4,006円 The re-emergence of China as an economic superpower during its systemic transition is an astonishing phenomenon. China and Post-Socialist Development is the first comprehensive attempt to frame China’s advancements within the context of the East Asian developmental miracle, against the background...

5,970円 This book explores the history of natural disasters in the Ottoman Empire and the responses to them on the state, communal, and individual levels. Yaron Ayalon argues that religious boundaries between Muslims and non-Muslims were far less significant in Ottoman society than commonly believed. Fur...

330円 This classic text is one of history's most important political works. Mill declares that "over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign." For those interested in political philosophy, this is essential reading.

2,400円 Religiöser Pluralismus ist in nahezu allen westlichen, aber auch in vielen sich entwickelnden Gesellschaften zu einer zentralen sozialen und politischen Herausforderung avanciert. Die neue Vielfalt speist sich aus Einwanderungsprozessen, der stärkeren Sichtbarkeit religiöser Minderheiten und auch...

11,772円 Recent debates about sustainable development have shifted their focus from fixing environmental problems in a technocratic and economic way to more fundamental changes in social-political processes and relations. In this context, participation is a genuinely transformative approach to sustainable...

5,803円 Despite a wealth of theorizing and research about each concept, lobbying and norms still raise a number of interesting issues. Why do lobbyists and politicians engage in cooperative behavior? How does cooperative behavior in lobbying affect policy making? If democratic participation is good, why ...

12,103円 The growing urgency, complexity and "wickedness" of sustainability problemsーfrom climate change and biodiversity loss to ecosystem degradation and persistent poverty and inequalityーpresent fundamental challenges to scientific knowledge production and its use. While there is little doubt that sc...

9,948円 Although the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement to address global climate change, has been regarded by many as an unsuccessful treaty both politically and environmentally, it stands as one of the world’s few truly global agreements. Why did such a diverse group of countries decide to sign...

11,772円 Rural development remains a major challenge for governments of developing countries such as Pakistan. While a broad range of state and donor interventions impact the lives of poor farmers -who provide a significant proportion of the labour force - comprehensive consideration of these combined int...

8,315円 Hundreds of millions of people still suffer from chronic hunger and food insecurity despite sufficient levels of global food production. The poor's inability to afford adequate diets remains the biggest constraint to solving hunger, but the dynamics of global food insecurity are complex and deman...

5,777円 The environment, and how humans affect it, is more of a concern now than ever. We are constantly told that halting climate change requires raising awareness, changing attitudes, and finally altering behaviors among the general public-and fast. New information, attitudes, and actions, it is conven...

630円 Integration ist erfolgreich, wenn Menschen sich zugehörig fühlen und eine Chance bekommen, die Gesellschaft mitzugestalten. Einwanderungsgesellschaften wie zum Beispiel Kanada gelingen diese beiden Schritte. Sie ermöglichen Migranten, Teil der Gesellschaft zu werden und auf die Rahmenbedingungen ...