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Is there more social protest now than there was prior to the movement politics of the 1960s, and if so, does it result in a distinctly less civil society throughout the world? If everybody protests, what does protest mean in advanced industrial societies? This volume brings together scholars from Europe and the U.S., and from both political science and sociology, to consider the ways in which the social movement has changed as a political form and...
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Political positions in the United States today are ideologically chaotic, and there are significant prices to pay for that chaos. The nation has not reached a crisis yet in her modern political gridlock, but predicting the time when the current generation will face the difficulties of earlier times of crisis such as the Civil War, the Great Depression, or World War II is a difficult task. When that time comes, leaders who can communicate effectively...
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The Book, divided into two parts, the Policy Environment and the Recommendations, reviews the South African Government's blueprint for the restructuring of its State-Owned enterprises, the Accelerated Agenda For The Restructuring of State-Owned Enterprises. The document was published in 2000, but a lot has happened, both politically, socially and politically since then. The need for it to be reviewed to be in line with the current conditions is urgent....
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Leuchttürme der Bildung sind Orte, die eine lebenslange Liebe zum Lernen entfachen. Sie leuchten einen individuellen Weg zu exzellenter Schulbildung innerhalb des bestehenden Schulsystems, denn: Jedes Kind hat Talent. In jeder Schule, in jeder Klasse.
Leadership-Experte und Hochschuldozent Manfred Hückel ruft in seinem ersten Buch nichts weniger als eine sanfte Revolution der Bildung aus, vom Abarbeiten an den Schwächen hin zum Stärken der jeweiligen...
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Einst hätte sie Kaiserin werden können. Später wurde sie lieber Sozialdemokratin: Österreichs letzte, fortschrittlichste und ganz sicher extravaganteste Prinzessin: Elisabeth Marie Petznek. Ihren Traummann musste die einzige Tochter des Kronprinzen Rudolf bei ihrem Großvater, Kaiser Franz Joseph, auf Biegen und Brechen durchboxen. Konkurrentinnen rückte sie auch schon mal mit der Schusswaffe zu Leibe. In Gesellschaft diverser Liebhaber tanzte...
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Die Corona-Krise hat für zahlreiche Verformungen und Werte-Verschiebungen im gesellschaftlichen Diskurs gesorgt. Grundrechtliche Einschränkungen, die Ausgrenzung von Andersdenkenden im Kontext der Impf-Frage und die Verengung des Debattenraums auf studienbelegbare Positionen sind wichtige Beispiele dafür. Den zahlreichen Ungereimtheiten der staatlichen Corona-Politik geht Jahn Finkas intellektuell anspruchsvoll nach, er befragt Formeln wie die...
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Dieses Buch ist eine Form der intellektuellen Selbstbewaffnung, die dazu dient, einige grundlegende Zusammenhänge von Ökologie, Ökonomie und Ethik nüchtern in der Sache zu begründen, statt sich einem Alarmismus à la mode hinzugeben, der bald vom nächsten Aufreger abgelöst wird. Wer den Mut hat, sich seines Verstandes ohne Hilfe anderer zu bedienen, wird das zu würdigen wissen, und wer die Waffe seines Verstandes aktiv zum Einsatz bringen...
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In Deutschland hat der Anti-Amerikanismus Konjunktur. Wichtigster Anlass ist die sogenannte Ukraine-Krise. Bei der gemeinsamen Einmischung des Westens ins politische Schicksal der Ukraine kollidieren deutsche und amerikanische Interessen; dabei geht es um nichts Geringeres als eine Frage von Krieg und Frieden. Was mit aller Zurückhaltung aus den USA an militanter Kriegsbereitschaft berichtet wird, gefällt nicht einmal den deutschen Meinungsbildnern...
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Este libro analiza las consecuencias del estilo de crecimiento peruano desde la década de 1990 y sus diferencias con lo que ocurrió entre 1950 y 1980.
En primer lugar, las reformas y políticas del periodo neoliberal, 1990-2020, consolidaron una estructura productiva primario-exportadora y ocasionaron una desindustrialización prematura. La industria manufacturera perdió capacidad de generación de empleo y redujo su participación en la generación...
