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  • Accountability in Public Policy Partnerships

    by J. Steets ...
    A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org. This book presents a new model of accountability which ensures that public-private partnerships don't erode public accountability. It defines concrete accountability standards for different types of partnerships. ... Read more

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  • Stadium Worlds

    Football, Space and the Built Environment

    Edited by Sybille Frank, Silke Steets ...
    Series series Architext
    Analyzing football as a cultural practice, this book investigates the connection between the sport and its built environment. Four thematic sections bring together an international multi-disciplinary range of perspectives with particular focus on the stadium.Examples from architectural design, media studies and archaeology are used while studying advertising, economics, migration, fandom, local ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Religious Pluralism and the City

    Inquiries into Postsecular Urbanism

    Edited by Helmuth Berking, Silke Steets, Jochen Schwenk ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Studies in Religion, Space and Place
    Religious Pluralism and the City challenges the notion that the city is a secular place, and calls for an analysis of how religion and the city are intertwined. It is the first book to analyze the explanatory value of a number of typologies already in use around this topic – from "holy city" to "secular city", from "fundamentalist" to "postsecular city". By intertwining the city and religion, ... Read more

    $38.89 USD

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    An Analysis of Space Power, Security and Governance

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    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
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  • The Souls of China

    The Return of Religion After Mao

    by Ian Johnson ...
    From the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, a revelatory portrait of religion in China today—its history, the spiritual traditions of its Eastern and Western faiths, and the ways in which it is influencing China’s future.The Souls of China tells the story of one of the world’s great spiritual revivals. Following a century of violent anti-religious campaigns, China is now filled with new temples, ... Read more

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  • Soft Governance, International Organizations and Education Policy Convergence

    Comparing PISA and the Bologna and Copenhagen Processes

    by Tonia Bieber ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book examines the extent to which international organizations have shaped reforms in education and training in federalist countries with regards to policy convergence. In advanced democracies, international organizations have become increasingly influential in government activity. This also applies to policy fields that have traditionally been nearly exclusively regulated by the nation-state. ... Read more

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  • Smart City

    How to Create Public and Economic Value with High Technology in Urban Space

    Edited by Renata Paola Dameri, Camille Rosenthal-Sabroux ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This book presents a comprehensive overview of the various aspects for the development of smart cities from a European perspective. It presents both theoretical concepts as well as empirical studies and cases of smart city programs and their capacity to create value for citizens. The contributions in this book are a result of an increasing interest for this topic, supported by both national ... Read more

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  • Wrestling with Moses

    How Jane Jacobs Took On New York's Master Builder and Transformed the American City

    by Anthony Flint ...
    The rivalry of Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses, a struggle for the soul of a city, is one of the most dramatic and consequential in modern American history. To a young Jane Jacobs, Greenwich Village, with its winding cobblestone streets and diverse makeup, was everything a city neighborhood should be. But consummate power broker Robert Moses, the father of many of New York’s most monumental ... Read more

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  • Management and Culture in an Enlarged European Commission

    From Diversity to Unity?

    by C. Ban ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book explores how the European Commission faced the challenge of enlargement. Based on extensive interviews, the work provides a lively and readable picture of life within the Commission, exploring how thousands of newcomers were recruited and socialized and how they changed the organization, including its gender balance. ... Read more

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  • Europe’s Legitimacy Crisis

    From Causes to Solutions

    by M. Longo, P. Murray ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Sharp in focus and succinct in analysis, this Pivot examines the latest developments and scholarly debates surrounding the sources of the European Union's crisis of legitimacy and possible solutions. It examines not only the financial and economic dimensions of the current crisis, but also those crises at the heart of the EU integration project. ... Read more

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  • Mahatma Gandhi

    His Life and Ideas

    by Charles F. Andrews ...
    An intimate biography of one of the greatest social andreligious reformers of the modern world."Gandhi's work in nonviolence was comprehensive and not simply confined to politics or human rights. It was about building positive relationships based on respect, understanding, acceptance, and appreciation. It was about eliminating exploitation of all kinds and creating harmony."—from the Foreword by ... Read more

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  • The European Union and the Council of Europe

    by M. Kolb ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Marina Kolb traces the relationship between the EU and the Council of Europe in the field of human rights. Applying an implementation literature and management studies-perspective, it argues that the biggest threat to interorganizational cooperation is organizational self-interest, despite a shared policy interest. ... Read more

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