This work asks, How do culturally determined political conflicts arise? , and suggests that most religions share core values, and that difference only leads to intolerance and violence when politically ambitious leaderships exploit it.

This work asks, How do culturally determined political conflicts arise? , and suggests that most religions share core values, and that difference only leads to intolerance and violence when politically ambitious leaderships exploit it.

Political elites submit to the mass media's formulas in the hope of salvaging some influence over their public images. The media thus colonize politics, and the politicians' self-interest turns them into accomplices. This book argues that the media transform traditional party democracy into a media democracy.

In recent times, venture capital and private equity funds have become household names, but so far little has been written for the investors in such funds, the so--called limited partners. There is far more to the management of a portfolio of venture capital and private equity funds than usually perceived.

The ascendancy of neo-liberalism in different parts of the world has put social democracy on the defensive. Its adherents lack a clear rationale for their policies. Yet a justification for social democracy is implicit in the United Nations Covenants on Human Rights, ratified by most of the worlds countries.

The ascendancy of neo-liberalism in different parts of the world has put social democracy on the defensive. Its adherents lack a clear rationale for their policies. Yet a justification for social democracy is implicit in the United Nations Covenants on Human Rights, ratified by most of the worlds countries.

A collection of poems that consists of 'tracings' of Goethe, Holderlin, Heine, C F Meyer, Nietzsche, Stefan George, Rilke and Celan.

Political elites submit to the mass media's formulas in the hope of salvaging some influence over their public images. The media thus colonize politics, and the politicians' self-interest turns them into accomplices. This book argues that the media transform traditional party democracy into a media democracy.