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The Welsh Kings: Warriors, Warlords and Princes
by Kari MaundWhen Edward I's troops forced the destruction of Dafydd ap Gruffudd in 1283 they brought to an end the line of truly independent native rules in Wales that had endured throughout recorded history. In the early middle ages Wales was composed of a variety of independent kingdoms with varying degrees of power, influence and stability, each ruled by proud and obdurate lineages. In this period a 'Kingdom of Wales' never existed, but the more powerful leaders, like Rhodri Mawr ('the Great'), Gruffudd ap Llywelyn and Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, sought to extend their rule over the entire country. The author produces revealing pictures of the leading Welsh kings and princes of the day and explores both their contribution to Welsh history and their impact on the wider world. They were, of necessity, warriors, living in a violent political world and requiring ruthless skills to even begin to rule in Wales. Yet they showed wider vision, political acumen tna statesmanship, and were patrons of the arts and the church. The history of their contact with their neighbours, allies and rivals is examined - Anglo-Saxons, Irish, Vikings, and Anglo-Normans - thereby setting Welsh institutions within their wider historical context. This work revives the memory of the native leaders of the country from a time before the title 'Prince of Wales' became an honorary trinket in the gift of a foreign ruler. These men are restored to their rightful place amongst the past rulers of the island of Britain.
Welsh Writing, Political Action and Incarceration: Branwen’s Starling (Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities)
by Diarmait Mac Giolla ChríostWelsh Writing, Political Action and Incarceration examines the prison literature of certain iconic Welsh authors whose political lives and creative writings are linked to ideas about Wales and the Welsh language, the nature of political activism, and the function of incarceration.
Weltkulturerbe ohne Grenzen: Deutschlands transnationale Kulturpolitik zur Welterbekonvention der UNESCO (Auswärtige Kulturpolitik)
by Constanze MetzgerForderungen an eine deutsche Auswärtige Kulturpolitik, die sich nicht mehr an nationalstaatlichen Interessen, sondern an geteilter Verantwortung orientiert, sind allgegenwärtig. In diesem Kontext leistet die hier vorgestellte Untersuchung einen wissenschaftlichen Beitrag zur Auswärtigen Kulturpolitik in der Welterbekonvention. Constanze Metzger analysiert die außenkulturpolitische Entwicklung Deutschlands in der UNESCO bis 1972 – dem Jahr, in dem die Welterbekonvention verabschiedet wurde. Sie evaluiert Wechselwirkungen zwischen nationalstaatlichen Interessen und transnationalen Zielen in der Konvention und verdeutlicht Interdependenzen von Politik und Kultur, die sowohl Konfliktpotentiale als auch Kooperationsmöglichkeiten zum Kulturerbeschutz bieten. Auf diesen Erkenntnissen aufbauend wird die praktische Umsetzung transnationaler und grenzüberschreitender Welterbestätten am Beispiel des deutsch-polnischen Muskauer Parks untersucht. Die Autorin beantwortet die Frage, ob hier das Nationale aufgelöst und dadurch Weltkulturerbe ohne Grenzen geschützt wird. Daraus resultierend schlägt die Autorin Desiderata einer transnationalen Auswärtigen Kulturpolitik vor.
Weltordnung und Weltordnungspolitik der USA von Trump zu Biden (Edition ZfAS)
by Johannes Artz Hakan Akbulut„America is back“, kündigte Joe Biden in seiner ersten Grundsatzrede zur US-amerikanischen Außenpolitik kurz nach seinem Einzug in das Weiße Haus an und bekannte sich zur Führungsrolle der USA auf der Weltbühne. Gerade diese Führungsrolle war von seinem Amtsvorgänger Donald J. Trump zurückgewiesen worden, der zudem einen antiliberalen Kurs im Inneren wie Äußeren verfolgt und somit die Krise der internationalen Ordnung verschärft hatte. Etwa zwei Jahre nach der Amtsübernahme Bidens nimmt diese Ausgabe der Edition ZfAS die Weltordnungspolitik seiner Administration unter die Lupe und untersucht, ob und wie sich die Weltordnungspolitik der USA von Trump zu Biden verändert hat, was den Revisionismus von Russland und China begründet und wie es um die internationale Ordnung und ihre Zukunft bestellt ist. Die Analysen fokussieren dabei sowohl auf die systemische als auch die subsystemische Ebene, tragen politischen, wirtschaftlichen wie normativen Einflussfaktoren Rechnung und haben globale wie regionale Herausforderungen zum Gegenstand.
