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Vote Buying in Indonesia : The Mechanics of Electoral Bribery
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book investigates the impact of vote buying on the accountability of democratic institutions and policy representation in newly democratic countries, with a focus on Indonesia. In doing so, the book presents a wide-ranging study of the dynamics of vote buying in Indonesia’s young democracy, exploring the nature, extent, determinants, ta…
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- 11
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- 9789811367793
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- vi, 318 p , : ill
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- 364.1324 BUR v
A samaritan state revisited : historical perspectives on canadian foreign aid
Canada’s foreign aid programs are an area of ongoing interest, yet there is little knowledge of Canada’s 70-year aid history, the historic forces that have shaped Canadian aid policy, and the many complex factors that affect Canada’s future foreign aid policy. A Samaritan State Revisited brings together a refreshing group of emerging and leading scholars to reflect on the history of Canad…
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- 9781773850412
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- 377p. : ill
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- 338.917101724 GRE s
Knlowledge and Civil Society
This open access book focuses on the role of civil society in the creation, dissemination, and interpretation of knowledge in geographical contexts. It offers original, interdisciplinary and counterintuitive perspectives on civil society. The book includes reflections on civil and uncivil society, the role of civil society as a change agent, and on civil society perspectives of undone science. …
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- 9783030711474
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- 317p. : ill
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- 320.05 KNL k
Nanoscale photonic imaging
This open access book, edited and authored by a team of world-leading researchers, provides a broad overview of advanced photonic methods for nanoscale visualization, as well as describing a range of fascinating in-depth studies. Introductory chapters cover the most relevant physics and basic methods that young researchers need to master in order to work effectively in the field of nanoscale ph…
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- 9783030344122
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- xxii, 634p : ill.
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- 621.365 NAN n
Feeling Threatened : Muslim-Christian Relations in Indonesia's New Order
Muslim-Christian relations were an important element of the social and political dynamics of Indonesia and an ever-sensitive subject of government policy during the New Order period (1966-1998). Tense relations and mutual suspicions between Indonesia's Muslim majority and its significant Christian minority were reflected in Christian fear of Muslim efforts to turn the country into an Islamic st…
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- 9789053569382
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- 428. : ill
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- 9789053569382
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- 261.27 MUJ f
Changing gender norms in Islam between reason and revelation
Women‘s movements in Islamic countries have had a long and arduous journey in their quest for the realization of human rights and genuine equality. The author examines whether discriminatory laws against women do in fact originate from Islam and, ultimately, if there is any interpretation of Islam compatible with gender equality. She investigates women’s rights in Iran since the 1979 Revolu…
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- 9783863882983
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- 247p
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- 305.48697 MAR c
Physics and literature : concepts - transfer - aestheticization
Physics and Literature is a unique collaboration between physicists and literary scholars, the first book to explore together the relations between both fields in depth. Contributors analyze central aspects of literary and scientific thought and representation, and the forms of exchange between them. They clarify how narrative, fiction, metaphor and language interact with models, experiment, me…
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- 9783110481112
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- vii, 415p.
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- 800 PHY p
Europe from below
In this book, Tuuli Lähdesmäki, Katja Mäkinen, Viktorija L. A. Čeginskas, and Sigrid Kaasik-Krogerus scrutinize how people who participate in cultural initiatives funded and governed by the European Union understand the idea of Europe. The book focuses on three cultural initiatives: the European Capital of Culture, the European Heritage Label, and a European Citizen Campus project funded th…
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- 9789004449800
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- xvi; 235 pg; ill.
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- 306.094 EUR
Particle physics reference library : volume 1:t and experiments
This first open access volume of the handbook series contains articles on the standard model of particle physics, both from the theoretical and experimental perspective. It also covers related topics, such as heavy-ion physics, neutrino physics and searches for new physics beyond the standard model. A joint CERN-Springer initiative, the “Particle Physics Reference Library” provides revis…
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- 9783030382070
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- ix; 631 PG; ill.
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- 539.72 SCH s
Collaborative technologies and data science in artificial intelligence applic…
In September 2020, researchers from Armenia, Chile, Germany and Japan met at the American University of Armenia for a virtual conference to discuss technologies with applications in smart cities, data science and information theory approaches for intelligent systems, technical challenges for intelligent environments, smart human centered computing, artificial neural networks, and deep learning.…
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- 9783832551414
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- vii, 190p.; ill.
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- 006.3 COL c
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