This dissertation examines why social movements elicit varying policy responses from states and why movements vary in their effect on the societies in which they occur. Additionally, in this project I illustrate how seemingly failed or inconsequential movements can nonetheless h…
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The convergence of contemporary international affairs with religion calls for a new lens for interaction. This convergence, combined with the global topography of militant ideologies in the name of Islam, the impact of the War on Terror, and the rift in Muslim-West relations has…
In post Cold War politics, as a powerful alternative to the authoritarian "status-quo" regimes of the Muslim World, Islamism has become among the most critical political issues as various Islamist movements increasingly challenge governments for more political reforms, democrati…
The 20th century has witnessed many movement governments in former authoritarian states such as those in Taiwan, South Korea, Iran, and South Africa. This study is the first attempt in the literature of states and movements to conceptually distinguish movement governments from c…
The study is about the rise of the Gurage in Ethiopia from a position as a subjugated rural minority ethnic group to the leading entrepreneurs in the nation. The specific case of the Gurage shows how to theoretically re-think the interplay of culture and structure, ideology and …
"Tracing the way the agrarian myth has re-emerged over the twentieth century in ideology shared by populism, postmodernism and the political right, the argument in this book is that at the centre of this discourse about the cultural identity of 'otherness'/'difference' lies the …
Kritik der Polizei
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Die Polizei ist für einige Menschen "Freund und Helfer", andere erleben sie im täglichen Leben als Institution, die unterdrückt, vertreibt oder schikaniert. Im Zuge wachsender gesellschaftlicher Spannungen wird dieser Aspekt immer offensichtlicher. Insbesondere die US-amerikanis…
Study of historical and political aspects of the activities of nationalist and social movements against racial discrimination in South Africa R during the period from 1850 to 1950 - covers immigration (incl. Of White Africans), the role of UK, forced labour in the mining industr…
Speaking out against the myths of the 1990s, especially those associated with neo-liberalism, this text offers a defence of the public interest.
Focuses on the period from 1980 to 1990.
Focuses on the role of civil society and social movements in furthering access to education in selected countries. Discusses the mobilization of African-Americans for education, communal identity and education in Bosnia and Herzegovina, universal elementary education in India, M…
Viele Menschen geraten beim Versuch, gut für sich und andere zu sorgen, an die Grenzen ihrer Kräfte. Was als individuelles Versagen gegenüber den alltäglichen Anforderungen erscheint, ist jedoch Folge einer neoliberalen Krisenbearbeitung. Notwendig ist daher ein grundlegender Pe…
Political disillusionment is widespread in contemporary Japanese society, despite people’s struggles in the recession. Our social relationships become entangled, and we can no longer clearly identify our interest in politics. The search for the outside of stagnant reality someti…
