wired - History & Theory 13

Das Buch liefert eine erste umfassende Analyse der komplexen Wechselwirkungen des Wählerverhaltens und der Parteistrategien im deutschen Mischwahlsystem. Nach einer ausführlichen Einführung in die r……続きを見る

Klaus von Beyme forschte und lehrte im Zeitalter der Konfrontationen und Umbrüche: Der Kalte Krieg, die Studentenrevolte 1968/69, die Spaltung des politikwissenschaftlichen Fachverbandes 1983 und de……続きを見る

Does fair political representation for historically disadvantaged groups require their presence in legislative bodies? The intuition that women are best represented by women, and African-Americans b……続きを見る

In "The Genuine Book of Nullification," Francis Wilkinson Pickens delves into the contentious political philosophy of nullification, asserting that states possess the right to invalidate federal law……続きを見る

In "A Jewish State," Theodor Herzl articulates an impassioned vision for the establishment of a sovereign nation for the Jewish people, born from the pervasive anti-Semitism of late 19th-century Eur……続きを見る

In "Auto-Emancipation," Judah Leib Pinsker presents a seminal work in the landscape of Jewish national consciousness, articulating a stirring call for self-determination among Jews in the late 19th ……続きを見る

This book uses affect theory to analyze the rise of right-wing populism in recent years and discusses the pedagogical implications for democratic education. It provides examples of how affect and em……続きを見る

Left of the Dial features interviews by musical journalist, folklorist, educator, and musician David Ensminger with leading figures of the punk underground: Ian MacKaye (Minor Threat/Fugazi), Jello ……続きを見る

As a pervasive occurrence in the contemporary world, wars and their economic sources are defining social and political processes in a variety of national and transnational contexts. Rebel Economies:……続きを見る

Das Buch thematisiert den aus der Besiedlungs-, vor allem der Cowboy-Ära hergeleiteten Westernmythos in den USA, der über Generationen hinweg von den populärsten Medien jeder Epoche wiederholt wird.……続きを見る

Building on the work of economic historian Douglass North and Ugandan political scholar Mahmood Mamdani, Friedman argues that the difficulties besetting South African democracy are legacies of the p……続きを見る

‘Detailed and impeccably researched. Eye-opening' GUARDIAN ‘Punchy and well-reported. Sommer is the perfect person to tell this story' NEW YORK TIMES How did a conspiracy theory reshape global polit……続きを見る

Recent years have seen the Israeli state become ever more extreme in its treatment of Palestinians, manifested both in legislation stripping Palestinians of their rights and in the escalating scale ……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1984, brings together three essays written by specialists in German history of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries whose important work is little known to English-s……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1949, analyses the thread of Christian anti-authority thought that runs through protests and revolts from the first days of Christianity to modern times. It examines so……続きを見る

Police killings of unarmed Black people have ignited a national and international response unlike any in decades. But differing from their civil rights-oriented predecessors, today’s activists do no……続きを見る

Die Reflexion der Begriffe Macht und Herrschaft ist Sache der Soziologie und weist doch über die Soziologie hinaus: Sie zählt zu den Angelegenheiten, die, nach dem klassischen Begriff, als rei publi……続きを見る

It seems like most of what we read about the academic social sciences in the mainstream media is negative. The field is facing mounting criticism, as canonical studies fail to replicate, questionabl……続きを見る

All of us feel the presence of freedom in how we conceptualize, interact with, and accept or reject our political and economic institutions. But what is it? Where did this value come from? How shoul……続きを見る

This book intends to analyze Reinhold Niebuhr's understanding of the state in his Christian Realism. Although his overall notion was thoroughly analyzed in different disciplines and respects, this s……続きを見る

“The Israeli Century is one of the most important books of our generation, emphasizing how Israel is becoming the center of the Jewish People’s existence and is laying the solid foundations for its ……続きを見る

Der „Nationalsozialistische Untergrund“ (NSU) ermordete bis zu seiner Selbstaufdeckung 2011 zehn Menschen und verletzte zahlreiche weitere. Zwischen 1999 und 2011 verübte die Gruppe zehn Mordanschlä……続きを見る

Trotz der mitunter eingreifenden Gegenwart von Polizei und Verwaltung im Leben und Alltag der Menschen fehlt es in der Bundesrepublik aktuell an einer Ethik der öffentlichen Verwaltung - anders als ……続きを見る

A Câmara e o (des)governo municipal: administração e civilidade no Brasil Imperial (Recife, 1829-1849), apresenta uma pesquisa sobre a história da Câmara e do governo municipal no Brasil, consideran……続きを見る

Dieses Buch beleuchtet aus interdisziplinärer und ländervergleichender Perspektive, unter welchen Bedingungen direkte Demokratie funktionieren kann, wo ihre Chancen und Risiken liegen und welche Rol……続きを見る

Alexander Reichwein stellt in diesem Buch die realistische Theorie Hans J. Morgenthaus in den Kontext der deutschen Geschichte. Dabei vertritt er die These eines sinnstiftenden Zusammenhangs zwische……続きを見る

For many Americans, their last look at U.S. History was their junior year in high school. A Mighty Case Against War challenges America, and all people, to revisit the stories of how nations have dea……続きを見る

Raising the Roof addresses one of the key issues of our era – the UK’s housing crisis. Housing costs in the United Kingdom are among the highest on the planet, with London virtually the most expensi……続きを見る

Developing countries have made rapid but highly varied progress since the 1990s. So much so that the boundaries to the traditional industrialized countries have become partially blurred. On the othe……続きを見る

When well-designed institutions function properly, people thrive. Few institutions have been more ingeniously designed than the U.S. federal government via the Constitution in 1787. This auspicious ……続きを見る