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Paperback. This book argues that strange election outcomes should become less likely as voters' preferences become more mutually coherent. It also focuses on the Condorcet Criterion, which states that pairwise majority rule winner should be chosen as the election winner. Series: Studies in Choice and Welfare. Num Pages: 397 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCA; KCH; KFFD; PBUD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 232 x 21. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 397
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642266102
- ISBN
- 9783642266102
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Condition: New
€ 154.05
€ 154.05
Paperback. With approval voting, voters can approve of as many candidates as they want, and the one approved by the most voters wins. This book surveys a wide variety of empirical and theoretical knowledge accumulated from years of studying this method of voting. Editor(s): Laslier, Jean-Francois; Sanver, M. Remzi. Series: Studies in Choice and Welfare. Num Pages: 498 pages, 49 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCA; KFFD; PBUD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 498
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642264139
- ISBN
- 9783642264139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 217.99
€ 217.99
The Constantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy Yearbook 2010
. Ed(S): Arvanitopoulos, Constantine; Botsiou...
Paperback. With the global financial crisis still shaking the foundations of societies around the world, this yearbook covers key issues on the European and international agenda, bringing together prominent scholars and policymakers from varied national backgrounds. Editor(s): Arvanitopoulos, Constantine; Botsiou, Konstantina E. Series: The Konstantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy Yearbook Series. Num Pages: 144 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 8 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: HB; JPA; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642263743
- ISBN
- 9783642263743
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Condition: New
€ 121.80
€ 121.80
Paperback. In the 2009 elections throughout Europe, the centre-right emerged victorious. In this book, prominent centre-right thinkers address Europe's major problems, focusing on the financial crisis and the next institutional steps regarding the integration project. Editor(s): Arvanitopoulos, Constantine. Series: The Konstantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy Series on European and International Affairs. Num Pages: 295 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCBM; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642263118
- ISBN
- 9783642263118
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Condition: New
€ 121.75
€ 121.75
Hardback. The emerging and interdisciplinary field of modernization science studies the potential of both developed and developing nations for continued advancement. This volume provides systematic data from this new discipline covering 97% of global population. Num Pages: 648 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JPA; KCN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1178.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642254581
- ISBN
- 9783642254581
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 241.65
€ 241.65
Paperback. Offers a synthesis of the approaches toward an integration of international trade and climate change, with a view to fostering potential improvements in policies and institutions affecting these. Series: SpringerBriefs in Economics. Num Pages: 61 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCL; KCN; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 4. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 61
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642252518
- ISBN
- 9783642252518
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Condition: New
€ 63.78
€ 63.78
Hardcover. This book presents innovative theoretical and empirical approaches aimed at increasing our understanding of the shift of power from traditional industrial countries to emerging powers. The main focus of coverage is international security, trade and production. Editor(s): Fels, Enrico; Kremer, Jan-Frederik; Kronenberg, Katharina. Series: Global Power Shift. Num Pages: 340 pages, 9 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642250811
- ISBN
- 9783642250811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.39
€ 123.39
Hardback. This book explores the use of the Internet in administration and politics, and introduces a process-oriented layer model which defines options of exchange and participation. Case studies show practical applications in industry, administration and research. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPP; UT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 579.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642244933
- ISBN
- 9783642244933
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Condition: New
€ 122.35
€ 122.35
Hardback. Discusses how the use of some election rules embedded in the US Constitution and in the Presidential Succession Act may cause skewed or weird election outcomes and election stalemates. This book argues that the act may not cover some rare though possible situations which the Twentieth Amendment authorizes Congress to address. Num Pages: 426 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBC; JPA; JPH; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642238185
- ISBN
- 9783642238185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 239.46
€ 239.46
Hardback. A comprehensive and interdisciplinary study on territorial integrity and the challenges globalization, self-determination and external interventions present. Num Pages: 412 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; LBBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 777.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642228681
- ISBN
- 9783642228681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.60
€ 123.60
Hardback. Based on an analysis of 77 cases of good practice in e-government in Europe, this volume details the technical, organizational and legal aspects of using the internet to make government more user-friendly, providing insights into key strategic decisions. Num Pages: 185 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPP; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 185
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642225017
- ISBN
- 9783642225017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.02
€ 64.02
Hardback. This book underscores the complexity of forecasting international politics and proceeds cautiously to investigate the questions of change and continuity, examining several actors with respect to multiple issues and across different levels of analysis. Editor(s): Tzifakis, Nikolaos. Series: The Constantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy Series on European and International Affairs. Num Pages: 359 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 701.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 359
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642219542
- ISBN
- 9783642219542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.36
€ 123.36
Paperback. Within the context of globalization, cultural transformations are increasingly analyzed as hybridization processes. The aim of this book is to generate a transdisciplinary perception of hybridity to pave the way for a wider application of this crucial concept. Editor(s): Stockhammer, Philipp. Series: Transcultural Research - Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context. Num Pages: 223 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 10 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642218453
- ISBN
- 9783642218453
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Condition: New
€ 121.13
€ 121.13
hardcover. Who are the people in this state? What role should they have in relation to the government? What rights should they have? Who should be Head of State? And what process should constitutional change follow? This title explores these questions and others in relation to the New Zealand constitution and provides answers. Editor(s): Morris, Caroline; Boston, Jonathan; Butler, Petra. Num Pages: 519 pages, 6 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; LB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Germany
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 519
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642215711
- ISBN
- 9783642215711
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.13
€ 188.13
Hardback. This book presents theoretical and empirical aspects of single- and multi-winner voting procedures. It examines the susceptibility of procedures to the main voting paradoxes and discusses the relevance of the theoretical results to the choice of voting system. Editor(s): Felsenthal, Dan S.; Machover, Moshe. Series: Studies in Choice and Welfare. Num Pages: 364 pages, 150 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPHF; KCH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642204401
- ISBN
- 9783642204401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.43
€ 123.43
Political Economy of Institutions, Democracy and Voting
. Ed(S): Schofield, Norman; Caballero, Gonzal...
