Democracy and Salamis : 2500 Years After the Battle That Saved Greece and the Western World (2022)
    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Springer
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    ISBN: 9783030984311
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 317 p. 9 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
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    Keywords: World politics. ; Comparative government. ; Europe—History—To 476. ; Political science. ; Social choice. ; Welfare economics.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction: Democracy and Salamis -- Part 1. The Democratic Implications of the Battle of Salamis -- Chapter 2. Herodotus on Rationality and Cooperation Before Salamis -- Chapter 3. Greece's Finest hour? The Democratic Implications of the Battle of Salamis -- Chapter 4. Salamis as Inflection point: Militarization, Politicization, and Democratization -- Part 2. The Strategies that Lead to Monumental Victories -- Chapter 5. Themistocles: Leadership and Grand Strategy -- Chapter 6. Salamis and Actium: Lessons From two Decisive Ancient Naval Battles in Greek Waters -- Chapter 7. The Legacy of the Battle of Thermopylae -- Part 3. The Institutional and Societal Implications of the Battle of Salamis -- Chapter 8. The Institutional Roots of a Naval Victory -- Chapter 9. The Battle of Salamis and the Democratization of Justice -- Chapter 10. Coping With Chronic Warfare. The Athenian Experience -- Chapter 11. Rowing and Democratic Memory: Salamis in Aristophanic Comedy -- Part 4. The Sociopolitical Background Before and After the Emergence of Democracy and the Battle of Salamis -- Chapter 12. Ancient Greek Political Science: Parochial or Universal? -- Chapter 13. The Emergence of Democracy: A Behavioural Perspective -- Chapter 14. Antigone, the Demos, the Law, and the Money -- Chapter 15. Honouring the War Dead in the Democratic Athens.
    Abstract: In this book, well-renowned international scholars discuss topics related to various aspects of the history of the Battle of Salamis, inspired by the democratic origins of the Greek naval victory at Salamis. They present deductions from the battle that can be useful for today, and seek answers for a more prosperous and brighter future for our societies. Their analyses are divided into five parts in the book: 1) The democratic implications of the Battle of Salamis; 2) The strategies that lead to monumental naval victories; 3) The institutional implications of the Battle of Salamis; 4) Various societal aspects of the Athenian democracy; 5) The interconnections between two glorious battles: Thermopylae and Salamis. This book is the first out of two edited volumes as a sequel of an international academic conference titled Salamis and Democracy: 2500 Years After that took place between October 3rd and October 5th, 2020, on the occasion of the 2500th anniversary of the great historical event of the Battle of Salamis, which saved Greek culture and the newly founded democratic regimes throughout the Hellenic world during the Classical period (508-323 BCE). The book is a must-read for scholars and students of history, political science, economics, and law, as well as policy-makers interested in a better understanding of classical, ancient, and political history, democracy, strategy, governance, and social choice. .
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-98431-1
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    The Generative Power of Hope : Anticipating Possibilities in Times of Crises (2022)
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    ISBN: 9783030950217
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VII, 312 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Library of Public Policy and Public Administration 17
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    Keywords: Political science—Philosophy. ; Political science. ; History, Modern.
    Abstract: Chapter 1 Can You Give us Good Reasons to Hope? -- Chapter 2 A Critical Moment -- Part 1: The Generative Power Of Hope -- Chapter 3 The Virtue Of Hope -- Chapter 4 Cultivating Hope -- Chapter 5 Habits Of Hoping.-Chapter 6 The Social Practice Of Hoping -- Chapter 7 Hope Makes A Difference -- Part Two: Learning From History -- Chapter 8 The Critical Value Of A Due Regard For History -- Chapter 9 After the Fall: Mid-Twentieth Century Reflections On The Crises Of Those Times -- Part3: The Crises Of Our Times -- Chapter 10 Scrutinizing The Signs Of Our Times -- Chapter 11 Humans As Creatures, Cultivators, And Exploiters Of The Earth -- Chapter 12 The Rise Of Reason And Science And Their Contemporary Discontents -- Chapter 13 Increases In Productivity And Their Ambiguous Outcomes -- Chapter 14 The Political Prospects And Burdens Of Our Times -- Chapter 15 The Fulfilling And Elusive Pursuits Of Happiness And Love -- Chapter 16 Further Reflections On The Signs Of Our Times -- Chapter 17 Conclusion Carpe Diem.
