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  • A Future for the European Patchwork

    Cohesion through Spatial Planning since 1990

    The issue of cohesion and the policies associated with it are concerns not only for supranational entities such as the EU, but also for nation states and regions alike. Traditional instruments for promoting cohesion include symbolic, economic and social policies. However, given the contemporary tensions at both the international and domestic levels, attempts to create or maintain ›cohesion‹ are so ... Read more

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  • A New Beginning?

    Spatial Planning and Research in Europe between 1945 and 1975

    Raumplanung versucht, die Zustände in einer Gesellschaft über die Ordnung ihres Raumes zu verbessern. Dieser Band befasst sich mit ihrer Geschichte zwischen 1945 und 1975, vor allem in ausgewählten Ländern Westeuropas. Damals waren die Folgen zweier Weltkriege zu bewältigen; zudem war der Weg in eine bessere Zukunft zu ebnen, hin zu Sozialstaat, Demokratie und europäischer Einigung. Doch die ... Read more

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  • Media, Politics and Environment

    Analyzing Experiences from Europe and Asia

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Environmental protection has not equally established itself as a permanent fixture in the political systems of all countries: to date, governments and entire societies have responded to environmental challenges in a variety of ways, and concrete environmental policy is still a highly national matter. Moreover, the perception of environmental problems varies considerably on a global scale. The ... Read more

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    Communities, Conservation, and the State in Community-Based Forest Management

    Community-based forest management (CBFM) is a model of forest management in which a community takes part in decision making and implementation, and monitoring of activities affecting the natural resources around them. CBFM provides a framework for a community members to secure access to the products and services that flow from the landscape in which they live and has become an essential component ... Read more

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  • Africa’s Struggle for Its Art

    History of a Postcolonial Defeat

    Translated by Susanne Meyer-Abich ...
    A major new history of how African nations, starting in the 1960s, sought to reclaim the art looted by Western colonial powersFor decades, African nations have fought for the return of countless works of art stolen during the colonial era and placed in Western museums. In Africa’s Struggle for Its Art, Bénédicte Savoy brings to light this largely unknown but deeply important history. One of the ... Read more

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    Edited by Nicky Pouw, Isa Baud ...
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    Evolving Conceptual and Policy Challenges

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    This open access book explores the conceptual challenges posed by the presence of migrants with irregular immigration status in Europe and the evolving policy responses at European, national and municipal level. It addresses the conceptual and policy issues raised, post-entry, by this particular section of the migrant population. Drawing on evidence from different parts of Europe, the book takes ... Read more

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    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
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    by Byron Miller ...
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