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  • Climate Politics and the Impact of Think Tanks

    Scientific Expertise in Germany and the US

    by Alexander Ruser ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    How are think tanks shaping public debate and political decision-making on climate change? This question is particularly pressing in an era of anti-science sentiment, post-truth politics and increasingly polarised discussions about the adequate responses to a changing climate.This revised and extended second edition revisits the shifting political landscapes of the U.S. and Germany—from the rise ... Read more

    $125.09 USD

  • A World Made of Knowledge

    Pathways into the Knowledge Society

    by Nico Stehr, Alexander Ruser ...
    More than three decades after Gernot Böhme and Nico Stehr began to explore modern 'knowledge societies', the concept has transformed sociological inquiry into the dynamics of contemporary society. But even a quick internet search shows that the term is not only limited to academic circles. Moreover, international bodies such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Civil Society: Concepts, Challenges, Contexts

    Essays in Honor of Helmut K. Anheier

    Edited by Michael Hoelscher, Regina A. List, Alexander Ruser, Stefan Toepler ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This volume is a collection of original essays prepared by colleagues, collaborators, and former students on the occasion of Helmut K. Anheier’s 65th birthday and retirement from the University of Heidelberg. An internationally recognized pioneer of nonprofit and civil society studies, Anheier focused his work on providing clarity around (1) civil society, local and global, observing its origins ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Climate Politics and the Impact of Think Tanks

    Scientific Expertise in Germany and the US

    by Alexander Ruser ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book provides an innovative theoretical and analytical framework for studying the role and impact of specialized research organizations and consultancies on decision making in climate politics. It includes advanced empirical analysis of the case of Germany, compared with the situation in the USA. The book improves the understanding of the role and impact of ‘scientific’ advice in coping with ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Against Political Compromise

    Saving Democratic Debate

    by Alexander Ruser, Amanda Machin ...
    Political compromise is emerging as a preferred solution for numerous apparently intractable problems. Many have pointed to the rising degree of political polarisation around issues such as climate change, immigration and abortion. These are ‘wicked problems’ that are clearly not conducive to any sort of political consensus. The groups and individuals who are party to these issues disagree, often ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

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  • The Paradoxes of Aid Work

    Passionate Professionals

    by Silke Roth ...
    Series series Routledge Humanitarian Studies
    This book explores what attracts people to aidwork and to what extent the promises of aidwork are fulfilled. 'Aidland' is a highly complex and heterogeneous context which includes many different occupations, forms of employment and organizations. Analysing the processes that lead to the involvement in development cooperation, emergency relief and human rights work and tracing the pathways into and ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Multinational Corporations and Organization Theory

    Post Millennium Perspectives

    Edited by Christoph Dörrenbächer, Mike Geppert ...
    Series Book 49 - Research in the Sociology of Organizations
    The study of multinational companies (MNCs) has been split for many decades into two camps which hardly ‘talked’ to each other: a) predominantly economic and functionalist oriented International Business Researchers, and b) largely social constructivist and critical management oriented Organization Theorists. This volume intends to build bridges by bringing together leading international scholars ... Read more

    $146.79 USD

  • Knowledge Matters

    The Public Mission of the Research University

    Edited by Diana Rhoten, Craig Calhoun ...
    Series series A Columbia / SSRC Book
    Higher education can be a vital public good, providing opportunities for students, informed citizens for democracy, and knowledge to improve the human condition. Yet public investment in universities is widely being cut, often because public purposes are neglected while private benefits dominate. In this collection, international scholars confront the realities of higher education and the future ... Read more

    $85.49 USD

  • Think Tanks in America

    by Thomas Medvetz ...
    A revealing look at the rise of these influential institutions, and the effect they've had on the United States.Think tanks have become fixtures of American politics, supplying advice to presidents and policy makers, expert testimony on Capitol Hill, and convenient facts and figures to journalists and media specialists. But what are think tanks? Who funds them? What kind of research do they ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mediation and Protest Movements

    Edited by Bart Cammaerts, Alice Mattoni, Patrick McCurdy ...
    Over the past year, international and national media have been full of stories about protest movements and tumultuous social upheaval from Tunisia to California. But scholars have not yet fully addressed the connection between these movements and the media and communication channels through which their messages spread. Correcting that imbalance, Mediation and Protest Movements explores the nature ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • The SAGE Handbook of Public Administration

    Edited by Jon Pierre, B. Guy Peters ...
    The original Handbook of Public Administration was a landmark publication, the first to provide a comprehensive and authoritative survey of the discipline. The eagerly-awaited new edition of this seminal international handbook continues to provide a complete review and guide to past and present knowledge in this essential field of inquiry.Assembling an outstanding team of scholars from around the ... Read more

    $42.29 USD

  • Cities in Globalization

    Practices, Policies and Theories

    Edited by Peter Taylor, Ben Derudder, Pieter Saey, Frank Witlox ...
    Series series Questioning Cities
    Despite traditionally being a strong research topic in urban studies, inter-city relations had become grossly neglected until recently, when it was placed back on the research agenda with the advent of studies of world/global cities. More recently the ‘external relations’ of cities have taken their place alongside ‘internal relations’ within cities to constitute the full nature of cities.This ... Read more

    $77.99 USD