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De impact van de Europese Unie
beleidsterreinen, strijdpunten en uitdagingen
Artikelen over de invloed van de Europese Unie op uiteenlopende beleidsterreinen.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | 120 pagina's (ePub2, 0,2 MB) | Acco, Leuven | 2010
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Anja Meulenbelt Oorlog als er vrede dreigt
Israël en het 'Palestijnse probleem'
Analyse van het conflict tussen Israël en de Palestijnen, benaderd vanuit Palestijnse optiek.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | 256 pagina's (ePub2, 0,4 MB) | Ambo, Amsterdam | 2010
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Willem Uylenbroek Barack Obama
president van de Verenigde Staten
Schets van leven, werk en achtergrond van Barack Obama, die in 2008 werd gekozen tot de eerste zwarte president van de Verenigde Staten.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | ePub2, 1,5 MB | Carrera, Amsterdam | 2009
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Roy op het Veld De strijd om energie
hoe de groeiende honger naar olie en gas de wereld in een crisis stort
De wereld loopt langzaam maar zeker vast in een sluipende energiecrisis. Door de snelle en aanhoudende economische groei van China en India stijgt de vraag naar energie. Tegelijkertijd ziet het Westen zijn eigen olie- en gasreserves snel teruglopen. Daardoor wordt het steeds afhankelijker van het Midden-Oosten en landen als Rusland en Venezuela. De eens zo dominante oliereuzen als Shell en ExxonMobil verliezen terrein aan staatsenergiemaatschappijen als Saudi Aramco en Gazprom. Zo langzamerhand krijgen...
Non-fictie
Nederlands | 223 pagina's (ePub2, 5 MB) | Business Contact, Amsterdam | 2009
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Jaap Scholten Morgenster
roman in drie delen
Tijdens de afwikkeling van de treinkaping in De Punt in 1977 worden in een ziekenhuis twee jongensbaby's uit een arm en een rijk milieu verwisseld.
Fictie
Nederlands | 260 pagina's (ePub2, 0,2 MB) | Contact, Amsterdam | 2009
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Dick Pels De geest van Pim
het gedachtegoed van een politieke dandy
Inventarisatie en analyse van het gedachtegoed van Pim Fortuyn (1948-2002).
Nederlands | 316 pagina's (ePub2, 1,2 MB) | Anthos, Amsterdam | 2009
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Dick Pels Een zwak voor Nederland
ideeen voor een nieuwe politiek
Pleidooi voor het streven naar een individuele multicultuur in Nederland in plaats van een sterk nationaal bewustzijn.
Nederlands | 253 pagina's (ePub2, 0,4 MB) | Anthos, Amsterdam | 2009
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Sven Biscop This Is Not a New World Order
Europe Rediscovers Geopolitics, from Ukraine to Taiwan
If every event in international politics is a turning point, one can only go and lie down, out of sheer dizziness. In reality, we have been living in the same multipolar world for more than three decades. Europeans are only now again getting used to how such a world of great powers works. In the process, the European Union has rediscovered the importance of geopolitics. Without geopolitical awareness, crafting good strategy is impossible. But not every problem is geopolitical, and strategy covers...
Engels | 101 pagina's (ePub2, 1,2 MB) | Owl press, Edegem | 2024
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Hélène van Beek | Martijn van Rheenen Wards of State
Youth care under lock and key in the Netherlands
Wards of State: In the Netherlands, minors who have been placed under state supervision or have been removed from their home environment at the order of Youth Care are what we call wards of state. Youth care in the Netherlands is a market that is driven by perverse incentives, as this book makes clear. A market where expansion and money take precedence over the welfare of young people. A world in which truth and the best possible care are not of paramount importance. The research concerns the...
Engels | 248 pagina's (ePub2, 3,9 MB) | Nobel Boeken, Baarn | 2023
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Johan Verbeke Diplomatic skills
The Basics
Whether you're negotiating a deal, giving a presentation, or conducting a challenging discussion, diplomatic skills are invaluable. Diplomats are skilled practitioners when it comes to negotiation, public speaking and debating. But these skills aren't exclusive to diplomats, they are essential for professionals across various fields. This book reviews these and other skills in depth, highlighting their universal applicability. Ultimately, we are reminded that we're all diplomats in our own way, influencing...
Engels | 232 pagina's (ePub3, 2,6 MB) | ASP, Brussel | 2022
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Bart de Koning Vriendjespolitiek
Fraude en corruptie in Nederland
In Vriendjespolitiek laat gerenommeerd onderzoeksjournalist Bart de Koning zien dat ons land minder netjes is dan we denken of geloven - tegen beter weten in. Want hoe vaak zijn we er niet getuige van geweest dat Nederland geschokt werd door een affaire? De Koning plaatst de vele Nederlandse affaires van de afgelopen decennia in een breder perspectief en verklaart hoe ze ontstaan en waarom er steeds weer nieuwe affaires opduiken. In Vriendjespolitiek bespreekt hij er tientallen (o.a. Lockheed, Hollandia...
