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Defending checks and balances in EU member states : taking stock of europe’…
This open access book deals with Article 7 TEU measures, court proceedings, financial sanctions and the EU Rule of Law Framework to protect EU values with a particular focus on checks and balances in EU Member States. It analyses substantive standards, powers, procedures as well as the consequences and implications of the various instruments. It combines the analysis of the European level, be i…
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- 1
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- 9783662623176
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- x, 480p. : ill.
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- Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht
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- 342.4044 DEF d
The Repoliticization of the Welfare State
The Repoliticization of the Welfare State grapples with the evolving nature of political conflict over social spending after the Great Recession. While the severity of the economic crisis encouraged strong social spending responses to protect millions of individuals, governments have faced growing pressure to reduce budgets and make deep cuts to the welfare state. Whereas conservative parties h…
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- 1
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- 9780472075324
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- 234p
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- -
- Call Number
- 332.1094 MCM
Contemporary issues in business and economics
This book is a collection of high-impact papers accepted and presented at the 2019 Vietnam’s Business and Economics Research Conference (VBER2019) organised by Ho Chi Minh City Open University held on 18th–20th July 2019. The Special Issue is associated with a broad coverage of the contemporary issues in Business and Economics in Vietnam and other emerging markets reflecting a key theme of …
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- vii, 235p.: ill.
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- 330.08 CON c
City of crisis : the multiple contestation of southern European cities
The ongoing crisis in Europe has dramatic impact on the life in many Southern European cities: Unemployment, social deprivation, poverty, political instability, severe cuts in the welfare state budgets and a wide spread feeling of despair have eroded much of the social foundation of the cities. In this book, contributors from Spain, Greece, Portugal and Italy provide an insight into the complex…
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- 9783839428429
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- 249 p. : ill.
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- -
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- 337.142 ECK c
The psychodynamics of enlightened leadership : coping with chaos
This open access book provides a comprehensive look at the pluses and minuses of leadership in times of an unparalleled crisis, such as the COVID-19 global pandemic. It examines the COVID-19 crisis in terms of psychodynamics, crisis management, and especially from the standpoint of complex, messy systems. It analyses how leaders need to think and act differently to cope better with—unfortunat…
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- 9783030717643
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- xiii, 86p. : ill.
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- -
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- 158.4 MIT p
The Law in the Information and Risk Society
The information and risk society poses a new challenge for the law in all its fragments. Modern media communication and technologies increase people’s prosperity while stating new risks with not uncommonly devastating crisis-potential: The banking crisis, the safety net for the euro zone and the nuclear incident in Fukushima are only the latest forms of those specific modern common dangers wh…
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- 9783863950125
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- xi, 170p: ill.
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- -
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- 349.43 LAW l
Consequences of the global financial crisis: the rhetoric of reform and regul…
The Global Financial Crisis (GFC) is the most serious economic crisis since the Great Depression. Many books have explored its causes, but this book systematically explores its consequences. The focus is primarily on the policy and political consequences of the GFC. This book asks how governments responded to the challenge and what the political consequences of the combination of the GFC itself…
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- 9780199641987
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- xiv, 272 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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- -
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- 332 GRA c
Taxation and the Financial Crisis
The financial crisis has opened up a global debate on the taxation of the financial sector. A number of international policy initiatives, most notably by the G20, have called for major changes in the tax treatment of financial institutions and transactions as well as individuals working in the financial sector. This book examines how tax policies contributed to the financial crisis and whether …
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- 9780199698165
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- xx, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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- 336.2 ALW t
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