englischWhy is Britain a country where landslide victories for one party are still possible? This book is the first to analyse British electoral history since 1945, placing special emphasis on general elections from Thatcher to Johnson. A comparable study in English that combines insights into [...]

englischThe phenomenon of co-offending has been well researched since the beginning of the last century at the latest. It is known from existing studies that so-called co-offending occurs especially in the case of property offences and that juvenile offenders make up the largest proportion of [...]

englischThe one-year ‘Conference on the Future of Europe’ came to an end in May 2022. CoFoE is an unprecedented experiment in democracy at EU level. At its heart is the engagement of citizens in deliberative consultations on the future of European integration. This volume includes eleven [...]

englischKarl-Heinz Ladeur’s work describes the transformation of modern society from a ‘society of individuals’ into a ‘society of organisations’ and finally into a ‘society of networks’. Basing his analysis on this finding, Ladeur also rethinks the modern state. From an external perspective, the [...]

englischThis book focuses on the decision-making process of denuclearisation in South Africa and the internal as well as international influences in this respect. Using a newly developed methodological approach of eclectic case-focused process tracing, the author examines the factors of security, [...]

englischPrivate-sector management practices have been used by cities and municipalities in their public administration for several years. Yet, little is known about the effects of these management reforms, especially in a culturally heterogeneous environment. On the basis of a national survey [...]

englischCircumstances of life can be called hospitable (wirtlich) if they are favourable to both our existence and the preservation of nature. They are conditions of existence in the ecological sense. This study discusses how hospitable conditions can come about socially and economically and be [...]