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  • Global Phenomena and Social Sciences

    An Interdisciplinary and Comparative Approach

    Edited by Ulrike Mayrhofer, Sophie Harnay, Jean-Sylvestre Bergé, Lionel Obadia ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book offers new perspectives on global phenomena that play a major role in today’s society and deeply shape the actions of individuals, organizations and nations. In a complex and rapidly changing environment, decision-makers need to gain a better understanding of global phenomena to adapt and to anticipate the evolution of the global context. The authors—ten renowned international scholars ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • New Religious Movements in Modern Asian History

    Sociocultural Alternatives

    by Lauren Dover, Catharine Dada, Lionel Obadia, Christopher Hartney, Emma Leverton, Jiro Sawai, Leonardo Sacco, Petra Tlcimuková, David W. Kim, Fabio Scialpi1, Nikolas Broy2 ...
    Series series Ethnographies of Religion
    This book provides evidence that the emergence of Asian new religious movements (NRMs) was predominantly the result of anti-colonial ideology from local religious groups or individuals. The contributors argue that when traditional religions were powerless to maintain their cultural heritage, the leadership of NRMs adduced alternative principles, and the new teachings of each NRM attracted the ... Read more

    $49.99 CAD

  • Religious Encounters in Transcultural Society

    Collision, Alteration, and Transmission

    by David William Kim, Daniel S. H. Ahn, Kevin N. Cawley, Joshua Esler, Stephen D. Glazier, Farooq Hassan, Midori Horiuchi, Sooyoun Kim, Pauline C. H. Kollontai, Milad Milani0, Lionel Obadia1, Mortaza Shams2 ...
    Series series Ethnographies of Religion
    This volume focuses on the various phenomena of religious encounters in a transcultural society where religion or religious traditions play a significant role in a multi-cultural concept. Religious Encounters in Transcultural Society is divided into three parts: Islamic encounters with regional religions, East Asian religious encounters, and alternative religious encounters. This book evokes the ... Read more

    $136.99 CAD

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  • Global Public Procurement Theories and Practices

    Edited by Khi V. Thai ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book discusses current theories and practices in the field of public procurement. Over the past few decades, public procurement has had to evolve conceptually and organizationally in the face of unrelenting budget constraints, government downsizing, public demand for increased transparency in public procurement, as well as greater concerns about efficiency, fairness and equity. Procurement ... Read more

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  • Women in Governing Institutions in South Asia

    Parliament, Civil Service and Local Government

    Edited by Nizam Ahmed ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This edited volume examines policies aimed at increasing the representation of women in governing institutions in six South Asian countries. Divided into three parts, it addresses the implications of uniformity and diversity for the substantive representation of women in parliament, civil service and local government. The contributing authors explore the scope and limits of ‘positive ... Read more

    $154.99 CAD

  • Public Policies in Shared Societies

    A Comparative Approach

    by M. Fitzduff ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Communities throughout the world are increasingly diverse in their racial, ethnic and religious make up. Using examples drawn from over 50 countries in a variety of fields from economics to education, this book explores how governmental, economic and social institutions are adapting their policies to create more cohesive and peaceful societies. ... Read more

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  • Knowledge Actors and Transnational Governance

    The Private-Public Policy Nexus in the Global Agora

    by D. Stone ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Diane Stone addresses the network alliances or partnerships of international organisations with knowledge organisations and networks. Moving beyond more common studies of industrial public-private partnerships, she addresses how, and why, international organisations and global policy actors need to incorporate ideas, expertise and scientific opinion into their 'global programmes'. Rather than ... Read more

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  • Alternative Dispute Resolution in European Administrative Law

    Edited by Dacian C. Dragos, Bogdana Neamtu ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book examines the role, the general framework and the empirical effectiveness of the main alternative dispute resolution tools (administrative appeals, mediation, and ombudsman) in administrative matters, within the broader context of the administrative justice system. The book uses approaches from the fields of law, public administration, public policy and political science to assess the ... Read more

    $218.99 CAD

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    Debating a Concept, Improving the Practice

    by M. Acuto, W. Steele ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The contributors illustrate what twin analytical and practical challenges emerge from juxtaposing cultural, economic, historical, postcolonial, virtual, architectural, literary, security and political stances to the concept of the 'global city'. ... Read more

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  • European Competition Policy and Globalization

    by Chad Damro, Terrence Guay ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
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  • Public Policy in the 'Asian Century'

    Concepts, Cases and Futures

    Edited by Sara Bice, Avery Poole, Helen Sullivan ...
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