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Understanding the political and ecological implications of Heidegger's work without ignoring his noxious public engagementsThe most controversial philosopher of the twentieth century, Martin Heidegger has influenced generations of intellectuals even as his involvement with Nazism and blatant anti-Semitism, made even clearer after the publication of hisBlack Notebooks, have recently prompted some to discard his contributions entirely. For Michael Marder, Heidegger's thought remains critical for interpretations of contemporary politics and our relation to the natural environment.Bringing together and reframing more than a decade of Marder's work on Heidegger, this volume questions the wholesale rejection of Heidegger, arguing that dismissive readings of his project overlook the fact that it is impossible to grasp without appreciating his lifelong commitment to phenomenology and that Heidegger's anti-Semitism is an aberration in his still-relevant ecological and political thought, rather than a defining characteristic. Through close readings of Heidegger's books and seminars, along with writings by other key phenomenologists and political philosophers, Marder contends that neither Heidegger's politics nor his reflections on ecology should be considered in isolation from his phenomenology. By demonstrating the codetermination of his phenomenological, ecological, and political thinking, Marder accounts for Heidegger's failures without either justifying them or suggesting that they invalidate his philosophical endeavor as a whole.

"The idea of publishing a book on how defense in Germany is structured and how it functions came about during a series of research trips in Europe in 2009 and 2010. On a number of occasions, British colleagues at the UK Defense Academy asked the editor to talk about the institutional settings within which decisions on security and defense issues are taken in Germany. They asked for information about the competencies within the portfolio of the Federal Ministry of Defense (FMOD) or about the special features of the armament sector in Germany. During the preparations for these lectures, however, it became apparent that there was no comprehensive account either in German or in English that attempted to cover German defense politics in its entirety. Security and defense experts may be tempted to object by referring to the wide variety of relatively recent publications on Germany's foreign, security and defense policy (Böckenförde/ Gareis, 2009; von Bredow, 2007), on issues concerning the ISAF Operation in Afghanistan (Seiffert et al. 2012) or on the transformation of the armed forces (Jäger/ Thiele, 2011; Terriff et al., 2010). No one disputes the fact that a number of outstanding analyses of German security and defense policy have been published. Nevertheless, this book breaks new ground in that, unlike publications about German defense policy, it is dedicated to German defense politics." (author's abstract)

AbstractIn order to advance a neatly deductive argument, Christopher J. Preston must make a number of assumptions and framing decisions that exclude important practical points from the scope of his analysis. We do not criticize him for doing so, as these simplifications allow him to advance a concise argument about an ethically complex subject. However, as scholars of politics and law, we are interested in what this ethical argument means—and does not mean—for the messy politics of climate engineering. Accordingly, in our response we unpack the political implications of some of Preston's assumptions and framing decisions in an effort to add a layer of practical richness to the abstraction of Preston's analysis.

"Written in an autoethnographical narrative form, The Politics of Exile offers a unique insight into the complex encounter of researcher with research subject, in the context of the Bosnian War and its aftermath. Bringing theory to life and giving a wide range of concepts in international relations a corporeal reality, Dauphinee uses her own experiences to shed light on the often difficult position of new academics and junior researchers and their struggles to get their foot in the intellectual door of the field"--

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1 The California Phenomenon -- Geography -- Demography -- Sociology and Culture -- Economy -- Ecology -- Political Power -- 2 The Development of California Politics and Government -- The Forced Birth of the Great State of California -- A Constitution and Statehood -- Economic and Class Conflicts-The Constitution of 1879 -- Constitutional Revision -- The Progressives Versus the Railroad Magnates -- Living High Before the Crash -- World War II: The National Government Revives the California Boom

This paper briefly considers the influence of the economy on the material circumstances of disabled people and some of the reasons why a politics of disability has now become possible. It goes on to consider the role of dis ability organisations in relation to the state and in the articulation of the political demands of disabled people. Finally some ways forward in the construction of a truly socialist policy relevant to mecting the needs of dis abled people is considered.

The politics of aid from the perspective of international relations theories / Bernabé Malacalza -- Foreign aid's motivations : theoretical arguments and empirical evidence / Gino N. Pauselli -- The U.S. elite consensus on aid / Henry de Cazotte -- The UK : an aid superpower at a crossroads / Myles Wickstead -- The Scandinavians : aid policy determinants and performances / Olav Stokke -- Japanese development assistance : economic and political win-win proposals / Marie Söderberg -- Spain : the rise and fall of a compliant donor / Iliana Olivié and Aitor Pérez -- While the cat's away, will the mice play? : government-NGO relations and the politics of aid in Hungary / Krisztina Szabó, Balázs Szent-Iványi and András Tétényi -- Brazilian cooperation policy : promotion of development and global projection / Guillermo Santander -- Solidarity and security in the EU discourse on aid / Iliana Olivié and Aitor Pérez -- Donorship in a state of flux / Nilima Gulrajani, and Liam Swiss -- The international politics of aid : "good governance" and democracy promotion / David Williams -- Gender inequality, aid agencies, and global norms / Lars Engberg-Pedersen -- Old and new powers in development assistance in health / Eduardo Missoni and Fabrizio Tediosi -- "We first" and the anti-foreign aid narratives of populist radical-right parties in Europe / Margarita Gómez-Reino.

"Essentials of Comparative Politics is the best-selling book for the course because it provides clear, concise, and contemporary coverage of core concepts in flexible, affordable formats. The Seventh Edition goes even further to address course needs with new coverage of the methods used by comparativists to answer contemporary questions in the discipline"--