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Material culture in modern diplomacy from the 15th to the 20th century
The present volume aims at outlining a new field of research with regard to the history of diplomacy: the material culture of diplomatic interaction in early modern and modern times. The material culture of diplomacy includes all practices in foreign policy communication in which single artifacts, samples of artifacts, or else the whole material setting of diplomatic interaction is supposed to …
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- 9783110463217
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- VI, 176 p.
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- Jahrbuch für Europäische Geschichte / European History Yearbook
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- 327.20903 MAT m
Policy-oriented technology assessment across Europe : expanding capacities
Policy-making to address grand challenges faces greater complexity than any previous project of modernization. Future scenarios are haunted by uncertainty and there is real ambivalence as to the values that policy should strive for. In this situation decision-makers look to research and innovation to provide answers and solutions. But neither can the great transitions ahead be planned by scienc…
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- 9781137561725
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- xvi, 171p. : ill.
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- 338.9406 POL p
The aesthetics of global protest : visual culture and communication
Protestors across the world use aesthetics in order to communicate their ideas and ensure their voices are heard. This book looks at protest aesthetics, which we consider to be the visual and performative elements of protest, such as images, symbols, graffiti, art, as well as the choreography of protest actions in public spaces. Through the use of social media, protestors have been able to crea…
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- 9789048544509
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- 297 p.
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- Protest and Social Movements
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- 303.484 AES a
Mobile professional voluntarism and international development : killing me so…
This book explores the impact that professional volunteers have on the low resource countries they choose to spend time in. Whilst individual volunteering may be of immediate benefit to individual patients, this intervention may have detrimental effects on local health systems; distorting labour markets, accentuating dependencies and creating opportunities for corruption. Improved volunteer dep…
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- 9781137558336
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- xv, 173p. : ill.
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- 320 ACK m
Practical economics : economic transformation and government reform in Georgi…
In this book, Nika Gilauri reveals his formulas for government reform and economic recovery, including how to fight against corruption, reform fiscal policy and tax systems, privatize state-owned enterprises, build a welfare system for those most in need, create a competitive education and healthcare system, and streamline procurement. All formulas are corroborated by practical experience and e…
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- 9783319457697
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- xv, 213p. : ill.
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- 330.94758 GIL p
Interdisciplinary mathematics education: the state of the art and beyond
This open access book is the first major publication on the topic of “Interdisciplinary Mathematics Education” and arose from the work of the first International Topic Study Group of the same name at the ICME-13 conference in Hamburg in 2016. It offers extensive theoretical insights, empirical research, and practitioner accounts of interdisciplinary mathematics work in STEM and beyond (e.g.…
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- 1st ed. 2019.
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- 9783030110666
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- 1 online resource (VII, 302 pages 56 illustrations, 41 illustrations in color.)
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- 510.71 BOR i
Governing social protection in the long term: social policy and employment re…
This open access book examines the comparative evolution of social protection in Australia and New Zealand from 1890 to the present day, focusing on the relationship between employment relations and social policy. Utilising longstanding and more recent developments in historical institutionalist methodology, Ramia investigates the relationship between these two policy domains in the context of …
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- 9783030420543
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- x, 281p.
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- 368.994 RAM g
Studies in Australian political rhetoric
This edited collection includes eleven major case studies and one general review of rhetorical contest in Australian politics. The volume showcases the variety of methods available for studying political speech, including historical, theoretical, institutional, and linguistic analyses, and demonstrates the centrality of language use to democratic politics. The chapters reveal errors in rhetoric…
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- 9781925021868
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- 320.014 STU s
Political landscapes of capital cities
Political Landscapes of Capital Cities] is a welcome contribution to the study of the spatialization of society and suggests paths that anthropologists can take to analyze political space in urban and non-urban settings alike." —Anthropology Review Database "[O]utstanding contributions of an interdisciplinary group of authors trained in different methodologies. . . . offer[s] both scholarly a…
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- 9781607324690
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- 320 POL p
Political discourses at the extremes: expressions of populism in romance spea…
The authors of this edited volume focus on the emergence of populist discourses, coming from movements or parties from Romance-speaking countries in Europe and in Latin America. By combining linguistics, social and political sciences in a discourse analytical approach, the sixteen papers enlighten the mechanisms behind populist discourses yielding from different socio-cultural and political con…
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- 9789176350928
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- 320.5 POL p
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