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The battlefields were not the only places that threatened death during World War I. As conflict raged on and supply lines tightened, the allied powers of France, Britain, and Italy faced a fundamental problem: keeping their soldier and civilian populations safe from...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2025-08-01
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This book examines the rise of sub-state recognition in the theory and practice of international relations and diplomacy. Sub-state recognition occurs when non-sovereign entities, such as regions, cities, or local governments, recognize or support an aspirant state or...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2025-08-01
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Deutschland hat lange an der Wehrpflicht festgehalten und gehörte zu den letzten Ländern in Europa, die diese mit dem Ende des Kalten Krieges und dem Ausrufen der Friedensdividende ausgesetzt und sich für eine Freiwilligenarmee entschieden haben....
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Springer VS
Parution :
2025-07-31
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This book examines the significant changes reshaping the European media landscape in the context of rapid technological advancements, political shifts, and economic pressures. It sheds light on the economic, political, and structural forces behind these transformations,...
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Springer
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2025-07-31
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This book offers theoretical and empirical insights into analyzing, measuring, and assessing the political power of the Chinese state in shaping society. Focusing on the widely debated Social Credit System (SCS) and the sanctioned group known as laolai (deadbeats), it...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2025-07-31
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This book attempts to provide the first comprehensive description of the complexity and comparative homogeneity of political science methods in Europe today. It deals with the present (and future) of political science methods in Europe in order to explore a...
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Springer
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2025-07-31
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This book examines how scientists around the world embrace their responsibility as citizens, and how science is being used and abused by non-scientists in public spaces. As right-wing politicians, conspiracy theorists, and modern robber barons assault science in the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2025-07-31
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This Open Access book offers a mixed-method approach to analysing anti-Muslim narratives in interactions between the far right and the Western European mainstream. By exploring narratives that portray Islam as inherently other, the essays in this collection interrogate...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2025-07-31
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"The killing of individuals must be accepted."
Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, Bonn, in a telephone conversation with Minister of State Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski, Dubai, October 1977
The year of terror in 1977, which included the kidnapping of German industrial...
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Springer
Parution :
2025-07-31
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This book explores the complexity of peacebuilding in Mozambique following its devastating 16-year war. While international efforts aimed to establish a stable market democracy, this book reveals how the country’s post-war journey has been marred by recurring...
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Springer
Parution :
2025-07-31
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Dieses Buch bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über die Kommunikation in Kommunen. Es zeigt die Chancen und Grenzen des Kommunalverwaltungsmarketings auf und stellt praxisorientierte Tools bereit. Ziel des Bandes ist es, Kommunen dabei zu unterstützen,...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2025-07-31
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This book examines family policies in Latin America. The first half of the book adopts a thematic approach to assess how the concept of ‘family’ has changed over the last few decades, and how family policies are intrinsically linked to demographic changes,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2025-07-31
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This book introduces the theory of resource misallocation and its applications in the context of energy transition. Technological advancement is often regarded as the primary driver of energy transition and, ultimately, the achievement of net-zero emissions. However,...
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Springer
Parution :
2025-07-31
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This book provides a comprehensive examination of three key water reforms in China. By leveraging unique natural experiments and employing state-of-the-art applied microeconometric methods, this book offers robust insights into the causal links between water reforms and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2025-07-30
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This book offers an interesting synthesis of Social Movements Studies and International Relations (IR) focusing on emotions. The holistic scope and the different conceptualizations of emotions in environmental movements will bring a new perspective that expands the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2025-07-29
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In Monopoly Politics, Erik Peinert provides a macro-historical explanation for why American and international markets are today monopolized by an ever-narrowing group of companies.
Using original archival evidence from the United States and France, and borrowing...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2025-07-29
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This book sheds light on the achievements of the Old European civilization, also known as the Danube civilization, which flourished between 6000 and 3000 BCE. Contrary to popular belief, many elements attributed to Greek origins stem from this pre-Greek culture. Modern...
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Springer
Parution :
2025-07-28
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This book explores the U.S. federal government’s need for binding budget targets to recover fiscal sustainability and boost economic growth. It details the flaws in past balanced budget amendment proposals, outlines the features of a promising new approach with...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2025-07-28
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The book offers a collection of essays that reinterpret and reimagine Michael Walzer’s classic work Spheres of Justice as an important contribution to political theorizing about justice in the 2020s. It highlights the social-democratic nature of Walzer’s...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2025-07-28
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Scholars have described the delegation of power from politics to administration with the help of the principal-agent theory. This framework examines challenges in the constellation of a superior, i.e. principal, and their subordinate, i.e. agent. Recruitment is a major...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2025-07-28
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