Weltpolitische Gestaltung in Zeiten von COVID-19: Zur Rolle von Persönlichkeit und Führungsstil in der Coronakrise (Persönlichkeit und weltpolitische Gestaltung)
by Xuewu Gu Hendrik W. OhnesorgeDer Sammelband untersucht den Umgang ausgewählter Nationalstaaten mit der globalen COVID-19-Pandemie unter Anwendung des personenbezogenen Ansatzes der Politikwissenschaft. Der Band geht dabei von der grundlegenden These aus, dass sich der Umgang mit der Krise in entscheidendem Maße auf die Persönlichkeit und den Führungsstil der jeweils an der Spitze stehenden politischen Entscheidungsträgerinnen und Entscheidungsträger zurückführen lässt. Zu diesem Zweck nehmen die einzelnen Beiträge des Bandes ausgewählte Persönlichkeiten der Weltpolitik in den Blick, um deren Entscheidungen und Handlungen in der Coronakrrise zu untersuchen.
We're All Climate Hypocrites Now: How Embracing Our Limitations Can Unlock the Power of a Movement
by Sami GroverA useful — and sprightly! — effort to get at the choice between individual and systemic action on the greatest problem we've ever faced. — Bill McKibben, author, The End of NatureTaking a tongue-in-cheek approach, self-confessed eco-hypocrite Sami Grover says we should do what we can in our own lives to minimize our climate impacts and we need to target those actions so they create systemic change. We're All Climate Hypocrites Now helps you decide what are the most important climate actions to take for your own personal situation.Our culture tells us that personal responsibility is central to tackling the climate emergency, yet the choices we make are often governed by the systems in which we live. Whether it's activists facing criticism for eating meat or climate scientists catching flack for flying, accusations of hypocrisy are rampant. And they come from both inside and outside the movement.Sami Grover skewers those pointing fingers, celebrates those who are trying, and offers practical pathways to start making a difference. We're All Climate Hypocrites Now covers:How environmentalism lost its grooveWhy big polluters want to talk about your carbon footprintThe psychology of shamingHow businesses can find their activist voiceThe true power of individuals to spark widespread change.By understanding where our greatest leverage lies, we can prioritize our actions, maximize our impact, and join forces with the millions of other imperfect individuals who are ready to do their part and actually change the system.
We're Better Than This: My Fight for the Future of Our Democracy
by Elijah CummingsPart memoir, part call to action, this young readers’ edition dives into the inspiring life of the late U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings—from childhood through his time as chairman of the House Oversight Committee—and his tireless fight for justice. Elijah’s story comes complete with a full-color insert of photographs from the congressman’s life. Growing up as the child of former sharecroppers in a segregated Baltimore, Elijah Cummings saw firsthand how injustice could run rampant, even in a democracy that promises fairness and equality. But with a strong support system and fiery self-discipline, Elijah utilized the momentum of the civil rights movement to overcome the obstacles of poverty and racism to effect change at a time when our country so badly needed it.In We’re Better Than This, readers will learn not only that we must be and do better than our oppressors but that it is our shared responsibility as a nation to keep our democracy intact because it is the only way to pursue freedom, justice, and equality for all.
