Democracy - hope or illusion? Blooming, failing or declining? Our doubts and hesitation make part of unbending efforts to endorse and explain democracy. Who is right - the custodians of promise ort the prophets of decline? The book concentrates on doubts. The author tries to exp…
EU Energy Security - Turkey's Energy Dependency and Role in the Southern Gas Corridor - Energy as a Factor in the Relationship between Turkey and the EU - Rising Importance of Turkey on European Energy Security This study analyses the issue of energy security and natural gas in…
Long description: Der Band richtet sich an Bachelor-Studierende der Politikwissenschaft, die das erste Mal eine Veranstaltung zu den internationalen Beziehungen belegen. Studierenden höherer Semester dient die Einführung als kompetentes und sachkundiges Nachschlagewerk, das Fakt…
»Der Populismus revolutioniert die Politik des 21. Jahrhunderts. Doch das wahre Ausmaß der von ihm bewirkten Umwälzungen haben wir noch nicht erfasst.«Der bekannte Historiker Pierre Rosanvallon entwirft eine bisher noch fehlende kohärente Theorie des Populismus . Er untersucht s…
Power in International Relations - Issues of Soft Power - Resources of Power: Hard, Soft, and Smart - Education as a Resource of Power - Case study of Kazakhstan - Education as a Power Resource in Kazakhstan - International Education In the current global context, there is a sh…
School violence has become our new American horror story, but it also has its roots in the way it comments on western values with respect to violence, shame, mental illness, suicide, humanity, and the virtual. Beyond Columbine: School Violence and the Virtual offers a series of …