Publications
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European Socialist Regimes' Fateful Engagement with the West
(2021)
This edited volume analyses European socialist countries’ strategy of engagement with the West and the European Economic Community in the long 1970s. The book focuses on a time when the socialist regimes of Central and ...
Chapter 1 The long reach of coloniality
(2020)
"This book explores the challenge of dismantling colonial schooling and how entangled power relations of the past have lingered in post-apartheid South Africa.
It examines ‘on the ground’ history of colonialism from ...
Chapter 2 The Evolution of Cities and Suburbs
(2019)
Urban Politics blends the most insightful classic and current political science and related literature with current issues in urban affairs. The book’s integrative theme is ‘power,’ demonstrating that the study of urban ...
The Dynamics of Right-Wing Extremism within German Society
(2022)
The Dynamics of Right-Wing Extremism within German Society explores the prevalence of right-wing extremist attitudes in Germany. The book provides a thorough psychosocial and sociological theory of general authoritarian ...
Social Enterprise in Central and Eastern Europe
(2021)
In the last two decades, the quest for a widely accepted definition of social enterprise has been a central issue in a great number of publications. The main objective of the ICSEM Project (on which this book is based) was ...
Geo-Politics in Northeast Asia
(2023)
Geo-Politics in Northeast Asia focuses on the dynamics of Northeast Asia as a region. The chapters in this book offer a nuanced approach for understanding the geo-politics of this strategically critical area of the world. ...
Chapter 1 Introduction
(2015)
Will Arctic states cooperate in the development of Arctic petroleum resources? This is what they declare, but the barriers to the cooperative development of
Arctic petroleum resources are intensifying and the future is unclear.
Chapter 2 SHAPING ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATES TO DEVELOP AND LEVERAGE WORKFORCE NEURODIVERSITY
(2022)
Chapter 2 explores how organizations can bolster their workplace inclusion in ways that consider the natural variation in human neurocognitive functioning to provide altered workplace environments that leverage the strengths ...
Reconciliation, Nations and Churches in Latin America
(2006)
This book examines the recent phenomenon in Latin America of national Truth and Reconciliation commissions. Few studies have examined the role of Churches or religion in political processes that proclaim valued theological ...
Augustine and the Art of Ruling in the Carolingian Imperial Period (Open Access)
(2019)
This volume is an investigation of how Augustine was received in the Carolingian period, and the elements of his thought which had an impact on Carolingian ideas of ‘state’, rulership and ethics. It focuses on Alcuin of ...
Democracy and Media in Europe
(2025)
Democracy and Media in Europe: A Discursive-Material Approach is a theoretical reflection on the intersection of democracy and media through a constructionist lens. This focus allows us to understand current political ...
Life Skills and Adolescent Mental Health
(2023)
Can school teach us to master life? This book confronts what the author sees as an ongoing trend in many Western democracies where citizens are increasingly being held accountable for their health and happiness.
The ...
Chapter Conclusion Managing for Quality
(2021)
Terminological consistency and accuracy are key indicators of institutional translation quality and a condition for semantic univocity and certainty with regard to legal terms translated at international organizations. ...
Human Rights in Business
(2017)
The capacity to abuse, or in general affect the enjoyment of human, labour and environmental rights has risen with the increased social and economic power
that multinational companies wield in the global economy. At the ...
Advancing IoT Platforms Interoperability
(2018)
The IoT European Platforms Initiative (IoT-EPI) projects are addressing the topic of Internet of Things and Platforms for Connected Smart Objects and aim to deliver an IoT extended into a web of platforms for connected ...
Bitcoin and Beyond
(2017-11-15)
This volume brings scholars of anthropology, economics, Science and Technology Studies, and sociology together with global political economy scholars in assessing the actual implications posed by Bitcoin and blockchains ...
Realist Evaluation
(2025)
Realist Evaluation: Principles and Practice offers a comprehensive exploration of contemporary realist evaluation, showcasing how skilled practitioners navigate diverse fieldwork contexts.
Authored by experts spanning ...
Balancing Privacy and Free Speech
(2015)
In an age of smartphones, Facebook and YouTube, privacy may seem to be a norm of the past. This book addresses ethical and legal questions that arise when media technologies are used to give individuals unwanted attention. ...
Chapter 5 The unknown institution
(2022)
Deciphering the European Investment Bank: History, Politics and Economics examines the European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Union’s financial institution and the largest lender and borrower among the International ...
Chapter 6 Norwegian–Russian political relations and Barents oil and gas developments
(2015)
The Arctic region contains large amounts of natural resources considered necessary to sustain global economic growth, so it is unsurprising that it is increasingly susceptible to political, economic, environmental, and ...