englischJane Addams' contribution to the development of social work as both a science and profession has long gone unrecognised. Until today, her pragmatist interweaving of philosophy and social work has remained largely unnoticed.

An analysis of the dialogue between philosophy and social work is [...]

englischThe USA is a world power economically, militarily, and politically. The interplay of these components makes the United States the most powerful country in the world. Trade, economic, and security policies in US foreign policy are viewed together in this book. It shows how the American state [...]

englischIn this work, the author offers an analysis in German of Japan's regional policy in Southeast Asia from the 1970s to the present, with a special focus on Japan's claim that it occupies the leading position in the region. On the basis of a discourse analysis of the change in Japan's concept [...]

englischThe concept of sustainability seems to be omnipresent and associated with everything imaginable that is ‘good’. At the same time, the successes achieved in implementing supposedly sustainable behaviour are rather mixed.

This book therefore examines the variety of meanings of the term from a [...]

englischIf you want to transform diversity into innovation, you have to uncover unconscious biases and stereotypes. The fact is, unconscious bias is omnipresent and creates mental shortcuts in information processing. The author shows that the so-called unconscious bias inhibits development in [...]