The first report in a new flagship series, WIPO Technology Trends, aims to shed light on the trends in innovation in artificial intelligence since the field first developed in the 1950s.

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The Global Innovation Index ranks the innovation performance of 128 countries and economies around the world, based on 82 indicators. This edition explores the impact of innovation-oriented policies on economic growth and development.

Incorporating a range of experiments in ten different countries, this book provides the first comprehensive analysis of participatory budgeting in Europe and the effect it has had on democracy, the modernization of local government, social ...

Yet, as Paul Krugman points out in this powerful volley, "Nations rich in resources, talent, and knowledge—all the ingredients for prosperity and a decent standard of living for all—remain in a state of intense pain.

This book surveys the Ukrainian-EU relationship in light of the legacies of more than two hundred years of direct Russian rule.

The Rise of Free Trade Imperialism seeks to uncover some of the intellectual origins of the imperialism of the classic period, the sources from which later theories of imperialism were constructed, and the character of the ideology which ...

European and American experts systematically compare U.S. and EU strategies to promote democracy around the world – from the Middle East and the Mediterranean, to Latin America, the former Soviet bloc, and Southeast Asia.

After the Second World War, with much of Europe in ruins, the victorious Winston Churchill swore to build a peace across Europe that would last a generation.

These are the questions that an international group of scholars explores and answers in this groundbreaking book, drawing on the history of political thought, continental philosophy, and contemporary political examples.

In addition, the formation of religious communities, their construction of identity, and their relation to society and the wider public are key issues of this series.

This book focuses directly on the reign of Charlemagne, bringing together a wide range of perspectives and sources with contributions from fifteen of the top scholars of early medieval Europe.

Support for this book and the conference on which it is based was provided by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation “Click Download on the top right corner for your free copy..."

This book shows that, through research into the pragmatic behaviour of non-native speakers of English from across Europe, it is possible to uncover the core-the shared strategies.

This book explores the democratic methods by which political communities make their basic law, and the dangers associated with constitution-making.

This book seeks to provide a critical introduction to the under-theorized concept of Glocalization.

This book meets the needs of those participating in the new 'National Award for SEN Co-ordination' programme. It evaluates, analyses and critiques the practice of the SENCO role at an academic level suitable to the award.

A panoramic view of life in the ancient Nile valley examines the activities, lifestyle, and culture of each stratum of Egyptian society from pharaoh to slave

This book focuses on how the changing technology and economics of the mass media in post-industrial society will influence public communication.

Nelsen and Guth contend that religion, or "confessional culture, " plays a powerful role in shaping European ideas about politics, attitudes toward European integration, and national and continental identities in its leaders and citizens.

In the Middle Ages nothing that happened was ever regarded as absolutely new; each development was seen as a renewal of a former state of things.

The OECD Digital Economy Outlook examines and documents the evolutions and emerging opportunities and challenges in the digital economy.

This volume examines the record of Latin American adjustment efforts and assesses the challenges that lie ahead.

This book introduces recent developments in both theoretical and empirical analyses of local public economics. Theories of those economics as well as empirical analyses have been developed dramatically in various directions in recent years.

Paperno focuses on Russia of the 1860s–1880s, when suicide was at the center of public attention.

This new paper edition of The Art of Problem Solving is perhaps the best example of Ackoff in action.

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" -- BNET "This book is a must-read for leaders of companies in the developed world who want to get into the globality act and stay in it.

"Economic reform is interpreted by government as approving the present economic system, which is neither a centrally planned economy nor a market economy.

This thought-provoking book addresses the legal questions raised by areas of limited statehood, in which the State lacks the ability to exercise the full depth of its governmental authority.

An array of internationally noted scholars examines the process of democratization in southern Europe and Latin America.

This is also one of the very few books that scientifically unpacks identity, and the impact of economic transformation on South Africa’s local Chinese community.

What it means to be parents and children has changed dramatically. This book shows how the nurturance of family has increasingly become a willful, radical idea in an era of pervasive technology.

This report examines the resource interlinkages and potential trade-offs in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It shows how and why the SDGs need to be pursued together, as a whole, if sustainable development is to be achieved.

Attached to a geographical region with constantly shifting boundaries, the group considers EUtROPEs as the cultural codes that endow Europe with the many meanings that it has held for different actors at different times.

This is a refreshingly original analysis of human rights, past and present, which sets out major new terms of reference for political debate, it will become a standard text in the human rights field.

This book explains everything you need to know-picking the right wood pellet flavors, maximizing the potential of your smoker-grill, and mastering cold-smoke and slow-roast techniques.

This book focus on national identity as the root of the crisis through Russia's long-term refusal to view Ukrainians as a separate people and an unwillingness to recognise the sovereignty and borders of independent Ukraine.

The reader covers key aspects of the most complex issues of genocide studies vis-à-vis the definition of genocide, theories of genocide, the prevention and intervention of genocide, and the denial of genocide.

It will also provide heads and senior staff food for thought and inspiration for the future. Numerous illustrations and case studies will help readers relate the text to their own experience.

Food security is one of this century's key global challenges.