Non-fictie
Engels | 338 pagina's (ePub2, 2,6 MB) | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2018
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Koert Debeuf Tribalization
Why war is coming
War is coming. In 'Tribalization' Koert Debeuf depicts war as an inevitable outcome should the current decreasing of democracy and globalization continue. To describe this worldwide process towards more authoritarian nationalism and fundamentalism The author coins the term tribalization to describe this worldwide process, towards a more authoritarian nationalism and fundamentalism, and reminds his readership of the highly similar 1930s. The election of Donald Trump as president of the United States,...
Engels | 142 pagina's (ePub2, 0,6 MB) | Academic and Scientific Publishers nv, Brussel | 2018
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Elusive Russia
current developments in Russian state identity and institutional reform under President Putin
Since President Putin came to power, Russia's domestic political process underwent continuous changes. Up till now it remains unclear whether Russia is on the road towards becoming a fullfledged democracy or if it is diverting from this path. Elusive Russia brings together the views of four leading Russia experts on Russian state identity and institutional reform. Marie Mendras, Luke March, Irina Busygina and Andrei Zakharov share their original approaches on some key components of today's russian...
Non-fictie
Engels | 90 pagina's (1 MB) | Universitaire Pers Leuven, Leuven | 2017
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Realist biography and European policy
an innovative approach to European policy studies
The method of biographical story-telling applied to newly emerging fields of research. Realist Biography and European Policy is the first concerted attempt to integrate the separate strands of (critical) realism as a developed philosophy for social science with biographical narrative methods as a concrete methodological approach. The main goal is to demonstrate that the combination of critical realism and biographical methods is not only possible, but it is exceptionally well suited for the exploration...
Non-fictie
Engels | 228 pagina's (2,9 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017
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Tomislav Kezharovski Annihilation / Likvidacija
censorship in Macedonia
The Macedonian authorities use very heavy-handed methods to crush criticism and investigations into political corruption. Free expression is under increasing threat. More than half of Macedonia’s citizens are scared to openly express their opinions. Journalists are pushed into self-censorship fearing that telephones and emails are monitored. The case known as ‘Likvidacija’, Macedonian for ‘Annihilation’ gives a breathtaking example of power abuse as on May 2013 the investigating journalist Tomislav...
Non-fictie
Engels | 128 pagina's (ePub2, 1,7 MB) | Fosfor, Amsterdam | 2015
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Bui Thanh Hieu Speaking in silence
censorship in Vietnam
In the holiday paradise Vietnam, social media are allowed only to provide and exchange personal information. Bloggers and cyberdissidents who dare to question the government’s legitimacy or domestic policies are ruthlessly suppressed. Political blogger Bui Thanh Hieu (1972) nevertheless uses the Internet to criticize politically hot topics, such as Vietnam’s territorial claims within China as well as its handling of land disputes with the Catholic Church. In response to this, Hieu was arrested, his...
Non-fictie
Engels | 57 pagina's (ePub2, 1,6 MB) | Fosfor, Amsterdam | 2015
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Dina Meza Kidnapped
censorship in Honduras
Freedom of expression in Honduras has been kidnapped. Those who are afraid of the truth attempt to imprison it in the depths of the earth. Kidnapped seeks to expose the problems for freedom of expression in journalism and literature in Honduras, the forms of censorship that have been introduced to conceal the truth, but also the creativity of Hondurans who refuse to be defeated in the face of this oppressive system. Kidnapped describes how the Honduran state, responsible for protecting this right,...
Non-fictie
Engels | 72 pagina's (ePub2, 1,6 MB) | Fosfor, Amsterdam | 2015
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Bisrat Woldemichael Handiso Genocide of thought
censorship in Ethiopia
Bisrat Woldemichael Handiso (1983) is an Ethiopian journalist who worked as an editor for different local newspapers. He was one of the founders of the Ethiopian Journalists Forum (EJF), an independent association made up of largely young journalists who advocate for greater press freedom in his country. In this function he ran trainig workshops and discussions on press freedom, visited journalist in prison and hospital and facilitated medical assistance for them. EJF was accused of being an illegal...
Non-fictie
Engels | 58 pagina's (ePub2, 1,5 MB) | Fosfor, Amsterdam | 2015
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Sofie Sun Drugs for the mind
censorship in China
In the eyes of the Chinese authorities books are too often Drugs for the Mind. Sofie Sun (1986) chose this remarkable description as the title of her investigation into censorship and literature in the People's Republic of China. She interviewed representatives of three groups of authors who each have their own view about censorship: writers with no official status living and working in the People’s Republic of China, writers in exile, and those who are members of the Chinese Writers Association....
Non-fictie
Engels | 104 pagina's (ePub2, 1,7 MB) | Fosfor, Amsterdam | 2015
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Dmitry Rogozin The Hawks of Peace. Notes of the Russian Ambassador
The Hawks of Peace. Notes of Russian Ambassador is a unique analytical edition where Russian Deputy Premier Dmitry Rogozin shares his notes on personalities and events that shaped the history of post-Communist Russia, believing that without those it would be impossible to understand the past and envisage the future of his country
Engels | ePub2, 1,7 MB | Glagoslav Publications Limited, London | 2013
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Politiek en overheid