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Socialism, Capitalism and Alternatives : Area Studies and Global Theories
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Year: 2019 Publisher: London : UCL Press,

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In 1989 the Berlin Wall came down. Two years later the Soviet Union disintegrated. The collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union discredited the idea of socialism for generations to come. It was seen as representing the final and irreversible victory of capitalism. This triumphal dominance was barely challenged until the 2008 financial crisis threw the Western world into a state of turmoil. Through analysis of post-socialist Russia and Central and Eastern Europe, as well as of the United Kingdom, China and the United States, 'Socialism, Capitalism and Alternatives' confronts the difficulty we face in articulating alternatives to capitalism, socialism and threatening populist regimes. Beginning with accounts of the impact of capitalism on countries left behind by the planned economies, the volume moves on to consider how China has become a beacon of dynamic economic growth, aggressively expanding its global influence.


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Protest and Democracy
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ISBN: 1773850466 Year: 2019 Publisher: Calgary University of Calgary Press

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In 2011, political protests sprang up across the world. In the Middle East, Europe, Latin America, the United States unlikely people sparked or led massive protest campaigns from the Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street. These protests were made up of educated and precariously employed young people who challenged the legitimacy of their political leaders, exposed a failure of representation, and expressed their dissatisfaction with their place in the aftermath of financial and economic crisis. This book interrogates what impacts—if any—this global protest cycle had on politics and policy and shows the sometimes unintended ways it continues to influence contemporary political dynamics throughout the world. Proposing a new framework of analysis that calls attention to the content and claims of protests, their global connections, and the responsiveness of political institutions to protest demands, this is one of the few books that not only asks how protest movements are formed but also provides an in-depth examination of what protest movements can accomplish. With contributions examining the political consequences of protest, the roles of social media and the internet in protest organization, left- and right-wing movements in the United States, Chile’s student movements, the Arab Uprisings, and much more this collection is essential reading for all those interested in the power of protest to shape our world.


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American Suffrage : From Property to Democracy, 1760-1860
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ISBN: 1400843723 0691005516 0691198624 Year: 2019 Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press,

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Since Americans have long taken price in universal suffrage and the secret ballot as foundations of democracy, it is surprising that one of its growth and reform. Mr. Williamson, focusing on the period from the Revolution to the Civil War, provides a state-by-state analysis of the growth of suffrage in its relation to partisan politics, the intellectual currents of the time, and such crises as war and rumors of war.Originally published in 1960.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.


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Die Neue Rechte und ihr Design : Vom ästhetischen Angriff auf die offene Gesellschaft
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ISBN: 3839449782 Year: 2019 Publisher: Bielefeld transcript Verlag

