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2. Regime and Society in Twentieth-Century Russia : Selected Papers From the Fifth World Congress of Central and East European Studies, Warsaw, 1995
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Ian D. Thatcher and Ian D. Thatcher
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- Europe—Politics and government, Sociology, Political science
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This book contains fresh approaches to the interaction between regime and society in twentieth-century Russia. It offers new answers to familiar questions: • How useful is'totalitarianism'as a model to categorise authoritarian regimes? • What chances existed for tsarism to establish itself as a constitutional monarchy? • Were Trotsky and Lenin dictators in waiting? • How did the Bolsheviks make the Lenin cult? • What opposition did intellectuals offer in the Soviet regime? • What is the nature of contemporary Russian constitutionalism? It is required reading for historians, political scientists, sociologists and everyone interested in modern Russia.
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- 2016
3. The Experience of Democratization in Eastern Europe : Selected Papers From the Fifth World Congress of Central and East European Studies, Warsaw, 1995
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Richard Sakwa and Richard Sakwa
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- Europe—Politics and government, Political science
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Drawing on a selection of papers presented to the Fifth World Congress of Central and East European Studies held in Warsaw in August 1995, the book presents a broad cross-section of thinking about postcommunist developments in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Specialists from the region and the West apply their unique insights to challenge some conventional views on the transition. The book is both diverse and focused, suggesting that the experience of democratisation is an open-ended process in which those involved learn both from their own experience and from comparative transitions elsewhere. It provides a rich source for the comparative analysis of democratisation.
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- 1999
4. Wild Man : The Life and Times of Daniel Ellsberg
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T. Wells and T. Wells
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- Political science, Literature, Europe—Politics and government, United States—History, History, Modern, World politics
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On September 4, 1971, the office of Lewis Fielding, a psychiatrist practicing in Los Angeles, was broken into. It looked like a run of the mill drug raid. A month later, a homeless man was charged with burglary and the case was considered closed. On June 17, 1972, five men were charged with breaking and entering at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. With these two burglaries, one seemingly innocuous while the other was more serious because of the venue, the scandal known as Watergate was born. As the tale of Richard Nixon and his Plumbers began to unfold, it was discovered that one of Lewis Fielding's patients was Daniel Ellsberg, the man who released the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times. Ellsberg was high on Nixon's list of enemies and he vowed to destroy him at all costs. In Wild Man, Tom Wells explores the life of Daniel Ellsberg to discover what makes an individual enact the most severe breach of government security ever to occur in the United States. As Wells follows Ellsberg from his early days as a piano prodigy to his years of great promise at Harvard, we see the development of a volatile, narcissistic loner with a voracious sexual appetite, a highly developed intelligence and, most importantly, the overwhelming need to take centre stage in the pageant known as America. In Wild Man, Tom Wells creates an unforgettable picture of Daniel Ellsberg, an American Everyman for the seventies who embodied the promise and paranoia of that uncertain time. This is a thrilling piece of biography that will stand as one of the great American portraits.
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- 2016
5. British Foreign Policy Under New Labour, 1997–2005
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P. Williams and P. Williams
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- Europe—Politics and government, Political science, Diplomacy, Engineering, Life sciences, Social sciences, Humanities
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This important new study provides a critical analysis of the foreign policies conducted during the first two terms of Tony Blair's government. It focuses upon the government's key foreign policy commitments; three of its most important international relationships (with the US, the European Union, and Africa); and how Blair's government dealt with five fundamental policy issues (political economy, defence, international development, intervention, and Iraq). It argues that throughout this period Labour's foreign policies attempted to paper over some important contradictions.
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- 2005
6. EU Council Presidencies in Times of Crises
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Ramona Coman, Vivien Sierens, Ramona Coman, and Vivien Sierens
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- Europe—Politics and government, Political leadership, Communication in politics
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The Council of the EU is a powerful institution whose centrality has been challenged by the Treaty of Lisbon. More than ten years after this major institutional revision, this book examines its role within the EU political regime and its interactions with other institutions. It explores how the Council Presidency has navigated major crises over the past decade and addressed internal challenges. The various chapters discuss key timely questions: How has the relationship between the Council and the European Council evolved over time? To what extent have the recent crises reshaped the relationship between the Council and the European Parliament, as well as its interactions with the Commission? Is the Council Presidency still a powerful mediator? What are its internal challenges? What are the prospects for the rotating presidency system?
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- 2024
7. The Rule of Law in the EU : Challenges, Actors and Strategies
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Luisa Antoniolli, Carlo Ruzza, Luisa Antoniolli, and Carlo Ruzza
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- Europe—Politics and government, Law—Europe, Political sociology, Private international law, Conflict of laws, International law, Comparative law, World politics
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This book reflects on the nature of the rule of law in the European Union and the present and future consequences of the attacks that are undermining it. Presenting various case studies, it analyses violations of the rule of law and their impact on the quality of European democracy and on the workings of civil and political society. Written from an interdisciplinary perspective, the book connects legal aspects related to infringements of the rule of law with their political and sociological consequences at both a general and the EU level.The book is divided into three parts. The first focuses on the rule of law in the European context and the threats to democracy posed by its violations. It examines how populist movements and parties utilize the erosion of the checks and balances in liberal democracies to weaken resisting intermediate bodies, such as dissenting civil society groups. The second part concentrates on the political perspectives, which it approaches both in terms of its general features and through a set of case studies related to violations of the rule of law. The third part provides a legal perspective on these issues and examines the impact of the rule of law and its infringement in several areas, impacting both the internal and external dimensions of the EU.
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- 2024
8. Politische Bildung und Zukunft : Wie Herausforderungen im Anthropozän denken?
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Werner Friedrichs and Werner Friedrichs
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- Political science—Study and teaching, Europe—Politics and government, Political science, Environmental education
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Politische Bildung bezieht ihren Sinngehalt u. a. aus der Idee einer gelingenden Begegnung mit dem Zukünftigen. Im 3. Jahrtausend muss sie sich allerdings – jenseits der Alternative zwischen einer unausweichlichen, düsteren Katastrophe und einem naiven Machbarkeitsoptimismus – der Frage nach der (un)möglichen Gestaltbarkeit der Zukunft stellen. Denn im Anthropozän wird die Zukunft zunehmend brüchig. Das wirft Fragen von zentraler Bedeutung auf. Wie kann sich die politische Bildung zukünftig auf das Zukünftige beziehen? Welche Themen und Fragen werden zukünftig wichtig sein? Welche didaktischen Methoden und Prinzipien sind zukünftig noch tragfähig? In den Beiträgen wird mit unterschiedlichen Schwerpunkten nach Antworten gesucht.
