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This book identifies why presidents, prime ministers, and other leaders of countries often make blunders in foreign policy. Blunders have been recognized within the study of foreign policy, but no central methodology or theory has developed to provide a way to avoid future disasters. Options are often presented to leaders of countries by advisers who do not always assess which policies will best serve national interests. Presidents, prime mini...

The book was awarded the 2011 NCA Franklyn S. Haiman Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Freedom of Expression. This book sets out to explore how hate comes alive in language and actions by examining the nature and persuasive functions of hate in American society. Hate speech may be used for many purposes and have different intended consequences. It may be directed to intimidate an out-group, or to influence the behavior of in-group members...

Michael Haas sensitively records the experiences of the composers who fled the Nazis, escaping Hitler's Germany to make new lives across the globe. Haas traces the distinctive contribution these composers made to the twentieth-century soundscape?and offers a moving record of the incalculable effects of war on culture.

Polarized American Democracy identifies and suggests remedies for potential nonviolent civil wars, by reviewing governmental and military resources, counteracting the ideological contest through political innovations, and drawing from aspects of the sociological Mass Society Paradigm.

Polarized American Democracy identifies and suggests remedies for potential nonviolent civil wars, by reviewing governmental and military resources, counteracting the ideological contest through political innovations, and drawing from aspects of the sociological Mass Society Paradigm.

Donald Trump, as president, sought to undermine fundamental norms and principles of American government, institutionalizing bigotry, and therefore damaged American society. Details are provided on how he carried out a racist and sexist agenda, endangered the lives of LGBQTs, terrorized immigrants, allowed exploitation of the environment, endangered public health and the lives of seniors, and tried to abolish the social safety net, while trying...

Mit der Novelle "Die Augen meiner Tochter, " als Nachfolgewerk des Ende 2017 erschienenen episodischen Romans "50. Licht und Schatten - Männer betrügen Frauen. Frauen betrügen sich selbst.", wandelt sich Michael Haas¿ Blick von einem gesellschaftskritischen hin zu einem versöhnlichen. Haas¿ Erzählfigur Clemens reflektiert die tiefe Liebe, die ihm mit seiner Frau Luise und ihrer gemeinsamen Tochter Gretchen widerfuhr und die ihn - psychisch wie...

David Davidson, der tragikomische Held des Romans, ist von sich selbst überrascht, als er im Sternheimer Landtag strandet. Das Hohe Haus in der Provinz war nichts, das ihn lockte. Was er dort als Pressesprecher sieht und erlebt, beraubt ihn der Illusion, das Parlament sei mehr als schlechtes Theater. Egozentrik, kaltes Kalkül und ein blindes Streben nach Macht beherrschen das Leben der Parlamentarier. Die Interessen der Bürgerinnen und Bürger?...

The disastrous handling of the coronavirus (Covid-19) in the United States calls out for an explanation of who is to blame for a disease that could have been contained but instead became an epidemic. Donald Trump, who plays so many roles in life, was unable to fathom how to deal with the problem, but others in his administration made serious mistakes as well. Readers will discover the scope of the errors in an entirely factual, chronological a...

Democracy rests on ten pillars. However, they have fallen in the United States because both major political parties have strayed from the concept of government of the people, by the people, and for the people. One party wants to recreate life in the past, while the other party appeals to the economic self-interest of specific groups. The coup on January 6, 2021, has prompted a fundamental analysis of what has gone wrong, but proposed correctio...

Using analytical methods, this book recounts how the people of the Hawai'in Islands overcame civil wars, decimating diseases, ecosystem despoliation, religious conflicts, the uprooting of feudalism, worker exploitation, imperialist threats, coups, and a massive influx of new residents who quickly became acculturated. Presenting a plan

Der engagierte Kunsthändler Rudolf Zwirner und der Künstler Jakob Mattner begegnen sich in der Retrospektive seines rund 40-jährigen Schaffens. Sie sprechen über die Faszination der Perspektive, die poetischen Mittel des Lichts, die Positionswechsel und Umkehr-Verfahren, mit denen das Eigentliche der Kunst zu erreichen ist, ohne dem Betrachter Informationen vorzuenthalten: das Geheimnis der Transzendenz, ihre Ursache und Wirkung.

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Democracy is in crisis because voices of the people are ignored due to a politics of mass society. After demonstrating how the French Fourth Republic failed, wherein Singapore’s totalitarianism is a dangerous model, Washington is enmeshed in gridlock, and there is a global democracy deficit, solutions are offered to revitalize democracy as the best form of government.  The book demonstrates how mass society politics operates, with intermediate...

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Statistik ist heute aus der journalistischen Berichterstattung, der Politik und den Wissenschaften kaum mehr wegzudenken. Sie dient der Erhebung und Strukturierung von Informationen und zur Absicherung von Wissen. Allerdings ist die Statistik kein neutrales Werkzeug, sondern eines, das selbst Wirklichkeit ordnet und organisiert. Der Umgang mit Statistik unterliegt dabei einem historischen Wandel: Die Untersuchung der Entstehung und des Einsatz...

Dr. Michael Haas' book, United States Diplomacy with North Korea and Vietnam: Explaining Failure and Success, aims to explain a significant, beguiling discrepancy in U.S. foreign relations: How has American diplomacy with Vietnam proved so successful when compared with its efforts to negotiate with North Korea? Haas undertakes a comparative analysis of foreign policy decisions to determine how relationships between the U.S. and each country ha...

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Democracy is in crisis because voices of the people are ignored due to a politics of mass society. After demonstrating how the French Fourth Republic failed, wherein Singapore's totalitarianism is a dangerous model, Washington is enmeshed in gridlock, and there is a global democracy deficit, solutions are offered to revitalize democracy as the best form of government. The book demonstrates how mass society politics operates, with intermediate ...

Clemens, der Erzähler des Buches, ist nahe der 50 und damit Teil einer Generation, die weit verwirrter ist, als ihr zukommt. Selten zuvor hat eine Generation ähnlich gut gelebt, auch wenn ihr Lamento über gefährdete Rentenansprüche nicht enden will. Clemens trifft auf seiner episodisch verwobenen Reise durch die Welt 50-jähriger Wohlstandsbürger ideale Paare, schmerzresistente Personalleiter, Scheidungsopfer und -gewinner, neurotische Unterne...