    Abstract: This book analyses how and why we are living at a critical moment in the history of human life on earth and explores how we find grounds for the hopes that will enable us to address the challenges and crises of our time. The author analyses hope both practically and philosophically as a generative virtue to realistically discern the situations in which we find ourselves, and imaginatively to anticipate possibilities when the future is unknown and uncertain. The author argues that hope is a mean between anomy, disillusionment, and despair, on the one hand, and wishful thinking, dreaming, and fanaticizing, on the other hand. The book not only examines – and analyzes from a historical perspective - the contemporary crises such as climate change, environmental degradation and its effects such as the social costs of these developments, but also further analyzes the character and micro-dynamics of hope and how it makes a difference in how we manage the crises which inevitably emerge. Though contemporary crises are those we tend to focus on, the author also engages with what is involved in a due regard for history and the relevance of a sense of history for addressing the crises of our time. He shows us what we can learn from revisiting some thoughtful reflections by thinkers like Niebuhr, Jaspers, Camus, and Arendt. Finally, the author shows us what is involved practically in anticipating possibilities, by looking at hope as a social practice and noting how hopeful people make a difference.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-95021-7
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    Local Self-Governance and Varieties of Statehood : Tensions and Cooperation (2022)
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    ISBN: 9783031149962
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VIII, 198 p. 5 illus., 2 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Contributions to Political Science
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    Keywords: Comparative government. ; Political science. ; Urban policy. ; Asia—Politics and government. ; America—Politics and government. ; Africa—Politics and government.
    Abstract: Local Self-Governance and varieties of statehood: Reflections on tensions and cooperation -- U.S. Domestic Militias’ Intersections with Government and Authority: How a sociology of individualism informs their praxis -- Paradoxes of local self-governance: Legitimation strategies of rural councillors under national and global influences in Africa -- Enacting the housing crises through self-organization? The Cissie Gool occupation of Reclaim the City and its ambivalent relationship to the Capetonian municipality (South Africa) -- What is “local” and what is “self” in local self-help organisations, and can they work effectively? Experiences from the grass-roots level in Bolivia -- Pathalgadi Movement, Self-governance, and the Question of ‘Weak State-hood’ -- Samaj as a Form of Self-Organisation among Village Communities in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh -- Jihadi governance in northern Mali: Socio-political orders in contest -- Cyrenaica Contemporary: Politics, Identity, and Justice in Times of Transition -- Local Self-governance and Varieties of Statehood: Some Remarks from an Ancient Historian.
    Abstract: The debate on governance originates in the OECD world. At the latest since the postcolonial debate, we know that we need to “test” our assumptions under radically different conditions. This book offers an extended perspective of local self-governance by examining cases from South Asia, Africa, and Latin America, together with a study of militias in the USA. The chapters present a wide variety of local actors who pursue different notions of order legitimized by local traditions based on hierarchy or deeply rooted communalism, Islamic theology, or grassroots democracy. Some local actors claim a state-like authority and challenge the territorial state. In such cases, there is no longer “a shadow hierarchy” but opposition to the state. Different violent actors fight for supremacy, and the state is just one actor among others. The empirical studies presented in this book show how different kinds of local self-governance are combined with varieties of statehood, and thus contribute to an understanding of the notion of governance in a fundamental sense that goes beyond the special case of the OECD world.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-14996-2
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    Karl Popper : Professional Philosopher and Public Intellectual (2022)
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    ISBN: 9783031154249
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 239 p. 57 illus., 20 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
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    Keywords: Science—Philosophy. ; Political science. ; Sociology—Methodology. ; Physics—Philosophy. ; Political science—Philosophy.
    Abstract: Popper revolutionizes the philosophy of science -- Popper becomes a defender of an open society -- Popper revisits his philosophy of science -- Why Popper defends indeterminism -- Popper meets his Critics -- Popper reflects on the mind and the self -- Popper turns to Evolutionary Biology -- Popper – the Public Intellectual -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.-Index.
