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Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
This book assesses the use and limitations of the principal-agent model in a context of increasingly complex political systems such as the European Union. Whilst a number of conceptual, theoretical and methodological challenges need to be addressed, the authors show that the principal-agent model...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
This book reports on advanced methods and theories in two related fields of research, Information Technology and Communication Systems. It provides professors, scientists, PhD students and engineers with a readily available guide to various approaches in Engineering Science.
The book is divided...
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Release Date: December 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2018
This book presents the proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Application of Fuzzy Systems and Soft Computing (ICAFS 2018), held in Warsaw, Poland on August 27–28, 2018. It includes contributions from diverse areas of soft computing such as uncertain computation, Z-information processing,...
Rule of Law, Human Rights and Judicial Control of Power
Some Reflections from National and International Law
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
Judicial control of public power ensures a guarantee of the rule of law. This book addresses the scope and limits of judicial control at the national level, i.e. the control of public authorities, and at the supranational level, i.e. the control of States. It explores the risk of judicial review leading...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
This volume explores the reasons for Hans Kelsen’s lack of influence in the United States and proposes ways in which Kelsen’s approach to law, philosophy, and political, democratic, and international relations theory could be relevant to current debates within the U.S. academy in those areas....
The Global Society and Its Enemies
Liberal Order Beyond the Third World War
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2017
This book discusses contemporary constellations of international politics and global transformation. It offers guidance on how to conceptualize the complexity of current global changes and practical policy advice in order to promote an open global society. In the light of today’s challenges, the...
Advances and Applications in Geospatial Technology and Earth Resources
Proceedings of the International Conference on Geo-Spatial Technologies and Earth Resources 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
This book discusses the latest advances and applications in geospatial technologies and earth resources for mine surveying and civil engineering. It also discusses mineral resources management and assesses many techniques such as unmanned aerial vehicles/drones, ground-penetrating radar, geographic...
200 Years of Ricardian Trade Theory
Challenges of Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
This book offers a comprehensive and insightful reflection on David Ricardo’s ingenious theory of international trade. Divided into three parts, Part I presents the “birthday boy”, his concept and the many applications and insights that have been derived from it, particularly in modern times....
Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering
12th International Conference, ENASE 2017, Porto, Portugal, April 28–29, 2017, Revised Selected Papers
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering, ENASE 2017, held in Porto, Portugal, in April 2017.
The 12 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 102 submissions. The...
Advances in Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing
Workshops of ESOCC 2014, Manchester, UK, September 2-4, 2014, Revised Selected Papers
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2015
This volume contains the technical papers presented in the four high-quality workshops associated with the European Conference on Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing, ESOCC 2014, held in Manchester, UK, in September 2014: 4th International Workshop on Adaptive Services for the Future Internet, WAS4FI...
by Aristotle Tziampiris
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
This book offers a detailed account of the recent Israeli-Greek rapprochement. For more than six decades, relations between Greece and Israel were characterized by suspicion, mutual recriminations and hostility. However, in 2009, Greek policy was unexpectedly overturned. This volume examines this...
Nature Policies and Landscape Policies
Towards an Alliance
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
The book focuses on the relationship between nature conservation policies and landscape policies. This is a relevant subject due to the current need of reviving nature conservation policies, which are today affected by a general effectiveness deficiency. To this end, landscape policies can play a...
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Release Date: June 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
This book explores terminology, frameworks, and research being conducted worldwide on virtual manipulatives. It brings together international authors who provide their perspectives on virtual manipulatives in research and teaching. By defining terminology, explaining conceptual and theoretical frameworks,...
Catholic and Reformed Traditions in International Law
A Comparison Between the Suarezian and the Grotian Concept of Ius Gentium
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2017
This book compares the respective concepts of the law of nations put forward by the Spanish theologian Francisco Suárez and by the Dutch jurist Hugo Grotius. This comparison is based on the fact that both thinkers developed quite similar notions and were the first to depart from the Roman conception,...