"The US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal in May 2018 and the return of international sanctions against Tehran turned out to have enormous implications for the Middle Eastern country's commercial interactions with its largest trading partner, China, affecting corrosively every aspect of economic, financial, and technological relationship between the two sides."
Ein Plädoyer für Selbstkritik und eine Einladung zur Debatte über ein so einzigartiges wie verwirrendes Verhältnis zweier Staaten Wenn Deutsche über Israel reden, reden sie meist über sich selbst. Worum es in den hitzigen Debatten hingegen selten geht, ist die eigentliche Beziehungsgeschichte zwischen der Bundesrepublik und Israel. Reden deutsche Politiker über diese Beziehungen, so fallen Wörter wie »Wunder« oder »Versöhnung«. Wörter, hinter denen eher Wunschdenken als Realität steckt. Nach der israelischen Staatsgründung von 1948 war es ausgerechnet die Bundesrepublik, die zur wichtigsten Unterstützerin des Jüdischen Staates wurde. Reparationen, Waffenlieferungen und Finanzmittel halfen, aus dem existenziell bedrohten Land eine Regionalmacht zu machen. Kein Wunder, dass Israel die ausgestreckte deutsche Hand annahm: eine andere Wahl hatte es kaum. Von Versöhnung aber war keine Rede. Niemand machte sich darüber Illusionen, dass in Deutschland ehemalige Nationalsozialisten Karriere machten - und mit der Israelhilfe ihre blutigen Hände in Unschuld wuschen. Der Preis für die Sicherheit Israels ist die frühe Absolution Deutschlands. Daniel Marwecki wirft einen erhellenden Blick auf die deutsche Israelpolitik von der Staatsgründung bis heute. »Wer die aktuellen Debatten um das deutsch-israelische Verhältnis verstehen möchte, dem sei das Buch von Daniel Marwecki ans Herz gelegt. Quellengesättigt, bestechend argumentiert und glänzend geschrieben – mehr kann man von einer historischen Analyse nicht verlangen.« Stefanie Schüler-Springorum »Marweckis ungeschönter Blick auf die Anfänge der deutsch-israelischen Beziehung entblößt blinde Flecken unserer Erinnerungskultur.« Charlotte Wiedemann »Daniel Marweckis erstaunliches Buch zeigt, auf welch zweifelhafte Weise Deutschland sein moralisches Prestige nach der Shoah zurückgewinnen konnte.Wer sich für Deutschlands Vergangenheit interessiert und sich um seine Zukunft sorgt, sollte dieses Buch lesen.« Pankaj Mishra
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Die Frage, wie menschliches Verhalten beeinflusst werden kann, ist in der jüngsten Zeitgeschichte virulenter geworden. Auf der Basis verhaltenswissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse versprechen Expert:innen, Menschen durch subtile Interventionen glücklicher, gesünder und wohlhabender zu machen. Zugleich haben die Digitalisierung und Datafizierung unserer Welt Ängste vor einer umfassenden Verhaltensmanipulation und -kontrolle verschärft. Das Buch zeigt, dass es keineswegs selbstverständlich ist, Menschen nicht als handelnde Subjekte, sondern als sich verhaltende Organismen zu begreifen. Es untersucht, wie seit der Behavioral Revolution in der Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts in verschiedenen Wissensfeldern, von den Wirtschafts- über die Psychowissenschaften bis zur Kriminologie, ein spezifisches Verhaltenswissen entwickelt wurde. Davon ausgehend analysiert es dessen Bedeutung für den Wandel politischer Steuerungstechniken vor allem in Bezug auf das Umwelt-, Gesundheits- und Finanzverhalten seit den 1970er Jahren.
