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Open Government
Collaboration, Transparency, and Participation in Practice
by Daniel Lathrop and Laurel Ruma
In a world where web services can make real-time data accessible to anyone, how can the government leverage this openness to improve its operations and increase citizen participation and awareness? Through a collection of essays and case studies, leading visionaries and practi...
(2010)
7 bookmarks
Social Media in Germany
Marketing-Handbuch
Germany’s social network landscape is characterized by a fragmented field of local platforms, who have been losing members constantly in the past 2 years. Facebook has replaced the VZ networks at the top, but there are still 6 local networks defending their position amon...
(2012)
3 bookmarks
Das Leben von Frauen und...
Ein statistisches Porträt
Dies ist eine sehr interessante Veröffentlichung die geschlechtsspezifische Statistiken beinhaltet. Sie beschreibt die Situationen von Frauen und Männern in verschiedenen Stadien ihres Lebens. Sie umschließt die Situation in der Kindheit, die Schulausbildung sowie die beruflic...
(2008)
2 bookmarks
United Nations Peacekeep...
Ad Hoc Missions Permanent Engagement
by Ramesh Thakur and Albrecht Sch...
This volume explores the evolution of peace-keeping, particularly since the early 1990s. This period was characterized by much initial enthusiasm and a United Nations that would find a more agreeable international environment for effective and sustained operations to secure p...
(2001)
2 bookmarks
Challenges to Peacebuilding
Managing Spoilers During Conflict Resolution
by Edward Newman and Oliver Richmond
Many ceasefires and peace agreements in civil conflict are initially unsuccessful. Some give way to renewed, and often escalating, violence. In other cases, peace processes have become interminably protracted: lengthy and circular negotiations in which concessions are rare. Gi...
(2006)
1 bookmarks
Engaging Civil Society
Emerging Trends in Democratic Governance
by G. Shabbir C... and Vesselin Pop...
The rapid pace of globalization has led to the increasing interdependence of member states of the United Nations to achieve sustainable development objectives, including the eradication of extreme poverty, environmental protection, access to basic services and livelihoods and ...
(2010)
2 bookmarks
Global Security Watch—Iran
A Reference Handbook
This book explains the foreign policy decisions of Iranian leaders, as well as the foreign policy decisions of its neighbors and major world powers. Iran is not treated primarily as a problem to be dealt with by the United States and its friends. There is an effort to understa...
(2008)
2 bookmarks
Climate Change in Asia
Perspectives on the Future Climate Regime
Looking beyond the Kyoto Protocol's first containment period, an intense and growing international debate over the future climate change regime has emerged. Countries in Asia have particularly high stakes in this regime given the region's high population, growing greenhouse ga...
(2008)
1 bookmarks
The Iraq Crisis and Worl...
: Structural, Institutional and Normative Challenges
by Ramesh Thakur and Waheguru Pal...
The Iraq war was a multiple assault on the foundations and rules of the existing UN-centred world order. It called into question the adequacy of the existing institutions for articulating global norms and enforcing compliance with the demands of the international community. It...
(2006)
1 bookmarks
OECD Reviews of Risk Man...
Review of the Italian National Civil Protection System
This OECD review of risk management policies focuses on the Italian civil protection system and its means to prepare for and react to earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, landslides and even volcanoes. The Italian National Civil Protection Service can rapidly mobilise operational re...
(2010)
1 bookmarks
OECD e-Government Studie...
Belgian citizens want the look and feel of a single public sector entity and the provision of integrated e-government services customised to their needs rather than to have to understand the complex division of governmental responsibilities.Belgium already has internationally ...
(2008)
1 bookmarks
Traditional Knowledge in...
Approaches to Development and Human Well-being
by Suneetha M. ... and Balakrishna ...
Traditional knowledge (TK) has contributed immensely to shaping development and human well-being. Its influence spans a variety of sectors, including agriculture, health, education and governance. However, in today’s world, TK is increasingly underrepresented or under-utilized...
(2010)
1 bookmarks
Transformation of Cities...
Towards Globalization
by F.E. Ian Ham..., Kaliopa Dimi..., rews, and Natasa Pichl...
This volume is one in a series initiated by the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies on the inter-relationship between globalisation and urban transformation. It identifies and describes the inter- and intra-urban transformations of Central and Eastern Europ...
(2005)
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Who's Hungry? And How Do...
by Laurie DeRose, Ellen Messer, and & Sara M...
Who's Hungry? And How Do We Know? recognizes that any attempt to reduce hunger requires a sound understanding of which people are affected. It differentiates between food shortage (regional food scarcity), food poverty (inadequate household food supplies), and food deprivation...
(1997)
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Trafficking in Humans
Social, Cultural and Political Dimensions
by Sally Cameron and Edward Newman
This volume aims to deepen understanding of the social, economic and political contexts of human trafficking: the recruitment and transportation of human beings through deception and coercion for the purposes of exploitation. Upon this basis, the volume considers whether an un...
(2008)
1 bookmarks
Trade, Agriculture and D...
Policies Working Together
These proceedings of the OECD Global Forum on Agriculture brought together experts from both developing and developed countries and from both the agriculture and development communities.The papers presented explore why policy coherence is important, how it affects global agric...
(2006)
1 bookmarks
Skills for Innovation an...
Innovation holds the key to ongoing improvements in living standards, as well as to solving pressing social challenges. Skilled people play a crucial role in innovation through the new knowledge they generate, how they adopt and develop existing ideas, and through their abilit...
(2011)
1 bookmarks
Underground Front
The Chinese Communist Party in Hong Kong
This book is a critical study of the system used to elect Hong Kong’s most powerful political leader. Following a historical, empirical and legal examination of the system, the book provides constructive ideas on how the existing system can be developed
(2010)
1 bookmarks
Terrorists in Our Midst:...
Combating Foreign-Affinity Terrorism in America
To date, no definitive study has dealt specifically with the role of American citizens in supporting a foreign political, ideological, and religious illegal agenda. _Terrorists in Our Midst: Combating Foreign-Affinity Terrorism in America_ remedies that as six expert...
(2010)
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