AC - Foreign Legal Systems 1

**From the winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize for Economics and the authors of the international bestseller Why Nations Fail "Why is it so difficult to develop and sustain liberal democracy? The best r……続きを見る

In his 1964 CBC Massey Lectures C. B. Macpherson examines the rival ideas of democracy - the communist, Third World, and Western-liberal variants - and their impact on one another. He suggests that ……続きを見る

From sensor-fuzed munitions and autonomous weapons, to ground moving target indication radar, laser vibrometers and artificial intelligence, the weapons of warfare are undergoing a rapid transformat……続きを見る

It has been over twenty years since the people of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland voted for devolution. Over that time, the devolved legislatures have established themselves and matured their a……続きを見る

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book investigates what international placements of healthcare employees in low resource settings add to the UK workforce and the efficacy of ……続きを見る

Increasingly we find ourselves dealing with algorithms upon algorithms in our technologically advanced yet complicated lives. Generally, this is applied to the world web-based databases and social m……続きを見る

A set of state of the art empirical analyses at the country, regional, and global level that work from a new theoretical framework that analyzes the politics of growth and stagnation. As highlighted……続きを見る

This volume offers an innovative analysis of Roman political culture in Italy from the first to the sixth century AD on the basis of seven case studies. Its main contention is that, during the perio……続きを見る

Mit Texten von Wolf Wetzel, Marlene Streeruwitz, Moshe Zuckermann, Norman Paech, Rainer Fischbach, Birgit Sauer, Farid Hafez, Michael Meyen, Diether Dehm, Gerhard Hanloser, Joachim Hirsch, Maria Wöl……続きを見る

Chiozza and Goemans seek to explain why and when political leaders decide to initiate international crises and wars. They argue that the fate of leaders and the way leadership changes, shapes leader……続きを見る

Ending Terrorism in Italy analyses processes of disengagement from terrorism, as well as the connected issues of reconciliation, truth and justice. It examines in a critical and original way how ter……続きを見る

Constitutions are supposed to provide an enduring structure for politics. Yet only half live more than nine years. Why is it that some constitutions endure while others do not? In The Endurance of N……続きを見る

Barrington Moore bequeathed comparativists a problem: how to reconcile his causal claim of 'no bourgeoisie, no democracy' with his normative 'dream of a free and rational society'. Lichbach harmoniz……続きを見る

This book critically and comparatively examines the responses of the United Nations and a range of countries to the terror attacks on September 11, 2001. It assesses the convergence between the resp……続きを見る

After celebrating their country's three decades of fantastic economic success, many Chinese are now asking, "What comes next?" How can China convert its growing economic power into political and cul……続きを見る

Many people in the Western world are concerned that the social fabric of societies is fraying. This book constitutes the first-of-its-kind systematic account of social cohesion, from theory through ……続きを見る

Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject Politics - Political Systems - Germany, grade: 1.7, University of Potsdam (Lehrstuhl für Verwaltung und Organisation I), course: Accountability, democ……続きを見る

This book offers a novel, refreshing and politically engaged way to think about public policy. Instead of treating policy as simply the government’s best efforts to address problems, it offers a way……続きを見る

This Brief discusses the adoption of the mixed member proportional (MMP) electoral system in New Zealand and its subsequent effect on representation for women. Concerns about the homogeneity of the ……続きを見る

Relations between the European Union and China have grown at a sustained pace across the board in recent times, transforming the relationship from one of previous neglect into a matter of global str……続きを見る

J. L. Black's latest work is a rich and carefully crafted attempt to expose the textures of Russia's perceptions of itself and its place in the world. Based almost entirely on Russian sources, J. L.……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Systeme - Politisches System Deutschlands, Note: 2,0, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen (Institut für Politikwissenschaft), Vera……続きを見る

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2011 in the subject Politics - Political Systems - Germany, grade: 1,0, University of applied sciences, Düsseldorf, course: Economics - MBA, Master of Bu……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2002 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Systeme - Politisches System Deutschlands, Note: Ohne Note, Technische Universität Dortmund (Institut für Journalistik - Zweitfach……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Systeme - Politisches System Deutschlands, Note: 2,0, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (Institut für Politikwissenschaft……続きを見る

This book offers a comparative analysis of the distinct experiences of the Peruvian and Bolivian cocaleros as political actors. In doing so, it illustrates how coca, an internationally criminalzsed ……続きを見る

The growing scale of international migration has reshaped the debate on the social rights and social protection available to people outside their countries of origin. This book uses conceptual frame……続きを見る

Describes developments in healthcare systems over nearly four decades. Combining cross-sectional studies on healthcare financing, provision and policy values with in-depth country studies of Britain……続きを見る

This book investigates the theme of global transitions with a cross-regional comparative study of two areas experiencing change over the past three decades: Southeast Asia and the Middle East and No……続きを見る

How do dictators stay in power? When, and how, do they use repression to do so? Dictators and their Secret Police explores the role of the coercive apparatus under authoritarian rule in Asia - how t……続きを見る