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There is extraordinary diversity, depth, and complexity in the encounter between theatre, performance, and human rights. Through an examination of a rich repertoire of plays and performance practices from and about countries across six continents, the contributors open...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-12-27
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Der im Jahre 2004 in Kopenhagen entdeckte Entwurf einer Gesamtverfassung für das Königreich Dänemark und die Herzogtümer Schleswig und Holstein aus den ersten Monaten des Jahres 1848 wird hier in einer textkritischen Edition vorgelegt. Neben ihm werden die Verfassungen...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-11-20
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Although the field of deliberative civic engagement is growing rapidly around the world, our knowledge and understanding of its practice and impacts remain highly fragmented. Democracy in Motion represents the first comprehensive attempt to assess the practice and...
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Oxford University Press
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2012-11-01
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"Liberal democracy" is the name given to a regime that much of the world lives in or aspires to, and both liberal and deliberative theorists focus much of their intellectual energy on working to reshape and perfect this regime. But what if "liberal democracy" were a...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-10-25
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Historically, Americans have seen libertarians as far outside the mainstream, but with the rise of the Tea Party movement, libertarian principles have risen to the forefront of Republican politics. But libertarianism is more than the philosophy of individual freedom and...
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Oxford University Press
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2012-10-15
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In dieser Studie wird der Frage nachgegangen, aus welchem Grund der politische Linksliberalismus in der Bundesrepublik zwischen Ende der 1960er Jahre und dem «Krisenjahr» 1973 eine Konjunktur erleben konnte. Zugleich wird anhand profilierter Persönlichkeiten – Hildegard...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-10-11
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History of Political Theory: An Introduction is an engaging introduction to the main figures in the history of Western Political Theory and their most important works. Volume I traces the development of political theory "from the beginning" in ancient Greece through the...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2012-10-05
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"Liberal democracy" is the name given to a regime that much of the world lives in or aspires to, and both liberal and deliberative theorists focus much of their intellectual energy on working to reshape and perfect this regime. But what if "liberal democracy" were a...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-09-27
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Terrorist's Creed casts a penetrating beam of empathetic understanding into the disturbing and murky psychological world of fanatical violence, explaining how the fanaticism it demands stems from the profoundly human need to imbue existence with meaning and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-09-19
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In this book the author analyzes the phenomenon of coup d’état as a specific means of gaining state power. Though quite frequently found in practice, this phenomenon is almost completely unexplored in political theory. The author examines the concept of coup d’état...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-09-18
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It is frequently assumed that the “people” must have something in common or else democracy will fail. This assumption that democracy requires commonality - such as a shared nationality, a common culture, or consensus on a core set of values - sets theorists and...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-09-05
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Im Buch werden erstmals die Beziehungen der Pazifistin Bertha von Suttner (1843-1914) zu Russland analysiert. Ihr Roman Die Waffen nieder! beeinflusste die Entstehung antimilitaristischer Stimmungen in Russland. Sie unterhielt Kontakte zu mehr als 50 Vertretern der...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-09-03
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A vital instrument of power, telecommunications is and has always been a political technology. In this book, Headrick examines the political history of telecommunications from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of World War II. He argues that this technology gave...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-09-01
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The study of German occupation policies during the Second World War and of the relation of the people in the occupied territories to these policies provides valuable insight into the political dynamics of World War II. This book describes the structure and activities of...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2012-08-29
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MigrantInnen leben in Wien in qualitativ schlechteren Wohnverhältnissen. Sie sind auch subjektiv mit der eigenen Wohnsituation unzufriedener, wie die empirische Grundlagenforschung für Wien 2008 hervorbrachte. Diese Ergebnisse werden in dieser Arbeit vor dem Hintergrund...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-08-16
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How should past injustices be addressed in order to allow victims and perpetrators to overcome their memories and move on towards a better future? After the end of the Cultural Revolution and the period of martial law, these questions confronted the leadership on both...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-07-27
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Recovering International Relations bridges two key divides in contemporary IR: between 'value-free' and normative theory, and between reflective, philosophically inflected explorations of ethics in scholarship and close, empirical studies of practical problems in world...
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Oxford University Press
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2012-07-15
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The Magna Carta has long been considered the foundation stone of the British Constitution, yet few people today understand either its contents or its context. This Very Short Introduction introduces the document to a modern audience, explaining its origins in the...
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OUP Oxford
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2012-06-28
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Charles De Gaulle's leadership of the French while in exile during World War II cemented his place in history. In contemporary France, he is the stuff of legend, consistently acclaimed as the nation's pre-eminent historical figure. But paradoxes abound. For one thing,...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-06-01
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