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Defending Europe seeks to clarify the competing ambitions, the contrasting visions and the trans-Atlantic tensions related to the recent quest by Europe for autonomy in the sphere of security and defense. Scholars from both sides of the Atlantic explore the... [ More...]
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For the past three decades, the federal government has targeted the poorest areas of American cities with a succession of antipoverty initiatives, yet these urban neighborhoods continue to decline. According to David Rusk, focusing on programs aimed at... [ More...]
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Regional Governance of Metropolitan America compares and contrasts governance strategies being adopted — or considered — in regions throughout North America. These strategies find their final tests in dealing with issues such as the deep... [ More...]
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This guide provides readers from diverse, nonscientific backgrounds with a working knowledge of how and why exurbanization impacts environmental systems. It includes relevant concepts and processes, and the know-how to apply science to land-use decisions.
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Although debating China's rise and its implications for Asia and beyond has become a cottage industry and much ink has been spilled on whether China is going to be benign or malign power and how other states ought to deal with China, few have bothered to... [ More...]
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Using a rich empirical resource base, this book takes a critical look at recent practices to see whether the new spatial planning is having the kinds of impacts its advocates would wish. Contributing to theoretical debates in planning, state... [ More...]
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Highlighting the urgent problem of land disputes in Africa, this collection of essays also draws attention to the complex root causes of these conflicts and the challenges they present for the governance of both states and markets. Written by authors from... [ More...]
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Reclaiming the Land brings together original investigations of the new generation of rural social movements in Asia, Latin America and Africa. Dispossessed peasants and unemployed workers of diverse political and ideological orientation have used land... [ More...]
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