Sozialversicherungsrecht für Praxis und Studium: Der in Ausbildung und Praxis bewährte und topaktuelle Leitfaden bietet eine übersichtliche Darstellung der gesetzlichen Kranken-, Renten-, Pflege-, Unfall- und Arbeitslosenversicherung sowie aller übrigen Bereiche des Sozialrechts. Das für viele unentbehrliche sozialrechtliche Grundwissen wird verständlich und systematisch erläutert - dabei orientiert sich die Gliederung am Aufbau des SGB. Beispiele und Schaubilder sowie Hinweise auf gesetzliche und andere Fundstellen erleichtern den Zugang zu diesem Rechtsgebiet. Damit wird das Buch den Wünschen der in Wirtschaft, Verwaltung und im Sozialbereich Tätigen ebenso gerecht wie den Anforderungen der Lehrenden, Lernenden und Studierenden im gesamten Bereich der Aus- und Fortbildung. Auch alle, die sich schnell und zuverlässig über ihre sozialen Rechte informieren möchten, werden diesen Leitfaden mit Erfolg benutzen. Die Neuauflage gibt den aktuellen Rechtsstand wieder, einschließlich der Neuregelungen zum sozialen Entschädigungsrecht im SGB XIV, das den veränderten Erfordernissen der Zeit und neuen Opfergruppen Rechnung trägt
Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The PRC's National Strategy of Great Rejuvenation in the New Era: Socio-Economic, Security, and Foreign Policy Dimensions -- 3 The Arctic in Chinese Science and Research -- 4 The Role of the Arctic in the PRC's Comprehensive National Security -- 5 The PRC and Arctic Governance: Chinese Normative Discourses, Solutions, and Strategic Options -- 6 Conclusion and Implications -- Index.
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Children and youth belong to one of the most vulnerable groups in societies. This was the case even before the current humanitarian crises around the world which led millions of people and families to flee from wars, terror, poverty and exploitation. Minors have been denied human rights such as access to education, food and health services. They have been kidnapped, sold, manipulated, mutilated, killed, and injured. This has been and continues to be the case in both developed and developing countries, and it does not look as if the situation will improve in the near future. Rather, current geopolitical developments, political and economic uncertainties and instabilities seem to be increasing the vulnerability of minors, especially in the wars and armed conflicts currently being waged not only in Europe, but on almost every continent. How can risks children and youth are exposed to in times of transition be reduced? Which role do state agencies, non-governmental organisations, as well as children's coping strategies play in mitigating the vulnerabilities of minors?This volume addresses risks to which children and young people are exposed, especially in times of transition. The focus is on different groups of children in the European wartime and post-war societies of the Second World War, 'occupation children' in Germany, teenage National Socialist collaborators in Norway, and more recent cases such as child soldiers, refugee children, and children of European "Islamic State" fighters. The contributions come from international scholars and different academic disciplines (educational and social sciences, humanities, law, and international peace and conflict studies) and are based on historical, quantitative, and/or qualitative analyses
Untangling the tentacles of colonialism is not an easy task, theoretically or in practice. Presenting a holistic view of Decoloniality, its genetic makeup, and its complexities, this book examines how colonialism has become embedded in power, language, culture, institutions, and social structures across the globe, as well as what it might take to relinquish postcolonial thinking in search of a decolonized future. Incorporating perspectives from both the Global North and the Global South, this book dismantles colonial ways of thinking, clearing the way for indigenous and marginalized groups to share their knowledge and expertise in fighting global issues such as climate change. Encouraging intersectional frameworks to open up to to new possibilities for inclusion, author Hamid H. Kazeroony also explores colonization as a gendered process tied to global capitalism and what this might mean for feminist activism and scholarship. To achieve a decolonized future, we must first understand our colonial past, keeping those lessons close as we seek to reconsider and restructure the ontology of epistemic inquiries.
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Technocracy and deliberative democracy -- E-government and e-governance -- Technological determinism: A technocratic rationale and American democracy -- Permissionless innovation and the precautionary principle -- The concept of money -- Cryptocurrency, bitcoin, and the concept of money -- Government regulatory efforts of the cryptocurrency industry in U.S. federal system.
The unconventional path -- Evolutionary negotiation -- Promoting advocacy for good governance -- Fighting corruption in fragile societies -- Citizen inclusion at the governance and negotiation tables -- Detecting corruption risks -- The corruption-negotiation connection -- Marshaling the psychology, creativity, and values of negotiation processes.