    Abstract: Karl R. Popper is widely regarded as one of the most influential 20th century philosophers. In this new biography, Weinert provides a comprehensive and accessible account of his life and work, also addressing Popper’s role as a public intellectual. Drawing on a wide range of sources and interviews with former colleagues and collaborators, he recounts not only the wide interest from the scientific community, but also the inspiration that politicians took from Popper’s work. The book surveys the vast and varied intellectual landscape of Popper's philosophical journey during his long career: from the natural and social sciences (physics, evolution, sociology to political philosophy and the philosophy of mind. It pays significant attention to Popper’s critical method - i.e., the notion that ideas and institutions should be exposed to rigorous tests – the approach that led him to a fervent defence of objectivity, rationality and realism, against all forms of irrationalism, as well as a passionate advocacy of freedom, social justice and liberal democracy, against all forms of authoritarianism. The book brings Popper into focus as a modern Enlightenment philosopher.
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    The Statesman's Yearbook 2022 : The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World (2022)
    London : Palgrave Macmillan UK | London : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
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    ISBN: 9781349960453
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(202 illus., 201 illus. in color. eReference.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: The Statesman's Yearbook
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    Keywords: Political science.
    Abstract: Flags of the World/Map of the World -- Key World Facts -- Chronology of World Events -- PART I International Organizations -- PART II: COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD A-Z -- Key Historical Events -- Territory and Population -- Social Statistics -- Climate -- Constitution and Government -- Government Chronology -- Recent Elections -- Current Government -- Current Leaders -- Defence -- Economy -- Energy and Natural Resources -- Environment -- Industry -- International Trade -- Communications -- Social Institutions -- Culture -- Diplomatic Representatives -- Further Reading -- Sources -- Abbreviations -- Place and International Organizations Index -- Index of Current leaders. .
    Abstract: This classic reference work presents a political, economic and social account of every country of the world together with facts and analysis. The 2022 edition includes: Revised and updated biographical profiles of all current leaders Extensive updates to national economic overviews Accurate historical introductions Comprehensive coverage of major international organizations and think tanks Every country ranked for the ease of doing business REVIEWS OF PREVIOUS EDITIONS ‘… an indispensable reference work that any library should have. It deciphers the alphabet soup of international organizations and provides essential basic information on countries …’ Dennis Jett, Professor of International Affairs, Penn State University ‘For more than a century and a half The Statesman’s Yearbook has provided scholars and practitioners with reliable and accurate political and economic information about the ever more complex world in which we live. Even in the age of the internet such a balanced and trustworthy resource remains essential.’ Roger E. Kanet, University of Miami and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (retd) ‘Over 1,000 pages of essential facts. Just as current but more reliable than the internet, I consult it almost daily.’ Professor R. N. Lebow, King’s College London ‘… this remains the preeminent and most comprehensive ready-reference source for current material about countries worldwide. Highly recommended.’ Donald Altschiller, Boston University Library ‘The fact that so much information can be crammed into one volume is a testament to the care and research involved.’ The Diplomat ‘All you need to know about the population of various states and countries, officials, exports, constitutions, governments, diplomatic representatives, religion, finance and basic histories.’ The New York Times.
    DOI: 10.1057/978-1-349-96045-3
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    Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance (2022)
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    ISBN: 9783030662523
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (855 illus., 586 illus. in color. eReference.)
    Edition: 2nd ed. 2022.
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    Keywords: Public administration. ; Political planning. ; Political science. ; Finance, Public. ; bureaucracy ; organization theory ; public administration ; public budgeting ; public ethics ; public policy
    Abstract: Accounting for Public Debt and Deficit -- Alternative Marketing Strategies in Nonprofit Organizations -- Budget Approval and the Legislative Process -- Bureaucratic Structure -- Community Resilience and Crisis Management -- Consular Emergency Management -- Dictatorships and Nonprofit Organizations -- Donor Withdrawal and the Implications for Public Governance in Latin America -- Economic Liberalization and Governance -- Governing and Managing International and Global Organizations -- Government Structure in Russia -- Integrated Reporting -- Lean in the Public Sector -- Modernizing Procurement -- OSHA as a Social Policy -- Population Policy, China -- Security and Public Policy in Turkey -- Stakeholders Perspective in Nonprofit Organizations -- Tourism Policy -- Volunteers in Public Service -- Youth Unemployment in Egypt.