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- 2024
9. Ostdeutschland : Identität, Lebenswelt oder politische Erfindung?
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Lars Vogel, Astrid Lorenz, Rebecca Pates, Lars Vogel, Astrid Lorenz, and Rebecca Pates
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- Comparative government, Europe—Politics and government, Elections, Identity politics, Regionalism, Social structure, Equality
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Gibt es eine ostdeutsche Identität? Bezeichnet „ostdeutsch“ analytisch treffend spezifische Lebensumstände oder ist sie eine politische Erfindung? Der Band informiert hierzu aus wissenschaftlicher Sicht. Politikwissenschaftliche, soziologische, wirtschafts- und finanzwissenschaftliche Beiträge untersuchen dies z.B. anhand der Wirtschaftskraft, des Wahlverhaltens, der Parteien, der Zivilgesellschaft, von Bürgerdialogen, Demokratieförderprogrammen oder Elitenbildern. Die Analysen zeigen Ostdeutschland und ostdeutsch als weiterhin sinnvolle analytische Kategorien, die auch gesamtdeutsche Entwicklungen zu verstehen helfen. Zwar ist ein Teil von Ost-West-Unterschieden auf feingliedrigere soziale und regionale Differenzen zurückzuführen (Kompositionseffekte). Dennoch verbleiben auch unter Berücksichtigung dieser Merkmale genuine Besonderheiten Ostdeutschlands (Kontexteffekte). Vor diesem Hintergrund bildet Ostdeutschland eine sozial relevante Lebenswelt und ein kontroverses Identitätsangebot.
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- 2024
10. Constitutional Debates, Rhetoric, and Political Philosophy in Spain’s Parliamentary History
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Francisco J. Bellido and Francisco J. Bellido
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- Europe—Politics and government, Communication in politics, World politics, Political science—Philosophy
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This book examines the conceptual contributions of constituent representatives in Spain during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The Spanish Parliament has been the stage for the political modernisation of the country. Constitutional debates have historically led to the gradual acknowledgement and broadening – usually unevenly – of citizens'rights. At the same time, constitutional debates have created opportunities to design institutions and settle legal mechanisms to enforce rights and distribute state resources. The book identifies and analyses rhetorical and conceptual innovations produced in such debates from a historical perspective.
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- 2024
11. The Non-radicalisation of Muslims in Southern Europe : Migration and Integration in Italy, Greece, and Spain
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Tina Magazzini, Marina Eleftheriadou, Anna Triandafyllidou, Tina Magazzini, Marina Eleftheriadou, and Anna Triandafyllidou
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- Peace, Terrorism, Political violence, Identity politics, Religion and politics, Europe—Politics and government
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This open access book explains why southern European countries with significant Muslim communities have experienced few religiously inspired violent attacks – or have avoided the kind of securitised response to such attacks seen in many other Western states. The authors provide a unique contribution to the literature on violent extremism – which has traditionally focused on countries such as France, the US and the UK – by studying the causes of relatively low rates of radicalisation in Greece, Italy and Spain. The book explores many of the dynamics between (non) radicalisation and issues such as socioeconomic inequality, experiences of conflict, and systemic racism and other forms of discrimination. It establishes a new analytical framework for the development of, and resilience against, violent radicalisation in the region and beyond.
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- 2024
12. Consumer Policy From Below : Paradoxes, Perspectives, Problematizations
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Kai-Uwe Hellmann, Ansgar Klein, Bernward Baule, Kai-Uwe Hellmann, Ansgar Klein, and Bernward Baule
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- Political sociology, Social structure, Equality, Economic sociology, Europe—Politics and government, Political science
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Since its existence in the 1950s, consumer policy in Germany has been understood and pursued primarily as a bundle of actions and measures initiated and institutionalised by the state. In many cases, the state has also issued corresponding mandates and set up support models, which has created the impression that we are basically dealing with a'consumer policy from above'imposed by macro-politics. Not that there have not been repeated attempts in the past decades to give impetus to consumer policy from the middle of civil society - often in the form of small citizens'initiatives. And in recent years in particular, a number of new consumer organisations have emerged which operate much closer to the grass roots. Nevertheless, the impression seems to have taken root among the large, government-related'players'in the field, who have been in the'business'for decades, not to mention government-internal consumer policy, that consumer policy concerns a policy field that is essentiallyordered by a collaboration of the state on the one hand, and consumer protection organisations representing all consumers equally on the other, while the many small consumer initiatives, not even started by individual committed consumers, regularly fall behind in comparison. This perspective refers largely to the view of and from the centre of politics. This volume is intended to go some way towards countering the institutionally prevailing impression that, in principle, there is only'consumer policy from above'that is really effective and assertive.The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.
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- 2024
13. Politisches Wissen: Korrekte Kenntnisse, Fehlvorstellungen und Ignoranz
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Bettina Westle, Markus Tausendpfund, Bettina Westle, and Markus Tausendpfund
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- Political sociology, Elections, Europe—Politics and government, Comparative government, Political science
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Wissenschaftliche Arbeiten zu politischem Wissen der Bevölkerung in Deutschland konzentrieren sich zumeist auf die Analyse vorhandener Faktenkenntnisse und stellen diesen die zusammengefassten fehlenden und falschen Antworten gegenüber. Damit wird die Differenzierung zwischen Fehlvorstellungen (falsche Antworten) und Ignoranz (fehlende und „weiß nicht“ Antworten) vernachlässigt. Die Beiträge dieses Bands greifen diese Differenzierung mit unterschiedlichen Untersuchungsdesigns und zu verschiedenen Politikbereichen auf. Die Befunde zeigen, dass falsche und fehlende substanzielle Antworten nicht zusammengefasst werden sollten, da sie sowohl mit unterschiedlichen Determinanten als auch verschiedenen Folgen verbunden sind. Neben der Begutachtung durch die beiden Herausgeber haben alle Beiträge ein double-blind Begutachtungsverfahren durchlaufen. Deshalb möchten sich die Herausgebenden an dieser Stelle nochmals herzlich bei den Gutachtern für ihre Hinweise und Kommentare bedanken: Ursula Hoffmann-Lange, Toni Ihme, Raphael Kruse, Jürgen Maier, Uwe Remer, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Christian Schnaudt, Harald Schoen, Thomas Schübel und Ulrich Sieberer.
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- 2024
14. Politische Expertenkultur in Deutschland und Polen : Politik, Beratung und Lobbyismus im Vergleich
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Artur Kopka, Dorota Piontek, Artur Kopka, and Dorota Piontek
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- Comparative government, Political science, Europe—Politics and government, Communication in politics, Legislation
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Dieser Band analysiert das Selbstverständnis politischer Berater bezüglich ihrer Rolle in politischen Beratungsprozessen sowie ihre Sicht auf die Maßstäbe für die Legitimität und Legalität unterschiedlicher Beratungsvorgänge im politischen Entscheidungsprozess in Deutschland und Polen im Vergleich. Zudem werden auch weitere Aspekte aus dem Bereich der Politikberatung und Lobbyismus, wie die zunehmende Rolle der Medien in Beratungsprozessen, die Unterschiede in der Struktur und Beratungsressourcen der Abgeordnetenbüros, die Wahrnehmung des sogenannten „Drehtür-Effekts“ in beiden Ländern sowie die Möglichkeiten der Bürgerbeteiligung an politischen Konsultationsprozessen, aufgegriffen.
