Der Mord an Walter Lübcke, die Anschläge von Halle und Hanau, Hass und Gewalt gegen Juden und Muslime - immer wieder erschüttert rechter Terror das Land. Die Bundesrepublik wird die Neonazis nicht los. Schaut der Staat scharf genug hin, um die Gefahr des Rechtsextremismus zu erkennen? Geht er effektiv dagegen vor? In jüngster Zeit mehren sich die Vorwürfe gegen Beamte, Polizisten und Behörden, selbst in radikale Umtriebe verstrickt zu sein. Vor dem Hintergrund dieser alarmierenden Entwickl...

Even ten years after the discovery of the ?National Socialist Underground= (NSU) terrorist group, there are many questions that remain unanswered. Were there other accomplices? How were the victims and crime scenes selected? Are there any connections to further attacks? Halle, Hanau, the murder of Walter Lübcke & Germany has been shaken again and again by right-wing extremist attacks. And time and again, questions have arisen about the state=s responsibility & as with the NSU complex. Uwe ...

Democratic institutions are currently facing a crisis of legitimacy, and the political system is also coming under pressure along with them. It is therefore high time to engage with the liberal thinker Ralf Dahrendorf, who was already describing the basic elements of this crisis as long ago as the 1980s. As a brilliant wanderer between different fields and disciplines, he not only commuted between the Anglo-Saxon and European worlds, but was also equally active as a journalist, academic an...

Rarely have citizens been as sceptical of politics and state institutions as they are today. Many people think politicians in particular are capable of doing anything & and they don=t trust them an inch. They regard the state as being in the hands of corporate lobbyists and elites, and believe their own interests are never taken into account. At the same time, there have probably never been so many opportunities available for people to participate in political processes. In Getting a Heari...

Denken und Handeln von Individuen und Gesellschaften werden zunehmend von ökonomischen Überlegungen geleitet. Was ist uns die Rettung der Umwelt wert? Wie viel kosten unsere Kinder? Wie viel geben wir für medizinische Behandlungen aus? Die Ökonomisierung treibt seltsame Blüten und stellt die Menschheit schon heute vor enorme Probleme. Gut verständlich beschreiben Expertinnen und Experten unterschiedlicher Disziplinen das Phänomen aus ihrer jeweiligen Fachrichtung. Dabei zeigt sich: Nicht d...