Regionala och lokal självstyrelse

Ett interkulturellt perspektiv handlar om att skapa förutsättningar för en kultur av demokratiska, inkluderande möten. En kommunal organisation behöver verka för detta på flera sätt. Dels genom ett medvetet fokus på bemötande och mellanmänskliga r...

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This deeply researched and copiously referenced work on the vital subject of the rise of the modern state and its paradoxical transformation via ‘democracy’ into an increasingly totalitarian structure working at the behest of an oligar...

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This book is open access under a CC-BY license. The multiple purposes of nature livelihood for communities, revenues for states, commodities for companies, and biodiversity for conservationists have turned environmental governance in Latin America...

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Drygt 97 procent av Sveriges kommuner har krav på nedskärningar i förskola, grundskola och gymnasiet i år. Kommuner beskriver i budgetar hur skolsegregationen ökar i takt med att allt fler elever börjar i friskolor. I en kommun nära Stockholm har ...

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Orädda städer handlar om en av vår tids mest spännande nya medborgarrörelser - den globala municipalismen. Boken beskriver hur rörelsen arbetar för att feminisera politiken, stoppa extremhögerns framfart och bygga en verkligt deltagande demokrati ...

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This open access book engages with the concept of reproductive justice by exploring case studies of struggles around abortion in the context of rising anti-genderism, religious fundamentalism, and ethno-nationalism. Based on rich qualitative data ...

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Winner of the Lord Aberdare Literary Prize for 2018 Even before Tito's Communist Party established control over the war-ravaged territories which became socialist Yugoslavia, his partisan forces were using football as a revolutionary tool. In...

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How do armed revolts against existing governments end? What compels rebels to lay down their arms and put revolution aside? And what happens then? Drawing on her years-long research amidst Maoist rebels in India, Rumela Sen outlines the successful...

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The death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022 was a moment of profound shock and grief for the nation. She had been a steadfast presence for seventy years but now, suddenly, the future of the monarchy rested on the shoulders of her son, then a...

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To this day, Japan's modern ascendancy challenges many assumptions about world history, particularly theories regarding the rise of the west and why the modern world looks the way it does. In this engaging new history, Brett L. Walker tackles key ...

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Why do some democratic governments succeed and others fail? In a book that has received attention from policymakers and civic activists in America and around the world, Robert Putnam and his collaborators offer empirical evidence for the importanc...

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Once upon a time, a group of libertarians got together and hatched the Free Town Project, a plan to take over an American town and completely eliminate its government. In 2004, Grafton, NH, a barely populated settlement with one paved road, turned...

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När den här berättelsen börjar 2011 är Skellefteå en plats som länge präglats av stagnation och tappad framtidstro. Precis när kommunen ska dra i gång ett ambitiöst förnyelsearbete drabbas invånarna av en parasit i dricksvattnet som gör tusentals ...

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Författaren har varit fritidspolitiker i såväl kommun, landsting som region. 1994 blev han landstingsråd i Skaraborg. Han deltog i processen vid bildandet av Västra Götalandsregionen. När regionens bildades 1999 valdes han till regionfullmäktiges ...

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Since the first elections of 1994, the South African constitution officially guarantees and promotes a wide range of political and civil rights and institutionalizes the separation of powers with an independent judiciary. This has made South Afric...

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This book provides comprehensive information about various types of gender-based violence (GBV) and abuse. GBV is a major public health and social problem that affects people, mostly women and girls, in every community, culture, and country. GBV r...

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Förtroendevald - känn på det ordet en stund och njut. Att vara vald för att man har människors förtroende är något att vara stolt över. Det är en position som ger möjligheter och som förpliktar. Även om du aldrig får glömma bort vem du är och vad ...

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A deft combination of adventure, history, reportage and elegy.Washington Post A journey to the coast of North Sentinel Island, home to a tribe believed to be the most isolated human community on earth. The Sentinelese people want to be left alone ...

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A lively, idiosyncratic, witty look at the heart of our political process by a man who has crossed over from observer to activist, to become one of our newest members of parliament. Boris Johnson, celebrated for his blonde thatch of hair as well a...

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WINNER OF THE MILES FRANKLIN AWARD 2020An exquisitely written, heartbreaking and hopeful novel of culture, language, tradition, suffering and empowerment 'A groundbreaking novel for black and white Australia' Richard Flanagan, Man Booker Prize win...

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A vividly written and timely polemic tackling the burning injustices shaping British society today.'Intelligently written and powerfully argued.' Paul Mason'Witty, scathing, and entertaining.' Danny DorlingJournalist Sam Bright is a Northerner liv...

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A vividly written and timely polemic tackling the burning injustices shaping British society today.?Intelligently written and powerfully argued.? Paul Mason?Witty, scathing, and entertaining.? Danny DorlingJournalist Sam Bright is a Northerner liv...

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A vividly written and timely polemic tackling the burning injustices shaping British society today. Intelligently written and powerfully argued. Paul Mason Witty, scathing, and entertaining. Danny Dorling Journalist Sam Bright is a Northerner livi...

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An intimate, insightful portrait of an extraordinarily private leader WALTER ISAACSON From the bestselling author of Enemies of the People An intimate and deeply researched account of the extraordinary rise and political brilliance of the most pow...

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'An intimate, insightful portrait of an extraordinarily private leader' WALTER ISAACSONFrom the bestselling author of Enemies of the PeopleAn intimate and deeply researched account of the extraordinary rise and political brilliance of the most pow...

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?An intimate, insightful portrait of an extraordinarily private leader? WALTER ISAACSONFrom the bestselling author of Enemies of the PeopleAn intimate and deeply researched account of the extraordinary rise and political brilliance of the most pow...

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The definitive history of coronations and the Royal Family, from acclaimed writer Roy Strong. What is the finest sight in the world? A Coronation. What do people talk most about? A Coronation. What is delightful to have passed? A Coronation. Horac...

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From young princess to internationally revered head of state, Queen Elizabeth has always fascinated and intrigued. This fully updated second edition celebrates and remembers the glorious reign of Britains longest-serving and much cherished monarch...

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From young princess to internationally revered head of state, Queen Elizabeth has always fascinated and intrigued. This fully updated second edition celebrates and remembers the glorious reign of Britain's longest-serving and much cherished monarc...

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The definitive history of coronations and the Royal Family, from acclaimed writer Roy Strong.'What is the finest sight in the world? A Coronation.What do people talk most about? A Coronation.What is delightful to have passed? A Coronation.'Horace ...

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