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Environmental policy and sustainable development in China
Hong Kong in global context
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2012
Drawing on practices and theories of sustainability, Environmental policy and sustainable development in China explores the prospects for achieving environmentally benign economic and social development in China and beyond. Using the Chinese 'world city' of Hong Kong as a backdrop and case study,...
The new politics
Liberal Conservatism or same old Tories?
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2011
Does the Coalition government represent a new politics in Britain, or is the new government just the same old Tories hiding behind an opportunist pact with the Liberal Democrats? Does Cameron differ from past Conservatives like Margaret Thatcher, and if so, how? This book looks at the Coalition government...
by Andrew Blowers
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Nuclear energy leaves behind an infinitely dangerous legacy of radioactive wastes in places that are remote and polluted landscapes of risk. Four of these places - Hanford (USA) where the plutonium for the first atomic bombs was made, Sellafield, where the UK’s nuclear legacy is concentrated and...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2016
Despite remarkable economic advances in many societies during the latter half of the twentieth century, poverty remains a global issue of enduring concern. Poverty is present in some form in every society in the world, and has serious implications for everything from health and well-being to identity...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
As demand for natural resources increases due to the rise in world population and living standards, conflicts over their access and control are becoming more prevalent. This book critically assesses different approaches to and conceptualizations of resource fairness and justice and applies them to...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
This Handbook presents the first comprehensive study of policy analytical practices in comparative perspective.
It explores emerging developments and innovations in the field and advances knowledge of the nature and quality of policy analysis across different countries and at different levels...
Cultures of Prediction in Atmospheric and Climate Science
Epistemic and Cultural Shifts in Computer-based Modelling and Simulation
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017
In recent decades, science has experienced a revolutionary shift. The development and extensive application of computer modelling and simulation has transformed the knowledge‐making practices of scientific fields as diverse as astro‐physics, genetics, robotics and demography. This epistemic transformation...
Locked Out
Felon Disenfranchisement and American Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2006
5.4 million Americans--1 in every 40 voting age adults-- are denied the right to participate in democratic elections because of a past or current felony conviction. In several American states, 1 in 4 black men cannot vote due to a felony conviction. In a country that prides itself on universal suffrage,...
Biomedical Globalization
The International Migration of Scientists
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Despite much debate in recent years about the economic and professional impact of foreign engineers and computer professionals in the United States, comparatively little has been said about the growing number of foreign biomedical scientists employed by American firms and health institutions. The...
by Chi-Jen Yang
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017
Energy policy has always been an important part of China’s national policy agenda. Although the overall Chinese economy has become largely market-driven, its energy sectors are still subject to varying degrees of government control. Authoritarian governance allows China to move very quickly in some...
National Administrations in EU Trade Policy
Maintaining the Capacity to Control
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2016
This book studies the relationship between administrative capacity and a member state’s influence in the European Union. More specifically, it studies member states’ ability to exert control over the European Commission during trade negotiations. But what determines administrative capacity and...
Transforming Asian Governance
Rethinking assumptions, challenging practices
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2009
There are a multitude of hazards that confront attempts to change institutional or political orders in pursuit of good governance. Even seemingly technical prescriptions run up against local political and social realities which make their adoption difficult and, if adopted, require significant modification...
by Richard N. L. Andrews, Michael E. Kraft, Karin Bäckstrand
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2017
Concepts and their role in the evolution of modern environmental policy, with case studies of eleven influential concepts ranging from “environment” to “sustainable consumption.”
Concepts are thought categories through which we apprehend the world; they enable, but also constrain, reasoning...
Concepts in Urban Transportation Planning
The Quest for Mobility, Sustainability and Quality of Life
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016
This book offers solutions for creating sustainable urban transportation. Topics include historical developments, planning, policy and legislative initiatives, nonmotorized and public transportation, environmental and social justice issues, and safety. The author discusses social, health and economic...