Heute leugnet kaum noch jemand, dass sich der Sozialstaat in einer tiefen Krise befindet, aber ist es tatsächlich die Krise des Sozialstaates, oder wird dieser nur zum Hauptleidtragenden einer Entwicklung, deren Ursachen ganz woanders liegen?
The past decade has been a period of excessive fiuctuation fluctuation in the distribution and exerciseof exercise of power power in in Jordan, Jordan, and and the the land land and and the the people people have have passed passed through through some some of the most agonizing moments of their history.
Now in its fourth edition, this highly regarded and critically acclaimed textbook offers an authoritative introduction to international political economy.
This book questions the common understanding of party political behaviour, explaining some of the sharp differences in political behaviour through a focused case study-drawing systematically on primary and archival research-of the Australian Labor Party's political and policy directions during select periods in which it was out of office at the federal level: from 1967-72, 1975-83, and 1996-2001.
From North Korea's recent attacks on Sony to perpetual news reports of successful hackings and criminal theft, cyber conflict has emerged as a major topic of public concern.
This book presents a theory of information justice that subsumes the question of control and relates it to other issues that influence just social outcomes.
In this volume, twelve experts on Latin American politics investigate the ways in which the interaction between legislative institutions and the policy positions of key actors affects the initiation and passage of legislation, covering seven Latin American Countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay.
Twenty years after its fall, the wall that divided Berlin and Germany presents a conceptual paradox: on one hand, Germans have sought to erase it completely; on the other, it haunts the imagination in complex and often surprising ways
Accompanying the oft-noted globalisation of international relations, there is an equally significant trend towards 'localisation' as a range of subnational constituencies and the authorities that represent them respond to externally-generated pressures on the one hand, and seek to exploit enhanced opportunities to operate in the international arena on the other.
Die Aufgeregtheit des Publikums angesichts jedes neuen Krieges steht in deutlichem Kontrast zur geringen systematischen Beachtung, die dem Militär gewidmet wird.
The first volume to offer a comprehensive scholarly treatment of Rand s entire corpus (including her novels, her philosophical essays, and her analysis of the events of her times), this Companion provides vital orientation and context for scholars and educated readers grappling with a controversial and understudied thinker whose enduring influence on American (and world) culture is increasingly recognized.
The author thoroughly describes and analyzes the most significant systems methodologies-`organizations as systems,' hard, soft, cybernetic, and critical-and demonstrates the complementary strengths of different systems approaches.
Was wusste, was dachte die Staatssicherheit wirklich über das Leben in der DDR - und welches Bild suggerierte sie Minister Erich Mielke und der obersten Staats- und SED-Führung?
This expert analysis looks at what the increasing economic and political prominence of China and other Asian nations means to the West and the rest of the world.
Wo etablierte Akteure aus Markt, Staat und auch Zivilgesellschaft an ihre Grenzen zu stoßen scheinen, gewinnen Sozialunternehmen dadurch, dass sie soziale und ökologische Probleme auf oft unkonventionelle, innovative Weise angehen.
In this new kind of introduction to ethical theory, Daniel Munoz and Sarah Stroud present 50 of the field's most exciting puzzles, paradoxes, and thought experiments.