Hardback. This book presents research in political economy, dealing with the integration of economics and politics and the way institutions affect social decisions. It provides new techniques for analyzing elections, involving game theory and empirical methods. Editor(s): Schofield, Norman; Caballero, Gonzalo. Num Pages: 425 pages, 53 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCA; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 425
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642195181
- ISBN
- 9783642195181
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.08
€ 124.08
hardcover. Leadership or Chaos provides a self-contained text in political economy dealing with social choice. Theory and empirical analysis are used to examine democratic institutions in the developed world, and the success or failure of democratization in under-developed countries. Num Pages: 466 pages, 94 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 883.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 466
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642195150
- ISBN
- 9783642195150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.54
€ 124.54
Paperback. This book presents a new conceptual framework for comparative and entangled research on transcultural state formation. It examines concepts of statehood to provide conceptual tools to analyze the transcultural appropriation of governmental technologies. Editor(s): Antje, Fluchter; Richter, Susan. Series: Transcultural Research - Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context. Num Pages: 293 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642192876
- ISBN
- 9783642192876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 237.61
€ 237.61
Hardback. Transformative Research for Sustainable Development presents a state-of-the-art overview of research on sustainable development. Readers will find a timely introduction to ideas and methods, as well as a variety of original learning examples. Editor(s): Jaeger, Carlo C.; Tabara, J. David; Jaeger, Julia. Num Pages: 211 pages, 7 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JPA; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642192012
- ISBN
- 9783642192012
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.20
€ 122.20
The Konstantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy Yearbook 2011: The...
. Ed(S): Botsiou, Konstantina E.; Klapsis, An...
hardcover. With the global economy still reeling from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, this multi-authored work examines the crisis and its consequences, economic governance, political leadership, and the growing challenges posed by climate change. Editor(s): Botsiou, Konstantina E.; Klapsis, Antonis. Series: The Konstantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy Yearbook Series. Num Pages: 213 pages, 15 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCL; KCP; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 491.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Germany
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642184147
- ISBN
- 9783642184147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.05
€ 122.05
Hardback. This innovative book offers a rigorous approach to the analysis and design of advice in real-world decision situations, in which the advisor must manage with variously imprecise, unclear, incomplete or conflicting qualitative information. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KJ; UBJ; UKR; UMZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642180583
- ISBN
- 9783642180583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.07
€ 65.07
Hardback. This book explores the ways in which both sides in the so-called 'war on terror' use schoolchildren as tools of propaganda even as they put those children's security at grave risk. It argues that secure schooling free from violence is a right too often absent. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH; JNK; JPA; LAM; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 597.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642178993
- ISBN
- 9783642178993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.83
€ 122.83
Climate Change and Policy: The Calculability of Climate Change and the...
. Ed(S): Gramelsberger, Gabriele; Feichter, J...
hardcover. Climate Change and Policy provides first hand insight into climatologists' strategies in dealing with uncertainty via simulation models. The text also explores the social, political and economical requirements in future prognoses on climate change. Editor(s): Gramelsberger, Gabriele; Feichter, Johann. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; RBP; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 543.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Germany
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642176999
- ISBN
- 9783642176999
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.40
€ 122.40
Hardback. Adhering to the concept of the common heritage of mankind, this book plugs a major gap in the literature by examining the role of African states in developing and implementing a legal framework for the deep sea bed beyond the boundaries of their jurisdiction. Num Pages: 271 pages, 16 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GT; JPA; LAM; LBBK; LN; PSPM; RGW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 239 x 24. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642176616
- ISBN
- 9783642176616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.85
€ 122.85