    Abstract: This global encyclopedic work serves as a comprehensive collection of global scholarship regarding the vast fields of public administration, public policy, governance, and management. Written and edited by leading international scholars and practitioners, this exhaustive resource covers all areas of the above fields and their numerous subfields of study. In keeping with the multidisciplinary spirit of these fields and subfields, the entries make use of various theoretical, empirical, analytical, practical, and methodological bases of knowledge. Expanded and updated, the second edition includes over a thousand of new entries representing the most current research in public administration, public policy, governance, nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations, and management covering such important sub-areas as: 1. organization theory, behavior, change and development; 2. administrative theory and practice; 3. Bureaucracy; 4. public budgeting and financial management; 5. public economy and public management 6. public personnel administration and labor-management relations; 7. crisis and emergency management; 8. institutional theory and public administration; 9. law and regulations; 10. ethics and accountability; 11. public governance and private governance; 12. Nonprofit management and nongovernmental organizations; 13. Social, health, and environmental policy areas; 14. pandemic and crisis management; 15. administrative and governance reforms; 16. comparative public administration and governance; 17. globalization and international issues; 18. performance management; 19. geographical areas of the world with country-focused entries like Japan, China, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Russia and Eastern Europe, North America; and 20. a lot more. Relevant to professionals, experts, scholars, general readers, researchers, policy makers and manger, and students worldwide, this work will serve as the most viable global reference source for those looking for an introduction and advance knowledge to the field.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-66252-3
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    COVID-19 and Society : Socio-Economic Perspectives on the Impact, Implications, and Challenges (2022)
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    ISBN: 9783031131424
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 325 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Science, Technology and Innovation Studies
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    Keywords: Economic policy. ; Social policy. ; Public health. ; Public administration. ; Medical economics. ; Political science.
    Abstract: Socio-Economic Perspectives of COVID-19 -- Part 1: Economic, Marketing and Financial Impacts -- 1. Macroeconomic Policy in the time of COVID-19 Crisis -- The Socio-economic Impacts of Uncertainties on Economies: An Analysis of the Expected Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic -- 3. Examination of the Degrowth Theory after COVID-19: American Healthcare Services and China’s Environmental Policies -- The Effects of Psychological Characteristics on Financial Behavior during COVID-19 -- Post-Industrial, Post-Pandemic? The Service Economy in the Wake of COVID-19 -- Part 2: Science, Technology, and Innovation Impacts -- Rethinking Global Business: Resilience in the Face of Pandemic -- How COVID-19 Pandemic Brings out New Consumer Types: PanSumer Definition and Practice -- Shifts in Digital Technologies’ Implementation during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Russia -- The Role of Robots in Supporting Healthcare Staff in the Fight Against Pandemics -- Part 3: Social and Policy Impacts -- Rethinking the City Image and City Sustainability after the COVID-19 Pandemic from the City Marketing Approach: Challenges and Perspectives -- Whats is next for the Tourism Industry after COVID-19? -- The Transforming Context of Global Economy and Mobility Regimes: Forecasts about the Migrant Positions in the Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic with an Overview of its Impacts on Italy -- Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy in Response to the COVID-19 Crisis: The Case of Russia -- COVID-19 Measures Adopted by the Provisional Article 13 of the Turkish Commercial Code on the Limitation of Companies’ Dividened Distribution Decisions -- Getting prepared for the unexpected – What was learned from COVID 19?.
    Abstract: This timely book presents a collection of expert insights into the impacts of COVID-19 in a broader socio-economic context. In each chapter, the authors identify the current impact of COVID-19 by demonstrating transformative signals and project these signals to the future by considering their alternative futures and implications. The book emphasizes that dealing with major global pandemics like COVID-19 requires all countries and regions to take different, but synchronized measures to decrease its socio-economic effects in the short, medium and long run. The consequences of COVID-19 will go beyond medicine to cover all other aspects of life and are bound to change the nature of organizations. Moving beyond the medical viewpoint, the experts in this book discuss the topic from multi-dimensional and multi-disciplinary angles by focusing on the domains of technology, business, finance, marketing, law, public administration, and education. .
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-13142-4
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    The Punters' Guide to Democracy : What it is, Sadly; and What it Could be, Gladly (2022)
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    ISBN: 9783031069871
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XL, 135 p. 28 illus., 8 illus. in color.)
