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paperback. ICT is improving governments' capacity to provide a wide array of innovative services that benefit citizens, while E-government itself is now a multidisciplinary field of research. This volume considers the topic from both practical and research perspectives. Editor(s): Assar, Said; Boughzala, Imed; Boydens, Isabelle. Num Pages: 261 pages, 15 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; K; UF; UNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 409.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489981899
- ISBN
- 9781489981899
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€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. This book integrates two strands of economic development: the endogenous theory of growth and the extra-market models of evolutionary economics dominated by innovation efficiency. It presents this paradigm in terms of both theory and historical experiences. Num Pages: 130 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCA; KCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 7. Weight in Grams: 215.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489982513
- ISBN
- 9781489982513
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€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Paperback. Combining original research with the findings of an interdisciplinary, defense-oriented workshop, this book explores the role of nanotechnology and emerging science on national defense and homeland security. The book seeks to inform the international debate. Num Pages: 172 pages, 6 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; MBGR; MQW; TBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 273.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489982995
- ISBN
- 9781489982995
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€ 126.58
€ 126.58
The Welfare State in Post-Industrial Society. A Global Perspective.
Powell, Jason L.; Hendricks, Jon
Paperback. In recent years, major forces have reshaped social welfare policies and practices across the globe. This book is a comparative analysis of the effect of globalization on the international welfare state. It discusses many countries and includes case studies. Num Pages: 383 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; JFFN; JHB; JPA; KCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 587.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 383
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489983060
- ISBN
- 9781489983060
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€ 195.01
€ 195.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 116 pages, 13 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; PBUD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 7. Weight in Grams: 215.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 116
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489983299
- ISBN
- 9781489983299
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Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. Local law enforcement is key to the war on terror, but there's a limit to how far citizens want their police to go. This book covers law enforcement training and techniques that are both effective against terror and amenable to citizens. Num Pages: 190 pages, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JKV; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 302.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489983831
- ISBN
- 9781489983831
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€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. The safeguarding of homeland security is a highly relevant subject. This enlightening book brings together the technological and managerial innovations suggested and applied by leading governors and mayors in their own words. Editor(s): Hakim, Simon; Blackstone, Erwin A. Num Pages: 307 pages, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCP; KJM; KJU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 474.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489984036
- ISBN
- 9781489984036
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Condition: New
€ 171.04
€ 171.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 215 pages, 15 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCL; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 349.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489984630
- ISBN
- 9781489984630
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€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. This book contains both extensive applications of the Social Fabric Matrix Approach (SFM-A) to contemporary issues and coverage that embeds applied research in relevant theoretical, philosophical, and methodological frameworks. Editor(s): Natarajan, Tara; Elsner, Wolfram; Fullwiler, Scott. Num Pages: 362 pages, 14 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JNF; JPA; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 557.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489984975
- ISBN
- 9781489984975
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€ 250.12
€ 250.12
The Transnationalization of Economies, States, and Civil Societies: Ne...
. Ed(S): Bruszt, Laszlo; Holzhacker, Ronald
paperback. This book brings together the study of transnationalization in three institutional fields: civil society, state and the economy. It also extends the research of processes of transnationalization to evolving new democracies and emerging market economies. Editor(s): Bruszt, Laszlo; Holzhacker, Ronald. Num Pages: 314 pages, 20 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS; KCL; KCP; KCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489985279
- ISBN
- 9781489985279
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Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Paperback. This book considers the origins, performance and diffusion of national immigration policies targeting highly skilled immigrants. It probes the political and sociological dimensions of policy, drawing on contributions from an international group of scholars. Editor(s): Triadafilopoulos, Triadafilos. Series: Immigrants and Minorities, Politics and Policy. Num Pages: 317 pages, 29 black & white tables, 1 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCF; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 317
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489985682
- ISBN
- 9781489985682
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Condition: New
€ 160.93
€ 160.93
Paperback. This book provides a broad collection of data on China's 56 ethnic groups and profiles the demography, cultural, economy and business climates for each of China's diverse ethnic groups. Develops a complete socioeconomic picture of the outlook for each group. Num Pages: 216 pages, 200 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHBD; JPA; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 338.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489985828
- ISBN
- 9781489985828
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€ 126.82
€ 126.82