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Drawing on the perspectives of both leading experts and early career academics from China, Senegal, Cuba, Brazil, France, Italy, Spain, and the UK, this 39th issue of Research in Political Economy integrates, articulates, and discusses the concepts of value, profit, money, and capital within a common theoretical and empirical framework. Divided into four distinct parts, chapters highlight: the relevance of value in contemporary Marxist theory the hegemony of the US dollar and its recent erosion major monetary problems currently faced by Africa as a result of colonial legacies alternative monetary and financial tracks being tested in Latin America, including monetary regionalization and resistance to the domination of the dollar the current state of national debt in the Global South, including possible solutions the difficulties in evaluating transnational corporate profit in the era of globalization the evolution of profit rates in the United States, Europe, and Latin America over the past several decades a study of France's rate of profit over more than a century fictitious and financial capital the recent emergence of cryptocurrencies and some of the challenges that this entails Connecting fundamental, theoretical, and empirical subjects with the most current scholarship on value, money, profit and capital today, this book makes sense of our increasingly interconnected global economy, highlighting key issues and proposing real-world solutions from the most knowledgeable researchers in the field.
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Intro -- Praise for Roots of Underdevelopment -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Historical Development in Latin America -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature -- 3 Book Plan -- 3.1 Chapter Summaries -- 3.2 Unifying Themes and Lessons -- 3.3 Teaching Plan -- 4 Acknowledgements -- 5 Discussion and Concluding Remarks -- References -- Latin American Economic History in the Light of the Recent Economic Cycles -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Latin America in the World Economy: Convergence and Divergence -- 2.1 Regional Pattern -- 2.2 Regional Diversity -- 3 Crises and Their Association with External Determinants -- 3.1 The Terms of Trade -- 3.2 Financial Crises -- 3.3 Major Latin American Growth Collapses and Their Links to External Shocks -- 4 Social Development -- 4.1 Human Development -- 4.2 Income Distribution and Poverty -- 5 Present Challenges from a Historical Perspective -- References -- The Making of Mexico: The Political Economy of Conquest and Independence -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Decentralized Empire, Fragmented Empire -- 3 The Conquest: Decentralized Governance -- 4 From Habsburgs to Bourbons: Two Governance Models -- 5 Independence: Imperial Fragmentation -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Checks and Balances in the Colonial Government of Peru: Evidence from Office Prices -- 1 The Institutional Framework of the Colonial Government in Peru -- 1.1 Vertical and Horizontal "Checks" -- 1.2 The Advent of Office-Selling -- 2 Analysis -- 2.1 Data and Methodology -- 3 Corregimiento Prices and Institutional Constraints -- 3.1 Alternative Explanations -- 4 Discussion -- Appendix -- References -- The Legacy of Concertaje in Ecuador -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Historical Background -- 2.1 Concertaje -- 2.2 Labor Requirements and Coercion -- 3 Data and Identification Strategy -- 3.1 Instrumental Variable -- 3.2 Concertaje.
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"From Plato and Aristotle's theories of change to recent debates about transformative experience in metaphysics and epistemology, the concept of transformation plays a fascinating part in the history of philosophy. However, until now there has been no sustained exploration of the full extent of its role. Transformation and the History of Philosophy is an outstanding survey of the history, nature and development of the idea of transformation, from the classical period to the twentieth century. Comprising twenty-two specially commissioned chapters by an international team of contributors, the volume is divided into four clear parts: Philosophy as Transformative: Ancient China, Greece, India, and Rome Transformation Between the Human and the Divine: Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy Transformation After the Copernican Revolution: Post-Kantian Philosophy Treatises, Pregnancies, Psychedelics, and Epiphanies: Twentieth-Century Philosophy. Each of these sections begins with an introduction by the editors. Transformation and the History of Philosophy is essential reading for students and researchers in the history of philosophy, ethics, metaphysics, non-western philosophy and aesthetics. It will also be extremely useful for those in related disciplines such as religion, sociology and the history of ideas"--