We're Better Than This: My Fight for the Future of Our Democracy
by Elijah Cummings James DaleAn Essence Best Book of the Year: “[An] excellent political memoir . . . A thoughtful and inspiring exhortation to do better.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)NAACP Image Awards Winner for Outstanding Literary WorkIncludes a foreword by Speaker Nancy PelosiKnown for his poise, intellect, and influence, Elijah Cummings was one of the most respected figures in Congress—a politician who held fast to his beliefs but was not afraid to reach across the aisle in the name of friendship and progress. From his earliest days in government through his time as a representative and chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, he operated at the highest levels of democracy, serving the people of Baltimore and illustrating the importance of working with—and for—the underdog.Yet in his final years, Cummings recognized that democracy was the underdog. We’re Better Than This draws from Cummings’s own life to show the formative moments that prepared him for the disturbing first years of the Trump presidency and spurred him to hold the administration accountable for their actions. Weaving together the urgent drama of modern-day politics and character-defining stories from his past, Cummings offers a never-before-told perspective on how coming of age in South Baltimore laid the foundation of a lifelong fight for justice. He goes behind the scenes with the House Democratic leadership, offering an eye-opening chronicle of the grim realities of this unprecedented obstructionism by both the president and Republicans. He also presents a vital defense of how government oversight defines our collective trust, examining the dangerous precedent for both parties that exists if the executive branch remains above public scrutiny.Part memoir, part call to action, this is the story of our modern-day democracy and the threats we all must face together, and a retrospective on the life and career of one of our most inspirational politicians. As our democracy continues to be tested, We’re Better Than This reminds us that in this country we don’t elect kings, and we cannot afford four more years of this false one.Includes photographs“There was no greater friend to the poor, to the lost, to the left out, and to the left behind. If you want to understand this great man, read his historic, important book and learn the lessons and values from his ‘moral voice crying in the wilderness’ on behalf of our American democracy.” —Rep. John Lewis (D-GA)
We're Doing It Wrong: 25 Ideas in Education That Just Don't Work—And How to Fix Them
by David Michael SlaterAn unapologetic critique of major flaws in the American education system. David Michael Slater’s We’re Doing It Wrong is a thought-provoking dissection of the issues plaguing American public schools. Each chapter identifies a major problem in the education system, exploring its roots and repercussions. A teacher himself, Slater opens up and gives readers an insider’s perspective on topics that have been at the center of ongoing debates as well as recent hot button issues, such as: • Standardized testing • Teacher evaluation practices • Helicopter parents • Class size • Poverty’s effect on performance • Anti-bullying programs • Writing proficiency • Curriculum goals Slater explains why our current approaches simply aren’t working—for students, for teachers, for the colleges that these students may eventually attend, and for society at-large. Unafraid to ruffle a few feathers, We’re Doing It Wrong highlights defects in policy and theory, calls out administration, and questions long-held beliefs. Every chapter concludes with a suggestion for improvement, offering light at the end of the tunnel. Administrators, teachers, and concerned parents will come away with a better understanding of the current state of education and ideas for moving toward progress—for themselves and for the students they support.
We're Doomed. Now What?: Essays on War and Climate Change
by Roy ScrantonAn American Orwell for the age of Trump, Roy Scranton faces the unpleasant facts of our day with fierce insight and honesty. We’re Doomed. Now What? penetrates to the very heart of our time.Our moment is one of alarming and bewildering change—the breakup of the post-1945 global order, a multispecies mass extinction, and the beginning of the end of civilization as we know it. Not one of us is innocent, not one of us is safe. Now what?We’re Doomed. Now What? addresses the crisis that is our time through a series of brilliant, moving, and original essays on climate change, war, literature, and loss, from one of the most provocative and iconoclastic minds of his generation. Whether writing about sailing through the melting Arctic, preparing for Houston’s next big storm, watching Star Wars, or going back to the streets of Baghdad he once patrolled as a soldier, Roy Scranton handles his subjects with the same electric, philosophical, demotic touch that he brought to his groundbreaking New York Times essay, “Learning How to Die in the Anthropocene.”