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Das Neue an der Neuen Rechten ist nicht ihre Ideologie, sondern deren öffentliches Erscheinen. Der Angriff auf die offene Gesellschaft wird vor allem mit ästhetischen Mitteln geführt. Die Neue Rechte setzt Design und Bilder als zersetzende Werkzeuge ein. Sie übernimmt eine ursprünglich progressive Ästhetik und wendet sie subversiv: Rassismus designt sie zum Diversity Management, Nationalismus zum Wohlfühl-Lifestyle, der »Hipster-Nazi« ist keine Satire und sexistischer Feminismus kein Widerspruch. Daniel Hornuffs Analyse zeigt, dass die Verteidigung der offenen Gesellschaft nicht nur eine politische, sondern auch eine ästhetische Aufgabe ist. Diese Dimension wird aber häufig übersehen oder unterschätzt. Daher warnt er: Macht sich im Feld des Politischen ästhetische Überheblichkeit oder Gleichgültigkeit breit, wird den Umtrieben der Neuen Rechten Tür und Tor geöffnet. Ein Plädoyer, ästhetische Urteilskräfte neu zu schärfen, um antipluralistische Subversionen auch intellektuell entkräften zu können. O-Ton: »Flausch statt Fraktur« - Daniel Hornuff im Interview bei SWR2 am 13.12.2020. »[Hornuff] kommt das Verdienst zu auf die bedeutende Rolle des neurechten Designs bei der Unterwanderung der offenen Gesellschaft hingewiesen und fruchtbare Impulse gegeben zu haben, wie man damit umgehen sollte.« Bruno Heidlberger, Zeitschrift für Politik, 2 (2020) »Ein überaus lesenswerter Beitrag sowohl für das Verständnis des Rechtspopulismus als auch für die Aufgabe seiner politischen Überwindung. Er eignet sich als hervorragende Einstiegslektüre für eine weitere Beschäftigung mit der politischen Ästhetik der (neuen) Rechten.« Martin Repohl, Portal für Politikwissenschaft, 21.01.2020 O-Ton: »Es soll gezielt gesteuert werden« - Daniel Hornuff im Interview bei der Hessisch/Niedersächsischen Allgemeinen am 20.01.2020. »[Hornuff] kommt das Verdienst zu auf die bedeutende Rolle des neurechten Designs bei der Unterwanderung der offenen Gesellschaft hingewiesen und fruchtbare Impulse gegeben zu haben, wie man damit umgehen sollte.« Bruno Heidlberger, www.socialnet.de, 10.12.2019 O-Ton: »Weniger Stahlhelm, dafür mehr Hygge« - Daniel Hornuff im Gespräch bei WDR 3 Mosaik am 09.12.2019. »Eine [...] lesenswerte Betrachtung der Neuen Rechten abseits der rein politischen Agenda.« Elke Führing, Ox-Fanzine, 147/6 (2019) O-Ton: »Das Design der Neuen Rechten« - Daniel Hornuff im Gespräch beim Deutschlandfunk am 27.11.2019. O-Ton: »Die Neue Rechte betreibt Verpackungsdesign« - Daniel Hornuff im Interview bei der Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung am 12.11.2019. O-Ton: »Die neuen Rechten tragen Vollbart, Jutebeutel und schicke Sneaker« - Daniel Hornuff im Interview bei Radio eins am 06.11.2019. O-Ton: »Kochshows, Kaffeebecher und Rassismus« - Daniel Hornuff im Interview beim Deutschlandfunk am 26.10.2019. Besprochen in: monitor, 87 (2019), Martin Brandt www.sueddeutsche.de, 02.03.2020, Jan Füchtjohann Außerschulische Bildung, 2 (2020) www.goethe.de, 9 (2020), Sabine Pannen


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Rethinking Governance in Europe and Northeast Asia : Multilateralism and Nationalism in International Society.
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ISBN: 1000707113 1000706931 0429317123 Year: 2019 Publisher: London : Routledge,

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This book explores how nationalism and multilateralism transform international society and global governance. It does so by comparing the governance model of the EU - a constitutionalised and increasingly polycentric form of multilateralism - with Northeast Asia. There nationalist administrations have resisted multilateral commitments and are locked into rivalries instead of pursuing a regional project. Both Europe and Northeast Asia can be seen as success stories of the late 20th/ early 21st centuries, but by having followed different approaches to international governance. The book traces these two trajectories through critical junctures in history to how both regions have dealt with the contemporary challenges of the financial crisis and climate change. During the financial crisis, Europe's multilateral economic and monetary architecture revealed profound weaknesses whilst national policies allowed much of Northeast Asia to escape the worst of it. On climate change the European Union (EU) has developed effort-sharing governance models to reduce emissions, while Northeast Asian countries are relying on greening national industrial policy. The book argues that global governance has to find the balance between multilateralism and nationalism in order to find collaborative approaches to global challenges. This book provides a fresh take on the EU and on Northeast Asia and develops innovative concepts of international society and polycentric governance. Thus, it will be of considerable interest to researchers and students of global governance, international relations, EU and Asia Studies.


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Vernetzte Islamfeindlichkeit : Die transatlantische Bewegung gegen »Islamisierung«. Events - Organisationen - Medien
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ISBN: 3837649733 3839449731 Year: 2019 Publisher: Bielefeld transcript Verlag

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Mit dem Schlagwort der »Islamisierung« mobilisieren unterschiedliche gesellschaftliche Strömungen ihre Anhängerschaft. Es dient auch dem Kampf gegen liberale Demokratien mit ihrem gesellschaftlichen Pluralismus. Im innergesellschaftlichen Kulturkampf verlangen dabei apokalyptische Nieder- und Untergangsszenarien nach fundamentalem Wandel. Oliver Wäckerligs Netzwerkanalyse zeichnet eine transatlantische islamfeindliche Bewegung mit ihren Übergängen zur Mitte der Gesellschaft nach und zeigt eine organisatorische Kontinuität vom Anti-Kommunismus zur Islamfeindlichkeit auf. »Islam-Experten« stehen dabei in verschiedenen Rollen an den Scharnierstellen des Netzwerks und verbinden Akteure, Organisationen und Medien.


