englischChina's industrial policy has reignited the debate about state intervention in domestic economies. Few industries experience the guiding hand of the state as intensively as the Chinese electricity sector; a sector that has undergone radical change due to societal rumblings over the state’s [...]
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englischWhat is UNESCO's contribution to internet governance with its concepts of the information and knowledge societies, and is this activity relevant under international law? This study evaluates selected UNESCO instruments from a human rights perspective and examines them on the basis of [...]
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englischWar and emergency powers have existed over the centuries in different countries, raising questions about the political authority related to them. ‘US Congress’ Powers under Debate’ illustrates how war and emergency powers have been understood and what kind of concepts and argumentation have [...]
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englischCarl Schmitt's dictum on access to power is of considerable interdisciplinary interest across epochs, affecting both political science and history in equal measure. As a joint work, this volume aims to develop initial proposals for remedying the lack of research that exists in both [...]
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englischCarl Schmitt's dictum on access to power is of considerable interdisciplinary interest across epochs, affecting both political science and history in equal measure. As a joint work, this volume aims to develop initial proposals for remedying the lack of research that exists in both [...]
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englischThis book discusses the renewability of the political centre in European democracies. The recent environment of repeated bundles of crises, new social technologies, individualisation and the rise of populism has caused socio-psychological upheaval. As a consequence, the centre of open [...]
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englischThis interdisciplinary study portrays the Constitutional Court of Turkey, which has asserted itself for 60 years in a political system marked by repeated episodes of authoritarianism. The book reconstructs the incomplete institutionalisation of the court as well as essential dogmatic lines [...]
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Der politische Extremismus in Deutschland wird von beträchtlichen regionalen Unterschieden dominiert. Die ländlichen Regionen des Ostens gelten als Schwerpunkte des Rechtsextremismus – Großstädte wie Berlin, Hamburg und Leipzig als Hotspots der linksextremen Szene. Doch existiert bislang keine [...]
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englischSince its first publication in 2013, the Lexikon der Arbeits- und Industriesoziologie has set itself the goal of providing a well-founded overview of the current knowledge of the discipline while doing justice to the dynamics of the object of study. With the third, once again updated and [...]
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englischChina's participation in international conflict resolution is increasing. This study deals with the motives, modes and factors that are driving Chinese foreign policy to apply the traditional Chinese non-intervention principle more flexibly and are thus establishing a changing role for China [...]
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