We’re Going to Run This City: Winnipeg's Political Left after the General Strike
by Stefan Epp-KoopStefan Epp-Koop’s "We’re Going to Run This City: Winnipeg’s Political Left After the General Strike" explores the dynamic political movement that came out of the largest labour protest in Canadian history and the ramifications for Winnipeg throughout the 1920s and 1930s. Few have studied the political Left at the municipal level—even though it is at this grassroots level that many people participate in political activity. Winnipeg was a deeply divided city. On one side, the conservative political descendants of the General Strike’s Citizen’s Committee of 1000 advocated for minimal government and low taxes. On the other side were the Independent Labour Party and the Communist Party of Canada, two parties rooted in the city’s working class, though often in conflict with each other. The political strength of the Left would ebb and flow throughout the 1920s and 1930s but peaked in the mid-1930s when the ILP’s John Queen became mayor and the two parties on the Left combined to hold a majority of council seats. Astonishingly, Winnipeg was governed by a mayor who had served jail time for his role in the General Strike.
We're Here Because You Were There: Immigration and the End of Empire
by Ian PatelWhat are the origins of the hostile environment for immigrants in Britain? Drawing on new archival material from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Ian Sanjay Patel retells Britain&’s recent history in an often shocking account of state racism that still resonates today. In a series of post-war immigration laws, Britain&’s colonial and Commonwealth citizens from the Caribbean, Asia and Africa were renamed immigrants. In the late 1960s, British officials drew upon an imperial vision of the world to contain what it saw as a vast immigration &‘crisis&’ involving British citizens, passing legislation to block their entry. As a result, British citizenship itself was redefined along racial lines, fatally compromising the Commonwealth and exposing the limits of Britain&’s influence in world politics. Combining voices of so-called immigrants trying to make a home in Britain and the politicians, diplomats and commentators who were rethinking the nation, Ian Sanjay Patel excavates the reasons why Britain failed to create a post-imperial national identity. The reactions of the British state to post-war immigration reflected the shift in world politics from empires to decolonization. Despite a new international recognition of racial equality, Britain&’s colonial and Commonwealth citizens were subject to a new regime of immigration control based on race. From the Windrush generation who came to Britain from the Caribbean to the South Asians who were forced to migrate from East Africa, Britain was caught between attempting both to restrict the rights of its non-white colonial and Commonwealth citizens and redefine its imperial role in the world. Despite Britain&’s desire to join Europe, which eventually occurred in 1973, its post-imperial moment never arrived, subject to endless deferral and reinvention.
We’re Losing Our Minds
by Richard P. Keeling Richard H. HershAmerica is being held back by the quality and quantity of learning in college. Many graduates cannot think critically, write effectively, solve problems, understand complex issues, or meet employers' expectations. The only solution - making learning the highest priority in college - demands fundamental change throughout higher education.
We're Right, They're Wrong: A Handbook for Spirited Progressives
by James Carville"They are wrong and we are right and I'm going to prove it to you!" -- Harry S. Truman, Democratic National Convention, 1948 A rousing political manifesto from "The New York Times" bestselling co-author of "All's Fair" One of Washington's most prominent Democratic strategists and co-author of the "New York Times" bestseller "All's Fair" offers a timely, accessible and entertaining response to the GOP's Contract with America -- just in time for primary season. With the Republican Congress blasting away at the federal government, James Carville, a top advisor to President Clinton, counterattacks. In "We're Right, They're Wrong," he uses his trademark mix of pointed argument, homespun wit, and historic lore to deflate GOP claims that nothing is amiss in America that budget-cutting wouldn't cure. Carville staunchly defends a strong government -- one capable of teaching, feeding, healing, defending and sheltering its citizens -- and provides Democrats and progressives with a politically astute program for building upon what's best about our nation. Filled with anecdotes and political myths, "We're Right, They're Wrong" is a succinct, witty, fact-filled trot.
We're Speaking: The Life Lessons of Kamala Harris: How to Use Your Voice, Be Assertive, and Own Your Story
by Hitha Palepu&“Authoritative and authentic&” (Elizabeth Holmes), We&’re Speaking provides inspirational lessons about life, work, and overcoming adversity—drawn from Kamala Harris's norm-shattering ascent to Vice President of the United States.Kamala Harris is one of our country's most awe-inspiring political figures, dawning on a new age as the first—but not last—Black and Asian-American female Vice President. Having spent her entire career smashing glass ceilings and influencing the next generation of young women, Harris has completely redefined what it means to be a woman in politics.In We&’re Speaking, Palepu connects illuminating stories from Harris&’ unique biography with tactical advice that will teach you to :Own the power of your multitudesAct on and embrace your ambitionDevelop your unique voice and styleFind your North Star to guide your decisionsBest of all, We're Speaking will leave you feeling empowered to follow in Harris's footsteps — shattering glass ceilings of your own as you live the life of your dreams!
