This book stresses that autocratic rulers seek to defend themselves against democracy promotion by the West, rather than trying to spread their non-democratic regime type. The chapters originally publ
This book examines the linkage strategies that South European radical left parties address to civil society in comparative perspective. Its aim is to contribute to the debate on the changing role of p
It starts with an 'oops' a 'look out'and a 'crash'then in walks Father Giant with his quivering moustache.... When Father Giant's favourite china elephant is smashed, he wants to know who the culprit
From the authors of the international bestseller Yes! This travel-sized handbook will become your go-to key for ensuring that the world says 'yes' to you, your ideas and your requests. We all want to
This book explores how recently coherent and institutionalized spaces of communication and dialogue between Moscow and Brussels have fragmented into relations that, while certainly not cooperative, ar
This book covers the development of radio-wave tomography methods as a means of remote non-destructive testing, diagnostics of the internal structure of semi-transparent media, and reconstruction of t
Michael Paul Rogin’s scholarship profoundly altered the scope, content, and disposition of political theory. This book focuses on three categories of substantive innovation within his work: demonology
The book explores developments in the condition monitoring and diagnostic of induction motors using electrical signature analysis. It presents noninvasive on-line condition monitoring system in detect
These contributions discuss town planning issues, look at best practices and research findings across the broad spectrum of urban and transport planning, with particular attention to the safety of ped
Learn how to make your dog as happy as they make you. Recognise the motivations behind dog behaviours and learn to train your dog for a happy household all round.
Glorious, sophisticated, and refined works of art produced in ancient Nubia, drawn from one of the richest museum collections in the world and presented in their cultural contexts. Ancient Nubia wa
This volume presents and interrogates both theoretical and artistic expressions of the revolutionary, militant spirit associated with '1968' and the aftermath, in the specific context of gender.
This book asks whether and how Europe matters in the fight against poverty and social exclusion by assessing the emergence and possible institutionalization of a European multi-level, multi-stakeholde
This volume analyses and historicises the memory of 1968 (understood as a marker of an emerging will for social change around the turn of that decade, rather than as a particular calendar year), focus
Western concepts and approaches to IR remain insufficient in explaining what happens globally. Aydinli and Biltekin propose a new form of theorizing, which effectively blends peripheral outlooks
This book aims to contribute to debates about the concept of ‘quality peace’, and provides an analytical framework to show how this concept can be used to evaluate post-confli
High spatial remote sensing data have been often used as valuable sources of information throughout emergency management cycle. Information extracted in high spatial remote sensing data right after a
Making innovative products for energy generation that decreases carbon footprints are the need of the hour. Innovations in Engineered Porous Materials for Energy Generation and Storage Applications de
Rainer Maria Rilke once wrote, "We dont know the contour of a feeling; we only know what molds it from without." Inspired by the enigmatic shape of emotion, Ursula von Rydingsvard has become famous fo
At the age of nineteen, a young Luc Tuymans saw for the very first time the work of El Greco on a visit to the Szépmvészeti Múzeum in Budapest, an event that sparked his imagination and prompted him
This follow-up volume updates the arguments and significantly expands the coverage of Richardson et al.’s respected and seminal Policy Styles in Western Europe (1982) which shed valuable lig
This Third Edition thoroughly covers the basic principles of corrosion science a reader-friendly manner, and enlarges the scope of the content with expanded chapters on processes for various metals an
This book covers the theory and technology of optical wireless communication systems. It includes optical sources, transmitters, detectors, receivers, and other devices used in optical wireless commun
The second book in the groundbreaking new series from two bestselling writers that teaches you about the world through football. This book is packed with awesome true stories, real science and fascina
From the publisher that invented data-driven college rankings comes U.S. News’ Best Business Schools 2019 guidebook, a comprehensive guide to undergraduate, graduate, and online business education. In
The narrower range of concrete and steel material strengths permitted in Eurocode 4, alongside the enhanced ductility and buckling resistance of SRC columns, creates a need for an analysis that g
This companion volume to Design of High Strength Steel Reinforced Concrete Columns provides a large number of worked examples for the design of high-strength steel reinforced concrete structures.
This book moves beyond legal compliance in European Union (EU) implementation research to shed light on the diversity of responses to EU policy, practical implementation patterns, and mechanisms
Dictatorships attempt to justify their rule in numerous ways. This book is about how they do so and why it matters. The chapters were originally published in a special issue of Contemporary Politics.
Secrecy is alluring! Already early anthropologists showed great interest in secret knowledge and secret societies, and, in the age of Wikileaks and the ongoing Internet privacy debate, the issue is st
Secrecy is alluring! Already early anthropologists showed great interest in secret knowledge and secret societies, and, in the age of Wikileaks and the ongoing Internet privacy debate, the issue is st
This connects basic earthquake engineering principles with practical structural design. It includes recent developments of RC structures and nonlinear analysis, structural intervention prior or post-e
The latest edition includes new topics on quasistatics, vector spherical wave functions, and wave matrices. Several application-oriented sections covering guided waves and transmission lines, particle
This book looks at the worlding of the Global South in the process of assembling conflict resolution expertise. Anna Leander, Ole Waever and their contributors pursue this ambition by following t
This book looks at the worlding of the Global South in the process of assembling conflict resolution expertise. Anna Leander, Ole Waever and their contributors pursue this ambition by following t
This volume sheds new light on the wave of protests and emerging social movements of Southeast Europe. Placing individual protests in a wider context it highlights connections between different social
