This volume describes African cities in transition, and the economic, socio-political, and environmental challenges resulting from rapid post-colonial urbanization.
Die empirische Studie geht der Frage nach, auf welche Resonanz, Akzeptanz und Dissonanz das Gender Mainstreaming-Konzept in der Hochschul- und Wissenschaftspraxis stößt.
All human relationships are not created equal; attachments between close associates ('friends'), compatriots ('citizens'), and humans ('strangers') vary greatly in terms of their character and importance.
This book explores the meaning of 'influence', which has played a central role in the formation of the canon, or tradition, of Western political thought.
Conventional wisdom holds that the US Army in Vietnam, thrust into an unconventional war where occupying terrain was a meaningless measure of success, depended on body counts as its sole measure of military progress.
This book is about the ways in which modern enlightenment, rather than liberating humanity from tyranny, has subjected us to new servitude imposed by systems of mass manipulation, electronic vigilance, compulsive consumerism, and the horrors of a seemingly unending global war on terror.
This book examines a basic problem in critical approaches to political and social inquiry: in what way is social inquiry animated by a practical intent?
On 26 August 1974, Michel Foucault completed work on Discipline and Punish, and on that very same day began writing the first volume of The History of Sexuality.
The past two decades have witnessed an intensifying rise of populist movements globally, and their impact has been felt in both more and less developed countries.
This book traces the emergence of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) from 1955 to 1963 amid the broader reshaping of the institutional architecture of post-war Europe.
Since the 2008 financial crisis, the neoliberal ideas that arguably caused the damage have been triumphant in presenting themselves as the only possible solution for it.
In our current era of deep distrust in our politics and political institutions, there is also a pervasive sense that social problems are so overwhelmingly complex that it is virtually impossible to solve them.
Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.
Martin Michael Lang leistet einen theoretischen Beitrag zum Verständnis der bürgerlichen Demokratie Brasiliens und der Ableitung struktureller Forderungen zur Stabilität des politischen Systems.
European Welfare Production is of interest to researchers in quality of life research, economists and political scientists interested in welfare regimes and comparative social welfare research, and administrators in social planning and social work.
Die »Zeitenwende« und ihre AuswirkungenAufgrund des zeitnahen vollständigen Verkaufs der Vorauflage haben sich Autor und Verlag auch mit Blick auf die dramatischen weltpolitischen Entwicklungen für eine Neuauflage dieses Klassikers entschieden.
A survey of the political economy of James Buchanan seeking to explain his theories in detail and evaluate them in depth, covering topics such as the constitution and its failure, democracy, operational rules for the constitution and economics.
In 1973, Hillary Rodham Clinton famously stated that "e;children's rights"e; is a slogan in search of a definition, used to bolster various arguments for peace and for specific rights, but without any coherent conception of children as political beings.
This book is the author's response to the initial wave of democracy euphoria in South-East Europe, and the obvious regress of it after the "e;last catch"e; accession of Bulgaria and Romania (2007) into the European Union family.
Psychoanalysis, Society, and the Inner World explores ideas from psychoanalysis that can be valuable in understanding social processes and institutions and in particular, how psychoanalytic ideas and methods can help us understand the nature and roots of social and political conflict in the contemporary world.
While many scholars agree that Clausewitz's On War is frequently misunderstood, almost none have explored his methodology to see whether it might enhance our understanding of his concepts.
