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Introduction
The international image of Sweden has changed during the last decade. Rather than being viewed as model nation, with few social problems and a strong...
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The Election in Context
This chapter looks at the election and its aftermath from a historical and comparative perspective. It considers electoral turbulence in general as...
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The Tiresome Debate about Germany’s Role in the World: From Overcoming Division to the New German Question
From Russia to the refugee crisis, from the eurozone crisis to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), from Brexit to Trump—in a...
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Introduction
Crises impact communities throughout the world, causing destruction, disruptions of normal activity, and uncertainty. This volume explores the...
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Collecting Stories
This chapter details the rationale for this edited collection, Navigating Fieldwork in the Social Sciences: Stories of Danger, Risk and Reward. It...
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Introduction
When crises occur, citizens, media, and policymakers alike expect government to respond to and take a leading role in recovery. Given the scale and...
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What Is Foreign Policy Analysis?
What is a policy and when does a policy become foreign? This introductory chapter defines foreign policy analysis (FPA). At the crossroads between...
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Social Exclusion
The term “social exclusion” is broader than “poverty,” and in addition to a lack of material resources encompasses concepts such as low social and...
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Introduction
The Introduction notes some caveats. The historical section examines ten episodes from 1900 to 2000, chosen to illustrate the book’s key themes and...
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Future Memory: Preserving Diverse Voices from and About China in a Time of Unification of Thought
This chapter describes the efforts of the Digital Archive of Chinese Studies (DACHS) to counter government censorship in contemporary China and the...
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Conclusion
This body of fiction raises further ethical questions about the nature of justice. Post-1970s detective fiction’s revival of torture as a means of...
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Chapter 8: Gunnar Myrdal on Social Vulnerability
This chapter discusses the work of Gunnar Myrdal, the Swedish economist who was as one of the founders of the Swedish welfare state. His work centres...
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Europe’s Money and Culture Before 1914
The prominent social and economic roles played by money in the modern world and our distinctive modern culture are products of many historical...
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The Power of Money How Ideas about Money Shaped the Modern World
Innovation in money is just as important as innovation in any other sphere of activity; money is always a “work in progress.” In fact, history shows...
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Behaviour and impact ‘on the ground’
A book on the subject of money laundering would not be complete without consideration of the impact of the AML framework on those that are subject to...
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Die hybride Form der Kommunikation in den sozialen Medien
Wie wir im letzten Kapitel erfahren haben, geht die dialogische Kommunikation zurück, die aber gerade für stabile menschliche Beziehungen und für die...
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The Common Links in Our Journey
Among all the living species, humans are the only ones who observe the world and ask questions about how and why. The ability to seek patterns from...
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Western Intellectuality Against Science
In 2011, the President of the United States, Barack Obama, together with the country’s leading business leaders, launched the STEM—Science,...
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Introduction
Let’s first talk about what this book is about, and what it does not aim to be. The book indeed stands on the shoulder of not only giants, but of all...
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Introduction: Relationships Between Islamophobia and Radicalization
While the themes of radicalization and Islamophobia have been broadly addressed by academia, to date there has been little investigation of the...