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- 2024
15. Managing Moral Emotions in Divided Politics : Lessons From Hungary’s 2022 General Election Campaigns
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Gabriella Szabó and Gabriella Szabó
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- Political sociology, Communication in politics, Europe—Politics and government
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This book explores how to identify and understand moral emotions—shame, guilt, pride, and hubris—in political messages and news media. Recognizing these emotions is crucial for assessing morality's role in public discourse, particularly as moral debates have deepened public divides on issues like abortion, migration, LGBTQ+ rights, and freedom of speech. These debates fuel political struggles between groups with different social values and moral intuitions, especially during election campaigns where moral conflicts are used to distinguish opposing forces. In these moral conflicts, each ideological camp seeks to affirm its legitimacy while questioning its opponents'reputations. Thus, understanding morality is vital for those interested in contemporary public discourses in divided nations. This book stimulates discussion on emotion-based morality, moral language, and discursive moral regulation in politics. It offers innovative analytical frameworks to study how political communication contributes to public moralization. The book combines descriptive, explorative, and comparative approaches to summarize findings from mixed-method analyses (qualitative and quantitative, textual and visual, content and survey) of moral emotional messages and media portrayals of prime minister candidates during Hungary's 2022 General Election Campaigns. Hungary serves as an illustrative case due to increasing concerns about the moral status of its political elite and extreme hostility between political blocs, leading to polarized views on governance. This book will be of interest to academics specializing in empirical moral studies and investigating public discussions in contentious and polarized societies.
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- 2024
16. The EU As an Actor in Central Asia : External Impacts, Regional Responses
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Sebastian Mayer, Jakob Lempp, Sebastian Mayer, and Jakob Lempp
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- Europe—Politics and government, Political science, International relations, Europe—Economic integration, Economic development
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This volume explains the behavior of the European Union (EU) towards Central Asia. In so doing, the responses of regional actors which impact the EU's regional conduct, and the effects of competing external governance providers (particularly Russia and China), are considered. The current literature – often from an interdisciplinary, descriptive area studies angle – reveals some research gaps. Scholars chiefly explore the impacts of the EU on Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan, while action of the EU itself with its decision-making, preferences, and underlying drivers, remains underspecified. Focusing more explicitly on the EU, chapters in the book are systematically organized along a set of shared, overarching questions. Ultimately, the authors depict and explain EU action and assess how successful the organization has been in achieving its stated regional objectives in a number of policy fields: Economic Development and Trade; Security; Democratizationand Human Rights; Water; and Education.
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- 2024
17. Radicalisation and Crisis Management : Shifts of Radical Right Discourse
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Vasiliki Tsagkroni and Vasiliki Tsagkroni
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- Comparative government, Elections, Communication in politics, Political sociology, Europe—Politics and government
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This book discusses theories of crisis management and the radical right, to shed light on how responses to crisis influence radical right parties in their presence, discourse, and evolution. The book offers a comparative perspective by examining case studies with various traditions of radical right actors, presenting data on how crisis exploitation can assist in exploring, reconsidering, bargaining, and learning about the prospects of change of political parties. The book focuses on the debate on radicalization and crisis management. Similar to the already existing economic, political, post-Brexit, and migration crises in Europe, discourses of fear around the latest health crisis are paving the way for further radicalised discourse from the far right. The book looks into how radical right parties in Europe have responded to these crises. It monitors and explores how crisis exploitation impacts political strategies, opportunity-seeking behaviours, and the evolution of the discourse of radical right parties in the contemporary political landscape. Therefore, this book is a must-read for researchers, students, and policy-makers, interested in a better understanding of populism, radical right parties, electoral studies, as well as comparative politics in general.
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- 2024
18. Angst und Angstpolitik : Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven
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Jens Lanfer, Martin W. Schnell, Jens Lanfer, and Martin W. Schnell
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- Comparative government, Europe—Politics and government, Political sociology, Political science—Philosophy
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Dieses Buch untersucht das Phänomen der gesellschaftlichen Angst und die hierauf ausgerichtete Angstpolitik. Die Angst in der Gesellschaft wird von vielen sozialwissenschaftlichen Untersuchungen angeführt, bleibt aber theoretisch und vor allem analytisch auffällig unbestimmt. Dies gilt ebenso für gesellschaftliche Diskurse: Ob nun alltägliche Unsicherheiten oder die Furcht, Sorge oder Angst gemeint sind, bleibt entweder unklar oder die Begriffe werden synonym verwendet. Das Buch setzt sich deshalb zum Ziel, verschiedene Formen der Unsicherheit in der Gesellschaft deutlicher zu bezeichnen, um soziale und politische Bedingungen und Folgen von Angst genauer fassen zu können. Die Beiträge der Autor•innen reflektieren aus unterschiedlichen Disziplinen (Geschichtswissenschaft, Philosophie, Politikwissenschaft, Soziologie) und über verschiedene Anwendungsgebiete der Sicherheitspolitik das Angstphänomen. Das Buch richtet sich an Forscher•innen, die das Phänomen der gesellschaftlichen Angst theoretisch, analytisch und empirisch untersuchen möchten.
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- 2024
19. Ferne Eliten : Die Unterrepräsentation von Ostdeutschen und Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund
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Raj Kollmorgen, Lars Vogel, Sabrina Zajak, Raj Kollmorgen, Lars Vogel, and Sabrina Zajak
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- Political sociology, Comparative government, Europe—Politics and government, Identity politics
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Fern – so erscheinen vielen Menschen, insbesondere Ostdeutschen und Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund, die Eliten in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Die Beiträge des Bandes untersuchen aus sozialwissenschaftlicher Perspektive, ob dieser verbreitete Eindruck zutrifft und warum es ihn gibt. Die Analysen zeigen einerseits auf, in welchen Sektoren der Gesellschaft und warum Ostdeutsche und Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund unterrepräsentiert sind. Andererseits wird diskutiert, welche Folgen das für die politischen Einstellungen hat und wieso das ein gesellschaftliches Problem ist. Dafür wurden u.a. mehr als 2.800 Lebensläufe von Inhaber•innen wichtiger Führungspositionen erhoben sowie Interviews mit Elitenangehörigen und eine repräsentative Bevölkerungsbefragung durchgeführt. Den Band beschließen Handlungsempfehlungen für den weiteren gesellschaftspolitischen Umgang mit der Unterrepräsentation dieser, aber auch anderer unterprivilegierter Bevölkerungsgruppen.
