englischThis study intervenes in the current debate on the ‘institutional deficit’ of theories of radical democracy. This family of democratic theories, which is sensitive to crisis diagnostics but rather weak in terms of institutional theory, is confronted with the diversity of understandings of [...]
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englischFor Israel, Iranian-backed militias have been a growing threat for decades. In Iran’s deterrence and defence logic, however, this build-up of military capabilities remains indispensable. Syria in particular has been the focus of intensified efforts since 2011. Tehran is continuing this [...]
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englischThe challenges of modern society's exit from the production and consumption of fossil fuels form the starting point of this work. Based on the theory of functional differentiation, the study shows how system-relative the forms of processing mobility are in a modern society. A society that is [...]
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englischThis textbook presents the Polish political system, focusing especially on the country’s domestic political changes since the PiS party came to power. The authors analyse, among other things, Poland’s shift from political liberalism to an illiberal democracy. In particular, the book explains [...]
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englischThis textbook presents the Polish political system, focusing especially on the country’s domestic political changes since the PiS party came to power. The authors analyse, among other things, Poland’s shift from political liberalism to an illiberal democracy. In particular, the book explains [...]
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englischThe welfare state is the result of a constantly evolving compromise between different social interests. It has functionally taken up social challenges and developed from its residual beginnings into a comprehensive system of social welfare. This book discusses different theoretical [...]
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englischIn public administration, the culture of reason is divided into the rationality of ends and means and the rationality of subsumption. This dualism makes it possible to develop preferences for one form of rationality. By contrasting managerialist administration in the USA and legalist [...]
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englischThe terms ‘civil war’ and ‘romanticism’ play a subordinate role in the memory of real socialism and Marxism-Leninism. Yet they were of outstanding importance for the self-images formed by Marx, Lenin and Stalin. This detailed study of Rudolf Bahro's early work and its intellectual and [...]
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englischFor Israel, Iranian-backed militias have been a growing threat for decades. In Iran’s deterrence and defence logic, however, this build-up of military capabilities remains indispensable. Syria in particular has been the focus of intensified efforts since 2011. Tehran is continuing this [...]
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englischAs a result of the terrorist attacks of 11th September 2001, the United States declared the fight against terror and the elimination of al-Qaeda in Afghanistan as its primary goals. After a quick victory over the Taliban, a sovereign democratic state was to be created in Afghanistan in [...]
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