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This book focuses on the contribution of Marcel Mauss (1872-1950) to social theory and a theory of cooperation. It shows that Mauss’s essay "The Gift" (1925) can be seen as a classic of a pragmatist……続きを見る

Malawi is among the few countries in sub-Saharan Africa that has witnessed significant improvements in relation to meeting the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets. It exhibits some of the main……続きを見る

This book examines examples of rural regeneration projects through the public administration lens, analysing how governance arrangements in rural settings work. In particular, the author focusses on……続きを見る

This book seeks to understand the politics of deservingness for future Social Security reforms through an interpretive policy analysis of the 2005 Social Security privatization debates. What does it……続きを見る

Political Change in Switzerland explains the striking recent political developments in Switzerland, an important but surprisingly little known and often misunderstood country, aiming to dissipate pr……続きを見る

To keep the global average temperature from rising further than 2°C, emissions must peak soon and then fall steeply.This book examines how such rapid mitigation can proceed – in the scale and speed ……続きを見る

This book explores experiences, issues and challenges which have emerged since Constitutional status was granted to the local bodies at grassroots level in India in the early 1990s. Among other issu……続きを見る

Despite the unprecedented growth of arbitration and other means of ADR in treaties and transnational contracts in recent years, there remains no clearly defined mechanism for control of the system. ……続きを見る

Low-Carbon Energy Security from a European Perspective draws on the European Commission‘s funded project MILESECURE-2050. It considers low-carbon energy security and energy geopolitics in Europe, wi……続きを見る

This book discusses a series of related but independent challenges faced by philanthropic foundations, drawing on international, contemporary and historical data. Throughout the world, private phila……続きを見る

This book compares the policies of Australia and Italy towards boat people who have arrived in the two countries since the early 1990s. While the regular and varied inflow of immigrants arriving at ……続きを見る

Significant growth in economic activity in the Arctic has added weight to the argument that projects must be developed responsibly and sustainably. Addressing growing concerns regarding the exploita……続きを見る

Based on an innovative theoretical framework combining theories of EU policy making, negotiation and implementation, this comprehensive book examines EU climate and energy policies from the early 19……続きを見る

This book looks at the global importance of mountain systems, emphasizing their ecological and socio-economic role in light of climate change and globalization. With a special focus on the Himalayas……続きを見る

This new study offers a timely and compelling account of why past generations of Australians have seen the north of the country as an empty land, and how those perceptions of Australia’s tropical re……続きを見る

This book presents a comprehensive source document on intelligence and security oversight and review. It compares the oversight arrangements found in nine countriesーNew Zealand, Australia, Canada, ……続きを見る

Focusing on Brazil, this text covers issues such as: the legacy of colour; social realities; and diversions and assertive behaviour. 続きを見る

First Published in 2015. This ambitious ten-volume series develops a comprehensive analysis of the evolving world role of the post-Soviet successor states. Each volume considers a different factor i……続きを見る

One cubic mile of oil (CMO) corresponds very closely to the world's current total annual consumption of crude oil. The world's total annual energy consumption - from all energy sources- is currently……続きを見る

Since the 1980s and the collapse of communist, military, and race-based regimes across the world, the euphoria has given way to the question of how to enhance the viability of democratic constitutio……続きを見る

Development Asia looks at the lessons learned from a decade of dealing with natural disasters in Asia and the Pacific and at how the region’s economic growth could suffer unless it acts collectively……続きを見る

This book provides an accessible and timely analysis of how the British discourse on Europe has evolved over the past forty years. It focuses on three key episodes: the 1975 referendum on the UK’s c……続きを見る

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. From New Orleans to New York, from London to Paris to Venice, ma……続きを見る

It must be acknowledged that any solutions to anthropogenic Global Climate Change (GCC) are interdependent and ultimately inseparable from both its causes and consequences. As a result, limited anal……続きを見る

Although much has been written about the Korean public administration, the international academic community has little knowledge about it as most of the literature has been written in Korean. This b……続きを見る

The book examines the highly dynamic communication ecology of recent contentious politics and its expanding digital footprint. First, it looks at the attainment of democratic citizenship through pra……続きを見る

Volumul analizează gestionarea bunurilor comune în România prin intermediul teoriei instituționaliste elaborate de laureata Premiului Nobel pentru economie Elinor Ostrom. Corelată cu cadrul conceptu……続きを見る

Volumul analizează fundamentele politicilor publice din perspectiva teoriei alegerii raționale. În prima parte sunt abordate teme din domeniul științei politice, cum ar fi comportamentul electoral a……続きを見る

Volumul propune o introducere în cele mai importante dezbateri și analize din domeniul comunicării politice, abordând modul în care aceasta este abordată de specialiști și factorii implicați. 続きを見る

First published in two parts in March 1791 and February 1792, Thomas Paine’s The Rights of Man posits that popular political revolution is permissible when a government does not safeguard the natura……続きを見る