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    Keywords: Social choice. ; Welfare economics. ; Elections. ; Political science. ; Democracy ; Collective decision-making ; All-party power-sharing ; Binary decision-making ; Majority voting ; Social choice ; Electoral systems ; Mathematics of the vote ; Consensus voting ; Electoral politics ; The matrix vote ; Decision-making voting procedures
    Abstract: Chapter 1. AI, Artificial Incompetence – The Ubiquitous Use of Binary Voting -- Chapter 2. Oh Lord, Give Me Consensus, but not Yet – Pluralism is Possible -- Chapter 3. The Art and Science of Compromise -- Chapter 4. The GOAT is a GNU – Electing an All-party Power-sharing Executive -- Chapter 5. “The People Have Voted… the [Expletives]!” – Comparing Electoral Systems -- Chapter 6. A Little Long History of Voting Systems -- Chapter 7. A Consensual Milieu.
    Abstract: This book discusses multiple ways of voting in a democratic system and explains the basis of more consensual politics. Without delving into too much technical argument or too many mathematical examples, it aims to show that binary decision-making is blunt, primitive, divisive, and sometimes inaccurate; prove that other methodologies are more accurate and, therefore, more democratic; highlight more inclusive and effective voting procedures; discuss electoral reforms for national parliaments and international forums like the UN Security Council and COP26/27. The book is written not just for academia, or for the politicians and journalists, or for other specialists; it is for the general public: for students still at school, for voters in society at large, and for activists in umpteen NGOs. “…the West's relentless pursuit of binary voting… has been a cause of countless tragedies. This book is brilliant: political controversies should rarely if ever be 'resolved' by majority vote.” Arend Lijphart, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of California, San Diego “[for] those who do not believe in a black-or-white world… a very important and extremely timely contribution…” Věra Stojarová, Associate Professor of Political Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic “Peter’s challenge to the binary “win-lose” approach is urgently necessary, as is his proposal for an eminently more reasonable, accountable, and participatory system.” Dr. Valery Perry, Democratization Policy Council, Sarajevo “…the preferential points vote… would be the more accurate way to make decisions, and the consequences far more peaceful.” Lord Boyce, House of Lords “He builds a case for a specific version of preferential procedure, not only for elections, but for decision making as well.” Hannu Nurmi, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Turku, Finland “A particularly strong plea in favour of voting procedures… which go far beyond the usual 'yes or no' ballots. [He uses] an alert prose and a wealth of illuminating and easily graspable examples.” Maurice Salles, Emeritus Professor, Université de Caen Normandie.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-06987-1
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    Planning cities in Africa : current issues and future prospects of urban governance and planning (2022)
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    ISBN: 9783031065507
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 243 Seiten) , Illustrationen, Karten
    Series Statement: The urban book series
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    Keywords: Urban policy. ; Sustainability. ; Political science. ; Stadtplanung ; Stadtentwicklung ; Verstädterung ; Planung ; Methode ; Kapazität ; Planungsprozess ; Governance ; Afrika
    Abstract: Planning cities in Africa – Current issues and future prospects of urban governance and planning: An introduction -- Part I: Planning theories and models - Application and local challenges -- The State, trust and cooperation: Local government-residents’ joint neighbourhood upgrading initiatives in Addis Ababa -- Street vending in downtown Rabat: In resistance to imported urban models -- Revisiting stokes’ theory of slums – Towards decolonised housing concepts from the Global South -- Part II: The state of planning education and planning capacity -- In a state of flux: Urban planning programmes in Asia and Africa -- Climate change adaptation and planning education in Southern Africa -- Is climate change knowledge making a difference in urban planning and practice: Perspectives from practitioners and policy makers in Tanzania Fehler! Textmarke nicht definiert -- Contributions of local authorities to community adaptive capacity to impacts of climate change; A case study of sea level rise in Pangani Division, Pangani District -- Part III: Participatory and multi-level governance approach toward current urban challenges -- Qualities of urban planning and the conflict between participatory planning and planning standards: Evidence from Ethiopia -- Complementing or conflicting rationalities? How self-production practices in collective space can shape urban planning. Insights from Maputo City -- Translating globalised ideals into local settings: The actors and complexities of post-settlement water infrastructure planning in urban Ghana.
    Abstract: This open access book provides insights into challenges, threats and opportunities of urban development in Africa. It discusses how and why African cities need localised urban planning concepts and theories to deal with challenges and threats of rapid urbanisation and climate change. The book delivers an in-depth view of the nature and gaps of the framework on which current planning practice and education in Africa are based. With that, it discusses the potentials of African cities to mobilise local knowledge, resources and capacity building for sustained and resilient urban growth. This work is addressed to educationists and practitioners in the field of urban development management, climate change adaptation and urban resilience. Specifically, such audiences include researchers, spatial planners, graduate students and member of civil societies working on urban development management.
