Politik

Examining 400 years of contact between North American Indians and Western civilization, this study explains how the Indians have managed to remain an ethnic and cultural enclave within American and Canadian society from colonial times to the present day.

"Alle har en historie IV: Pædagogik med Freedom Writers" lader et væld af pædagogiske facetter udspringe af den kendte skole-film "Freedom Writers’ scener og handlinger". Der er både fokus på en almen tilgang til pædagogik og på Freedom Writer-metodikken, dels gennem de filmscener, der sættes til drøftelse, dels gennem foreslåede øvelser. Det styrende princip i bogen er filmens scener og kronologi. Til hver afdeling af filmen knytter der sig oplæg til pædagogiske drøftelser primært rettet mod udsatte unge – og unge i al almindelighed – samt øvelser, der kan anvendes i mange forskellige undervisningssammenhænge. Bogens målgruppe er først og fremmest studerende inden for de pædagogiske fagområder, samt professionelle, der arbejder med unge, uanset baggrund. Torbjørn Ydegaard er kandidat i pædagogik, lektor ved University College Syd og uddannet Freedom Writer Teacher.

Overvågning vil i et vist omfang ensrette mennesker, så kreativitet og forskellighed ikke får tilstrækkeligt spillerum. Mennesker kommer i stedet til at bruge deres energi på at være ens og ikke skille sig ud fra mængden.

Der skrives og tales meget om menneskerettigheder i disse år. Helmer Jørgensens "Da menneskerettighederne opstod" skildrer menneskerettighedernes historie fra de første spæde forsøg fra det engelske parlaments sejr og frem til tiden kort efter den franske revolution. Forfatterens overordnede idé er, at oplysningstid og individualisme nøje hænger sammen. Individualismens historie er også menneskerettighedernes historie. I Danmark har man en tendens til at anskue dem som modsatrettede. Forfatteren skildrer denne udvikling overbevisende og uimodståeligt.Helmer Jørgensen går lige til de primære kilder og forfatternes værker, og det både i Tyskland, England og Frankrig. Han begrænser sig ikke til de egentlige værker om menneskerettigheder og oplysningsfilosoffernes debatter, men sætter dem ind i en større åndshistorisk analyse ved at komplementere gennem kongeniale læsninger af store forfatteres litterære og dramatiske digtninger, som direkte og indirekte har betydning for udviklingen af menneskerettighederne. Bogen er medrivende skrevet og forbilledligt klart i sit sprog og i sin opbygning. Den henvender sig derfor til både læg og lærd. Til undervisere og elever. Til alle med interesse for menneskerettighederne.

"Modernity" was an inescapable fact of life for the first generation to come of age in the German Empire. Even the most extreme political opponents saw the chaotic transformation of all spheres of life in the wake of industrial capitalism as the central problem facing young men and women at the fin de siecle. This fresh look at Wilhelmine perceptions of modernity challenges both the traditional emphasis on anti-modernism as a peculiarly German response that led to the rise of National Socialism, and the more recent post-Foucauldian studies on the "pathologies of modernity", which point instead to an unreflective faith in science and efficiency on the part of German progressives. Shifting the focus away from radical extremes on either side, Kevin Repp explores the more moderate agendas of hundreds of mainstream intellectuals and activists from diverse social backgrounds who sought to surmount the human costs of industrialization without relinquishing its positive potential.Repp combines detailed case studies of Adolf Damaschke, Gertrud Baumer, and Werner Sombart with an innovative prosopography of their milieu to show how leading reformers enlisted familiar tropes of popular nationalism, eugenics, and cultural pessimism in formulating pragmatic solutions that would be at once modern and humane. Easily obscured by radical voices on right and left, this quiet search for alternatives nevertheless succeeded in building a nationwide network of educational centers, associative ties, and institutions that substantially altered the landscape of Wilhelmine political culture in the decades before the First World War.

Inspired by Freud's The Psychopathology of Everyday Life, Robert Samuels examines the unconscious processes shaping contemporary political ideologies.

Policy Making and Southern Distinctiveness examines the uniqueness of southern politics and their policy choices across six policy arenas, voting access, gun control, health care, reproductive rights, water and COVID-19 pandemic response.

Examining the interplay between the domestic, regional and global aspects of the crisis of legitimacy of global governance, this book theoretically questions and empirically analyses the "crises of legitimacy" in global governance with respect to various mechanisms, actors, and issues.

This book analyses the role industrial policy can play in the transformation of African economies, outlining a specific type of industrial policy, Frontier Industrial Policy as an instrument for transformation. The book will be of interest to researchers across Economics, Development, Postcolonial Studies and African Studies.

China's accession to the World Trade Organisation in 2001 was a highly significant event both for China and for the wider world. This book argues that, although at the time some people doubted the likely benefits, China's WTO accession has been highly successful. It discusses how China has abided by WTO terms and how membership has contributed to China's reform, showing how China's WTO membership has been a great stimulus both for China's economy and the world economy. The book considers the subject from a range of perspectives, drawing out lessons for China's future reform and development, and its relations with the rest of the world, emphasising the need to maintain a win-win approach.

Assassination is a tactic of contemporary terrorism that is understudied in the terrorism and political violence literatures. This book examines the use of assassination in terror campaigns and the political and societal repercussions of these political killings across target types.

For the past three decades, the federal government has targeted the poorest areas of American cities with a succession of antipoverty initiatives, yet these urban neighborhoods continue to decline.

Written in an engaging and accessible manner, The Evolution of Arms Control weds an inductive analysis of arms control systems to a general history of arms control from 883 BCE to the present. Comparing past and present challenges, it highlights recurring issues such as negotiation, verification, and compliance.