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A Review on Energy Consumption from a Socio-Economic Perspective: Reduction through Energy Efficiency and Beyond

Schmidt, Stephan; Weigt, Hannes - 2013

Reducing energy demand and increasing energy efficiency are seen as major elements of the ongoing transformation of energy systems in multiple national and international programs like the EU 20-20-20 targets. Despite the predominately socio-economic nature of energy demand such interdisciplinary...

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The political economy of populism: An introduction

Stankov, Petar - 2021

, political science and sociology. " …

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Regime of Obstruction: How Corporate Power Blocks Energy Democracy

Carroll, William K. (contributor) - 2021

Rapidly rising carbon emissions from the intense development of Western Canada's fossil fuels continue to aggravate the global climate emergency and destabilize democratic structures. The urgency of the situation demands not only scholarly understanding, but effective action. Regime of...

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Policy transformation in Canada: Is the past prologue?

Hughes Tuohy, Carolyn (contributor); … - 2019

the establishment of the modern welfare state, as well as significant growth in the area of cultural diversity, including …

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The New Presence of China in Africa

Dijk, Meine Pieter (contributor) - 2009

This book describes China's growing range of activities in Africa, especially in the sub-Saharan region. The three most important instruments China has at its disposal in Africa are development aid, investments and trade policy. The Chinese government, which believes the Western development aid...

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Decentralisation in Africa: A Pathway out of Poverty and Conflict?

Hartmann, Christof (contributor); … - 2008

Grounded in empirically-based country case studies, this new study provides a sober assessment of what decentralisation can achieve. The current momentum for decentralisation of government in Africa and elsewhere in the developing world is unparalleled, but are the benefits claimed by its...

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Rural Livelihoods, Resources and Coping with Crisis in Indonesia: A Comparative Study

Titus, Milan J. (contributor); … - 2009

Most literature on the economic crisis in indonesia has focused on the negative macro-economic impacts during the "crisis- years" of 1997-99. The case studies presented in this book take a different perspective. With a longitudinal research perspective, this comparative study analyses a wide...

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Kritik und Normativität in der (empirischen) Legitimitätsforschung

Barnickel, Christiane - In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift 62 (2020) 1, pp. 19-43

Der Beitrag nimmt die seit längerer Zeit in der Legitimitätsforschung geführte Debatte um die als zu reduktionistisch empfundene, dichotome Unterscheidung zwischen normativen und empirischen Zugängen zum Ausgangspunkt, um aufzuzeigen, welche unterschiedlichen normativen Dimensionen auch der...

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Political party negotiations, income distribution, and endogenous growth

Chang, Roberto - 1995

This paper examines the determination of the rate of growth in an economy in which two political parties, each representing a different social class, negotiate the magnitude and allocation of taxes. Taxes may increase growth if they finance public services but reduce growth when used to...

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For a political sociology of water resources management

Mollinga, Peter P. - 2008

'political sociology of water resources management'. The framing draws theoretical insights from sociology, development studies …, 1984; Archer, 1995) and the notion of public sociology (Burawoy, 2005a); development studies' understanding of the … studies in this particular way comes from. The section situates the field in relation to development sociology as the …

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