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-06550-7
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    COVID-19 Disinformation: A Multi-National, Whole of Society Perspective (2022)
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    ISBN: 9783030948252
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXII, 213 p. 37 illus., 26 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications
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    Keywords: Ethnopsychology. ; Political science. ; Communication. ; Game theory.
    Abstract: 1. A Political Disinfodemic -- 2. Cognitive Warefare: NATO, COVID-19 and the Impact of Emerging and Disruptive Technologies -- 3. Developing Approaches to Detect and Mitigate COVID-19 Misinfodemic in Social Networks for Proactive Policymaking -- 4. COVID-19 Disinformation, Misinformation and Malinformation During the Pandemic Infodemic: A View from the United Kingdom -- 5. Web of Lies: Mapping the Narratives, Effects and Amplifiers of Russian COVID-19 Disinformation -- 6. The Asian COVID-19 Infodemic on Instant Messaging Platforms -- 7. How to Defence Against COVID Related Disinformation -- 8. Are You Seeing What I am Seeing? Ensuring Data Relevance for Online Information Environment Assessments.
    Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic is not only a threat to our health and economy, but also has strong implications for defence and security. Indeed, defence leaders have highlighted a second fight surrounding the spread of COVID-19, namely disinformation and preparing to face adversaries willing to exploit the public health crisis for nefarious purposes. The current pandemic is a breeding ground for the propagation of disinformation, as it represents the first major global health event in which large social media platforms have become the main distributor of information. This multi-national edited volume consists of contributions from Defence Science, academia and industry, including NATO Headquarters, United States, Netherlands, Singapore, United Kingdom and Norway. The content is aimed at a diverse audience, including NATO members, researchers from defence and security organizations, academics, and militaries including analysts and practitioners, as well as policy makers. This volume focuses on various aspects of COVID-19 disinformation, including identifying global dominant disinformation narratives and the methods used to spread disinformation, examining COVID-19 disinformation within the broader context of the cognitive domain, examining the psychological effects of COVID-19 disinformation and COVID-19 disinformation on instant messaging platforms, along with examining various countermeasures to disinformation.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-94825-2
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    Innovation in the Public Sector : Smarter States, Services and Citizens (2022)
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    ISBN: 9783031113314
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XI, 226 p. 27 illus., 25 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Public Administration and Information Technology 39
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    Keywords: Public administration. ; Political science. ; Technology—Sociological aspects. ; Information technology. ; Digital Citizenship ; Smart Government ; Smart Cities ; Public Service Delivery ; Big Data ; Artificial Intelligence ; Public-Private Partnership
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Innovation and Government -- Chapter 2: Innovation Practices -- Chapter 3: Smart Cities -- Chapter 4: Artificial Intelligence -- Chapter 5: From Smart State to Smart Citizen -- Chapter 6: Conclusion -- References -- Appendix.
    Abstract: The book discusses smart governments and innovation in the public sector. In hopes of arriving at a clear definition of innovation in the field of public administration, the volume provides a wide survey of global policies and practices, especially those aimed at reducing bureaucracy and using information-communication technologies in public service delivery. Chapters look at current applications across countries and multiple levels of government, from public innovation labs in the UK to AI in South Korea. Providing concrete examples of innovation culture at work in public institutions, this volume will be of use to researchers and students studying new public management, public service delivery, and innovation as well as practitioners and professionals working in various public agencies.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-11331-4
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    Securitisation as Hegemonic Discourse Formation : An Integrative Model (2022)
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    ISBN: 9783031162060
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 239 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Contributions to International Relations
