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Since the 1980s, Ulrich Beck has worked extensively on his theories of second modernity and the risk society. In Ulrich Beck, Mads P. Sorensen and Allan Christiansen provide an extensive and thorough introduction to the German sociologist s collected works. The book covers his sociology of work, his theories of individualization, globalization and subpolitics, his world famous theory of the risk society and second modernity as well as his latest work on cosmopolitanism.

Focusing on the theory outlined in Beck s chief work, Risk Society, and on his theory of second modernity, Sorensen...

The ascendancy of the first African American president was a watershed moment in American history. In response, President Obama's adversaries have engaged in relentless and systematic mudslinging throughout his campaign and well into his presidency, "othering" him as a foreign and dangerous political figure. Never before has a presidential candidate been so maligned, by so many, in such a variety of ways and yet won. This provocative study investigates the unrest behind the Obama campaign and election, and the controversial political machine that causes it.

Martin A. Parlett,...

The new and updated edition of Political Islam, World Politics and Europe focusses on the shift within political Islam, in light of 9/11 and the events of the Arab Spring, from a jihadist struggle, to institutional Islamism.

Refuting what has often been referred to by commentators as the 'moderation, ' of Islamism, the second edition of this book introduces the concept of 'institutional, ' Islamism, a process which Tibi argues was accelerated in the aftermath of the Arab Spring. Both jihadist and institutional Islamism pursue the same goal of an Islamist state, but...

The new and updated edition of Political Islam, World Politics and Europe focusses on the shift within political Islam, in light of 9/11 and the events of the Arab Spring, from a jihadist struggle, to institutional Islamism.

Refuting what has often been referred to by commentators as the 'moderation, ' of Islamism, the second edition of this book introduces the concept of 'institutional, ' Islamism, a process which Tibi argues was accelerated in the aftermath of the Arab Spring. Both jihadist and institutional Islamism pursue the same goal of an Islamist state, but...

I segreti dell'era nazista sono abbastanza misteriosi. Non e quindi necessario aggiungere fantasie illusorie agli autentici fatti storici riguardanti l'occultismo nazista, soprattutto quando si tratta delle spedizioni e delle ricerche "scientifiche."

Gli appassionati di storie curiose e sensazionali possono ritenersi soddisfatti dal progetto di documentazione delle streghe di Himmler, o dalla Teoria della Terra Cava.

Sotto molti aspetti, l'era nazista fu come una breccia spazio-temporale. Cio che accadde in dodici anni di dittatura, nel cuore dell'Europa, in uno dei paesi piu...

Los secretos de los Nazis son bastante raros. Por lo tanto, no es necesario anadir mas fantasias a los verdaderos hechos historicos en el campo del ocultismo nazi, sobre todo cuando se trata de sus expediciones, y sus investigaciones "cientificas."

El verdadero aficionado de historias sensacionalistas y extranas aun puede estar completamente satisfecho con el proyecto Hexen de las brujas de Himmler, o la Teoria de la Tierra Hueca.

En muchos aspectos, la era nazi fue como una brecha en el espacio y el tiempo. Lo que paso durante esos casi 12 anos de dictadura, en el corazon de...

The eagerly-awaited 3rd edition of this highly respected and user-friendly text for introductory courses has been thoroughly updated to reflect the world today. It provides completely updated and stimulating coverage of topics essential to the understanding of contemporary politics. It offers students necessary guidance on ways of studying and understanding politics, and illustration of the many different sites at which politics is construed and conducted. Ideal for students taking combined degrees at introductory level in politics and the social sciences, it emphasizes the individual and...

Since 2000, more than twenty countries around the world have held elections in which parties that espouse a political agenda based on an Islamic worldview have competed for legislative seats. Islamist Parties and Political Normalization in the Muslim World examines the impact these parties have had on the political process in two different areas of the world with large Muslim populations: the Middle East and Asia. The book's contributors examine major cases of Islamist party evolution and participation in democratic and semidemocratic systems in Turkey, Morocco, Yemen, Indonesia,...