We're Still Here Ya Bastards: How the People of New Orleans Rebuilt Their City
by Roberta Brandes GratzThe aftermath of Hurricane Katrina is one of the darkest chapters is American history. A toxic combination of government neglect and socioeconomic inequality turned a crisis into a tragedy. The storm completely transformed one of the most beloved cities in America, leaving nearly 80 percent of New Orleans flooded and damaging 134,000 housing units, causing unprecedented destruction. The response to Katrina is a topic of unending debate and anger. But out of the rubble, there is hope. Watching coverage of the hurricane on television in 2005, noted urbanist and veteran journalist Roberta Brandes Gratz knew that the best chance for the city's recovery came from the people who would return to New Orleans. She also knew that she wanted to see for herself how the city would respond. Two years later, after having made several trips to the area and written several articles, Gratz bought a house in the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans and immersed herself in the life of the city. We’re Still Here Ya Bastards presents an unprecedented panoramic look at New Orleans’ recovery in the years following the hurricane. From the Lower Ninth Ward to the storied French Quarter, Gratz shares the stories of people who returned to their homes and have taken the rebuilding of their city into their own hands. An internationally renowned urban critic, Gratz shows how the city is recovering despite erroneous governmental policies that serve private interests rather than the public good. By telling stories that are often ignored by the mainstream media, We’re Still Here Ya Bastards shows the strength and resilience of a community that continues to work to rebuild New Orleans.
We're Still Right, They're Still Wrong: The Democrats' Case for 2016
by James CarvilleEvery politico and pundit has tried to explain the 2016 presidential race, but James Carville - the multiple best-selling Ragin' Cajun and grand strategist of Bill Clinton's rise to the White House - has largely stayed silent. Until now. "He straddled the punch bowl, dropped his pants, and whipped out his member, which, he assured everyone, was very large. Then Donald Trump pissed right into the punch of the Republican Party."So begins We're Still Right, They're Still Wrong- with that image of Donald Trump defiling the celebration that should've been the GOP Establishment's easy march to the White House. In We're Still Right, They're Still Wrong, Carville updates his #1 New York Times bestseller from 1996, the campaign tract that Bill Clinton once credited for his re-election. Carville skewers the GOP's dumpster fire of a record over the past twenty years, and argues that Trump is the living manifestation of a failed party. From income inequality to race relations, Carville believes that Democratic Party is not only the dominant party of the past, but of America's future, too - and he makes the case in his uncensored and earthy style. Among other things, We're Still Right, They're Still Wrong features a hot take on the Clinton e-mail "scandal," a story about Carville's momma' schooling a pair of crawfish mongers, a lecture on political panics called "The Anatomy of Bullshit," and a recipe for how to grill your (non-existent) Trump Steak. And wit and sharp tongue aside, Carville turns it all into the most cogent and thoughtful analysis of the 2016 and how the Democrats can--and must--be victorious.From the Hardcover edition.
Were We The Enemy? American Survivors Of Hiroshima: American Survivors Of Hiroshima (Transitions: Asia And Asian America Ser.)
by Rinjiro SodeiIn August 1945, the first atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. What is hardly known is that 4,000 Nisei (Japanese Americans), the sons and daughters of Japanese immigrants who had been sent back to Japan to be educated before World War II erupted, were caught in the Hiroshima bombing. This extraordinary book commemorates the 3,000 Nisei who died from the atomic blast in Hiroshima and documents the plight of another 1,000 hibakusha (survivors of the bomb) who returned to the West Coast after the war.Branded as ?foreigners? in wartime Japan and as ?enemies? in postwar United States, their existence as victims of the atomic blast has not been recognized by either the Japanese or the U.S. government, both of which have refused to alleviate the medical and political problems of the survivors. Drawing on primary sources and rich interview data, Rinjiro Sodei has contributed an original scholarly work to the literature on World War II and the Asian-American experience. This book bears witness to the human calamities of the nuclear age and to the dignity of these Japanese Americans striving to obtain their rights and sustain their bicultural identity.