Paperback. This book offers a unique collection of insights that celebrate public choice and its visionary proponents, James M. Buchanan and Gordon Tullock. It features contributions from distinguished scholars of public choice and constitutional political economy. Editor(s): Lee, Dwight R. Series: Studies in Public Choice. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCA; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 409.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489986115
- ISBN
- 9781489986115
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Condition: New
€ 127.28
€ 127.28
Paperback. Evolving industries are deemed essential for economic growth, but can also collapse when ill-judged decisions are made on the basis of incomplete information. This extension of the Schumpeterian approach introduces a stochastic model of industry life cycles. Num Pages: 178 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCA; KCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 296.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489986221
- ISBN
- 9781489986221
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€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. This book explores rhetorical attempts to authorize the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission, a grassroots initiative to investigate a traumatic event in the city's past. It describes mechanisms of transitional justice that are frequently overlooked. Series: Springer Series in Transitional Justice. Num Pages: 158 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMK; JMS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 278.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489986771
- ISBN
- 9781489986771
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Condition: New
€ 126.41
€ 126.41
Paperback. This book brings together leading scholars from several disciplines to address post-disaster reconstruction, management of natural resources, and regional development in earthquake-hit areas using the lessons from the Wenchuan earthquake of May 2008. Editor(s): Guo, Rongxing; Freeman, Carla. Num Pages: 189 pages, 18 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCP; KJU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 302.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 189
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489987259
- ISBN
- 9781489987259
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Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. Estimating Impact demonstrates how to anticipate and analyze the effects of military and humanitarian interventions before they occur. This approach combines two key perspectives -- emerging technologies and practical execution of interventions. Editor(s): Kott, Alexander; Citrenbaum, Gary. Num Pages: 380 pages, 44 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KJT; PBUD; TBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 581.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489987273
- ISBN
- 9781489987273
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€ 194.98
€ 194.98
Paperback. Woman at the Border examines international border policing practices and analyses the way these policies impact women. More ethical strategies are explored, charting new approaches to border management focused on human rights and human security. Num Pages: 144 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKV; JMG; JPA; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 238.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489988218
- ISBN
- 9781489988218
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Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
The Europeanization of Domestic Legislatures. The Empirical Implicatio...
. Ed(S): Brouard, Sylvain; Costa, Olivier; Ko...
Paperback. Covering the period from 1986 through 2008, this book addresses the scope and impact of Europeanization on the production of national laws, as a part of the Europeanization discussion which raises normative concerns linked to the "democratic deficit" debate. Editor(s): Brouard, Sylvain; Costa, Olivier; Konig, Thomas. Series: Studies in Public Choice. Num Pages: 244 pages, 60 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCS; LBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 391.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489988300
- ISBN
- 9781489988300
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Condition: New
€ 160.54
€ 160.54
Paperback. This book asserts that modern society will face an increasing loss of control over violence. It then defines "control" and "violence" before exploring what effects, or counter-effects, various forms of control can have on various forms of violence. Editor(s): Heitmeyer, Wilhelm; Haupt, Heinz-Gerhard; Malthaner, Stefan; Kirschner, Andrea. Num Pages: 638 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKV; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 967.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 638
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489988720
- ISBN
- 9781489988720
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Condition: New
€ 197.54
€ 197.54
Paperback. This book surveys the reaction to the Obama Administration's health care reform plan and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. It examines the range of social and political factors that influence health care policy making and delivery. Series: Springer Texts in Business and Economics. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCQ; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489990426
- ISBN
- 9781489990426
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Condition: New
€ 72.68
€ 72.68
Paperback. The first part of this book focuses on ways in which the literature on EU governance and citizenship and participatory democracy deals with citizen activism in public policy making. The second part reports on research projects on civic activism in Europe. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCP; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489990549
- ISBN
- 9781489990549
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Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. With viewpoints seldom available to outsiders, the contributors to this volume analyze changes in criminal activity and crime control strategies in the region, explain the political background to these developments, and assess their long-term social impact. Editor(s): Selih, Alenka; Zavrsnik, Ales. Num Pages: 308 pages, 25 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JKV; JPA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489991072
- ISBN
- 9781489991072
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Condition: New
€ 127.90
€ 127.90
Paperback. Following upheaval Egypt, Libya and Tunisia, this book discusses the autocratic state not as a unit characterized by strength or weakness but rather as a structure that can alternately inhibit or facilitate the appearance of protests at the national level. Num Pages: 254 pages, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 397.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489991386
- ISBN
- 9781489991386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.18
€ 127.18