Science and Technology Policy for Economic Development in Africa

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122

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9789004224254

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The Struggle for Female Suffrage in Europe

Edited by Blanca Rodríguez-Ruiz, University of Seville and Ruth Rubio-Marín, European University Institute, Florence

By comparing women’s access to suffrage in the countries that make up the European Union, i>The Struggle for Female Suffrage in Europe provides a retelling of the story of how citizenship was gradually coined in Europe from the perspective of women.

€92.00$119.00

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121

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9789004211230

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Language, Migration and Social Mobility in Catalonia

Edited by Amado Alarcón, Universitat Rovira i Virgil, Spain and Luis Garzón, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

This book is the result of a research on migrant integration, language and social mobility in Catalonia. Drawing on the fate of three communities: Argentineans, Colombians and Moroccans, it examines the opportunities and constraints for social mobility. El libro es el resultado de una ...

€92.00$119.00

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120

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9789004209404

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Empowered Participation or Political Manipulation?

Rabab El-Mahdi, American University, Cairo

Using Social Funds in Egypt and Bolivia as a microcosm, this book offers a critical examination of state-civil society relations and governance under the neoliberal model. Focusing specifically on the reconstruction of citizenship rights and participatory governance under this model.

€102.00$132.00

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119

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9789004201538

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Visions of the Social

Jean Terrier, University of Münster

Taking the example of France between the Enlightenment and the Second World War and focusing especially on the connection between social theories and political projects, this book provides an original analysis of French scholarly debates on the nature of society.

€102.00$132.00

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118

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9789004192072

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From 'Civil Society' to 'Europe'

Grazyna Skapska, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland

Drawing on the sociological theory of reflexive modernization and the doctrine of liberal democracy, this book debates the formation of postcommunist constitutionalism. Examination of Poland, in comparison with other postcommunist countries, leads to a new theory of reflexive constitutionalism.

€102.00$132.00

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117

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9789004190436

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Etzioni’s Critical Functionalism

David Sciulli, Texas A&M University

Written for social theorists and general readers (including undergraduates), David Sciulli's book is the first to explain not only how but also why Amitai Etzioni’s publications evolved from his dissertation to Active Society and Socio-Economics to Communitarianism.

€104.00$135.00

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116

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9789004187269

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Adversarial Case-Making

Thomas Scheffer, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany

This book explores the working of law and lawyers down to their very details and minituae.

€94.00$122.00

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115

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9789004181694

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Rule of Law and Democracy

Edited by Leonardo Morlino, Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane, Florence and Gianluigi Palombella, Università di Parma and New York University

Through a reappraisal of rule of law and democracy the contributors provide for a fresh set of inquiries, from the State, consolidated and transitional democracies, to interstate, European and global scenarios. They converge in tackling empirical and normative questions, and suggest further ...

€94.00$122.00

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114

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9789004181137

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Thick Comparison

Edited by Thomas Scheffer, Humboldt University Berlin and Jörg Niewöhner, Humboldt University Berlin

In ethnographic inquiry, comparing is fraught with difficulties, never complete and often fails. Yet it remains a strangely productive mode of working. Thick comparison develops and reflects on the production of comparability as a fruitful process in ethnographic research.

€94.00$122.00

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113

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9789004180338

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Afghanistan, Iraq, and Post-Conflict Governance: Damoclean Democracy?

Imtiaz Hussain, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico

A comparative study is made of how conflict-terminating negotiations led to maiden democratic elections in Afghanistan and Iraq, pointing various thresholds out through specific chapters, invoking negotiations theories/stages to deepen interpretations, and prospecting the Bush Doctrine's future ...