"Contemporary Indian society is ridden with issues of conflict and the competing struggles of classes and communities. These conflicts are occurring in a society which, on the one hand, is lagging behind on the path of modernity and development but, on the other, has paradoxical…
"An expert in African American culture. Andrew Billingsley surveys nearly a thousand black churches across the country, including its oldest, the First African Baptist Church in Savannah, Georgia. These black churches, whose roots extend back to antebellum times, have periodical…
"Same-sex marriage, #BlackLivesMatter, the Dream Act, the People's Climate March, End the New Jim Crow, Occupy Wall Street-these are just a few of the initiatives that have taken flight in the past decade, the most fertile and productive era of activism and reform this country h…
Im Spannungsfeld von Traditionen, EU-Einigungsprozessen und globalen Entwicklungen haben die Debatten um den "Umbau des Sozialstaates" ein neues Stadium erreicht. Eine Politik der Individualisierung und Privatisierung hat sich mittlerweile zum sozialpolitischen Leitmotiv entwick…
