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Télécharger le livre :  Private Ratings, Public Regulations
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Private Ratings, Public Regulations


A. Kruck


Credit rating agencies play a powerful and contentious role in the governance of global financial markets. Introducing an original framework for delegating political authority to private actors, this book explains common trends in the regulatory use of private ratings...

Parution : 2011-05-11
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Télécharger le livre :  Transaction Costs and Security Institutions
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Transaction Costs and Security Institutions


M. Weiss


Examines international cooperation in European security from a transaction cost economics perspective. This book addresses the puzzle of how to approach differing institutional preferences. It argues that the reduction and limitation of transaction costs was the primary...

Parution : 2011-04-12
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Télécharger le livre :  Higher Education Policies in Central and Eastern Europe
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Higher Education Policies in Central and Eastern Europe


M. Dobbins


A political science perspective on higher education reform in Central and Eastern Europe. Examines the impact of historical institutions and transnational networking on institutions of higher education and assesses whether Poland, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and...

Parution : 2011-03-28
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Télécharger le livre :  The State and Healthcare
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The State and Healthcare


Collectif


Describes developments in healthcare systems over nearly four decades. Combining cross-sectional studies on healthcare financing, provision and policy values with in-depth country studies of Britain, Germany and the USA, this volume is a thorough examination of the...

Parution : 2010-09-17
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Télécharger le livre :  Children's Rights in International Politics
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Children's Rights in International Politics


A. Holzscheiter


Provides insights into a lively field of international human rights politics – the protection of children and their rights – by looking at the negotiations leading to the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Parution : 2010-07-07
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Télécharger le livre :  Transformation of Education Policy
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Transformation of Education Policy


K. Martens , A. Nagel , A. Weymann , M. Windzio


Transformation of Education Policy deals with internalization processes in education policy and their impact on national policy making. It investigates national responses to the PISA study for secondary education and the Bologna study for tertiary education.

Parution : 2010-04-09
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Télécharger le livre :  International Organizations and Lifelong Learning
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International Organizations and Lifelong Learning


A. Jakobi


In recent years lifelong learning has become one of the most prominent education policy goals. This book shows how international organizations have promoted this idea and disseminated the need for it to countries all over the world. As a consequence of their activity,...

Parution : 2009-10-09
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Télécharger le livre :  Transnational Public Governance
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Transnational Public Governance


M. Warning


This book explores the work of transnational bureaucracy networks. These networks address global issues by creating rules – transnational public law – to be incorporated into national legal orders. As classical means fail to legitimize such activities, this book gives a...

Parution : 2009-08-13
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Télécharger le livre :  The Political Economy of International Tax Governance
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The Political Economy of International Tax Governance


T. Rixen


Covering the period from the 1920s, when international tax policy was solely about avoiding double taxation, to the present era of international tax competition, Rixen investigates the fate of 'the power to tax' in an era of globalization, illustrating that tax...

Parution : 2008-11-03
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Télécharger le livre :  Transnationalization of Public Spheres
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Transnationalization of Public Spheres


Collectif


This book takes a fresh look at a widely debated question in international relations and political communication research: How can public discourses contribute to democratic governance beyond the nation state? The book combines quantitative and qualitative analyses of...

Parution : 2008-07-10
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Télécharger le livre :  Global Governance in Accounting
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Global Governance in Accounting


P. Volmer , J. Werner , J. Zimmermann


This book takes a look at the world of accounting and examines business's relationship with the state. It compares the accounting regulations in Germany, the UK and the US to provide evidence that privatization and convergence must be used with caution, at least in the...

Parution : 2008-05-29
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Télécharger le livre :  Radical Welfare State Retrenchment
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Radical Welfare State Retrenchment


P. Starke


This book confronts one of the most fiercely contested issues in current political debates: how is welfare state retrenchment possible in modern democracies despite the welfare state's continuing popular appeal? Starke offers an international comparative analysis of...

Parution : 2007-12-07
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Télécharger le livre :  Civil Society Participation in European and Global Governance
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Civil Society Participation in European and Global Governance


C. Kissling , P. Nanz , J. Steffek


It is often argued that the enhanced consultation of civil society contributes to the democratization of European and global governance. This collection investigates whether this theoretical argument is supported by empirical evidence. Ten original essays analyze...

Parution : 2007-12-04
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Télécharger le livre :  Transforming the Golden-Age Nation State
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Transforming the Golden-Age Nation State


A. Hurrelmann , S. Leibfried , K. Martens , P. Mayer


This collection examines the transformation of the modern Western state in an age of accelerated globalization. Arguing that the state experienced a 'golden age' in the 1960s and 1970s, the contributors explore how and why this configuration of the state is under...

Parution : 2007-10-31
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Télécharger le livre :  Legitimacy in an Age of Global Politics
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Legitimacy in an Age of Global Politics


A. Hurrelmann , S. Schneider , J. Steffek


In spite of the lack of plausible alternatives to liberal democracy, the age of globalization has ushered in serious challenges to the democratic legitimacy of the nation state. The contributors in this collection explore the frontiers of normative and empirical...

Parution : 2007-10-11
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