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Turning Points: Challenges for Western Democracies in the 21st Century centers around the strikingly under-researched concept of turning points and its application in political science, including various theories, fields, and sub-disciplines. The chapters provide theoretical discussion and conceptual clarity by distinguishing a set of turning points at different analytical levels. Based on a wide range of case studies, the authors illustrate where, when and how different types of turning points occur (or not) against the backdrop of current challenges in and for Western democracies. The conceptual and empirical variety of the volume allows scholars and practitioners in policymaking to develop and apply their own frameworks when dealing with turning point dynamics.
2015 was without any doubt the year of migrations. Over the subsequent two years, we have certainly seen the migration flows reduce, but it was never going to be possible to halt them altogether. From the outset of this phenomenon, numerous academics and researchers have dedicated themselves to the topic. They analyse the causes, the course of the migration flows, parallels and impacts, as well as possible scenarios of the migration movement. A wide-reaching debate has evolved on the topic of migration, to which the authors in this anthology were also keen to contribute conflict regulations attempts. In this publication, historians, political scientists, philosophers, sociologists, geographers, human geographers, economists, literary scientists, legal scholars, theologians and psychiatrists from a range of European and Non-European countries have each contributed from their individual standpoints.
Examines ideas of violence in German culture after 9/11 through the lens of "violence elsewhere" - exploring works and discourses about violence in distant locations or times. Following the Nazi era, the Holocaust, and the Second World War, in postwar Germany thinking or speaking about that extreme violence seemed distinctively difficult - even perhaps, at times, impossible. Yet we can learn about understandings of violence in this period in novel ways by exploring images and constructions in German culture of faraway violence, as shown in the recent volume Violence Elsewhere 1: Imagining Distant Violence in Germany, 1945-2001. As of September 11, 2001, violence came to appear transnationall...
The story of these wonderfully stylish cars, built on the ultra-dependable VW Beetle chassis and running gear. Produced between 1955 and 1974, these timeless models are now classics. Here is the essential guide to the curvy and collectible VW-based Karmann Ghias.
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In this hilarious collection of stories, Old Autos columnist Bill Sherk describes in vivid detail the trials and tribulations of those brave souls who, throwing caution to the wind and money down the drain, made the fateful decision that would forever change the course of their lives. They went out and bought their very first cars. And whether it came from the showroom or the scrapyard, your first car was your ticket of admission into the adult world. Gas, oil, repairs, tow trucks, speeding tickets, insurance, and fender benders would take a vacuum cleaner to your bank account, but you didn’t care. You were behind the wheel and on the road.
Die Neuauflage des Klassikers zur Geschichte der Vereinigten Staaten bietet einen Überblick der Ereignisse und Entwicklungen bis ins Jahr 2020. Sozial- und kulturgeschichtliche Themen treten neben die Darstellung von Politik, Wirtschaft und Verfassung vor dem Hintergrund einer weltpolitischen Lage, die sich in den letzten 20 Jahren entscheidend verändert hat und zu einer Neubewertung der Rolle der USA als Weltmacht Anlass gibt. Besondere Beachtung finden die Rassenproblematik, ethnische, religiöse und Umweltfragen, Einwanderung sowie die Rolle der Frauen und die deutschamerikanischen Beziehungen. Die Fülle von Fakten und Analysen verbindet der Band mit den Mitteln narrativer Geschichtsschreibung zu einer differenzierten, gut lesbaren Darstellung auf aktuellem Forschungsstand. Die neue kommentierte Bibliographie diskutiert Standardwerke wie auch aktuelle Literatur. utb+: Begleitend zum Buch erhalten Leser:innen auf einer redaktionell betreuten Website eine umfangreiche Quellensammlung (Faksimile, Video-, Audiomaterial), um den Stoff zu veranschaulichen und zu vertiefen. Erhältlich über utb.de.
New developments in measuring, evaluating and managing credit risk are discussed in this volume. Addressing both practitioners in the banking sector and resesarch institutions, the book provides a manifold view on one of the most-discussed topics in finance. Among the subjects treated are important issues, such as: the consequences of the new Basel Capital Accord (Basel II), different applications of credit risk models, and new methodologies in rating and measuring credit portfolio risk. The volume provides an overview of recent developments as well as future trends: a state-of-the-art compendium in the area of credit risk.