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Nuclear weapons law : where are we now?
This book examines the law relating to the possession, threat or use of nuclear weapons. By addressing in logical sequence the law regarding sovereignty, the threat or use of force, the conduct of nuclear hostilities, neutrality, weapons law and war crimes, the book illustrates the topics that an effective national command, control and communications system for nuclear weapons must address. Gui…
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- 4
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- 9781009052634
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- vi; 238p; ill.
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- 341.734 NUC W
The tenacity of the couple-norm : intimate citizenship regimes in a changing …
The Tenacity of the Couple-Norm explores the ongoing strength and insidious grip of couple-normativity across changing landscapes of law, policy and everyday life in four contrasting national contexts: the UK, Bulgaria, Norway and Portugal. By investigating how the couple-norm is lived and experienced, how it has changed over time, and how it varies between places and social groups, this boo…
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- 13
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- 9781787358898
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- ix, 307p.; ill.
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- 306.7094 TEN r
Migrants' rights, populism, and legal resilience in Europe
Bringing together scholars of migration and constitutional law, this volume analyses the problematic relationship between the rise of populism, restrictions of migrants' rights and democratic decay in Europe. By offering both constructive and critical accounts, it creates a nuanced debate on the possibilities for and limitations of legal resilience against populist erosion of migrants' rights. …
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- 4
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- 9781009040396
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- xiv; 394p, ill.
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- 342.4082 MIG V
Experiments with body agent architecture. The 586-year-old Spiritello in Il R…
Experiments with Body Agent Architecture puts forward the notion of body agents: non-ideal, animate and highly specific figures integrated with design to enact particular notions of embodied subjectivity in architecture. Body agents present opportunities for architects to increase imaginative and empathic qualities in their designs, particularly amidst a posthuman condition. Beginning with n…
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- 9781800081703
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- xxix, 262 p. ill;
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- 720.103 EXP A
Recovering From a Disaster; A study of The Relief And Reconstruction Process …
On 26 December 2004 at 6.58 hours (Sri Lanka Time), a massive earthquake with its epicentre outside the coast of Sumatra generated a series of gigantic waves, tsunamis. At 8.35 hours the waves reached the eastern and southern coastline of Sri Lanka, crushing hundreds of villages and towns, killing and maiming tens of thousands of people within seconds. When the waves pulled back, and the ocean …
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Research Methodologies and Ethical Challenges in Digital Migration Studies
This OA book investigates the methodological and ethical dilemmas involved when working with digital technologies and large-scale datasets in relation to ethnographic studies of digital migration practices and trajectories. Digital technologies reshape not only every phase of the migration process itself (by providing new ways to access, to share and preserve relevant information) but also the …
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- 16
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- 9783030812263
- Collation
- xvi; 262p; ill.
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- 304.8 RES M
Higher Education in Romania: Overcoming Challenges and Embracing Opportunities
This open access book includes a series of relevant policy research articles, elaborared in the framework of the “Quality in higher education: internationalisation and databases to enhance the Romanian education system” project, implemented by the Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI), together with the Ministry of Education. The proj…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030944964
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- VIII, 274 p ; ill
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- 378.498 HIG A
Sustainable mobility for island destinations
This open access book presents the findings of the CIVITAS DESTINATIONS project regarding the link between mobility and tourism in urban areas and the complications tourist destinations face in becoming more sustainable. It integrates the tourist mobility needs and the associated fluctuation impacts in the design of mobility solutions in order to enforce the accessibility, attractiveness, effic…
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- 13
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- 9783030737153
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- ix; 147p; ill.
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- 388.4 SUS T
Introduction to Migration Studies : An Interactive Guide to the Literatures …
This open access textbook provides an introduction to theories, concepts and methodological approaches concerning various facets of migration and migration-related diversities. It starts with an introduction to migration studies and continues with an introductory reading of migration drivers, migration infrastructures, migration flows, and several transversal topics such as gender and migration…
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- -
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- 9783030923778
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- ix, 500 p.
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- 304.8 INT P
Energy Transition and Energy Democracy in East Asia
This is an open access book. The subject of this book is to provide down-to-earth information on what kind of actions are being taken by the Government, Local community, Businesses, Researchers, NGOs on the energy transition in this region. It gives an updated picture of the energy transition in the East Asian countries, where the economic growth, as well as CO2 emission growth, is significant…
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- -
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- 9789811902802
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- ix, 117 p.
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- 333.7 ENE J
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