englischSocieties are constantly changing—and with them people’s needs. Politics has the task of accompanying and steering change. This volume brings together contributions from research on innovation and the welfare state, political parties and associations as well as policy advice, thus providing [...]

englischChina has undergone a rapid rise to global power status. All too often, however, China’s role in global politics is still analysed according to outdated categories and stereotypical classifications. This textbook introduces the reader to the foundations of Chinese state philosophy and [...]

englischCrowdfunding is a modern, Internet-based form of project financing. It is characterised by the fact that the crowd, a mass of individuals, serves as the source of the financing.

Financing projects similar to today’s crowdfunding can be identified well before the development of the Internet, [...]

englischThe economic crisis set in motion new migration trends in southern European countries. In Portugal, post-crisis migration has occurred in two main directions: northwards to more prosperous European countries and southwards to former Portuguese colonies in Africa—notably oil-producing Angola. [...]

englischIn many post-conflict countries around the globe, former rebel groups participate in elections as newly formed political parties (‘rebel parties’). This study deals with rebel party development in Africa and asks to what extent institutional context factors influence electoral participation [...]

englischArthur Schopenhauer's influence on philosophy, art and psychology is indisputable. His political thinking, on the other hand, has remained almost completely unnoticed and insignificant up to the present day. Yet, the ‘thinker against the tide’ (Hübscher) creates a remarkable connection [...]

englischEdmund Burke is considered the father of conservatism. With his ‘Reflections on the French Revolution’ (1790), Burke presented a work that was already controversial at the time of its publication. In Burke’s understanding, people and their social institutions are historical beings that are [...]

englischTaking a public policy perspective, this book explores how local governments and societal organisations in Germany and China work together in order to solve the social problems they face. Against the backdrop of the migration movement to Europe in 2015/16 and the longer history of [...]