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"This book offers a rigorous, detailed and balanced analysis of the various contributions to the Modern Monetary Theory debate, incorporating both the arguments of proponents and those who point to its limitations and obstacles. Modern Monetary Theory has soared in popularity, particularly in response to the covid-19 pandemic and subsequent impacts to the economy which have led to deeper discussions about monetary and financial systems, fiscal and monetary policies, inflation and employment. The main characteristic of Modern Monetary Theory is that it offers a revolutionary way of thinking about all these issues, allowing us to abandon many of the myths that conventional economic theory installed in the collective imagination. Breaking down these false beliefs is an essential requirement to think and devise economic policy proposals that allow full employment to be achieved without suffering worrying inflation rates. However, this approach has also attratced many criticisms and it is also instructive to consider these in more detail to reach a fully rounded conclusion about the potential or merits of MMT. Written to be accessible to the non-economist, this book will be of great interest to readers from across the social sciences, and outside of academia who want to gain a fuller understanding of the Modern Monetary Theory phenomenon"--

"This book offers an analysis of naval constabulary operations, in particular Australian fisheries patrols, and challenges the widely accepted Anglo-American school of maritime thought. In the Indo-Pacific, fisheries and the activities of fishing boats are of increasing strategic importance in Australia's region - Australia's Four Oceans. Issues of overfishing, population growth and climate change are placing growing pressure on fish as a resource, and in doing so are making fisheries more significant, and significant on a strategic as opposed to simply an economic or environmental level. When, combined with the growing use of fishing vessels as para-naval forces, it is clear that the activities of fishing vessels, whether fishing or not fishing, are matters of considerable strategic relevance. This book illuminates contemporary seapower challenges, explains and defines maritime security and examines and refines existing theory to advance a set of new or refined concepts to help frame the on-water activities of constabulary operations -- reducing the possibility of on-water miscalculation between states. This book will be of much interest to students and scholars of naval studies and sea power, maritime strategy, maritime security and International Relations"--

When do domestic courts protect international human rights? By the end of the twentieth century, the world had witnessed an unprecedented flourishing of international human rights law and a growing number of democratic states whose domestic institutions promised to protect those rights. A single institution often became the center of these efforts: the court. Advocates in newly democratized states could look to high courts to demand that their governments comply with international law and bring policy into line with liberal rhetoric. This process, however, put these young courts in a difficult position. With no deep well of historical legitimacy to draw on in new political environments, courts had to weigh high-minded legal principles against the limited resources or political preferences of elected governments. In such situations, how did these courts respond, and what strategies allowed some to successfully build their legitimacy over time while others faltered, succumbing to political pressure or suffering political backlash? In Between Possibility and Peril, Chris Kendall explores this dynamic in three states - Colombia, Mexico, and South Africa - in the twenty years following each country's democratic transition. The case studies reveal a common pattern: what matters most is not international law itself, but a court's ability to control its procedural environment. Control over these "rules of the game" allows a court to selectively engage international human rights issues that can enhance its legitimacy and build public support while avoiding those issues likely to put it in direct conflict with hostile political actors. The result is paradoxical - the most successful courts in the long term are those who in the short term often choose to disappoint rights advocates.

"South Africans and international commentators alike have held the country up as a global icon of racial reconciliation, using phrases like the "South African Option" and the "South African Miracle" to describe the transition from apartheid to democracy. For many, the lingering effects of histories of racial oppression are obvious. They are reflected in racial disparities in education and income, racially segregated neighborhoods, and everyday racial profiling and discrimination. But, for others, racism is a thing of the past, unrelated to individuals' opportunities in the present. Where and when do people learn about the relevance of the past for understanding and addressing contemporary racial inequality? In Distancing the Past , Chana Teeger identifies high school history classrooms as a crucial site where we learn such lessons. Focusing on the case of South Africa, she follows a group of students as they confront their country's apartheid past in desegregated schools. She shows how young people are taught that racism is over, even as they encounter its ongoing effects in their everyday lives. These lessons help teachers avoid difficult feelings in their classrooms like like guilt and anger and reinforce nation-building myths. But these images and elisions belie the realities of enduring structures of racialized inequality and their deployment reinforces the idea that the past is done and dusted. This matters because if racism has indeed been dealt with then there is nothing left to do, no policies left to enact, but if the playing field is not equal then ignoring these legacies means that inequities can continue unchecked. These ideas are not unique to South Africa. They form the basis of "color-blindness" in a variety of contexts. But where do such ideas come from? And how do they take hold? Distancing the Past describes a variety of subtle yet powerful ways through which the past can be recalled but its legacies ignored. Focusing on South Africa's first generation born into democracy, Teeger presents a potent view view of how racial ideologies are remade in the aftermath of de jure segregation, offering lessons for South Africa and beyond"--

