Die Rolle der Polizei bei Versammlungen. Von der Theorie zur Praxis -- Wie kollektive Gewalt entsteht und eskaliert -- Eskalation bei Großdemonstrationen. Wege in die Gewalt und Möglichkeiten der Gewaltvermeidung -- Gewaltaffine Interpretationsregime in Aktion. Der Verlauf der „Welcome to...

Digitalisierung ist für Bürgerinnen und Bürger, Politik und Verwaltung auf vielfältige Weise höchst relevant. Aus strategischer Perspektive sind für gesellschaftliche Akteure mehr Transparenz sowie Analyse- und Steuerungsmöglichkeiten verfügbar. Es ist wichtig, sich individuell mit...

Preface -- 1. Innovation Beyond Technology – Introduction -- 2. Reimagining Innovation -- 3. 'Innovation’ as an adaptation of ‘Progress’: Revisiting the epistemological and historical contexts of these terms -- 4. The Light and Shadow of the Fourth Industrial Revolution -- 5. How...

Chapter 1: Culture, People, and Responsibility -- Chapter 2: Iranian Society – Manifestations of Culture -- Chapter 3: Iranian Political Culture: The Betterment of Society -- Chapter 4: Economics: Comprehending the Present to Find Solutions -- Chapter 5: Concluding Remarks

SECTION I: ICT, Digital Divide and Development -- Economics of ICT, Digital Divide and Development – Some Emerging Issues -- ICT and Wellbeing: A Cross Country Analysis -- Digital Divide: How India and China Stack up? -- Evolution of Inter-state disparities in the use of ICT: A study of Indian...

1. Crossing Borders in South and Southeast Asia: Assessing Existing Problems through a New Lens -- 2. Addressing Urban Poverty through Empowerment and Inclusion in India -- 3. Development Efforts toward Ecological Sustainability in Calcutta: Transformation of a Metropolis -- 4. De facto State...

Part 1. Governance as an interaction space -- Chapter 1. The hidden side of co-creation in a complex multi-stakeholder environment: when self-organization fails and emergence overtakes -- Chapter 2. Perspectives on hybridity -- Chapter 3. Bringing Society Back in: Actors, Networks, and Systems...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. MENA and World Oil Markets -- Chapter 3. Resource Curse and Institutions -- Chapter 4. Democracy in MENA -- Chapter 5. MENA and Alternative Sources of Energy -- Chapter 6. Reducing the Demand for Oil -- Chapter 7. The Population Threat -- Chapter 8. Why the...