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The financial and economic crisis that hit Europe in 2009 brought out the precariousness of the monetary union, accentuating the economic disequilibrium among European nations and strengthening Euro……続きを見る

«This timely and important book provides a critical look at borders and belonging. It illuminates the tensions and contradictions that often exist within the logic of legal and political mechanisms ……続きを見る

The cursus publicus, established by the Roman Empire to connect all its conquered territories, may be considered to be the ancestor of all modern post offices. Therefore, mail service networks are p……続きを見る

Depuis le début des réformes en 1978, l’Etat-Parti chinois a diminué son emprise sur la société et a accordé aux organisations non-gouvernementales (ONG) un nouvel espace de liberté. Mais, en même t……続きを見る

The relationship between politics and digital media is currently a focus of intense interest: the symbiosis between the two spheres is such that political activity is now almost inseparable from med……続きを見る

Au cours des années 1950, de rares enfants eurent la joie de recevoir un courrier signé du Père Noël. Victime de son succès, cette initiative discrète de receveuses des Postes a dû être portée à la ……続きを見る

Der Autor untersucht die Auswirkungen der Wahlsiege der rechtspopulistischen Partei «Recht und Gerechtigkeit» in 2015. Sie gewann sowohl die Präsidentschafts- als auch die Parlamentswahlen in Polen ……続きを見る

This publication contributes to a discussion about the future of public employment and HR policies in the context of a changing statehood and new financial pressures. It presents comparative quantit……続きを見る

The Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2014, the fourth in the series, provides a dynamic and up-to-date overview of the measures Italy has taken to adapt its legislation and policies to international……続きを見る

An accepted narrative within European integration history is that the issue in which city to locate European Community headquarters was decided on the intergovernmental level between the member stat……続きを見る

L’Etat au pays des merveilles décrit un projet de construction d’état contemporain. En Nouvelle-Calédonie, une ancienne colonie française dans le Pacifique Sud, une situation de conflit dans les ann……続きを見る

How do actors organize after crisis? Do they «simply» return to normal? The post-crisis phase is anything but a linear process. Actors and their practices may be transformed by learning from crises ……続きを見る

Immer wieder kommt es bei der Besetzung von Ausschüssen zu Pattsituationen zwischen dem Regierungs- und dem Oppositionslager. Der Autor geht der Frage nach, wie mit derartigen Pattsituationen umgega……続きを見る

The Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2015 provides a dynamic and up-to-date overview of the measures Italy has taken to adapt its legislation and policies to international human rights law and to co……続きを見る

Cette brève histoire de la Poste après la Seconde Guerre mondiale a été écrite à partir d’archives publiques de l’administration et de l’entreprise, d’entretiens avec les acteurs, de lecture des rap……続きを見る

This book is the outcome of in-depth academic research on the civil service carried out by acknowledged international and national experts in the field. It brings together papers and speeches presen……続きを見る

The volume provides a collection of articles on current debates in the fields of politics and public administration. The authors deal with frequently mentioned concepts of our era in political and p……続きを見る

This book presents a broad and comprehensive perspective on analysis of public policy in Turkey. Each of the twenty-six chapters presents historical development, legal background, actors, problems, ……続きを見る

The book focuses on the cities and urban policy systems analysed in the strategic (long-term) perspective. Due to this unique perspective, the book enables the multifactorial analysis of the conditi……続きを見る

This comparative case study addresses central determinants of inequalities that persist in India and South Africa. The particular focus of the study is on programs aiming at the redistribution of la……続きを見る

The European Capital of Culture is one of the European Union’s most important cultural programmes, its significance transcending a narrow understanding of the cultural sphere. The scheme has been on……続きを見る

Die Zahl Kleiner Anfragen steigt seit mehreren Legislaturperioden immer weiter an. Der Autor nimmt damit zusammenhängende Klagen aus der Öffentlichen Verwaltung zum Anlass, um zu untersuchen, welche……続きを見る

For the past ten years, human rights language has increasingly been employed by Armenian citizens when interacting with state actors in public spaces to protest government wrongdoings and press for ……続きを見る

The current crisis of the international order cannot be referred only to the liberal concept of globalisation. It is also a crisis of a certain model and ideas of order, which – as a result of the f……続きを見る

Smart people make a smart city. This volume presents a collection of papers on the concept of smartness, smart development and the international practices in the field. There are five key topic area……続きを見る

Aus ihrer Entwicklung umgibt die Verwaltungssprache eine sprachliche Normierung im Hinblick einer Allgemeinverbindlichkeit gegenüber den Adressatinnen bzw. Adressaten, wobei deren historische Kodifi……続きを見る

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Over the past quarter century, we have lived through the greatest looting of wealth in human history. While billions of dollars streamed into the pockets of a few elites in the corporate and economi……続きを見る

The financial crisis has been blamed on reckless bankers, irrational exuberance, government support of mortgages for the poor, financial deregulation, and expansionary monetary policy. Specialists i……続きを見る

Since 1978, the end of the Mao era, economic growth in China has outperformed every previous economic expansion in modern history. While the largest Western economies continue to struggle with the e……続きを見る