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Wir lieben Fleisch: In Europa isst fast jeder Mensch 60 Kilo Fleisch pro Jahr. Wenn wir in einen saftigen Burger beißen, denken wir nicht mehr an das einmal lebendige Tier, das fühlt. Das Tier wird von uns unsichtbar gemacht, dabei ist es so viel mehr als ein Produktionsgut, das es auszubeuten gilt.
Der Philosoph Thomas Macho beschäftigt sich seit Jahren mit der Beziehung des Menschen zum Nutztier. Er erforscht, warum wir häufig so tun, als würden...
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Explore the Core of America's Political Battlefield
If you're fascinated by the unending conflicts that define U.S. politics, then Bipartisan Battlefields: The Definitive Guide to U.S Political Issues is definitely a page-turner you won't want to miss. This book isn't about taking sides–it's about developing a full understanding of the current issues from all angles.
The book starts by shedding light on how partisan prejudice and the acceptance...
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Trump is an archetypical mediocre man but with unique and terrifying collection of qualities: shamelessness and dishonesty, extraordinary and arrogant ignorance, total lack of honor, pomposity and burning urge of showmanship. Trump is a sick man who suffers from deep-rooted psychological problem - torment of insecurity.Trump is a joke, farce and fraud. Trumpism is not. Trumpism is a child of the union of the modern American conservatism and eternal...
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Should the wall of separation between church and state be permeable or inviolable? This question has been hotly contested since the nation's founding and contentious debates persist today. With a collection of the most significant documents and an introduction by Clarke E. Cochran that provides the historical context of the debate, prominent scholars Mary Segers and Ted Jelen debate the impact of organized religion on the democratic process, examine...
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An incisive, lyrical, and deeply reported account of India's descent into authoritarianism.
Traveling across India, interviewing Hindu zealots, armed insurgents, jailed dissidents, and politicians and thinkers from across the political spectrum, Siddhartha Deb reveals a country in which forces old and new have aligned to endanger democracy. The result is an absorbing, and disturbing, portrait. India has become a religious fundamentalist dystopia,...
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February 26, 1924 was the first day of the greatly anticipated high treason trial that would galvanize Germany - but few in the courtroom that morning anticipated that the leading defendant, General Erich Ludendorff, whose risky offensives during World War I doomed Germany to defeat, would soon be eclipsed by the private first class at his side, Adolf Hitler. Hitler was charged with treason after unsuccessfully trying to seize power in the notorious...
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A user’s guide to understanding contemporary free speech issues in the United States
Americans today are confronted by a barrage of questions relating to their free speech freedoms. What are libel laws, and do they need to be changed to stop the press from lying? Does Colin Kaepernick have the right to take a knee? Can Saturday Night Live be punished for parody? While citizens are grappling with these questions, they generally have nowhere to turn...
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Joe Biden and Kamala Harris began their transition to the White House in the most unusual of circumstances: a global pandemic, a sitting president violently refusing to accept the results of the election, and a historic racial reckoning all posed profound questions about how they would staff large parts of the government and articulate policy remedies to pressing problems in just eleven weeks.
Heath Brown's Roadblocked is a revelatory look at the...
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Sometimes wonder if it is not for the better or such a 'bad thing,' that either position is unable to fully realize their full fantasy of goals. My immediate reasoning, the one that could fully reach their fantasy of goals, might be the one that, I fear. And, if it were the one that I agree with, there is always the danger that they would see their success as justification to go to the extreme. Therefore, ironically, I sometimes wonder if it is not...
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There is a lethal political chess game driving the world towards WW3.There was a time when human societies treasure harmonious human relations, courteous behaviour and mutual respect and help.Unfortunately, time has changed, and society is now more contentious and fractious than ever. This terrible change is most likely caused by the worldwide overemphasis of the Western value of unrestrained individualism. It could also be the unfortunate result...
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China ist ein bemerkenswerter Sonderfall. Ausgerechnet eine kommunistisch regierte Bauernnation des Ostens macht praktisch wahr, was der Westen seinen in die Freiheit entlassenen Kolonien als Chance einer Teilnahme an der Staatenkonkurrenz des kapitalistischen Weltmarkts verkaufen wollte: China schafft eine wahrhaft nachholende"Entwicklung", schließt zu den etablierten Nationen auf, wird kapitalistische Weltmacht. Anhänger einer früher antikapitalistisch...
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