Elaborating a new approach to the comparative political economy of banking, Financial Democracy presents evidence of both the recent return to traditional bank management and the resurgence of alternative banks with social and public policy missions.
Covering Sadat, Mubarak, and the post revolution periods, this book presents a contemporary intellectual history of the Egyptian secular left in politics since 1970.
This pioneering book offers fresh insights into the photographic work of the American artist Frederick Sommer, whose long career spanned the 20th century.
This book examines the UK's enduring 'permacrisis'-austerity policies, Brexit, climate change, inflation, and the rising cost of living-through the lens of the policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic as part of a policy continuum.
China in Later Enlightenment Political Thought examines the ideas of China in the works of mid- to late-eighteenth century European Enlightenment political thinkers.
In this compelling narrative, discover how Christianity-particularly through Puritanism-shaped the foundations of modern Western democracy, only to see its influence dramatically transformed by the forces of secularization.
Covering Sadat, Mubarak, and the post revolution periods, this book presents a contemporary intellectual history of the Egyptian secular left in politics since 1970.
Este libro analiza las interconexiones cronologicas y enfatiza acerca de la continuidad entre los anos veinte, los treinta, los anos de la propia guerra y el periodo de posguerra, extendiendose hasta sucesos como la reunificacion de Alemania.
This book focuses on the inherent contradiction between bureaucracy, hierarchy, and the vision inspired by the architecture of modern information technology of a more egalitarian culture in public organizations.
The books in this series aim to be provide a forum for sharing ideas, concepts and results of research and practice in the field of public management, and to stimulate critical thinking about alternative approaches to problem solving and decision making in the public sector.
The chapters in this volume reflect the impact that teachers have on their students when "e;they stand in front of the classroom"e; and the effect their performance have on children such as teachers gender, preparation, certification, knowledge, beliefs, cognitive style, creativity, accountability, and other actions on the part of the teachers.
Klare Haltung in der internationalen Krise: Deutschlands neue Rolle in der WeltpolitikDie USA sorgen fur unsere Sicherheit, China fur unsere Exporteinnahmen und Russland fur unsere Energie so lautete lange Jahre die unausgesprochene Annahme aller deutschen Au enpolitik.
This book is intended to give readers detailed information and perspectives on the reform of financial management reform practices in a variety of national settings around the world.
Eine neue Erklarung fur das Erstarken von Populismus und VerschworungsideologienWer verstehen mochte, warum Vertrauen immer wichtiger, aber Misstrauen immer wahrscheinlicher wird und welche Folgen umfassende Vertrauenskrisen fur die Gesellschaft haben, muss dieses Buch lesen.
This book is the fifth in a series on research and theory dedicated to advancing our understanding of schools through empirical study and theoretical analysis.
This study on cross cultural perspectives in child advocacy deals with various topics, including support for children's issues, the factors that influence reporting of suspected child abuse and child advocacy's application to education professionals.
A new framework for analyzing global power dynamics and the neglected role of small statesIn the decades since the Cold War, international relations scholarship has predominantly examined global power dynamics through the lens of great powersnamely, the United Statesand rising powers such as China.
Der Band analysiert die deutsche Ukraine-Politik aus drei zentralen Perspektiven: der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit, der Außenpolitik und der Sicherheitspolitik.
Der Band analysiert die deutsche Ukraine-Politik aus drei zentralen Perspektiven: der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit, der Außenpolitik und der Sicherheitspolitik.
This book uncovers the controversies around the suspended prison sentence, its main aims and features, and the role that it occupies within the wider criminal justice context.
El presente libro, escrito a seis manos y producto de investigaciones adelantadas en diversos momentos por sus autores, tiene como proposito estudiar estos tipos de gobierno presentes en America del Sur desde finales de la decada de los 50 hasta los anos 70, empleando tres agrupaciones: 1) democracias restringidas, que recoge los casos de Colombia y Venezuela, en paralelo, y Uruguay con su caracterizacion diferenciada, 2) democracia en Chile, en la perspectiva triunfante de la Unidad Popular, y 3) las dictaduras del Cono Sur, con enfasis en Argentina y Chile.
America Latina existe en el mundo, pero el mundo tambien esta dentro de America Latina, no es un lugar aparte, separado de lo que llamamos la globalizacion.