We're with Nobody
by Alan Huffman Michael RejebianIn politics, finding the dirt is a multimillion-dollar business. It's called opposition research-"oppo" to insiders. Few Americans are aware of its existence, yet oppo has become an integral part of the campaign process, hastening the implosion of countless office-seekers around the country. For nearly two decades, former journalists Alan Huffman and Michael Rejebian have been uncovering the buried truths about political candidates, from presidential appointees all the way down to local school-board hopefuls. We're with Nobody is the eye-opening account of their life as opposition researchers-a remarkable adventure across the American political landscape and through the often seamy underbelly of U.S. politics. From doing battle with reluctant, sometimes purposefully misleading bureaucrats to arriving in an unmarked police car for a clandestine meeting on the New Jersey waterfront, We're with Nobody offers readers a revealing slice of national and political life: a close-up look at today's political process, the fallible men and women we often choose to represent us and the little-understood industry of trying to bring candidates' weaknesses to light.
Were You Born on the Wrong Continent?
by Thomas GeogheganTry to imagine your life in a full-blown European social democracy, especially the German version. Free public goods, a bit of worker control, and whopping trade surpluses? Social democracy doesn't sound too bad. Were You Born on the Wrong Continent? reveals where you might have been happier--or at least had time off to be unhappy properly. It explains why Americans should pay attention to Germany, where ordinary people can work three hundred to four hundred hours a year less than we do and still have one of the most competitive economies in the world.
Werner Scholem: A German Life
by Mirjam Zadoff Dona GeyerWerner Scholem never took the easy path. Born in 1895 into the Berlin Jewish middle class, he married a young non-Jewish woman of proletarian background. He was the youngest member of the Prussian Parliament in the 1920s, one of the leaders of the German Communist Party, and the editor of the influential journal The Red Flag. As an outspoken critic of Stalin, he was soon expelled from the party, only to take up a position at the head of a revolutionary Trotskyite faction in the years before 1933. Reviled by the National Socialists as a Communist and a Jew, he was among the first to be arrested when Hitler rose to power and, after a long incarceration, was murdered in Buchenwald.In Werner Scholem: A German Life Mirjam Zadoff has written a book that is at once a biography of an individual, a family chronicle, and the story of an entire era. It is an account of the ruptures within a society and of the growing insecurity in which German Jews lived between the two world wars—and especially of two brothers who chose opposing paths out of the shared conviction that there was no future for Jews in Germany after the First World War. While Werner pinned his hopes on a universal revolution he would never see, the younger Gerhard emigrated to Palestine where, as Gershom, he would choose revolutionary Zionism and the reanimation of ancient strains of Jewish mysticism.
Wert: Warum uns etwas lieb und teuer ist
by Jürgen Ritsert"Wert" ist ein Grundbegriff, der im Alltag sowie in einer ganzen Reihe von Fachwissenschaften meist mit aller Selbstverständlichkeit benutzt wird: in der Moralphilosophie, der Ökonomie, der Politologie, der Soziologie, der Ethnologie und der Kulturanthropologie. Doch er ist und bleibt - wie schon Max Weber festgestellt hat - ein "Schmerzenskind" der Kulturwissenschaften. Dieser Essay informiert über einige Kontroversen über den Wertbegriff sowie einige begehbare Pfade in der Sumpflandschaft des Wertdiskurses. Der Text steht in einem inneren Zusammenhang mit den beiden Essays des Verfassers über den Problembegriff und vier Grundbegriffe der politischen Philosophie (2012).
