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The authors deal with the place of parliamentary politics in democracy. Apparently a truism, parliam... more

This volume offers a unique reflection on the historic and contemporary influence of the New Approac... more

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This book contributes to debates in positive democratic theory about accountability and representati... more

This books studies market reforms in eight key Latin American countries, aiming to shed light on the... more

An international group of specialists from the fields of law, politics, economics, and philosophy ad... more

An international group of specialists from the fields of law, politics, economics, and philosophy ad... more

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Covers a variety of small-scale fisheries issues in different contexts, from Islands to the continen... more

The first English-language book focused exclusively on South America’s largest tropical dry forest O... more

This volume presents the new critical research originated from a long history of poverty, marginalis... more

The social and cultural changes of the last century have transformed death from an everyday fact to ... more

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Government communication is a curiously neglected area of discursive analysis. No considered examina... more

Government communication is a curiously neglected area of discursive analysis. No considered examina... more

Organising waste in the city takes a broad and international approach to the ways in which the issue... more

This next volume in our established series proposes to systematically review the basic science and c... more

In today’s developed world, much of what people believe about religious toleration has evolved from ... more

The early modern theories of religious toleration that were so influential on our own ways of thinki... more

The objective of this special issue is to illustrate some of the theoretical, methodological and pra... more

Optimization problems are of great importance across a broad range of fields. They can be tackled, f... more

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Hybrid Metaheuri... more

Frank Plumpton Ramsey (1903-1930), Cambridge mathematician and philosopher, was one of the most bril... more

Un poderoso manifiesto a favor del espa ol. Esta obra tiene sustancia de aventura, y sus voces no so... more

The construction of high-speed railways includes a wide variety of aspects, ranging from safety to n... more

The dynamic behaviour of bridges strongly affects the infrastructure system of high-speed railways, ... more

Conservation in protected areas has focused on preserving biodiversity of ecosystems and species, wh... more

Contributes to debates in positive democratic theory about accountability and representation. It bri... more

List of Tables List of Figures Notes on Contributors List of Abbreviations Introduction to the Regio... more