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This book delves into the intricacies of family law in Egypt and Iran in the early twentieth century, highlighting the impact of secular models on individual rights. By understanding the effect of external power structures on the religious/secular identity of the state...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2025-11-15
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In response to the puzzling variety of types and degrees of sub-state autonomy that are demanded within sub-state entities and that are granted by states all around the world, this book provides a systematic comparison of the conditions under which sub-state autonomy...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2025-11-15
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This book addresses one of the most pressing issues of international law in recent years, attempts to acquire territory by force. When powerful States are not satisfied with territorial status quo and are unwilling to give up their interests for peace, there is an...
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Springer
Parution :
2025-11-15
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This open access book assesses the links between decentralization and crises management in Czechia, paying particular attention to the ways in which local municipalities have dealt with turbulent problems including the Covid-19 pandemic and the migration crises caused...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2025-11-15
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This book presents a fresh perspective on how bilateral relations are shaped not only by national-level diplomacy but by the interplay of various governance levels-including municipal, regional, national, and supranational actors. Through this approach, the book...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2025-11-15
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This book aims to elucidate the operational mechanisms of transfer of land development right within a public ownership system, which not only offers a distinctive and dynamic case study on TDR program to advance institutional diversity in transitional economies, but...
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Springer
Parution :
2025-11-14
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The assumption that only humans can engage in politics - that only humans are 'zoon politikon' - is foundational to the Western tradition of political philosophy. While there is increasing recognition of animals' moral status (both within moral philosophy and at the...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2025-11-14
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Dieses Buch bietet eine zeitgemäße, wegweisende und fortgeschrittene kritische Analyse der ersten zwanzig Monate des Krieges zwischen Russland und der Ukraine. Aus einer realistischen Perspektive und mit Fokus auf politische Spannungen, wirtschaftliche...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2025-11-13
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This book traces narratives of belonging around the globe from a political theory perspective. It highlights that such narratives have developed within the context of cultural exchange and relationality, i.e. transgressing space and time and embedded in relations...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2025-11-13
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Dieses Open Access-Buch bietet fundierte Einsichten und Analysen zur Anwendung agiler Methoden und Organisationsformen im öffentlichen Sektor. Die Beiträge in diesem Sammelband dokumentieren und analysieren systematisch den aktuellen Stand der Wissenschaft...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2025-11-13
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Major environmental problems threaten our planet and evoke within us a need to act – a need to do something, no matter how small, to slow the damage. But what kind of action? Businesses, governments and some environmental groups tell us that buying environmentally...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2025-11-13
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A large literature describes the benefits of federalism and regional autonomy for fostering peace and democracy in countries experiencing conflict among ethnic groups. Political leaders are often reticent about devolution, because they fear empowering political...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2025-11-13
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Mistrust of the democratic electoral process has become rampant among Americans, particularly Republican voters. This trend carries profound consequences: widespread disputes over election results and resistance to the peaceful transfer of power threaten to undermine...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2025-11-12
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The volume provides the first comprehensive account of the European Commission under its first female president, Ursula von der Leyen (2019-2024). Amid unprecedented crises, von der Leyen pressed forward with an exceptionally ambitious political agenda, simultaneously...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2025-11-12
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A hard-hitting investigation into how the Pentagon’s runaway spending embroils America in foreign wars, squanders its wealth, and enriches a privileged elite“A damning indictment of the conflicts of interest running rampant in the defense...
Editeur :
Bold Type Books
Parution :
2025-11-11
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From one of America's most venerable politicians, the powerful, untold story of the pioneering Black congressmen from South Carolina who were elected in the aftermath of the Civil War, revealing why it took nearly a century before the ninth, James Clyburn, was...
Editeur :
Little, Brown and Company
Parution :
2025-11-11
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'TEN, NINE, EIGHT, SEVEN . . .' On April 12, 1961, the Soviet Union begins its countdown. From the steppes of Kazakhstan, the first human - Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin - launches into space.In that moment, another countdown begins. How could it be that a single...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2025-11-11
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The term dogwhistle, meaning a political message with a hidden or coded meaning, only entered mainstream usage in the mid-1990s, but today it seems to be everywhere. Accusations of dogwhistling fly in every political direction, and the meaning of the term has broadened...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2025-11-10
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This book analyzes peacebuilding operations in Southeast Asia, focusing on socio-economic improvement for conflict resolutions. Peacebuilding in Southeast Asia always faces dilemmas between development imperatives and the non-interference principle because of the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2025-11-08
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This open access volume examines current threats to democracy with a focus on Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. These small democracies face unique challenges from climate change, hybrid security threats, and geopolitical tensions. The book examines how these nations have...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2025-11-08
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