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- 2024
20. Democracy Without Politics in EU Citizen Participation : From European Demoi to Decolonial Multitude
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Alvaro Oleart and Alvaro Oleart
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- Europe—Politics and government, Political sociology, Comparative government, Political science
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How does the dominant understanding(s) of the demo(i)cratic subject in the EU, and of democracy more broadly, shape the EU's democratic innovations on ‘citizen participation'? What are the politically and normatively preferable alternatives, both in terms of the conceptualisation of the democratic subject in the EU and in the ensuing political practices? The book addresses these questions combining a political theory with a political sociology perspective, contrasting the ‘democracy without politics'approach of the EU in the context of the Conference on the Future of Europe with that of ongoing transnational activist processes. In doing so, it develops an agonistic alternative to ‘the people(s)'as the political imaginary of democracy in the EU, which is based on the idea of the ‘decolonial multitude'. Thus, the book puts forward a diagnosis of current debates on EU democratic legitimacy as well as proposing an alternative.
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- 2023
21. Digital Communication and Populism in Times of Covid-19 : Cases, Strategies, Examples
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Magdalena Musiał-Karg, Óscar G. Luengo, Magdalena Musiał-Karg, and Óscar G. Luengo
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- Communication in politics, Comparative government, Elections, Political science, Europe—Politics and government, Public administration
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This book examines different dimensions of digital communication and populism in times of the COVID-19 pandemic. While doing so, it discusses views, opinions, and research results regarding the conditions, experiences, constraints, benefits, and challenges related to the topic - not only using theoretical and methodological approaches but also practical perspectives. The COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic significantly accelerated the technological revolution presenting many social, economic, and political challenges, as it pushed the world into cyberspace to ensure social distancing. At the same time, many populist protests expressed in the digital public sphere massively gained importance during the lockdowns. As a result, one of the most significant consequences of using electronic tools is not only greater e-participation of citizens, but - especially evident through elections during a pandemic - even greater transfer of political communication and election campaigns into the space of new media. The book broadly analyses various contexts of digitalization of communication processes and populist politics from both theoretical and empirical perspectives in various case studies on the digitalization of information, communication, or participation processes during the COVID-19 pandemic in selected European countries and beyond. This book will appeal to students, researchers, and scholars of political communication, political science, electoral studies, digital politics, and democracy, as well as policy-makers interested in a better understanding of digital communication and populism during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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- 2023
22. Politische Mündigkeit durch digital-forschendes Lernen im Politikunterricht : Zum Umgang mit offenen Daten und öffentlichen Statistiken
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Peer Egtved and Peer Egtved
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- Political science—Study and teaching, Education and state, Political science, Europe—Politics and government
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Ständig stoßen wir auf quantitative Daten, Statistiken und Diagramme im Internet, in Zeitungen und Fernsehen. Dieser Band beschäftigt sich mit dem „digital-forschenden Lernen“ mit offenen Daten und öffentlichen Statistiken im Politikunterricht. Es werden Datenquellen hinsichtlich ihrer Verwendbarkeit im Rahmen des Politik- und Wirtschaftsunterrichts anhand von fachdidaktischen Kriterien untersucht. Ziel ist die Förderung der politischen Mündigkeit der Schüler durch quantitative Daten bzw. Urteils- und Handlungsfähigkeit sowie Datenkompetenz.
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- 2023
23. Vormoderne, Totalitarismus und die Nicht-Banalität des Bösen : Ein Vergleich zwischen Deutschland, Spanien, Schweden und Frankreich
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Steven Saxonberg and Steven Saxonberg
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- Religion and sociology, Religion and politics, Political sociology, Europe—Politics and government, World politics, Comparative government
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Dieses Buch bietet eine vergleichende und historische Analyse des Totalitarismus und geht der Frage nach, warum Spanien während der Inquisition totalitär wurde, Frankreich aber nicht; und warum Deutschland im vergangenen Jahrhundert totalitär wurde, Schweden aber nicht. Der Autor verlegt das Konzept des Totalitarismus zurück in die Vormoderne und stellt Hannah Arendts Vorstellung von der Banalität des Bösen in Frage. Stattdessen stellt er einen alternativen Rahmen vor, der erklären kann, warum manche Staaten totalitär werden und warum sie Menschen zu bösen Handlungen verleiten.
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- 2023
24. Active Borders in Europe : Identity and Collective Memory in the Cross-Border Space
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Karel B. Müller and Karel B. Müller
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- Europe—Politics and government, Political sociology, Culture—Study and teaching, Ethnopsychology
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This book explores how identities, public spheres and collective memories are being transformed in cross-border areas, contributing to the broad sociological context of Europeanization. Offering case studies on the German-Czech-Austrian, and Czech-Polish-German borderlands, the book introduces original primary data on cross-border cooperation. This data is interpreted using the concept of active borders, which approaches borders as a source of multicultural competence and cognitive capacity. In turn, the authors argue that Europeans need to treat borders, both territorial and symbolic, as specific cultural forms. Active borders allow an unprecedented level of cross-border cooperation and integration, and foster a better understanding of differences, rather than re-embedding them or constructing others. Accordingly, the authors contend that active borders promote more dynamic, open and resilient societies, and represent crucial prerequisites for the success of the European integration project.
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- 2023
25. Politischer Extremismus : Struktur und Ursachen links- und rechtsextremer Einstellungen in Deutschland
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Sebastian Jungkunz and Sebastian Jungkunz
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- Europe—Politics and government, Identity politics, Elections, Political science
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Das Buch gibt einen systematischen Überblick über die Verbreitung, die Ursachen und die Stabilität von links- und rechtsextremen Einstellungen in Deutschland zwischen 1994 und 2017. Es zeigt, dass es viele Gemeinsamkeiten zwischen Links- und Rechtsextremisten gibt, sowohl in Bezug auf ihre Ideologien als auch auf ihre individuellen Erfahrungen. Insgesamt lassen sich diese Ursachen auf drei Faktoren zurückführen: unbefriedigte individuelle Bedürfnisse (z.B. Deprivation oder Politikverdrossenheit), der Zugang zu ideologischen Narrativen, die vereinfachte Lösungen für individuelle Probleme versprechen, und die größeren gesellschaftlichen Lebensumstände (z.B. Transformationsprozesse, Arbeitslosigkeit oder Zuwanderung). Obwohl extremistische Einstellungen relativ selten sind, erweisen sie sich als sehr stabil: Einmal erworben, sind sie nur schwer wieder auf den demokratischen Weg zu bringen. Dieses Buch vergleicht erstmals systematisch linksextreme und rechtsextreme Einstellungen, leistet einen intensiven methodischen Beitrag zur Messbarkeit solcher Einstellungen und setzt deren Ursachen und Stabilität in Beziehung.
