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Postcolonial Encounters in International Relations

The Politics of Transgression in the Maghreb

by Alina Sajed
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013

Postcolonial Encounters in International Relations examines the social and cultural aspects of the political violence that underpinned the French colonial project in the Maghreb, and the multi-layered postcolonial realities that ensued. This book explores the reality of the lives of North...
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Building Transatlantic Italy

Architectural Dialogues with Postwar America

by Paolo Scrivano
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017

At the end of the Second World War, America’s newly acquired status of hegemonic power- together with the launch of ambitious international programs such as the Marshall Plan- significantly altered existing transatlantic relations. In this context, Italian and American architectural cultures developed...
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Why Old Places Matter

How Historic Places Affect Our Identity and Well-Being

by Thompson M. Mayes, Vice President and Senior Counsel, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018

Why Old Places Matter is the only book that explores the reasons that old places matter to people. Although people often feel very deeply about the old places of their lives, they don’t have the words to express why. This book brings these ideas together in evocative language and with illustrative...
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by Ray Hamilton
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015

Have you ever wanted to know… • Which junction to take for Gibraltar? • How to save £35,040 a year on Dartford Crossing tolls? • How many assassins were buried within the concrete of the M25? (at least one) • Why it’s important that North Ockendon declares...
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by John Sheail
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2002

Environmental history - the history of the relationship between people and the natural world - is a dynamic and increasingly important field. In An Environmental History of Twentieth-Century Britain, John Sheail breaks new ground in illustrating how some of the most pressing concerns came to be recognised,...
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by Collective
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2009

OECD's comprehensive review of rural policy in Italy. On average, rural regions in Italy have some of the highest GDP per capita among the OECD countries, yet unexploited potential remains. This analysis of rural Italy reveals heterogeneous economic conditions, an increasing elderly population and...
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by Hugh C. Dyer
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2009

Conformity is a common coping strategy for dealing with stresses in political situations, as well a strategy for dealing with the lack of agreed foundations. This work introduces the conceptual frameworks of coping and conformity to provide a new analysis of the ethical and political demands of international...
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Community Capacity Building

Creating a Better Future Together

by Collective
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2009

Community capacity building (CCB) is a fairly new term for an age-old good: enabling people to define their own destinies. This book presents and analyses some of the most interesting recent developments in the field of community capacity building, in a variety of OECD and non-OECD countries. The...
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Housing in 21st-Century Australia

People, Practices and Policies

by Rae Dufty-Jones, Dallas Rogers
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016

Over the last two decades new and significant demographic, economic, social and environmental changes and challenges have shaped the production and consumption of housing in Australia and the policy settings that attempt to guide these processes. These changes and challenges, as outlined in this book,...
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War, Identity and the Liberal State

Everyday Experiences of the Geopolitical in the Armed Forces

by Victoria Basham
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2013

This book critically examines the significance of gender, race and sexuality to wars waged by liberal states. Drawing on original field-research with British soldiers, it offers insights into how their everyday experiences are shaped by, and shape, a politics of gender, race and sexuality that not...
Cover of OECD Territorial Reviews: Switzerland 2011
by Collective
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2011

Regions in Switzerland are performing well in many respects. They have high levels of GDP per capita and low unemployment rates, and some regions show impressive growth rates. In addition, Swiss regions have not been confronted with the challenges faced by many similar regions in the OECD, such as...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011

The proposed book is a sequel to volume 1-4 of Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases. The first volume, Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases was edited by M. Joseph Sirgy, Don Rahtz, and Dong-Jin Lee and published in 2004 by Kluwer Academic Publishers in the Social Indicators...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012

One of the most controversial issues of the water sector in recent years has been the impacts of large dams. Proponents have claimed that such structures are essential to meet the increasing water demands of the world and that their overall societal benefits far outweight the costs. In contrast, the...
Cover of World in Transition: Ways Towards Global Environmental Solutions
by German Advisory Council on Global change (WBGU)
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

At the first Conference of the Parties of the Climate Convention in Berlin in Spring 1995 it became evident once again: To counteract anthropogenic climate changes, individuals as well as societies have to change their way of thinking and behavior. This accounts for other areas of global environmental...
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