englischAny interest in a scientific field requires at least a rudimentary knowledge of its technical language, at least of the basic concepts on which judgement and reasoning are based. This propaedeutic study provides an introduction to the technical language of politics. It is not binding and [...]

englischThis book focuses on the relation between citizenship education and cultural education. It provides answers to the question of where the line between citizenship and cultural education is to be drawn—and if there is any at all. The issue of which approaches to cultural education can be [...]

englischThe objects which surround us are more significant than just being objects. They are interwoven within a network of practices, inscriptions, iconographies, references and constellations. Only by means of and together with objects do we become what we are. This fact is widely ignored when [...]

englischIn democracy, political participation is seen as the most important way for citizens to communicate information to political decision-makers (Sydney Verba) and the bureaucracy affiliated to them.

Protest plays a special role here among the political and cultural varieties of participation, [...]

englisch“We need to base political education on political philosophy again.”

Micha Brumlik

Brumlik’s demand forms the basis of this volume because it is yet to be fulfilled, and political education still lacks a certain degree of theory. On the one hand, this is due to a reluctance in teaching [...]

englischIn Political Science the main difference between monarchies and republics today is of minor importance – both forms of government can be either democratic or autocratic. Despite fundamental differences within the state form (hereditary vs. elective monarchy, absolute, limited, and [...]

Mit diesem Buch werden die Person und das Werk Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Kuhns gewürdigt. Der Band versammelt Beiträge von Autoren, die sich in den Arbeits- und Forschungsschwerpunkten Hans-Werner Kuhns verorten lassen, und gliedert sich in vier Kapitel, dem jeweils eine von den Herausgebern verfasste [...]