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- 2023
26. Politics of Hybrid Warfare : The Remaking of Security in Czechia After 2014
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Jakub Eberle, Jan Daniel, Jakub Eberle, and Jan Daniel
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- Europe—Politics and government, Security, International, International relations, Political sociology
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This is a first book-long analysis showing how the notion of ‘hybrid warfare'was used to transform security policies and discourses in an EU/NATO country. Building on current debates in International Political Sociology, Critical Security Studies, and Critical Geopolitics, it provides a novel account of how crisis, geopolitics, uncertainty, and expertise are intertwined in the social construction of threats. Based on extensive and original empirical research of large textual archive and elite interviews in the Czech Republic and Brussels, the book shows how officials, bureaucrats, journalists, activists, and experts all participate in the reshaping of security in a new geopolitical environment. Zooming on the case of Czechia and its specific Central European context, it complements the predominantly Western-centric studies of insecurity with an account of how the liminal position on an East/West boundary influences security politics. As a first study of its kind and scope, it will be of interest to academics and students interested in Central European politics, practices and discourses of hybrid warfare, as well as critical approaches to security and geopolitics.
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- 2023
27. The Palgrave Handbook of Radical Left Parties in Europe
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Fabien Escalona, Daniel Keith, Luke March, Fabien Escalona, Daniel Keith, and Luke March
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- Europe—Politics and government, Comparative government, World politics, Political sociology
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This profound and insightful handbook aims to promote critical reflection on the way we conceptualise and study the radical left and to advance research by asking new questions. Radical left parties in Europe have been the subjects of significant study in the last decade, aided by the demonstrable success of newer parties like the Greek Syriza and Spanish Podemos, as well as the persistence of more established actors like the German Die Linke. Nevertheless, the emergent literature remains patchy and many elements of the party family still poorly understood. This handbook brings together a range of leading analysts to provide a definitive compendium, one that provides both students and scholars with an informative and easy-to-use guide to the radical left in Europe. Through utilising a common analytical framework to analyse the radical left in 19 European countries (within and outside the EU), the Palgrave Handbook of Radical Left Parties in Europe provides a wealth of comparable data on a wide number of cases to provide a sound basis for future studies. This rigorous comparative framework, allied with the unprecedented in-depth overview of the development of the European radical left over the past two decades, makes this handbook an essential starting place for those interested in all aspects of the radical left as a party family.
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- 2023
28. The 2021 German Federal Election
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Ross Campbell, Louise K. Davidson-Schmich, Ross Campbell, and Louise K. Davidson-Schmich
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- Europe—Politics and government, Elections, Communication in politics, Executive power, World politics
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The German Federal Election of 2021 was one of the most open and competitive in the post-war era. This book provides a systematic analysis of its domestic and international context, the shifting balance of the political parties, the election strategies and campaign themes, along with the challenges of government formation. An international array of scholars from Europe, North America and Australasia have contributed specially commissioned chapters on their principal areas of research. The discussion of individual topics is combined with sufficient background information so as to be accessible to readers who may not have detailed knowledge of German politics. In addition, by including links to multimedia election-related content we enhance the value of this volume and make it an indispensable reference tool.
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- 2023
29. Die Landtagswahl 2018 in Bayern : Analysen zum Wahlverhalten und zur politischen Kultur im Freistaat
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Melanie Walter-Rogg, Tassilo Heinrich, Melanie Walter-Rogg, and Tassilo Heinrich
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- Elections, Political sociology, Communication in politics, Europe—Politics and government, Political science
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Dieses Buch liefert neue Erkenntnisse über das Wahlverhalten und die politische Kultur im Freistaat Bayern, indem es die Ergebnisse der Landtagswahl2018 aus verschiedenen Perspektiven analysiert. So ist die prädominante Stellung der CSU durch die deutlichen Gewinne von Bündnis90/Die Grünen und der AfD nicht mehr existent. Der Band profitiert von einer umfassenden Datenbasis im Rahmen eines Lehrforschungsprojektes, an dem drei bayerische Universitäten beteiligt waren.
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- 2023
30. Mechanismen des institutionellen Antiziganismus : Kommunale Praktiken und EU-Binnenmigration am Beispiel einer westdeutschen Großstadt
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Tobias Neuburger, Christian Hinrichs, Tobias Neuburger, and Christian Hinrichs
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- Political science—Study and teaching, Urban policy, Europe—Politics and government, Emigration and immigration—Social aspects, Community development, Social service
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Unter Schlagworten wie'Armutszuwanderung aus Südosteuropa'entwickelte sich verstärkt seit 2013 ein politischer Abwehrdiskurs in Bezug auf die EU-Binnenmigration aus Rumänien und Bulgarien in deutsche Großstädte. In diesem Buch gehen die Autoren anhand einer Einzelfallstudie der Frage nach, wie dieser Diskurs die kommunale Praxis in einer westdeutschen Großstadt strukturierte. Durch umfangreiche empirische Erhebungen konnten sie einen Prozess des institutionellen Antiziganismus rekonstruieren, in dessen Zuge die Diskriminierung von sogenannten'Armutszuwanderern'– ein verwaltungssprachliches Substitut für das Stigma'Roma'– sukzessive ausgeweitet wurde. Dieser Prozess besteht aus wechselseitig sich verstärkenden Grenzziehungs- und Ausschlusspraktiken, die aus Geschichte und Gegenwart des Antiziganismus bestens bekannt sind und an die Tradition kommunaler Gefahrenabwehr anknüpfen.
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- 2023
31. The Political System of Germany
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Tom Mannewitz, Wolfgang Rudzio, Tom Mannewitz, and Wolfgang Rudzio
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- Political science, Executive power, Legislation, Europe—Politics and government, Elections, Political sociology
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The textbook introduces the self-understanding, institutional structure and practice of the political system of the Federal Republic of Germany. The work provides a problem-oriented overview of the basic constitutional and foreign policy decisions that have constituted German democracy; the political field of forces formed by interest groups, citizens'initiatives, parties and mass media; the political institutions at the federal, state and local levels; the social reach and administrative enforcement of political decisions; the political culture including the structure of the political ruling class. The new edition also addresses, among other things, the consequences of the Corona crisis for the political system, the changing party system and the crisis of the EU after the 2021 federal election.
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- 2023
32. Fridays for Future : Einordnung, Rezeption und Wirkung der neuen Klimabewegung
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Jan Pollex, Anna Soßdorf, Jan Pollex, and Anna Soßdorf
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- Environmental policy, Political sociology, Political science, Europe—Politics and government, Communication in politics, Family policy
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Der Sammelband verfolgt das Ziel, eine erste umfassende Bilanz zur Rezeption und Wirkung der'Fridays for Future'-Bewegung vorzunehmen. Im ersten Teil stellen die Autor•innen in verschiedenen Kapiteln den Stand der sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschung zur Bewegung dar. Im zweiten Teil des Bandes widmen sich die Autor•innen den Wirkungen, die'Fridays for Future'auf unterschiedlichen Dimensionen der Gesellschaft hat. Die Beiträge in diesem Teil gehen der Frage nach, wie die Bewegung u.a. politische Parteien, lokale und regionale Akteure oder auch die Wissenschaft insgesamt beeinflusst hat, bzw. welche Impulse sie setzen konnte.
