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 [...]

englischOur political times appear unstable: Liberal democracy is struggling to retain its inner balance and is being destabilised by both internal and external forces. How can stability be achieved — and what is stability? When does stability become undemocratic? And what can we learn from [...]

englischThe relationship between the state and civil society can be characterised as complex, disharmonious and dynamic. The complexity results from the historical conditions of its origin and the different ways of thinking, grasping and structuring the relationship. The relationship is [...]

Studying Japan is the first comprehensive guide on qualitative methods, research designs and fieldwork in social science research on Japan. More than 70 Japan scholars from around the world provide an easy-to-read overview on qualitative methods used in research on Japan’s society, politics, [...]

englischIn the last decades the promotion of democracy and governance became a major component of western governments’ and multilateral organisations‘ foreign policies. Gradually external democracy promotion became a vast field of research in political science and transformation studies. While much [...]

englischWhy and how do German federal ministries and their intermediary organisations and implementation bodies participate in setting up and administering German higher education projects abroad? This pioneering work provides an overview of the development of German transnational education (TNE) [...]

englischPostmillennial social reforms implemented by the centre-left governments in Latin America aimed to achieve a significant reduction in inequality. This case study analyses the process of regulating domestic work in Uruguayan households, an internationally praised political development. Based [...]

englischThe author argues, first, that transition—characterised by instability, movement, alterations and ruptures—becomes the rule of any society, not exclusively that of ‘transitional societies’. And, secondly, away from the sequencing theorised in democratisation studies (e.g. accommodation, [...]

englischThe historical consciousness of the peoples of Europe is still being shaped by their own national histories. The question of the political order that prevailed during the interwar years has remained a perennial issue among historians. The dominant hallmark of this prelude to the Second World [...]

englischIn this study, the author deals with the reform measures in banking regulation initiated in the aftermath of the financial crisis, while also analysing existing links between IFRS accounting and prudential capital requirements, the leverage ratio and liquidity requirements. Following on from [...]