The last twenty years have seen a rise in the production, circulation, and criticism of new forms of socially engaged art aimed at achieving social justice and economic equality. In Wages Against Artwork Leigh Claire La Berge shows how socially engaged art responds to and critiq…
Finanzkrise, Flüchtlingskrise, Klimanotstand und nun Corona. Das 21. Jahrhundert ist von Beginn an reich an Krisen. Zugleich haben spätestens seit dem Jahrtausendwechsel apokalyptische Deutungen des Weltgeschehens Konjunktur. Alexander-Kenneth Nagel analysiert die apokalyptische…
"The Republic of China on Taiwan spent nearly four decades as a single-party state under dictatorial rule (1949-1987) before transitioning to liberal democracy. This book describes the social life of a neighborhood police station during the first rotation in executive power foll…
One of jazz's leading critics gives us an invigorating, richly detailed portrait of the artists and events that have shaped the music of our time. Grounded in authority and brimming with style, Playing Changes is the first book to take the measure of this exhilarating moment: it…
Inch'Allah: l'islamisation à visage découvert
This is a book about strategies of trade unions confronting employers in difficult conditions. The book's main idea is to study why and how successful forms of workers' interest representation could emerge in a hostile context. The post-communist context makes it difficult for w…
In 2011, many Syrians took to the streets of Damascus to demand the overthrow of the government of Bashar al-Assad. Seven years later, Syria is a warzone, and there seems to be no end in sight. Burning Country explores the complicated reality of life in present-day Syria with un…
V. 1. A-M -- v. 2. N-Z
Protecting space assets -- Congested, contested & competitive -- Avoiding Thucidides' trap -- Deter, defend, defeat -- Feeding the beast -- Space development & governance -- Space at the tipping point "This book examines the recent shift in US space policy and the forces that c…
The transformation of citizenship
L' horreur politique: l'État contre la société
"Pourquoi est-il si facile d'augmenter les dépenses de l'État mais si difficile de les baisser ? Pour quelles raisons le domaine de l'intervention publique s'étend-il sans cesse ? Dans quelle mesure les responsables politiques sont-ils influencés par les groupes de pression et d…
Discusses the 2000 sinking of the Russian submarine Kursk in the Barents Sea, detailing the fate of twenty-three men trapped inside through an hour-by-hour account of the tragedy.
Discusses the 2000 sinking of the Russian submarine Kursk in the Barents Sea, detailing the fate of twenty-three men trapped inside through an hour-by-hour account of the tragedy.