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Adopting an interdisciplinary perspective, Freedom from Fear, Freedom from Want is a brief introduction to human security, conflict, and development. The book analyzes such key human security issues as climate change, crimes against humanity, humanitarian intervention, international law, poverty, terrorism, and transnational crime, among others. The authors encourage readers to critically assess emerging threats while evaluating potential mechanisms of deterrence such as conflict resolution, economic development, diplomacy, peacekeeping, international law, and restorative justice. Concise yet comprehensive, Freedom from Fear, Freedom from Want is an ideal text for human security courses

Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Polytheism and Economics -- Part I The Beginnings -- 2 Greeks and Romans: The Religions Without Professional Priests -- 3 Celts and Germans: The Elusive Religions -- 4 Indians and Iranians: The Priestly Religions -- Part II The Endings -- 5 Extinction: Polytheism Unreformed -- 6 Death and Rebirth: Polytheism Reformed -- Part III The Economics -- 7 Economic Analysis: From Typology to Outcomes -- 8 Economic Models: Gods, Supplicants, and Priests -- 9 Conclusions -- References -- Index.

"Pete Alcock provides a comprehensive introduction to the analysis of poverty and social exclusion covering the definition, measurement, distribution and causes of poverty and the policies developed to combat it. The third edition has been rewritten to include recent developments while maintaining the successful broad approach of earlier editions."--

Sein literarisches Werk macht den kenianischen Kulturwissenschaftler und Schriftsteller Ngugi wa Thiong'o [Autor u.a. von ›Herr der Krähen‹, ›Der gekreuzigte Teufel‹ oder ›Träume in Zeiten des Krieges‹] seit vielen Jahren zu einem Kandidaten für den Literaturnobelpreis. In seiner Essay-Sammlung Dekolonisierung des Denkens analysiert er die geistigen Folgen des europäischen Kolonialismus, der Unterdrückung der Sprachen Afrikas und damit auch der Zerstörung von Kulturen. Als das Ende der kolonialen Herrschaft erkämpft war, bestand die europäische kulturelle Dominanz fort. Europas Sprachen, sein Denken, sein Blick auf Geschichte und Gegenwart beeinflussen das afrikanische Selbstverständnis bis heute. Durch die Essays von Ngugi wa Thiong'o wird deutlich, dass die afrikanischen Sprachen ein wesentliches Mittel zur Befreiung von kolonialen Herrschafts- und Denkstrukturen sind. Denn die Sprache bildet den Grundstein für die Vermittlung von Kultur und Geschichte. Die nun erstmals auf Deutsch vorliegende Essaysammlung wird durch aktuelle Beiträge afrikanischer Autor*innen und Wissenschaftler*innen ergänzt, die sich mit der Bedeutung auseinandersetzen, die Ngugi wa Thiong'os Thesen in ihrer Heimat erlangt haben: Boubacar Boris Diop (Senegal), Achille Mbembe (Kamerun), Petina Gappah (Simbabwe), Sonwabiso Ngcowa (Südafrika) und Mukoma wa Ngugi, einem Sohn Ngugi wa Thiong'os. Quelle: Klappentext

"So, here's a new edition. It contains whole chapters on key topics that other books barely mention and cites hundreds more studies than other books do. It draws on social psychology, communication studies, family studies, sociology, clinical psychology, neuroscience, demography, and more. It's much more current and comprehensive and more fun to read than any other overview of the modern science of close relationships"--

Amidst the many lamentations about the problems of democracy, Joe Foweraker turns his attention to specific questions: Is democracy incompatible with stark social inequalities? Why are so many democratic governments deemed unaccountable and beset by populist pressures? Perhaps most fundamentally, why does democratic theory have no answers to these questions? Foweraker argues that finding answers requires a root-and-branch revision of our thinking about democracy—a revision that asks us to stop talking about "democracy" and start talking about "polity." Drawing on the political realities of Latin America, he describes polity as a system encompassing the distinct but conjoined domains of oligarchy and democracy; and he offers a conceptual framework that identifies the key components and logic of polity. His innovative analysis affords a better understanding not only of democracy in Latin America, but also of democratic regimes around the world