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- 2023
33. Consumer Policy From Below : Paradoxes, Perspectives, Problematizations
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Kai-Uwe Hellmann, Ansgar Klein, Bernward Baule, Kai-Uwe Hellmann, Ansgar Klein, and Bernward Baule
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- Political sociology, Social structure, Equality, Economic sociology, Europe—Politics and government, Political science
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Since its existence in the 1950s, consumer policy in Germany has been understood and pursued primarily as a bundle of actions and measures initiated and institutionalised by the state. In many cases, the state has also issued corresponding mandates and set up support models, which has created the impression that we are basically dealing with a'consumer policy from above'imposed by macro-politics. Not that there have not been repeated attempts in the past decades to give impetus to consumer policy from the middle of civil society - often in the form of small citizens'initiatives. And in recent years in particular, a number of new consumer organisations have emerged which operate much closer to the grass roots. Nevertheless, the impression seems to have taken root among the large, government-related'players'in the field, who have been in the'business'for decades, not to mention government-internal consumer policy, that consumer policy concerns a policy field that is essentiallyordered by a collaboration of the state on the one hand, and consumer protection organisations representing all consumers equally on the other, while the many small consumer initiatives, not even started by individual committed consumers, regularly fall behind in comparison. This perspective refers largely to the view of and from the centre of politics. This volume is intended to go some way towards countering the institutionally prevailing impression that, in principle, there is only'consumer policy from above'that is really effective and assertive.The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.
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- 2023
34. Macedonia’s Long Transition : From Independence to the Prespa Agreement and Beyond
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Robert Hudson, Ivan Dodovski, Robert Hudson, and Ivan Dodovski
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- Europe—Politics and government, Security, International, International relations, Identity politics, Emigration and immigration—Government policy
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This book provides a broad, interdisciplinary analysis of events impacting on North Macedonia since its independence, particularly during the last decade. In the past thirty years, the country has gone through deep political, social and economic transition, along with a name change from ‘Macedonia'to the ‘Republic of North Macedonia'following the Prespa Agreement signed with Greece. The contributors consider Macedonia's challenges, its multi-ethnic make-up and its ambition to enter the European mainstream through the auspices of the European Union and NATO. The volume includes chapters on international politics and North Macedonia's place in the region's security architecture as well as the difficulties of the privatisation of socially owned enterprises, political corruption, state capture and backsliding. The book also covers the controversial ‘Skopje 2014'project in addition to the impact of migration along the ‘Balkan Route'and the current wranglings with Bulgaria over identitypolitics.
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- 2023
35. The Migration Turn and Eastern Europe : A Global Historical Sociological Analysis
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Attila Melegh and Attila Melegh
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- Political science, Europe—Politics and government, Political sociology, Political science—Philosophy
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Using Marxist and Polanyian frameworks, this book examines the structural and discursive transformation that can explain the polarization of migration debates and within the rise of nationalist anti-migrant discourses in Europe with a special attention to Eastern Europe and Hungary. It goes beyond the mainstream explanations of these phenomena that uses nationalist propaganda as causal factors and instead argues that the rise of anti-immigration currents cannot be understood without a dialectical and historical analysis of the material and discursive transformations, most importantly marketization and related reification. Drawing from thinkers such as Lukács, Polanyi, and Gramsci as well as diverse empirical sources including demographic studies, historical modelling, and discourse analyses, Migration Turn and Eastern Europe is a unique and rigorous study of one of the most pressing and puzzling political and sociological questions of ourtime.
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- 2023
36. Politikwandel in der Netzneutralität auf europäischer Ebene : Mobilisierung, Koalitionen, Konflikte und Vermittlungsprozesse im Vergleich
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Lavinia Zinser and Lavinia Zinser
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- Europe—Politics and government, Political sociology
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Mit dem Telekompaket und der TSM-Verordnung wurden auf europäischer Ebene zwischen den Jahren 2005 und 2016 zwei Policies zur sukzessiven Stärkung der Netzneutralität erlassen. Dieses Buch untersucht vergleichend die Wege zu Politikwandel in der Netzneutralität auf EU-Ebene. Es zeichnet gleichzeitig die Etablierung des Subsystems der Netzneutralität im Zeitverlauf nach und leistet ein umfassendes Mapping aller beteiligten Akteure und Positionen im Kontext der EU-Telekommunikations- und Netzpolitik. Mittels des Advocacy-Koalitionen-Ansatzes (ACF) und einer Methoden-Kombination samt Prozess- und Diskurs-Netzwerk-Analyse ist der Wandel der EU-Politik über eine Kombination von Wegen festzustellen: Unterstützer-Mobilisierung, Subsystem- und Koalitions-Veränderungen, Policy-Lernen sowie Broker als vermittelnde Akteure begünstigten in beiden Fällen auf unterschiedliche Art und Weise die Politikveränderungen beim Policy-Problem der Netzneutralität.
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- 2023
37. Die Bundestagswahl 2021 : Analysen der Wahl-, Parteien-, Kommunikations- und Regierungsforschung
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Karl-Rudolf Korte, Maximilian Schiffers, Arno von Schuckmann, Sandra Plümer, Karl-Rudolf Korte, Maximilian Schiffers, Arno von Schuckmann, and Sandra Plümer
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- Elections, Europe—Politics and government, Comparative government, Executive power, Communication in politics
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Dieses Handbuch bündelt umfassende Analysen zur Bundestagswahl 2021 in Deutschland. Die Beiträge thematisieren zentrale Forschungsbereiche der Wahl-, Parteien-, Kommunikations- und Regierungsforschung. Das Handbuch kann daher als ideales Nachschlagewerk dienen und richtet sich an Lehrende und Forschende sowie an Wissenschaftsinteressierte aus der politischen Praxis.
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- 2023
38. Die Parteien nach der Bundestagswahl 2021 : Neueste Entwicklungen des Parteienwettbewerbs in Deutschland
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Uwe Jun, Oskar Niedermayer, Uwe Jun, and Oskar Niedermayer
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- Elections, Political sociology, Europe—Politics and government, Communication in politics, Comparative government
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Das Buch hat es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, eine systematische Bestandsaufnahme der neuesten Entwicklungen der Parteien unter Einschluss der Bundestagswahl 2021 und ihrer Folgen für die Parteienlandschaft zu liefern. Es enthält sowohl einen Überblick über die Entwicklung des Parteiensystems insgesamt als auch ausführliche Analysen aller relevanten Parteien in Einzelbeiträgen.
