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Italian-Canadian Narratives Of Return - Analysing Cultural Translation In Diasporic Writing

de Michela Baldo

74,34€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This book examines the concept of translation as a return to origins and as restitution of lost narratives, and is based on the idea of diaspora as a term that depicts the longing to return home and the imaginary reconstructions and reconstitutions of home by migrants and translators.
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Welfare State Transformations And Inequality In Oecd Countries

81,10€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 The authors argue that while the market has been the major cause of increasing net inequalities, the trend towards supply orientation in most social policy fields has further contributed to social inequality.
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Eu Asylum Policies - The Power Of Strong Regulating States

de Natascha Zaun

135,18€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This book fills a significant lacuna in our understanding of the refugee crisis by analyzing the dynamics that lie behind fifteen years of asylum policies in the European Union.
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Capitalism And Its Legitimacy In Times Of Crisis

131,84€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Examining legitimation discourse in four OECD countries (Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States) between 1998 and 2011, the contributions to the volume use different text-analytical methods to bring out the ideas that underpin affirmative and critical media discourse on the capitalist regime.
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Hegemonies Of Legitimation - Discourse Dynamics In The European Commission

de Dominika Biegon

105,34€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 The legitimacy of the European Union is a much studied and highly contested subject. Starting from the premise that legitimacy is discursively constructed, the book engages in a fine-grained analysis of legitimacy discourses in the European Commission since the early 1970s.
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Welfare State Transformations And Inequality In Oecd Countries

79,49€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 The authors argue that while the market has been the major cause of increasing net inequalities, the trend towards supply orientation in most social policy fields has further contributed to social inequality.
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Eu Asylum Policies - The Power Of Strong Regulating States

de Natascha Zaun

131,84€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This book fills a significant lacuna in our understanding of the refugee crisis by analyzing the dynamics that lie behind fifteen years of asylum policies in the European Union.
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Eu Asylum Policies - The Power Of Strong Regulating States

de Natascha Zaun

135,18€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

portes grátis

 This book fills a significant lacuna in our understanding of the refugee crisis by analyzing the dynamics that lie behind fifteen years of asylum policies in the European Union.
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Capitalism And Its Legitimacy In Times Of Crisis

135,18€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

portes grátis

 Examining legitimation discourse in four OECD countries (Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States) between 1998 and 2011, the contributions to the volume use different text-analytical methods to bring out the ideas that underpin affirmative and critical media discourse on the capitalist regime.
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Soft Governance, International Organizations And Education Policy Convergence - Comparing Pisa And The Bologna And Copenhagen Processes

de Tonia Bieber

59,61€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This book examines the extent to which international organizations have shaped reforms in education and training in federalist countries with regards to policy convergence. From a political science perspective, three major initiatives are analyzed: the OECDâ€™s PISA study, the European Bologna process and the European Unionâ€™s Copenhagen process.
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Internationalization Of Education Policy - A New Constellation Of Statehood In Education?

de Kerstin Martens e Philipp Knodel

118,59€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This book investigates and discusses the phenomenon of internationalization of education policy and its consequences for national policymaking processes. By comparing educational outcomes and actors' reactions in different countries, it provides detailed insights into a highly contested policy field.
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Liberal States And The Freedom Of Movement - Selective Borders, Unequal Mobility

de Christof Roos, H. Brabandt, L. Laube e Steffen Mau

59,61€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 State borders regulate cross-border mobility and determine peoples' chances to travel, work, and study across the globe. This book looks at how global mobility is defined by borders in 2011 in comparison to the 1970s. The authors trace the transformation of OECD-state borders in recent decades and show how borders have become ever more selective.
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Legitimacy In An Age Of Global Politics

59,61€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 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 legitimacy research, drawing upon a range of key conceptual and methodological issues.
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Transforming The Golden-Age Nation State

59,61€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 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 pressure in the 21st century.
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Global Governance In Accounting - Rebalancing Public Power And Private Commitment

de J. Werner, J. Zimmermann e P. Volmer

59,61€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 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 world of accounting.
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Political Economy Of International Tax Governance

de T. Rixen

59,61€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 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 sovereignty is both shaped and constrained by an international tax regime.
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New Regulatory State - Regulating Pensions In Germany And The Uk

59,61€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Explores the role of governments in creating and regulating private pensions in the UK and Germany since the 1980s. Private pensions have given rise to a new regulatory state in this area. The contributing authors compare pension regulation and utility regulation, while others analyse the regulatory role of the EU.
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Private Ratings, Public Regulations - Credit Rating Agencies And Global Financial Governance

de A. Kruck

59,61€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 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 for public purposes and analyzes regulatory changes after the Financial Crisis.
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Transaction Costs And Security Institutions - Unravelling The Esdp

de M. Weiss

59,61€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 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 determinant of security preferences.
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Higher Education Policies In Central And Eastern Europe - Convergence Towards A Common Model?

de M. Dobbins

59,61€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 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 Romania are converging towards a common model of market-based governance.
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State And Healthcare - Comparing Oecd Countries

de Achim Schmid, C. Wendt, H. Rothgang, Lorraine Frisina, M. Cacace e Simone Grimmeisen

59,61€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 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 convergence toward hybrid forms of healthcare systems.
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Radical Welfare State Retrenchment - A Comparative Analysis

de P. Starke

59,61€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 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 welfare state retrenchment and an in-depth examination of its radical deployments.
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Children'S Rights In International Politics - The Transformative Power Of Discourse

de A. Holzscheiter

118,59€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 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.
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Transformation Of Education Policy

59,61€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 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.
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