Wert- und Interessenkonflikte in der strategischen Kommunikation: Kommunikationswissenschaftliche Analysen zu Organisationen im Spannungsfeld zwischen Gemeinwohl und Partikularinteressen
by Kerstin Thummes Anna Dudenhausen Ulrike RöttgerDer Band sammelt aktuelle Modelle, Analysen und Befunde dazu, wie strategische Kommunikation im Spannungsfeld zwischen Gemeinwohl und Partikularinteressen verortet und gestaltet werden kann. Bisherige Ansätze der Forschung zur strategischen Kommunikation, etwa zur CSR-Kommunikation oder zu dialogorientierter Public Relations, ordnen die Verfolgung gesellschaftlicher Interessen oft in den größeren Rahmen des Strebens nach Partikularinteressen ein und zeigen auf, wie gesellschaftliche Verantwortungsübernahme zu organisationalen Interessen beitragen kann und soll. Demgegenüber gelangen die Beiträge des Sammelbands durch die Kontrastierung von Gemeinwohl und Partikularinteresse zu neuen Erkenntnissen. Dabei stehen zwei Fragen im Zentrum: 1. Wie kann strategische Kommunikation modelliert und praktiziert werden, die systematisch neben Partikularinteressen auch oder vornehmlich Gemeinwohlinteressen bedient? 2. Welche typischen Wertkonflikte existieren im Kontext der strategischen Kommunikation und welche theoretisch begründeten und/oder empirisch erprobten Ansätze gibt es zum Umgang mit solchen Konflikten?
Werteorientierte Organisationsentwicklung in Polizei und Behörden: Den Generationen- und Wertewandel als lernende Organisation erfolgreich gestalten
by Stephen KöppeDas Buch beschreibt die Herausforderungen des Generationen- und Wertewandels für Polizei und Behörden sowie die tiefgreifenden Veränderungen für deren Organisation. Mit dem Eintritt junger Menschen in den öffentlichen Dienst geht ein grundlegender Wandel der Arbeitskultur und -strukturen einher. Um diesen Wandel erfolgreich zu gestalten, bedarf es einer kontinuierlichen und werteorientierten Entwicklung hin zu einer lernenden Organisation. Die Bereitschaft von Mitarbeitenden und Führungskräften, bestehende Strukturen in Frage zu stellen und Veränderungsprozesse aktiv mitzugestalten, spielt dabei eine entscheidende Rolle. Wie lässt sich ein offener Diskurs über Werte gestalten und wie können notwendige Veränderungen nachhaltig in die Verwaltungsstrukturen integriert werden? Stephen Köppe stellt die theoretischen Grundlagen einer werteorientierten Organisationsentwicklung vor und zeigt, wie diese im Verwaltungskontext eingeordnet werden können. In einer umfassenden Studie in einer Berliner Polizeidirektion untersuchte er die Haltung von Mitarbeitenden und Führungskräften und nimmt die unterschiedlichen Perspektiven der Generationen auf das Thema in den Blick – von „Babyboomern“ über die Generationen „X“ zu „Y“ und „Z“. Ein praxisnahes Buch für alle, die den Weg zu einer lernenden Organisation in der Polizei und im öffentlichen Dienst aktiv mitgestalten wollen.
Wertorientierungen und Wahlverhalten: Effekte gesellschaftlicher Wertorientierungen bei den Bundestagswahlen 2009 - 2017 (Wahlen und politische Einstellungen)
by L. Constantin WurthmannIn diesem Open-Access-Buch untersucht L. Constantin Wurthmann die sehr enge Beziehung zwischen Wertorientierungen und Wahlverhalten. Obwohl Wertorientierungen und gesellschaftliche Wertorientierungen im Speziellen zu den zentralsten Konzepten empirischer Sozialforschung gehören, wurde ihre Wirkungsweise im Wahlverhalten bisweilen stiefmütterlich behandelt. Die vorliegende Studie entwickelt einen Vorschlag zur konzeptionellen Erfassung gesellschaftlicher Wertorientierungen und deren Einfluss auf das Wahlverhalten der bundesdeutschen Bevölkerung, welcher anschließend mit Daten der German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES) für die Bundestagswahlen 2009, 2013 und 2017 überprüft wird. Dabei lassen sich strukturelle Veränderungen gesellschaftlicher Wertorientierungen in den Wählerschaften deutscher Parteien nachweisen.