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- 2023
39. Brothers of Italy : A New Populist Wave in an Unstable Party System
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Davide Vampa and Davide Vampa
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- Europe—Politics and government, Communication in politics, Political leadership
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This volume examines the origins, ideology, organisation, leadership, political alliances, electoral performance and institutional role of the right-wing party Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d'Italia, Fdl). FdI's meteoric rise is only the latest in a series of shocks that have hit Italy's unstable political system in recent years. However, it would be a mistake to brand FdI as yet another Italian anomaly. Indeed, the party stands at the crossroads between an established political tradition, that of the post-fascist and conservative right, and the more recent populist waves that have affected many mature democracies. By placing Giorgia Meloni's party in a comparative analytical framework, the author shows that its success stems from a mix of past legacies and current developments seen in much of Europe (and beyond): the growing role of right-wing female leaders and their reliance on new media; the mainstreaming of the far right mixed with populist repertoires; the de-alignment and (partial) re-alignment of voters; the reconfiguration of electoral geographies; and ultimately the emergence of an illiberal model of democracy. In short, rather than being an exception, FdI can be seen as one of the most recent and advanced manifestations of a broader process of political change sweeping the West.
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- 2023
40. Parteianhängerschaft in Deutschland : Eine Analyse der Parteien und ihrer Anhängerschaften in Bund und Ländern
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Jakob Lempp, Oliver Serfling, Jan Niklas Rolf, Jakob Lempp, Oliver Serfling, and Jan Niklas Rolf
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- Elections, Comparative government, Political sociology, Europe—Politics and government
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Das Buch bietet eine umfassende empirische Analyse der Anhängerschaft der deutschen Parteien auf Bundes- und Länderebene. Aufbauend auf einführenden Kapiteln zur politikwissenschaftlichen Parteien- und Wählerforschung analysiert das Buch in sechs Einzelkapiteln die Anhängerschaften der im 20. Deutschen Bundestag vertretenen Parteien (CDU/CSU, SPD, Bündnis90/Die Grünen, FDP, Die Linke, AfD). Grundlage dafür ist eine repräsentative Erhebung in Kooperation mit dem Markt- und Meinungsforschungsunternehmen Civey.
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- 2023
41. Smart Cities, Digitalisierung und Bürgerbeteiligung : Die Sicht von Politik und Verwaltung
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Frank Brettschneider and Frank Brettschneider
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- Urban policy, Political science, Communication in politics, Europe—Politics and government, Public administration
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Der Band beschäftigt sich mit Aspekten von Smart Cities, Digitalisierung und Bürgerbeteiligung. Digitalisierung mit Bürgerbeteiligung und Bürgerbeteiligung mit digitalen Instrumenten und Formaten – das sind zwei Seiten einer Medaille. Smart Cities erproben zahlreiche Facetten kommunaler Digitalisierung. Dialogorientierte Kommunikation ist notwendig, damit Politik, Verwaltung, Verbände sowie Bürgerinnen und Bürger dabei gemeinsam tragfähige Lösungen finden. Auch digitale Kommunikationsinstrumente sind hilfreich. Landesregierungen setzen Messenger-Dienste erfolgreich ein, und kommunale Bauämter nutzen Social-Media-Kanäle. Gemeinderäte und Bürgermeister•innen stehen digitalen Formaten der Bürgerbeteiligung aufgeschlossen gegenüber, wünschen sich aber oft mehr Informationen über deren Möglichkeiten und Grenzen.
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- 2022
42. 'Querdenker' : Ein Überblick
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Stefan Goertz and Stefan Goertz
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- Terrorism, Political violence, Europe—Politics and government, Communication in politics, Human rights, Identity politics
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Einführend werden die Ideologieelemente der „Querdenker“ besprochen, dort auch die Ergebnisse der ersten empirischen Studien zu „Querdenkern“ und Teilnehmern an Corona-Demonstrationen. Verschwörungserzählungen sind ein (potenzieller) Radikalisierungsfaktor und spielen für die Bewegung der „Querdenker“ eine wichtige Rolle. So werden verschiedene aktuelle internationale Verschwörungserzählungen von „Querdenkern“ aufgegriffen, darunter auch die antisemitische Verschwörungserzählung „QAnon“. In Reaktion auf die „Querdenker“-Bewegung haben die deutschen Verfassungsschutzbehörden einen neuen Phänomenbereich von Extremismus festgestellt, die „verfassungsschutzrelevante Delegitimierung des Staates“. Bei der Analyse der Szene der „Querdenker“ muss differenziert werden, weil eine komplexe Mischung aus Radikalismus, Verschwörungserzählungen und Extremismus festzustellen ist.
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- 2022
43. Corona und Korruption : Gesellschaftswissenschaftliche Analysen
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Sebastian Wolf, Peter Graeff, Sebastian Wolf, and Peter Graeff
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- Europe—Politics and government, Public administration, Legislation, Comparative government, Political sociology, Political science
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Der Sammelband analysiert aus einer interdisziplinären Perspektive Auswirkungen der Corona-Pandemie auf Korruptionsformen, Korruptionsbekämpfung und Korruptionsforschung. So werden insbesondere spezifische Korruptionsgefahren durch die weitreichenden staatlichen Maßnahmen zur Eindämmung der Pandemie und ihrer Folgen in den Blick genommen. Theoretische und überblicksartige Erörterungen werden ergänzt durch empirische Fallstudien zu Brasilien und Deutschland. Ein Beitrag thematisiert Gemeinsamkeiten von COVID-19 und Korruption hinsichtlich der Erhebung von Umfragedaten. Der Band versammelt vor allem politikwissenschaftliche, soziologische und rechtswissenschaftliche Untersuchungen.
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- 2022
44. Europa und die deutsche Frage : Wiederkehr der Geschichte?
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Luc Kerren and Luc Kerren
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- Europe, Central—History, Economic history, Political sociology, Europe—Politics and government
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Mit der Wiedervereinigung schien die deutsche Frage, welche bis 1990 über Jahrhunderte das europäische Mächtegleichgewicht bestimmt hatte, eine endgültige Antwort erhalten zu haben, da das Land in der Mitte des Kontinents erstmals in seiner Geschichte „von Freunden umzingelt“ war. Spätestens mit dem Aufkommen der Eurokrise verdeutlichte sich jedoch, dass die Größe und Stärke des vereinten Deutschlands innerhalb Europas weiterhin als ambivalent wahrgenommen wurde: Einerseits kam es nicht umher, als „unverzichtbare Nation“ die Initiative zu übernehmen, gleichzeitig wurde es aber verdächtigt, hegemoniale Ambitionen an den Tag zu legen. Luc Kerren zeigt in diesem Buch, dass dieses Muster in der Folge ebenfalls während der Migrationskrise 2015/16 sowie im Verhältnis zu Russland zu beobachten war. Somit ist auch die Berliner Republik mit der Herausforderung konfrontiert, innerhalb Europas die Balance zu wahren: Zwischen einer „rücksichtslosen Führung“ und einer „führungslosen Rücksicht“.
