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1. Einführung -- 2. Konsum: Unterschiedliche Perspektiven und akademische Aufgaben -- 3. Konsum in der Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte -- 4. Konsum, Lebensstile und Geschmack -- 5. Auffälliger Konsum -- 6. Kultur, Werbung und Konsum -- 7. Geschlecht und soziale Beziehungen des Konsums -- 8. Geld, Konsum und Glück -- 9. In Zeiten der Globalisierung: Schenken und die McDonaldisierung des Konsums.

Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction Simon Bacon and Katarzyna Bronk-Bacon -- 2. 1408 and the Structure of Haunting Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock -- 3. Toxic Nostalgia in Contemporary Gothic Horror Brandon R. Grafius -- 4. Toxic Nostalgia in the Wake of the Postmodern Turn Matthias Stephan -- 5. Deepfake Sockpuppets: The Toxic "Realities" of a Weaponised Internet — Katy Wareham-Morris -- 6. The Nostalgia of Setting, Sex and Sound in the Wicker Men Films Lauren Rosewarne -- 7. The American Dream and American Nightmare: The Toxic Pursuit of Nostalgia and Happiness Presented in Poltergeist (1982) and Poltergeist (2015) Rob Mclaughlin -- 8. "You're Too Focused on Where You've Been":Uncanny Nostalgia in Mary Poppins Returns Daniel Kasper -- 9. Pulling Our Strings: The Gothic Nostalgia of Luca Guadagnino's Suspiria J. Simpson -- 10. "I Just Wanted to Preserve It Just as It is": Gothic Nostalgia in The Watcher Abel Fenwick -- 11. Prevention is Better Than Cure: Anachronistic Therapists and Toxic Wellness Catherine Pugh -- 12.Patriarchy Then and Now — with a Twist: The Postmodern Horror of Alex Garland's Men M. Keith Booker and Isra Daraiseh -- 13. "But now, yeah, I'm thinking I'm back": The All-consuming Gothic Nostalgia in the John Wick Franchise Simon Bacon -- 14. Gothic Nostalgia in Louise Welsh's The Cutting Room and The Second Cut Martyn Colebrook -- 15. Toxic Ableism and Gothic Nostalgia in Fanfiction about Mermaids Martine Mussies -- 16. Of Greed and the Undead Past: Rahi Anil Barve's Tumbbad as an Exercise in Toxic Nostalgia Aparajita Hazra -- 17. Soviet Nostalgia in the Vampire Trilogy A Tale of the Soviet Vampire by Aleksandr Slepakov (2014-18) Patrycja Pichnicka-Trivedi -- 18. "Oh no. Not again!": Toxic Nostalgia and Antisemetic Recursive Memory in Ghost Stories -- Vicky Brewster -- 19. Extremist Nostalgia: Mike Ma's Novellas as 21st Century Far-Right Gothic Helen Young -- Notes on Contributors.

Perhaps we were too distracted by the pandemic, or the endless financial crises, or the rise of TikTok. But under cover of them all, a new and more exploitative system has been taking hold. Insane sums of money that were supposed to re-float our economies after the crash of 2008 went to big tech instead. With it they funded the construction of their private cloud fiefdoms and privatized the internet. Technofeudalism says Yanis Varoufakis, is the new power that is reshaping our lives and the world, and is the greatest current threat to the liberal individual, to our efforts to avert climate catastrophe--and to democracy itself. Drawing on stories from Greek myth and pop culture, from Homer to Mad Men, Varoufakis explains this revolutionary transformation: how it enslaves our minds, how it rewrites the rules of global power, and, ultimately, what it will take overthrow it

"How do we provide for and nurture millions of people without destroying the planet in the process? Author Doug Kent, an environmental specialist, believes a vital element in the solution is recognizing that urban landscapes are an essential partner in everyone's wellbeing. He argues that urban landscapes can and must work harder. Urban landscapes can provide part of our energy needs, help cool our buildings and public spaces, help us make the most of our precious water. They can also help combat air pollution and reduce the likelihood of allergies and asthma. They can provide landscape materials and even contribute to our timber supply. Doug also advocates turning landscapes into a food source, and/or a perfumery, pharmacy, soap shop, or craft store. Doug has over 12 years of research in this book. He has spent years doing literature reviews, and many more years concocting, consuming, crafting, distilling, propagating, retting, sawing, sowing, and weaving its many recommendations. He has also travelled the length and width of California many times to interview the people and businesses already doing this incredible work. Regenerating Essential Goods and Services is not a manifesto. It is a user's manual. You are the creative and energetic force that will ultimately drive sustainability and regeneration. Let's go"--