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The history of the Fabian Society
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ISBN: 042905839X 0429603177 0429608691 9780429058394 9780429597657 0429597657 9780429603174 9780429608698 9780367179038 0367179032 0367179059 Year: 2019 Publisher: London : Routledge,

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Originally published in 1918. Whatever one's views no one can deny the endurance or influence of a society in which the Webbs, Shaw, Annie Besant, Wallas, Wells, etc., almost all the 'personalities' of the period, were involved to a lesser or greater extent and which has played such an important part in the oscial thought of England. Yet, so little is known about the society's early history that even in 1916 Pease said that the only sources were 'shabby notebooks and the memories of a few men now rapidly approaching old age.' Since its first publication 'The History of the Fabian Society' by Edward Pease has been increasingly recognized as almost the only contemporary source for the genesis and early development of Fabianism. Twenty-five years as secretary and his presence at the institution of the Society enabled Pease, in a truly Fabian way, to give a valuable survey of the growth of the Society from its days of middle-class 'fellowship' down to the typical solid Fabian workmanship embodied in the Minority Report of the Poor-Law Commission. Margaret Cole's new introduction evaluates the present-day significance of a book which is indispensable for any student of Labour history.


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Utopie und Politik : Potenziale kreativer Politikgestaltung
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ISBN: 3839448425 3837648427 Year: 2019 Publisher: Bielefeld transcript Verlag

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Das aktuelle realpolitische Agieren ist durch Alternativlosigkeit und eine beständige Fortsetzung des Status quo geprägt. Während sich die Gesellschaft technologisch und ökonomisch immer schneller entwickelt, fehlt es an Innovationen im politischen Bereich. Gleichzeitig finden politische Utopien als Medien von Zeitkritik und alternativen Lösungsvorschlägen für gesellschaftliche Missstände in der politischen wie politikwissenschaftlichen Debatte wenig Beachtung. Ina-Maria Maahs zeigt jedoch: Utopisches Denken als Denken in Möglichkeiten existiert auch heute und offeriert bislang ungenutztes Potenzial für eine kreative Politikgestaltung, die innovativ, nachhaltig und gemeinwohlorientiert ist. Besprochen in: www.socialnet.de, 21.02.2020, Jos Schnurer


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From fascism to populism in history
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ISBN: 0520974301 9780520974302 9780520968042 0520968042 9780520309357 0520309359 9780520295193 0520295196 Year: 2019 Publisher: Oakland, California

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What is fascism and what is populism? What are their connections in history and theory, and how should we address their significant differences? What does it mean when pundits call Donald Trump a fascist, or label as populist politicians who span left and right such as Hugo Chávez, Juan Perón, Rodrigo Duterte, and Marine Le Pen? Federico Finchelstein, one of the leading scholars of fascist and populist ideologies, synthesizes their history in order to answer these questions and offer a thoughtful perspective on how we might apply the concepts today. While they belong to the same history and are often conflated, fascism and populism actually represent distinct political trajectories. Drawing on an expansive record of transnational fascism and postwar populist movements, Finchelstein gives us insightful new ways to think about the state of democracy and political culture on a global scale. This new edition includes an updated preface that brings the book up to date, midway through the Trump presidency and the election of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil.


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A spring aborted : how authoritarianism violates women's rights in the Arab world
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ISBN: 1787566668 178756665X 1787566633 9781787566637 9781787566651 9781787566668 Year: 2019 Publisher: Bingley, England : Emerald Publishing,

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The Arab Spring uprisings were not about gender; these were uprisings demanding rights for all. Yet, they presented a rare opportunity for women to let themselves be heard. And, from being some of the most memorable and lasting leaders of these revolutionary protests, female activists were particularly targeted by many regimes. In A Spring Aborted: How Authoritarianism Violates Women's Rights in the Arab World, leadership expert Yusuf Sidani tracks the contributions of female activists, the reasons for the Arab Spring, and the abuse these leaders suffered. Including analysis of protests across Sudan, Egypt, Syria, Yemen, and Tunisia, Sidani looks at the aims of the protests, and the impact, evaluating whether the changes brought about were deep enough to disrupt governance structures. Finally, Sidani explores how the Arab Spring has been hijacked. From deep divisions among the allies who shaped the Arab Spring, to sheer force and brutality, Sidani analyses the causes of the Spring's disintegration.

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