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    Keywords: Security, International. ; International relations. ; Economic development. ; Communication in politics. ; Political science.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. On the Origins and Nature of Meaning -- Chapter 3. Investigating the Meaning of Security -- Chapter 4. Securitisation as Hegemonic Discourse Formation -- Chapter 5. The Security-development Nexus -- Chapter 6. Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book offers a model for understanding securitization in terms of hegemonic discourse formations. It re-thinks the very meaning of security as well as the relationship between the understanding of security in traditional and critical approaches in security studies to find a common denominator between them. Deduced firmly from realist political philosophy and its analytic categories, such as state-based sovereignty, security is presented as a function of discursive formations. Providing a sound discourse-theoretical foundation which includes both linguistic and non-linguistic practices as well as a focus on relationships of power, the book offers a basis for the integration of insights generated by the different approaches to securitisation, and enhances the analytical and explanatory depth of the concept. As part of its theoretical foundation, the book further presents a fundamentally new image of long-standing theoretical and conceptual challenges within speech-act inspired approaches, including the re-formulation of central analytical categories such as the speaker-audience-context nexus. By explaining securitisation as signifying the boundaries of the construction of meaning, it presents an original understanding of securitisation, which is deeply integrated into the structures of the social construction of meaning. On this basis, the book offers a new understanding of successful securitisation factors and insights into aspects that render specific objects more or less likely for securitisation. The book proceeds to discuss two central aspects of the securitisation debate: The constitution of power, as well as an exploration of the nature of the political and politicisation. An empirical case study on the development-security-nexus offers further insights into the applicability of the theoretical model. This book will appeal to students, researchers, and scholars of political science and international relations (IR) interested in a better understanding of IR theory, realism, critical security studies, and discourse analysis.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-16206-0
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    “Ye Shall Know Them by Their Fruits” : A Mixed Methods Study on Corruption, Competitiveness, and Christianity in Europe and the Americas (2022)
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    ISBN: 9783030784980
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXXVI, 407 p. 38 illus., 36 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
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    Keywords: Korruption ; Internationaler Wettbewerb ; Protestantismus ; Katholizismus ; Vergleich ; Schweiz ; Uruguay ; Kuba ; Kolumbien ; QCA (Qualitative Comparative Analysis) ; Public finance. ; Christianity. ; Political science. ; Industrial organization. ; Christian sociology. ; Finance, Public. ; Christianity and the social sciences.
    Abstract: Part I: Introductory Considerations and Research Setting -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Research Setting -- Part II: Conceptual Framework -- 3. The Outcome (Criterion Variables) -- 4. Diagnosing Corruption and Prosperity in Europe and the Americas (A) -- 5. Conditions (Predictor Variables): Theories Explaining Prosperity Differences (B), (C), (D), (E) -- Part III: Theoretical Foundations -- 6. Corruption and Religion (A), (B), (1) -- 7. Prosperity and Religion (A), (B), (1) -- 8. Institutions, Corruption/Prosperity, and Religion (A), (B), (D), (1), (3), (6) -- 9. Education, Religion, and Corruption/Prosperity (A), (B), (C), (1), (2) -- 10. Culture, Religion, and Corruption/Prosperity (A), (B), (C), (1), (2) -- 11. Language and Religion -- 12. Environment/Geography and Prosperity/Transparency (E), (4), (7) -- Part IV: Research Paradigms, Methodology, and Research Design -- 13. Applied Research Paradigms -- 14. Methodology -- Part V: Empirical Results -- 15. Component 1 (Macro): Quantitative (Regression) Analysis -- 16. Component 2 (Meso): Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) -- Part VI: Component 3 (Micro) -- 17. Case Selection Criteria, Methods, and Data Treatment -- 18. a) Switzerland: Extreme Positive Case Study (Worldwide) -- 19. b) Uruguay: Extreme Positive Case Study (Latin America) -- 20. c) Cuba: A Sui Generis Case Study (Communist proxy) -- 21. d) Colombia: Extreme Negative Case Study -- 22. Summary Overview of the Four Case Studies -- Part VII: Discussion and Conclusions -- 23. Integrative Conclusions -- 24. Other Considerations -- 25. Concluding Remarks.
    Abstract: Why are historically Catholic countries and regions generally more corrupt and less competitive than historically Protestant ones? How has institutionalization of religion influenced the prosperity of countries in Europe and the Americas? This open access book addresses these critical questions by elucidating the hegemonic and emancipatory religious factors leading to these dissimilarities between countries. The book features up-to-date mixed methods from interdisciplinary research contributing to existing studies in the sociology of religion field by demonstrating—for the first time—the effect of the mutually reinforcing configuration of multiple prosperity triggers (religion–politics–environment). It demonstrates the differences in the institutionalization of Roman Catholicism and Protestantism by applying quantitative and qualitative methods and by performing a qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) of 65 countries. The author also provides a comprehensive survey and results of empirical research on different theories of development, focusing on the influence of religion.
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