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Der Sammelband dokumentiert Ergebnisse des in den Jahren 2007 bis 2010 an den Universitäten Jena und Halle gemeinsam mit internationalen Kooperationspartner/innen verfolgten Forschungsprojekts Normen- und Wertbegriffe in der Verständigung zwischen Ost- und Westeuropa....
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Wir befinden uns inmitten einer dramatischen Zeitenwende. Ein wesentlicher Grund dafür ist, dass die Erde durch menschliche Aktivitäten bereits völlig überlastet ist – unsere Lebensgrundlagen sind «SMALL» geworden. Dadurch wächst die Gefahr, dass die lokalen und...
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This book is an attempt to investigate the mechanisms governing the evolution of scandals over mass protests in communist Romania. It could also be framed as a study of the social-psychology of regime preservation. The main inquiry presented herein deals with the manner...
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One of the most original assumptions is that political actors are groups of thematized information. They effectively test the political, traditional sources of meaning, and reservoirs of identity. The post-religiousness of the presentness is transcendentally neutral;...
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Social rights in terms of welfare and work are disappearing from the European political agenda, the more so as austerity is assumed to be the only imperative response to the financial crisis. This book, which collects the results of the leading European integrated...
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Die Überlegungen zur Neuen Region versuchen Entwicklungen in unserer Gesellschaft zu erfassen, die ein neues Niveau im regionalen Selbstverständnis und in den Anforderungen an Organisation und Handlung erfordern. Es wird gezeigt, wie verschiedenste Akteure unter...
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Europa hat zwei dominante Flüsse: den Rhein und die Donau. Über den Rhein hinweg konnte sich die deutsch-französische Verständigung nach 1945 entwickeln, während die Donau vom Eisernen Vorhang lange Zeit betroffen war. Das hat sich nun verändert: begann die europäische...
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Questions about dependence and independence are of crucial importance in relation to Latin America, given the region’s history and its current situation. They are particularly relevant at this time, with the bicentenary of independence being celebrated throughout the...
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China’s society and economy have been developing remarkably fast over the past three decades, and accordingly it makes continuing effort to conduct a judicial reform in order to upgrade its comparatively static legal system. The judicial reform changes a number of...
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Noch am Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts orientieren sich Politiktheorie, Politikanalyse und Politische Ethik überwiegend an Gesellschafts- und Politikmodellen, die in den Denktraditionen von Newton und Descartes verhaftet sind. Dies hat unter anderem zur Folge, dass...
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This volume is devoted to the relationship between political and social dimensions of nation-building in Estonia. The authors of the volume analyse the Estonian nation-building since 1991, when the Soviet Union collapsed and Estonia regained independence, in the context...
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This book is about the impact of the EU on local issues, particularly in the pre-accession phase. It analyses and discusses contending interests and aspirations in culture, education, communication and tourism in parts of former Yugoslavia. Various contributions create...
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As more and more people become mobile to visit friends, family, and business colleagues using social networking websites, technologies in use today like Couchsurfing.com or online hitchhiking websites (OHWs) are allowing people to create new, planned encounters also...
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This study analyzes the social problems of society systematically from a macro view and pluralistic point of view. The main objective of this field-study is to contribute an effort to the culture of discussion and problem-solving culture of society. The research...
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Im Zuge der Globalisierung ändern sich die vielfältigen urbanen Lebensbedingungen kontinuierlich, wodurch der Bedarf an sinnvollen Entwicklungskonzepten für Städte und besonders Metropolen verstärkt wird. Stadtentwicklungskonzepte sind jedoch häufig von wirtschaftlichen...
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This volume is dedicated to the subject of mobile communication and the transition in everyday life. Mobile media have become a part of the media ensemble and lead to specific media communication practices. Researching the integration of mobile media to everyday life...
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Intercultural Policies and Education is concerned with educational challenges in multicultural societies. Educational policies, practices and strategies for fruitful coexistence in the multicultural school and classroom are explored and analysed through a collection of...
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Why is it important to take a critical approach to your work? And what are the consequences if your critical voice is suppressed? These are the questions that lie at the heart of Disenfranchisement, which focuses on the deteriorating possibilities for a group of...
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The collapse of communism has opened up Russia and East-Central Europe to outside influences and enabled new lifestyle choices and forms of religious expression. Based on extensive ethnographic research, this collection uses a variety of theoretical perspectives and...
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What is it to care for another human being? How do we show compassion for each other? Is ‘social care’ an activity only for paid professionals? This book sets out on a radical re-examination of the nature of social care, the way it is practised, and its purpose. Rather...
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