Why have anti-corruption efforts often failed? Current thinking on corruption has largely overlooked the profound implications of its contested nature, which paradoxically makes it an effective yet highly dysfunctional 'tool of government.' As a tool of government, it helps execute policies and guarantees a degree of political order. Moreover, anti-corruption measures are wielded as political instruments, strategically embraced by governments and oppositions to further their respective agendas. Based on an analysis of Russia, Brazil and the United States, Rethinking Corruption takes a fresh look at corruption and critiques the prevailing view of anti-corruption policies. Embarking on a captivating journey through these countries, this book encompasses the notion of legal corruption and invites a comprehensive reconsideration of corruption, with a focal point on questions of economic and political equality.

This book explores the nature of evaluative knowledge, the increasing demand in decision-making for evaluation, the post-truth phenomena of anti-science sentiments and illiberal tendencies. The authors within wish to raise awareness and reflection throughout policy circles on the factors that influence assessment and policy-related work.

"Renewal of higher-education programs in US prisons creates a need for science education. This is the first book to address STEM education in prisons in the United States. It calls on activist science teachers to develop innovative ways to teach in challenging carceral settings. Over the last fifty years, science education and prison education have moved in different directions, one expanding and the other contracting. This book brings these educational endeavors into cooperative engagement. Democratic citizenship opens opportunities for all people, irrespective of civil status, to study science. The book presents student narratives and case studies emphasizing the achievements of STEM education behind prison walls. STEM education equity can help address the deep social inequities that mass incarceration creates and magnifies. Contributors are: Cassandra Barrett, Andrew Bell, George Bogner, Adrian Borealis, Drew Bush, Kelli Bush, Sandy Chang, Kelle Dhein, Amalia Handler, Steven Hart, Steven Henderson, Tiffany Hensley-McBain, Paul Kazelis, Joe Lockard, Edward Mei, Tsafrir Mor, Rob Scott, Laura Taylor, Joslyn Rose Trivett and Emily Webb"--

"This book focuses on the tension between the modernising thrust that places France on a trajectory of convergence with comparable liberal democracies and the defence of a national specificity that can act as a brake, complicating France's relationship with its neighbours, its present and its past. This ambivalence in French political and social life stems from the conscious attempt to rebuild the nation after the trauma of Occupation during World War II and the new beginning provided by the Liberation. The government of the Fourth Republic embraced the pursuit of a modernisation that would enable it to regain its place among the world's leading democratic states. However, this modernising ambition co-exists with the belief in a specific destiny and a unique sense of mission that are intrinsic to the emergence of a sense of nationhood after the revolution of 1789. Raymond defines a critical perspective that draws together historical, economic, social, and political issues into a coherent understanding of what makes France the way it is today. Written with both academic rigour and a highly accessible clarity of style, this volume is a valuable resource for students, educators, and researchers in French and European Studies"--

This book explains how education is becoming more privatized around the world to fit local economic and political needs. Privatization in and of Public Education categorizes different types of privatization as traditional or non-traditional. Traditional policies give more rights to private companies to provide education, while non-traditional policies make public schools more like businesses. The authors show that privatization can lead to more efficient schooling, but it can also create a trade-off between efficiency and equity or inclusion. The book presents a range of perspectives on the impact of privatization, including structural, ethical, and subjective effects. The book also covers a range of countries and regions, including both developed and developing countries. This helps readers understand how privatization is playing out in different contexts around the world.

Exposing the explicit and implicit relationships between politics, political decisions and public policy within a planetary perspective, this textbook focuses on the importance of the political environment as a determinant of population health outcomes.

This book foregrounds the rampancy of gender-based violence against women and girls in biblical texts and how it resonates with GBV in the contemporary context of Botswana and is intended for a wide readership including researchers, postgraduates, church and other representatives of religious institutions, and upper-level undergraduates.

With a focus on how social media users discuss different places in discourses surrounding urban policy, this book applies a novel theoretical framework to large-scale Twitter discourses in order to reveal the spatial patterns and inequalities of social media discourses.