This book addresses development issues from a behavioral perspective, linking mindsets and behaviors to growth and development strategies and policies. It identifies six mindsets and actions that impede the economic development of underdeveloped nations and suggests solutions to upgrade the mindsets according to the plans and policies.

"This book analyzes Pyongyang's nuclear policy changes for the last three decades under Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, and Kim Jong Un. It explains when and why the North Korean leaders have chosen either risk-acceptant confrontation or risk-averse engagement toward the United States"--

In diesem Band wird der alle zehn Jahre in Deutschland stattfindende Zensus aus ganz verschiedenen Perspektiven beleuchtet. Dabei geht es zum einen um die Erhebung der Daten, zum anderen aber auch um deren Verwendung in unterschiedlichen Kontexten. Der Band zieht außerdem eine Linie von der Vergangenheit des Zensus zu dessen Gegenwart und Zukunft, wobei der Zensus als Blaupause für die Digitalisierung betrachtet wird.Die Herausgeberinnen sind Habilitandinnen an der Helmut-Schmidt-Universität/Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg und forschen in den Bereichen der digitalen und technischen Transformation.Mit Beiträgen vonProf. Dr. iur. Dipl.-Soz. Marion Albers | Dr. Svenja Behrendt | Stefan Dittrich | Lennart Fischer | Dr. Katharina Goldberg | Uwe Halfpaap | Dr. Sarah Hartmann | Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hufeld | Prof. Dr. Paula Prenzel | Prof. Dr. Hannah Ruschemeier | Sabine Sattelberger | Prof. Dr. Gary S. Schaal | Prof. Dr. Margrit Seckelmann | Dr. Georg Thiel | Prof. Dr. Dana Valentiner

Werner Sonne war am 7. Oktober 2023 in Israel. Schon 50 Jahre zuvor hatte er als junger Reporter über den Jom-Kippur-Krieg berichtet – und nun wiederholte sich die Geschichte. In diesem Buch blickt der bekannte ARD-Journalist auf die hitzigen deutschen Debatten über den Umgang mit Israel. Zugleich erzählt er die Geschichte der deutsch-israelischen Beziehungen – von den schwierigen Anfängen unter Adenauer und Ben-Gurion bis zum Kauf des israelischen Raketenabwehrsystems Arrow 3 und der Frage, was die Formel von der Sicherheit Israels als "Staatsräson" Deutschlands konkret bedeutet. So bietet dieses anschaulich geschriebene Buch Hintergründe, macht Argumente verständlich und liefert "food for thoughts" für eine der drängendsten und umstrittensten Debatten der Gegenwart. Seit dem terroristischen Angriff der Hamas vom 7. Oktober 2023 und dem anschließenden neuen Gaza-krieg wird in Deutschland intensiv über das Verhältnis zu Israel debattiert. Auf den Straßen und in den sozialen Netzwerken kam es zu einem unerwartet heftigen Ausbruch von Antisemitismus. Jüdinnen und Juden fühlen sich in Deutschland wieder bedroht. Die deutsche Politik stellte sich klar an die Seite Israels und bekräftigte den Ausspruch Angela Merkels, dass die Sicherheit Israels deutsche "Staatsräson" sei. Doch wie weit geht die Solidarität? Sollte sie bedingungslos sein? Und kann sie das sein angesichts einer israelischen Regierung, der rechtsextreme Minister angehören? Deren umstrittene Reform des Verfassungsgerichts viele Israelis als Angriff auf die Demokratie interpretierten und die den völkerrechtswidrigen Siedlungsbau forciert? Was ist legitime Kritik, und wo beginnt als Israelkritik verbrämter Antisemitismus?