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Information and communications technology development, interorganizational networks, and public sector corruption in Africa
Studying Information and Communications Technology (ICT) development is increasingly difficult because most advanced countries converge to similar...
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Effects of Being-in
This chapter lays the ground for a general morpho-material analysis of the sonic environment. Based on Gilbert Simondon’s critique of substantialism...
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Spatial-Cycle Model Phases and Differential Urbanization of Cities in the Era of National Population Decline: Japanese Cities 1980–2015
This chapter reports on the transitions in the urban structure of 109 cities in Japan based on the constituent municipal population of their...
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Hierarchical and Stratified Centralization: The Historical Context of Multilevel Environmental Governance in France
Historically, France has been a relatively centralized country, a tradition going back centuries. Despite political decentralization since the 1980s...
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Challenging practical features of Bitcoin by the main altcoins
We study the fundamental differences that separate: Litecoin; Bitcoin Gold; Bitcoin Cash; Ethereum; and Zcash from Bitcoin, and draw some analysis to...
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Understanding ICT’s impacts on urban spaces: a qualitative content analysis of literature
Since the 1980s, a considerable amount of research has dealt with the spatial impacts of services and devices related to Information and...
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The influence of Chinese foreign policy think tanks on China’s EU policy: a comparative analysis of CIIS and SIIS
Pushed by structural transformations of geopolitics and world economy, China had to adjust its policy toward the European Union (EU) continuously...
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Amplified Surrounds
In this chapter, I explore the ambient basis underlying the technological staging of amplified listening environments in the twentieth and...
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World Environment Day: Understanding Environmental Programs Impact on Society Using Twitter Data Mining
Environmental sustainability awareness has encouraged the promotion of a number of environmental programs and initiatives and, accordingly, the use...
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Understanding the role of capacity building in performance improvement of land management in Iran
Access to land for meeting biological and residential needs plays a vital role in daily lives of peoples worldwide. This access must be specific,...
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„Weil es oft Buskinder sind“ – kulturelle Teilhabe und Jugendarbeit in peripher(isiert)en ländlichen Regionen im Spannungsfeld differenter Regionalisierungsstrategien
Sensitized to peripheralisation and spatial theory, this article focuses on the question of how cultural education work for young people is generated...
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The case for increased centralization in integration governance: the neglected perspective
Local autonomy is a highly promoted feature in European governance, and the integration field is no exception. In the integration literature, values...
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The Development of Fiscal Decentralization and Its Impact on Economic Growth
The development of the fiscal decentralization approach, which initially only focused on the efficiency of local governments’ supply of public goods,...
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A case study of decentralization reform in a Chinese university
Chinese universities are undergoing a decentralization reform that academic schools take the responsibility for its own running. Under the framework...
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Does Service Category Matter for Cross-Sectoral Collaboration?
Scholarly literature on cross-sectoral collaboration is rich, but incomplete as most studies tend to overlook nuances across different service...
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Harnessing the stream: algorithmic imaginary and co** strategies for live-streaming e-commerce entrepreneurs on Douyin
When an algorithm is embedded into the platform economy as a digital infrastructure, it affects the visibility of information, the distribution of...
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Neoliberal State Capitalism in China: Integration Without Opening
Over the past three decades, the wave of globalization has engulfed the entire world and China is no exception. As China became “the world’s factory”...
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Environmental and Surrounding Sounds
This chapter introduces a basic distinction between environmental and surrounding sound. Ambient effects of surroundability and centralization not...
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Political informality, state transition and Belt and Road Initiative: the case of Turkey’s logistics sector
Regional integration changes domestic decision-making structures, relations among social forces, and power distribution in different ways. China...
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Introduction
The chapter introduces the analytical model used throughout the book. It is based on the premise that current centre-periphery power relations can be...