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- 2022
45. Verbände mit Zukunft? : Die Re-Organisation industrieller Interessen in Deutschland
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Beate Kohler-Koch, Sebastian Fuchs, David A. Friedrich, Beate Kohler-Koch, Sebastian Fuchs, and David A. Friedrich
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- Europe—Politics and government, Political sociology, Political science, Economics, Social choice
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Das Buch setzt sich mit der Zukunft der deutschen Wirtschaftsverbände auseinander. Gerade die Industrieverbände passen sich der dynamischen Veränderung ihrer Umwelt an. Mannigfache Reorganisationen haben zu Wandel geführt, aber die Grundstrukturen des Verbändesystems und die Doppelfunktion der Verbände als Interessenvertreter gegenüber Politik und Öffentlichkeit und als Dienstleister ihrer Mitglieder blieben erhalten. Die empirische Analyse der Anpassungsstrategien im nationalen und europäischen Rahmen sowie die Auswertung neuer Daten stützen die Prognose von Stabilität im Wandel.
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- 2022
46. Youth Political Participation in Greece: A Multiple Methods Perspective
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Stefania Kalogeraki, Maria Kousis, Stefania Kalogeraki, and Maria Kousis
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- Europe—Politics and government, Political sociology, Sociology
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The overarching aim of this edited volume is to investigate different modes, patterns and determinants of youth political participation in Greece, since the economic crisis, by incorporating a variety of quantitative and qualitative methods. The chapters examine different forms of youth political participation, from institutionalized (such as voting, or membership in political parties) to non-institutionalized (such as signing petitions, protesting through demonstrations or occupations, and political consumerism). Moreover, the chapters shed light on diverse aspects of youth political participation, such as the interlinkages between occupational precarity and political behaviour, the spatial portrait of youth political engagement in rural, suburban and urban Greek contexts, the engendered aspects of political involvement, the pivotal role of protest events in youth political socialization and in mobilization in contentious political actions, the different impacts of priming inequality on youth's political beliefs, depending on different modes of thinking, as well as the key features of youth-related and youth-led (non-state) organisations operating in Greece. The aforementioned aspects are examined at the micro, meso or/and macro level through distinct methodological approaches including panel survey, experimental survey, biographical interviews, in-depth interviews and action organization analysis, carried out in the context of the EURYKA (European Commission) project.
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- 2022
47. The Legacy and Impact of German Unification : The Elusive Dream of 'Flourishing Landscapes'
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Michael Oswald, John Robertson, Michael Oswald, and John Robertson
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- Europe—Politics and government, Political sociology, World politics, Political science
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On October 3, 1990 the future of both Europe and Germany became powerfully and inexorably intertwined across a politically broadened continent powering transformative social, political and economic interactions. The thirty year mark after the then reigning chancellor Helmut Kohl promised'flourishing landscapes'in the former GDR is more than just a new anniversary from which mandatory reflections must follow. Arguably, it represents a temporal boundary between the adjustments and reactions conditioned and captivated by a sense of something new and uncertain, and that point moving forward from which unification's legacy inescapably tethers Germany's future to normal politics shaped by the issues of the moment, and not politics gripped by the debates of unification itself. That legacy is defined by an accumulation over thirty years of adjustments, mutations, counter-adjustments and strategic reactions which have now delivered through the many ripples of change a Germany managing thecourse-trajectory which unification has relentlessly plotted. The foreseeable future will certainly see that legacy of unification tenaciously continue to project yet shrouded within the background of Germany's routine politics. This volume explores that legacy within the post-unification era and reflects on the way forward into a near-term German future no longer consumed with unification itself but with the reality of politics it has steadily defined.
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- 2022
48. Routes to a Resilient European Union : Interdisciplinary European Studies
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Antonina Bakardjieva Engelbrekt, Per Ekman, Anna Michalski, Lars Oxelheim, Antonina Bakardjieva Engelbrekt, Per Ekman, Anna Michalski, and Lars Oxelheim
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- Europe—Politics and government, Political planning, Emigration and immigration—Government policy, Political sociology
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The fifth volume of the Interdisciplinary European Studies series aims to explore the EU's pursuit of societal resilience and its role in the transition to a green economy. It brings together scholars from economics, law, and political science to provide insights related to climate change and the protection of the environment, the role of innovation in the green economy, resilience of national public health systems after the COVID-19 pandemic, regulatory resilience in the face of financial instability, and immigration. All chapters are based on up-to-date research, succinct assessment of the current state of affairs, and ongoing debates. They conclude with policy recommendations for decision-makers on European and national levels.Legal Preconditions for an Environmentally Sustainable European Union” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
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- 2022
49. Hermann Hellers demokratischer Konstitutionalismus
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Verena Frick, Oliver W. Lembcke, Verena Frick, and Oliver W. Lembcke
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- Political science, World politics, Political sociology, Europe—Politics and government, Constitutional law
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Von Haus aus Jurist und Staatsrechtslehrer, vertritt Hermann Heller einen demokratischen Konstitutionalismus, der die Wirklichkeit der Demokratie mit der Normativität des Rechts zusammendenkt. Was Hellers Werk dabei in besonderer Weise fruchtbar erscheinen lässt, ist die Verbindung von Staatsrechtslehre, Politikwissenschaft und Soziologie, die erst die komplexe Wirklichkeit der Demokratie erfahrbar macht. In seinen späten Weimarer Schriften – etwa zum Autoritären Liberalismus – zeigt sich Heller als Analytiker der Krise, der uns heute den Blick für die Herausbildung autoritärer Politikstrukturen insbesondere auf europäischer Ebene schärft. Neben dieser kritischen Perspektive auf die Konstellationen und Dynamiken der (zum Teil schleichenden) Autokratisierung politischer Prozesse lassen sich auf Grundlage des Hellerschen Werkes auch die Voraussetzungen gelingender demokratischer Stabilität benennen. Die Rekonstruktion dieses Ansatzes eines dezidiert demokratischen Konstitutionalismus steht im Zentrum des geplanten Sammelbandes.
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- 2022
50. Politikwissenschaft trifft Politikdidaktik : Stand und Perspektiven der politikwissenschaftlichen Lehrerbildung
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Hans-Jürgen Bieling, Benjamin Ewert, Michael Haus, Monika Oberle, Alexander Wohnig, Hans-Jürgen Bieling, Benjamin Ewert, Michael Haus, Monika Oberle, and Alexander Wohnig
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- Political science—Study and teaching, Education and state, Europe—Politics and government, Political science, Economics
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Vor dem Hintergrund bildungspolitischer und gesellschaftlicher Veränderungen untersucht der Sammelband Stand und Perspektiven der politikwissenschaftlichen Lehrerbildung in zentralen Themenfeldern in Deutschland. Ziel ist es, die Relevanz der Lehrerbildung in der Politikwissenschaft in die gesamte Disziplin hinein zu verdeutlichen, einen vertieften Austausch zwischen Fachwissenschaft und Fachdidaktik zu befördern und Wege zur zukünftigen Aufstellung des Faches im Bereich der Lehrerbildung aufzuzeigen.
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- 2022
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