englischThis book argues that right-wing populism expresses the moral sense of injustice of the working classes. The struggle for dignity at work is fundamental in this respect. In the first part, approaches to populism research are critically discussed and the research thesis is theoretically [...]

englischIn this study, the use of so-called ‘social bots’ by political parties is discussed primarily in connection with elections. This form of automation enables parties to disseminate opinions virtually without any limits. This thesis deals with the constitutional issues resulting from this, but [...]

englischThis book argues that while there is scholarly agreement on the relevance of sufficiency as a sustainability principle, there is no consensus about its precise contribution to change. Using discourse analysis, the author shows that sufficiency is also charged with multiple meanings in the [...]

englischThroughout the South and Southeast Asian region, the involvement of women in jihadism has been a growing but poorly understood phenomenon. Against this backdrop, this book investigates why Bangladeshi women get involved in jihadist networks; what roles they play in them; and how the [...]

englischDespite peacebuilding efforts between Ukraine and Poland, the author shows that the conflict between the two nations, with its violent zenith in the 20th century, remains unresolved. Looking at Andrei Sheptyts’kyi, Ukrainian Greek Catholic metropolitan between 1901 and 1944, as well as the [...]

englischFor many Germans, the desire to become a world power was an obvious choice because, at the turn of the century, the German Empire was one of the three leading economies in the world, alongside Great Britain and the USA. However, the First World War ended this phase as the German Empire lost [...]

englischThe democratic constitutional states of today, the product of a historical struggle with manifold forms of foreign domination, abuse of power and arbitrary rule, are faced with a multitude of dictatorial regimes on a global scale. However, extremist forces and movements operating within [...]