Samhälle & Politik

Holmes County, Ohio, is home to the largest and most diverse Amish community in the world. Yet, surprisingly, it remains relatively unknown compared to its famous cousin in …

What are the principles that keep our society together? This question is even more difficult to answer than the long-standing question, what are the forces that keep our world …

Looking backBeautifully captured in a series of personal recollections, Pauline reflects on the treasured family memories of more than eighty years.A memoir lovingly captured by …

This book presents valuable insights, critiques and contributions from energy researchers focused on Latin American case studies. Their work not only enriches the understanding of …

It would have been nice to have been able to write this book with the style of Mailer, the wit of Shaw, the breadth of Myrdal and the zeal of Nader. It would also have been …

In a world where advanced knowledge is widespread and low-cost labor is readily available, U.S. advantages in the marketplace and in science and technology have begun to erode. A …

The eighteenth-century practitioners of anatomy saw their own period as 'the perfection of anatomy'. This book looks at the investigation of anatomy in the 'long' eighteenth …

This book is concerned with the causes and consequences of river and coastal floods and the ways in which people can respond to the flood hazard. Individual chapters address issues …

Unsere Demokratien stehen vor grossen politischen Herausforderungen, nicht zuletzt durch populistische Bewegungen und die Ruckkehr nationalistischer Trugbilder. Die Autoren des …