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Normative democratic theory does not lie securely above societal argumentation but is instead a crucial part of it. We need to know not just how the public should reason, but how it actually does reason, or could reason in better foreseeable circumstances. After all,...
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How can differences be understood in social theory through comparisons, and how should social theory relate to regional studies to do so? This question has been prevalent within the sociological field for over a century, but is becoming increasingly important in a...
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Recognizing the deep relations between politics, finance, cities and citizens, this book argues for a rejuvenated account of urban theory. The book emphasises the need to understand the importance of the 2008 global financial crisis and how the crisis affects cities...
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In 2012, the ERASMUS programme celebrated its 25th anniversary. As one of the best-known initiatives of the EU, it has already enabled almost three million students to spend a part of their studies abroad. But ERASMUS is more than just a simple academic exchange...
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In this volume, researchers in the fields of language in society, sociolinguistics, language politics, diaspora and identity studies explore the contacts between languages and cultures in the post-Soviet world. The book presents a range of perspectives on the effects of...
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This book examines the changing lifestyles in transforming societies, focusing on the interplay of lifestyle choices, social status and the society as a whole. When individuals choose their careers, mates or networks to belong to and to identify with, they are...
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Europa und die Türkei: Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit den verfassungsrechtlichen Fragen der Übertragung von Hoheitsrechten auf die EU bezüglich der türkischen Verfassungsordnung, möglichen verfassungsrechtlichen Konflikten und entsprechenden Lösungen. Aufgrund der...
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Although the Polish immigrant movement in Germany has existed for more than 150 years, this fact is not reflected in the shape or standing of contemporary organisations. The history of Polish associations in Germany is an example that demonstrates, on the one hand,...
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Die aus Frankreich eingewanderten Hugenotten sind zweifellos die prominenteste Minderheit innerhalb der frühneuzeitlichen Geschichte Preußens. Unter dem Schirm einer eigenen Kolonie hatten sie sich im 18. Jahrhundert schichtübergreifend in alle relevanten Lebens- und...
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Jugendliche müssen sich in einer rasch wandelnden Welt behaupten, ohne die innere Kontinuität und den Kontakt zu den Ursprüngen zu verlieren. Zunehmende Individualisierung und der Einfluss moderner Medien zwingen sie, sich immer wieder neuen Situationen anzupassen und...
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Politisch werden «Vertrauen» und «Verantwortung» ständig thematisiert. Die Untersuchung zielt hierzu auf ein reflektiertes Begriffsverständnis. Sie spannt den Bogen über staatstheoretische Ansätze von John Locke, Edmund Burke, die Federalist Papers, Benjamin Constant,...
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This book deals with the political corruption which infested Peru during the Fujimori years (1990-2000). The work is not about petty corruption, the small bribe paid to the underpaid police officer to avoid being booked for a minor traffic violation, but addresses the...
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It is hard to find another two concepts which would be more significant in the European integration discourse than «democracy» and «solidarity» and at the same time more ambiguous in the political practice of integration. Currently European integration discourse is...
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Social exclusion is one of the most significant problems facing individuals with mental illness in contemporary Ireland. In the era of the growing secular medical-industrial complex and its alienating effects, it is important to strengthen confidence in mental health...
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This volume explores the connection between two phenomena usually thought to be utterly incongruous, even antithetical: ‘utopia’ and ‘everyday life’. It presents a series of essays, written over the last twenty years, which rethink the nature and prospects of utopianism...
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Die gewerbsmäßige Überlassung von Arbeitnehmern ist eine volkswirtschaftlich bedeutende Branche, die in den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten stetig gewachsen und sehr heterogen ist.Die Qualität dieser Dienstleistung zu messen und sicherzustellen, dass eine gewünschte Qualität...
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Sind Geben und Schenken immer reziproke Handlungen oder gibt es das «Ideal» der Gabe und worin liegt es? Die Arbeit zeigt anhand einer Literaturstudie den klassischen wie aktuellen Diskurs um das Geben und Schenken unter Einbezug der historischen, soziologischen,...
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Im europäischen Spitzenfußball dominiert eine kleine Gruppe von Vereinen. Diese statistische Untersuchung analysiert für die vier wichtigsten europäischen Ligen – Bundesliga, Premier League, Primera División, Serie A – die Tendenz zur Dominanz weniger Vereine. Ein Blick...
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This volume explores and discusses how privacy is understood today. What is privacy? What strategies are used to achieve or to protect the individual’s privacy? How are our conceptions of privacy evolved throughout times and cultures? Given the multidimensional...
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What do people think ‘Europe’ means?What are its values, what are its borders, and what does it stand for? An important topic, without doubt. But the authors of this research collection are not so much interested in what Europe thinks of itself, but rather in what...
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