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Early Childhood and Development Work
Theories, Policies, and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2018
This edited volume provides a critical account of the theories and policies that have informed work in the field of early childhood and explores how they have operated in practice. Underpinning the theoretical debates are the familiar tensions between global norms and local contexts; increasing inequality...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2014
An engaging and eclectic collection of essays from leading scholars on the subject, which looks at affirmative action past and present, analyzes its efficacy, its legacy, and its role in the future of the United States.
• Provides the most up-to-date, comprehensive information available relating...
Environmental Politics and Foreign Policy Decision Making in Latin America
Ratifying the Kyoto Protocol
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
Although the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement to address global climate change, has been regarded by many as an unsuccessful treaty both politically and environmentally, it stands as one of the world’s few truly global agreements. Why did such a diverse group of countries decide to sign...
The Senate and the People of Canada
A Counterintuitive Approach to Reform of the Senate of Canada
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2017
The Senate of Canada is the upper house of its parliamentary system. It is an appointed legislative chamber that has been frequently derided for its apparent lack of effective activity, its failure to represent Canada’s federal system, and the perceived lack of accountability among its members....
The Politics of Intimacy
Rethinking the End-of-Life Controversy
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2018
Debates on the end-of-life controversy are complex because they seem to highjack national and cultural traditions. Where previous books have focused on ideological grounds, The Politics of Intimacy explores dying as the site where policies are negotiated and implemented. Intimacy comprises the emotional...
by D. C. Zook
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2018
One of the unfortunate by-products of our current approach to diversity has been the creation of an enclave society. Since the benefits of diversity are apportioned by group identity, diversity encourages us to find our own group and then "stick with our own kind." The result is inter-group...
by Vlad Kravtsov, William Keller, Scott Jones
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
Although adopting global norms often improves domestic systems of governance, domestic obstacles to norm diffusion are frequent. States that decide to reinvent their political authority simultaneously evaluate which current global norms are desirable and to what extent. In this study, Vlad Kravtsov...
Fringe Regionalism
When Peripheries Become Regions
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2018
This book introduces the novel concept of fringe regionalism to the field of international studies. It examines how regions are practiced by peripheral borderlands rather than centrally planned, thus offering new avenues for researching regionalism beyond the conventional focus on formal intergovernmental...
by Luigi Fabbri
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 2, 2018
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 2, 2018
Un libro chiave della storia del pensiero anarchico e dell'organizzazione operaia, quanto mai attuale e raccontato da uno degli interpreti più illustri del movimento.
Energy Policy in the Emerging Economies
Climate Change Mitigation under the Constraints of Path Dependence
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2019
Energy has always been essential to economics and politics. While global energy consumption increases, fossil fuels are depleting. The countries that will be hit hardest by declining energy resources are the emerging economies of the Global South, where the relevance of the industrial sector is only...
by Frances Stonor Saunders
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 31, 2013
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 31, 2013
Un resoconto ampio e dettagliato della potente rete di finanziamenti di illustri esponenti e organi della cultura europea messa in piedi dalla CIA dopo la seconda guerra mondiale. Dopo i due decenni dei fascismi e della guerra, la stragrande maggioranza degli intellettuali europei erano su posizioni...
Constitutional Asymmetry in Multinational Federalism
Managing Multinationalism in Multi-tiered Systems
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2019
This edited volume examines the link between constitutional asymmetry and multinationalism in multi-tiered systems through a comprehensive and rigorous comparative analysis, covering countries in Europe, Africa and Asia. Constitutional asymmetry means that the component units of a federation do not...
Innere Sicherheit nach 9/11
Sicherheitsbedrohungen und (immer) neue Sicherheitsmaßnahmen?
Language: German
Release Date: February 9, 2016
Die Beiträge des Sammelbandes befassen sich mit (zivilen) Sicherheitsmaßnahmen, die seit dem 11. September von politischen Akteuren ergriffen wurden. Die Aufmerksamkeit gilt insbesondere den innenpolitischen Reaktionen in Deutschland. Ausgewählte Beiträge nehmen zudem eine vergleichende Perspektive...
Aftermath of the Arab Uprisings
The Rebirth of the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2012
The 2011 Arab uprisings are integrated into the movement to create a regional economic community for a potential twenty-eight nations, with nearly 500 million citizens.
A reinvented Marshall Plan, supported internationally, is forthcoming. This updated book provides strategic models to develop the...