Civics category: 1212 books

Cover of Die Wahrheit über den Luftwaffenangriff von Donald Trump
by Lukas Seitz
Language: German
Release Date: July 5, 2017

Als Reaktion auf den Giftgasangriff, der angeblich von Assad verübt wurde, hatte Donald Trump einen Luftwaffenstützpunkt in Syrien mit 59 Tomahawk-Raketen bombardiert. Russland hat aber ein Luftabwehrsystem, welches normalerweise alle Raketen, die dem Regime von Assad zu nahe kommen, abschießt. Wie...
Cover of Invasion!
by Jonas Hassen Khemiri
Language: German
Release Date: February 17, 2017

Khemiri setzt sich in seinem Stück auf spielerische und vielschichtige Weise mit dem Thema der kulturellen und sprachlichen Identität, dem Bild vom Fremden und Anderen und der Kraft von modernen Mythen auseinander. Er nutzt unterschiedlichste Stilformen und Bühnensituationen (vom erzählenden Monolog...
Cover of Ornament und Verbrechen
by Adolf Loos
Language: German
Release Date: May 2, 2011

Adolf Loos (1870 - 1933) gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Pioniere des Architektur- und Designfunktionalismus im frühen 20. Jahrhundert. Als radikaler Vertreter einer neuen Formensachlichkeit setzte sich Loos sowohl als Architekt als auch als Publizist vehement gegen die Stilelemente des Historismus...
Cover of Die größte Rachegeschichte aller Zeiten

Die größte Rachegeschichte aller Zeiten

Wie Barack Obama von Donald Trump im Weißen Haus abgelöst wurde

by Josef Leuterer
Language: German
Release Date: July 4, 2017

Beim White House Correspondents‘ Dinner machte sich Barack Obama 5 Minuten lang über Donald Trump lustig. Doch der damalige Präsident hatte sich mit dem falschen Mann angelegt. Es folgte die größte Rachegeschichte aller Zeiten. Sie handelt von einem Mann, der blamiert und gedemütigt wurde und...
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Kursbuch 172

Gut leben

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Language: German
Release Date: October 10, 2012

Gut leben will jeder. Doch nicht allen gelingt es. Was macht ein gutes Leben aus und welche Voraussetzungen müssen dafür erfüllt sein? "Schon Aristoteles wusste, dass die Glückseligkeit als Ziel des guten Lebens, zwar selbst erstrebt werden muss, aber durchaus von Bedingungen abhängig ist,...
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Kursbuch 187

Welt verändern

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Language: German
Release Date: September 2, 2016

Die Moderne ist voller Krisen – es gilt die Finanzkrise, Wachstumskrise, Umweltkrise, Energiekrise und viele Bedrohungen mehr zu bewältigen. Der Ruf nach Veränderung, ja nach Verbesserung wird immer lauter. Aber die gemeinsame Rettungsanstrengung bleibt aus. Da stellt sich die Frage nach dem Warum....
Cover of Il popolo tradito
by Riccardo Iacona
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 24, 2012

La prima tappa di un work in progress che condurrà Riccardo Iacona, uno dei volti più credibili del giornalismo televisivo italiano, in un mondo a parte che è l'Italia dei quartieri abbandonati dalla politica. Le persone, le storie, le testimonianze, tutto riportato con uno stile spiazzante, in prima...
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Pomo Oz

Fear and Loathing Downunder

by Niall Lucy
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010

Demonstrating how ideas are in short supply and critical thinking is under attack in the present day, this unique study pits the author’s brand of humor and intellect against conservative power brokers. Arguing the notion that free thought—not free trade—is the basis of democracy, these exciting and provocative essays engage with the most contentious issues of today.
Cover of Citizens' Activism and Solidarity Movements
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Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2018

This book explores the activism and solidarity movements formed by contemporary European citizens in opposition to populism, which has risen significantly in reaction to globalization, European integration and migration. It makes the counterforces to neo-nationalisms visible and re-envisions key concepts...
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Rejecting Refugees

Political Asylum in the 21st Century

by Carol Bohmer, Amy Shuman
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2007

Many nations recognize the moral and legal obligation to accept people fleeing from persecution, but political asylum applicants in the twenty-first century face restrictive policies and cumbersome procedures. So, what counts as persecution? How do applicants translate their stories of suffering...
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Intellettuali del piffero

Come rompere l'incantesimo dei professionisti dell'impegno

by Luca Mastrantonio
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 16, 2013

Per chi suonano il piffero gli intellettuali del piffero? Per se stessi, per avere un posto nella società dell’avanspettacolo politico, offrendo i loro servigi al mercato mediatico, dato che partiti e altre vecchie istituzioni non garantiscono più il ruolo e l’ingaggio di prima. Nell'ultimo...
Cover of Unravelling Liberal Interventionism

Unravelling Liberal Interventionism

Local Critiques of Statebuilding in Kosovo

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Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2019

Despite calls for the decolonisation of knowledge, scholars who come from conflict-affected societies remained marginalised, excluded from the examination of the politics and impacts of liberal interventionism. This edited volume gives local scholars a platform from which they critically examine different...
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Social Movements

The Structure of Collective Mobilization

by Paul Almeida
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2019

Social Movements cleverly translates the art of collective action and mobilization by excluded groups to facilitate understanding social change from below. Students learn the core components of social movements, the theory and methods used to study them, and the conditions under which they can lead...
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Managing Ambiguity

How Clientelism, Citizenship, and Power Shape Personhood in Bosnia and Herzegovina

by Čarna Brković
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017

Why do people turn to personal connections to get things done? Exploring the role of favors in social welfare systems in postwar, postsocialist Bosnia and Herzegovina, this volume provides a new theoretical angle on links between ambiguity and power. It demonstrates that favors were not an instrumental...
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