This edited collection seeks to present a valuable guide to the Jewish contribution to the European integration process, and to enable readers to obtain a better understanding of the unknown Jewish involvement in the European integration project. Adopting both a national and a pan-European approaches, this volume brings together the work of leading international researchers and senior practitioners to cover a wide range of topics with an interdisciplinary approach under three different par...

38 Persönlichkeiten aus allen Bereichen des öffentlichen Lebens stellen sich zum 70. Geburtstag von Thomas de Maizière der Frage: Wenn ich eine Sache in Politik, Wirtschaft, Kultur, Gesellschaft ändern könnte, was wäre das?So entstehen offene und nachdenkliche Essays über zentrale Themen unserer Zeit.Mit Beiträgen von Ralph Brinkhaus, Ulrike Demmer, Kirsten Fehrs, Sigmar Gabriel, Serap Güler, Emily Haber, Stephan Harbarth, Dunja Hayali, Christoph Heusgen, Timotheus Höttges, ...

Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri's book Empire has been hailed as a latter day Communist Manifesto. Its ability to develop a theoretical framework relevant to the current period of global neo-liberalism and international capitalism captured the imagination of the growing anti-capitalist movement and has been claimed as a turning point for the left.As much as it has seduced and delighted some, however, it has enraged and frustrated others. In this collection, a serie...

Klaus Mertes - mutig und unbequem Ein Brief löst eine Lawine aus: Als sich der Direktor des renommierten Canisius-Kollegs im Januar 2010 an mögliche Opfer von Missbrauch wandte und für seinen Orden die Verantwortung übernahm, wurde er mit einem Schlag zu einer der bekanntesten Persönlichkeiten der deutschen Kirche. Wer ist dieser Mann? Als Sohn eines hochrangigen Diplomaten kommt er schon in seiner Kindheit intensiv mit anderen Kulturen in Berührung. Der eher "konservative" Jesuitenpater v...

A Movement of Movements charts the strategic thinking behind the mosaic of movements currently challenging neoliberal globalization. Leading theorists and activists-the Zapatistas' Subcomandante Marcos, Chittaroopa Palit from the Indian Narmada Valley dam protests, Soweto anti-privatization campaigner Trevor Ngwane, Brazilian Sem Terra leader Jo�o Pedro Stedile, and many more-discuss their personal formation as radicals, the history of their movements, their analyses of globalizat...

Das Buch "… Weil Gott es so will - Frauen erzählen von ihrer Berufung zur Diakonin und Priesterin" ist innerhalb wie außerhalb der Kirche auf enorme Resonanz gestoßen und hat das Thema Ämter für Frauen in der Kirche erneut in den Fokus der Diskussion gerückt, auch im Synodalen Weg.Das jetzige Buch macht den nächsten Schritt: 100 Männer der Kirche, darunter viele Prominente - Priester, Diakone und Ordensleute, auch eine Reihe Bischöfe - solidarisieren sich mit dem Anliegen der Fraue...

As my life hung in the balance after a tragic car accident caused by a drunk driver, I promised to spend the rest of my life helping others if I were to survive. Despite sustaining a traumatic brain injury, I am the founder and president of Fulfill Your Destiny, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to helping people whose careers have been altered by injury or other unforeseen circumstances. This book is to help other personal injury survivors contemplating litigation, or already involve...

Much that has happened in the world since 1989 gives cause for elation, but there is also much that gives reason for alarm. The euphoria that attended the dismantling of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of communism has been compromised by tragic events in recent years, such as the bitter ethnic rivalries in Yugoslavia, the civil war in Rwanda, and the terrorist bombings in New York City and Oklahoma City. In Search of Germany seeks to accomplish three purposes: to initiate a revi...