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Congressional Parties, I...
by Eric S. Hebe... and Bruce A. Larson
Close competition for majority party control of the U.S. House of Representatives has transformed the congressional parties from legislative coalitions into partisan fundraising machines. With the need for ever increasing sums of money to fuel the ongoing campaign for majority...
(2012)
Coalition Politics and C...
Every day, coalition cabinets make policy decisions critical to international politics. Juliet Kaarbo examines the dynamics of these multiparty cabinets in parliamentary democracies in order to assess both the quality of coalition decision making and the degree to which coalit...
(2012)
LGBT Youth in America's ...
by Jason Cianci... and Sean Cahill
Jason Cianciotto and Sean Cahill, experts on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender public policy advocacy, combine an accessible review of social science research with analyses of school practices and local, state, and federal laws that affect LGBT students. In addition, por...
(2012)
The Influence of Campaig...
Campaign contributions are widely viewed as a corrupting influence but most scholarly research concludes that they have marginal impact on legislative behavior. Lynda W. Powell shows that contributions have considerable influence in some state legislatures but very little in o...
(2012)
The International Relati...
Learning from The Lord of the Rings
by Abigail E. R... and Patrick James
Based on their successful undergraduate course at the University of Southern California, Abigail E. Ruane and Patrick James provide an introduction to International Relations using J. R. R. Tolkien's fantastically popular trilogy The Lord of the Rings. Because Tolkien's major ...
(2012)
Can we still Achieve the...
From Costs to Policies
by Carlos Sanchez, Christopher ..., Gregory De P..., Jean Philipp..., Jesus Bueren, and Vararat Atis...
This study contributes to the current debate on achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), their relevance and what can be done after 2015, by looking at estimates of the cost of reaching the goals in 2015. In particular, it sizes the additional resources needed in dev...
(2012)
Identification and Quant...
Revised edition, February 2012
This study focuses on the identification and quantification of the proceeds of active bribery in international business transactions. Public and private organisations alike have long recognised that bribery of public officials is harmful to good governance, economic developmen...
(2012)
Gleichgewicht und Spannu...
Abschlussbericht zur 4. Initiative
Die Expertengruppe hat sich mit dem Wandel von Privatheit und Öffentlichkeit beschäftigt, und Phänomene, Szenarien und Denkanstöße entwickelt.
(2011)
#2 Internet Policy Making
Co:llaboratory Discussion Paper Series No.1
Second volume of Multistakeholder Internet Dialog (MIND), edited by Wolfgang Kleinwächter.
(2011)
Wie kann eine Marke in d...
Am Beispiel der VR China
by Jiening Shan
Immer mehr Produkte, die einander sehr ähnlich sind, kämpfen mithilfe der Massenkommunikation, die selber auch unter Inflation leidet, um das knappe Gut – die Aufmerksamkeit der Verbraucher. Diese Tendenz lässt sich auch in China eindeutig beobachten. Die rasante wirtschaftlic...
(2011)
From Right to Reality
Incentives, Labor Markets, and the Challenge of Universal Social Protection in Latin America and the Caribbean
by Helena Ribe, David Robalino, and Ian Walker
This study highlights the interaction between social protection (SP) programs and labor markets in the Latin America region. It presents new evidence on the limited coverage of existing programs and emphasizes the challenges caused by high informality for achieving universal s...
(2012)
The Floor in Congression...
The House and the Senate floors are the only legislative forums where all members of the U.S. Congress participate and each has a vote. Andrew J. Taylor explores why floor power and floor rights in the House are more restricted than in the Senate and how these restrictions aff...
(2012)
The long way back to Eur...
by Bernd Rechel
The protection of minorities in Bulgaria presents a paradox. Although minority protection played a prominent role in the accession of the country to the European Union, hardly any positive minority rights were adopted in post- communist Bulgaria. Apart from the reversal of com...
(2012)
Thomas Clarkson: 'Moral ...
by Helmut Meier
Although he put an immense personal effort in the cause of abolishing the British triangle trade, Thomas Clarkson tends to be overshadowed by his better known fellow-abolitionist William Wilberforce. Unjustly so - while Wilberforce acted as the abolitionist movement’s spokespe...
(2012)
Theoretical and Comparat...
New Directions in Cross-Cultural and Post-Communist Studies
by Taras Kuzio
This volume brings together 15 articles divided into four sections on theoretical and comparative studies, the role of nationalism in transitions to democracy, the application of theory to case studies, and the role played by history and myths in the forging of national identi...
(2012)
Aspects of the Orange Re...
by Taras Kuzio
Post-communist democratic revolutions have, so far, taken place in six countries: Slovakia (1998), Croatia (1999-2000), Serbia (2000), Georgia (2003), Ukraine (2004) and Kyrgyzstan (2005). The seven chapters in this volume situate these events within a theoretical and comparat...
(2012)
Aspects of the Orange Re...
by Ingmar Bredies, Andreas Umland, and Valentin Yak...
The third volume of Aspects of the Orange Revolution complements the essays of the first two collections providing further historical background on, and analytical insight into, the events at Kyiv in late 2004. Its seven contributions by both established and younger specialist...
(2012)
Aspects of the Orange Re...
by Ingmar Bredies, Andreas Umland, and Valentin Yak...
The fourth volume of Aspects of the Orange Revolution continues the previous volume’s discussion on the impact of foreign actors on Ukrainian politics. It provides both scholarly analyses and first-hand accounts. The collection not only investigates, but also gives voice to, s...
(2012)
Aspects of the Orange Re...
by Ingmar Bredies, Andreas Umland, and Valentin Yak...
Reports by international governmental and non-governmental organizations on the 2004 presidential elections in Ukraine constituted a significant factor in generating, facilitating and completing the Orange Revolution. Ukrainian civil society, mass media, courts and political p...
(2012)
Strategisches Management...
by Sonja Witte
Der Einfluss der Europäischen Union bzw. des durch sie gesetzten Rechts auf die deutschen kommunalen Gebietskörperschaften ist mittelbar und unmittelbar von großer Bedeutung. Inzwischen sind mehr als die Hälfte der in den Kommunen anzuwendenden Gesetze und Vorschriften europäi...
(2012)
