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Warum sollen Menschen die Natur schützen? Soll die Natur in einem bestimmten Zustand erhalten werden oder ist ihrer Entwicklung freier Lauf zu lassen? Bedarf es heute einer neuen Ethik, um die Natur in den Mittelpunkt menschlicher Schutzbemühungen zu rücken oder reichen herkömmliche Begründungen aus? Wie hängen moralische Argumente für den Naturschutz und konkrete Schutzstrategien zusammen? Die bislang vorliegende philosophische Literatur ist wenig hilfreich für die Praxis: wegen ihrer großen Abstraktheit fehlen konkrete Bezüge weitgehend. Wer sich für das Thema Naturschutz und Ethik interessiert, kann sich nun mit der Arbeit von Eser/Potthast einen allgemeinverständlichen Überblick verschaffen. Wissenschaftstheoretische Grundlagen der Ökologie und moralphilosophische Voraussetzungen des Naturschutzes werden hier praxisorientiert dargestellt und an konkreten Beispielen veranschaulicht; zentrale Begriffe und Fragestellungen werden in übersichtlichen Schaubildern erläutert. Der Band richtet sich an alle im Naturschutz Tätigen: sei es in Behörden, in Verbänden, in der Umweltpolitik oder in Naturschutzzentren. Er eignet sich vor allem aber auch hervorragend für Lehrerinnen und Lehrer der Biologie und Ethik.

The Caucus for a New Pol'al Sci emerged from a meeting of graduate students at the 1967 convention of the Amer Pol'al Sci Assoc. It Is based on a demand for a new relevance in pol'al sci. Pol'al set is considered irrelevant if it is uncritical of society & assumes the values & soc priorities of corrupt bur'cies, powerful elites or unjust soc practices. The 'established' pol'al set profession is accused of justifying everything in the Amer pol'al system as unique & workable & of condemning attempts to change it. Stability, rather than change, is the highest value, & conflict may be resolved peacefully & fairly within the existing system. Behavioralism, emphasizing the fact/value dichotomy & preoccupied with questions of method & model-building, supports these conservative tendencies. Pol'al sci'ts have become ideologues of the gov. Professionalism & its rewards are determined less by the values & ethics of the discipline than by the values & ethics of the soc & pol'al status quo. There are 3 prospective lines of development for radical pol'al sci: (1) a primarily theoretical one-the development of new paradigms for res & pol'al analysis or new modes of inquiry; (2) the politization & democratization of the APSA & the reform of the discipline, teaching, curricula-with the CNPS as the pinwheel for reform; (3) the creation of a res-action pol'al sci focusing on criticism of Amer instit's & analyses of alternative soc priorities. IPSA.

This article shows empirically, theoretically and statistically that domestic (or 'home-grown') terrorism in Western Europe occurs more frequently in countries with majoritarian political systems (typically first-past-the-post electoral systems and single-party governments) than in countries with consensus political systems (typically countries with PR electoral systems and coalition governments). Based on a survey of all domestic terrorist incidents in Western Europe from 1985 to 2010, the article shows strong negative correlations between consensus institutions and levels of terrorism; that is, the more disproportional the political system is, the higher the levels of terrorism are likely to be. Thus domestic terrorism tends to occur when minorities are excluded from the decision-making process on matters they find important. These findings indicate that constitutional engineering provides a more promising model of counterterrorism than the prevailing orthodoxy.

This week we look at parliament's role in shaping Brexit-related legislation between 2017 and 2019. We ask: What role did parliament play in Brexit? More particularly, how much influence has it had over Brexit legislation? And has it done harm or good?

This week we're examining the ways we talk about automation and immigration, and how this discourse shapes the economy. We ask: How far are discourses around immigration and automation tied to each other? What is the link between this rhetoric and the economic system known as 'neo-liberalism'? Is the UK unique in our debates about robots and immigrants, and their effect on the labour market?

This week we are looking at regulation of the internet. How much of it is needed, and what form should it take?

This week we are looking at what politicians say. How can we analyse it? And what do we learn as a result?

In this week's episode we are looking at prison protests in Palestine. What are they about? What do they achieve? What can we learn?

We're focusing on contemporary ideas of democracy. What kinds of democratic system do people want? And what understandings of democracy underpin them?

In this episode we focus on global climate justice. What is it? Are we anywhere near achieving it? And, if not, what changes are needed?

What are the global governance structures through which the world is attempting to address the greatest policy challenge of our age - climate change?

What would it mean to approach punishment through an ethic of care?

In this episode we discuss what it means to decolonise the university.

Dr Kate Cronin-Furman conducts research into the experiences of victims of civil war violence and in this episode she examines how relatives of people who have been 'disappeared' during conflict seek justice and recognition.

Does monarchy still deserve the attention of students of politics?