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The limits of the legal complex : nordic lawyers and political liberalism
This insightful volume provides a comprehensive account of the history and politics of lawyers of the last 200 years in the Nordic countries: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland. Topping most global indexes of core civil rights, these states have been found to contain few to no visible legal complexes. Where previous studies have characterized lawyers as stewards and guardians of the …
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- 9780192848413
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- 27p
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- 342 FEE t
Social and political issues on sustainable development in the post covid-19 c…
As a threat, a pandemic has indirect implications for social, economic and political conditions both at domestic and international levels. Thus, collective and comprehensive efforts are needed in responding to and preventing the expansion of infections caused by the virus, including Covid-19. This international conference provides the discourse on social, economic as well as political issues re…
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- 9781003263586
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- xiv, 367 p. : ill
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- 338.9598 SUK s
Arbitrary states : social control and modern authoritarianism in Museveni's U…
This book places literature on the post-colonial African state in conversation with literature on modern authoritarianism, using this to frame over ten months of qualitative field research on Uganda's informal security actors - including vigilante groups, local militias, and community police. Based on this research, the book presents an original framework - called 'institutionalized arbitrarine…
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- 9780198856474
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- 230p
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- 306.2089935 TAP a
Political science and digitalization : global perspectives
Digitalization is not only a new research subject for political science, but a transformative force for the discipline in terms of teaching and learning as well as research methods and publishing. This volume provides the first account of the influence of digitalization on the discipline of political science including contributions from 20 different countries. It presents a regional stocktaking…
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- 9783847414889
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- 292 p.
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- 320.072 KNE p
Friendship and technology : a philosophical approach to computer mediated com…
This book explores the nature of technology – participatory media in particular – and its effects on our friendships and our fundamental sense of togetherness. Situating the notion of friendship in the modern era, the author examines the possibilities and challenges of technology on our friendships. Taking a media ecology approach to interpersonal communication, she looks at issues around p…
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- 9781003188810
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- xi, 156 p. : ill
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- 158.25 PET f
Sensational internationalism : the Paris Commune and the remapping of America…
In refocusing attention on the Paris Commune as a key event in American political and cultural memory, Sensational Internationalism radically changes our understanding of the relationship between France and the United States in the long nineteenth century.
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- 9781474411226
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- xii, 240 p. : ill.
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- 970.980 COG s
Victims of political violence and terrorism : making up resilient survivors
This book examines the survivors of political violence and terrorism, considering both how they have responded and how they have been responded to following critical incidents. As this work demonstrates, survivors of comparatively rare and spectacular violence hold a mirror up to society’s normative assumptions around trauma, recovery and resilience. Drawing on two years of observational fiel…
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- 9781003154020
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- xi, 274 p. : ill.
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- 362.889317 MCG v
Climate crisis economics
Climate Crisis Economics draws on economics, political economy, scientific literature, and data to gauge the extent to which our various communities – political, economic, business – are making the essential leap to a new narrative and policy approach that will accelerate us towards the necessary transition to a decarbonized economy and sustainable future. The book draws out policies and pr…
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- 9781003037088
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- xvi, 304 p. : ill.
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- 363.73874561 MAC c
Understanding the Rights of Nature : A Critical Introduction
Rivers, landscapes, whole territories: these are the latest entities environmental activists have fought hard to include in the relentless expansion of rights in our world. But what does it mean for a landscape to have rights? Why would anyone want to create such rights, and to what end? Is it a good idea, and does it come with risks? This book presents the logic behind giving nature rights and…
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- 9783837654318
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- 168 p.
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- 300 TAN u
Outh-north migration of eu citizens in times of crisis
The global fi nancial and economic crisis has been hitting the European Union severely since 2008. Although the economic crisis began in advanced economies and then spread all over the globe, its impact and implications are far from being equally distributed geographically. This is particularly visible within the European Union. While some countries, mainly in the North,…
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- 9783319397634
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- 224 p.
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- 304.8. MIKO o
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