englischNegative expectations saturate the current debates about the future, and apocalyptic images are omnipresent. Are there other reasons for this than mere facts? The interdisciplinary studies by the fellows of the ZRWP’s Basler Forschungskolleg (Basel Research School) that are collated here [...]
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englischAs the world’s largest regional organization for security and co-operation, the OSCE also contributes to global security through regional conflict prevention and crisis management. The contributions in the 24th edition of the Yearbook analyse, among other things, the evolution of European [...]
more informationenglischThe sudden emergence, the assassination and the subsequent electoral success of the Dutch right-wing populist Pim Fortuyn (1948–2002) are some the most intriguing occurrences in Dutch politics. This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of this phenomenon in a language other than [...]
more informationenglischThis special issue of Voluntaris further develops the discussions conducted at the first academic conference on developmental voluntary work, which took place at Cologne’s University of Applied Sciences (TH Köln) in September 2018 to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of the voluntary work [...]
more informationenglischThis book offers the first systematic and comprehensive analysis of the Japanese debate on the nation’s Southeast Asia policy from 1938–1941 and 1952–1960.
In a detailed discourse analysis, it compares competing arguments offered by business circles, the military, the political and [...]
more informationenglischThe emergence of modern societies organised according to legal constitutions is an evolutionary puzzle. Homo sapiens are the only animal species capable of living in large-scale, cooperative societies whose members are genetically unrelated individuals. But neither sociological nor [...]
more informationenglischGlobalisation and global governance mean that private actors are involved in public regulation and decision-making processes. Companies in particular are experiencing an increase in power that goes far beyond mere economic indicators; that is, they are also gaining political and normative [...]
more informationenglischAccording to widespread criticism, radical democratic theories exhibit shortcomings when it comes to institutions, which prevents these conceptions from contributing to a concrete transformation of the political landscape. This volume's aim is to respond to this criticism and to highlight [...]
more informationAuch die bereits 21. Ausgabe des Jahrbuchs ist als breit angelegtes Kompendium konzipiert, das den Leserinnen und Lesern einen aktuellen Überblick über verschiedene Aspekte föderaler und regionale Struktur und Politik bietet. Die insgesamt 28 Beiträge verteilen sich auf folgende [...]
more informationenglischWhich depictions of ‘distant others’ are widespread and have a strong appeal in the Global North and which are not? Who speaks on whose behalf? Who remains unrepresented? And why does it seem increasingly important and advisable to ask such questions? This sociological study analyses and [...]
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