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A Better Place on Earth
The Search for Fairness in Super Unequal British Columbia
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2015
In British Columbia, like most of the world, the wealth of the richest one percent has grown exponentially in recent decades, while the majority have found their incomes stagnant or even declining. The top 10 percent in BC now hold 56.2 percent of the wealth, a greater share than anywhere else in...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2011
Drawing on the rich resources of the ten-volume series of The Oxford Handbooks of Political Science, this one-volume distillation provides a comprehensive overview of all the main branches of contemporary political science: political theory; political institutions; political behavior; comparative...
Women in Governing Institutions in South Asia
Parliament, Civil Service and Local Government
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2017
This edited volume examines policies aimed at increasing the representation of women in governing institutions in six South Asian countries. Divided into three parts, it addresses the implications of uniformity and diversity for the substantive representation of women in parliament, civil service...
by Thomas Medvetz
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2012
Over the past half-century, think tanks have become fixtures of American politics, supplying advice to presidents and policy makers, expert testimony on Capitol Hill, and convenient facts and figures to journalists and media specialists. But what are think tanks? Who funds them? What kind of “research”...
California Greenin'
How the Golden State Became an Environmental Leader
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
A political history of environmental policy and regulation in California, from the Gold Rush to the present
Over the course of its 150-year history, California has successfully protected its scenic wilderness areas, restricted coastal oil drilling, regulated automobile emissions, preserved...
Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering
The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2008
A study of Internet blocking and filtering around the world: analyses by leading researchers and survey results that document filtering practices in dozens of countries.
Whistleblowing in the World
Government Policy, Mass Media and the Law
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
This book deploys an original comparative framework, as well as archival and pattern-matching research methodologies, to analyze whistleblowing cases from Peru, South Korea, Thailand and the United States of America and to ascertain factors that make for effective whistleblowing. After examining the...
by Nikos Vogiatzis
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
This book explores the work of the European Ombudsman and her or his contribution to holding the EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies to account, through examination of complaints on maladministration, own-initiative inquiries and other proactive efforts. It considers the Ombudsman’s current...
Climate Change, Forests and REDD
Lessons for Institutional Design
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2013
A search for new methods for dealing with climate change led to the identification of forest maintenance as a potential policy option that could cost-effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions, with the development of measures for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)....
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Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2017
As the digital divide between urban and rural regions grows, not everyone everywhere benefits from the opportunities of digital transformation. This year's Reinhard Mohn Prize "Smart Country – Connected. Intelligent. Digital." highlights digital solutions that strengthen social inclusion...
Energy Security in Europe
Divergent Perceptions and Policy Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2017
This edited collection highlights the different meanings that have been attached to the notion of energy security and how it is taken to refer to different objects. Official policy definitions of energy security are broadly similar across countries and emphasize the reliability and affordability of...
European Union External Environmental Policy
Rules, Regulation and Governance Beyond Borders
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
This book considers the environmental policies that the EU employs outside its borders. Using a systematic and coherent approach to cover a range of EU activities, environmental issues, and geographical areas, it charts the EU’s attempts to shape environmental governance beyond its borders. Key...
Counter-terrorism and the Prospects of Human Rights
Securitizing Difference and Dissent
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
This book offers a systematic analysis of how the interaction between language of security and language of rights produces policies which not only affect everyday functioning of democracy, but also redefine the understanding of sovereignty. Demirsu presents a rich theoretical framework and a novel...
What Works?
Better Policies and Practices for a Better Pacific
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
There is now quite a widespread view in the Pacific that development policy and practice have not yielded adequately robust results. Governments, regional institutions such as the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, and development partners have been trying to find more effective ways to deliver assistance,...