World Political Challenges: Political Issues Under Debate - Vol. 3

By Egbert Jahn

Book Overview

Preface.- 1 The Wondrous Growth of Nation-States in the Age of Globalisation.- 2 Democracy and Nationalism - Twin Children of the Sovereignty of the People.- 3 A Global-Human Perspective: The United Nation States of Europe and the World.- 4 The Peace Congress of the Socialist International in Basel, November 24-25, 1912.- 5 A Century of Wars and Striving for peace since the Peace Congress of Basel.- 6 Sarajevo 1914. A Century of Debate About the Guilt for the First World War.- 7 On the Saying: There have Always Been Wars. There will Always Be Wars as Long as Humanity Exists.- 8 The Present Clash of Religious Communities and Regional Civilisations in the Global Civilising Process.- 9 Geopolitics - An Ideology for the Legitimising the National Socialist Policy of Conquest or a Scientific and Political Field, That Is Unappreciated Today?.- 10 Democratization or the Restoration of Dictatorship as the Outcome of the Arab Rebellion.- 11 "With What Ink Remains" Stabbing a Pen Into the Hornet's Nest of Israeli, Jewish and German Sensitivities.- 12 Kashmir - Flashpoint for a Nuclear War or Even a Third World War?.- 13 The New Western War of Intervention in Mali.- 14 Linguistic Assimilation of All Citizens or Minority Protection: ?land Islands.- 15 Canada: Has It Passed the Tests as a Multicultural Nation, or Hasthe Democratic Secession of Quebec Been Postponed?.- 16 The Exacerbation of the Competition Between Brussels and Moscow Over the Integration of Ukraine.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3662515245
• ISBN13: 9783662515242
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"