Peter Seeberg

Om fjorten dage

Michelle Pace

Democracy promotion in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) remains a central pillar of the foreign policy the European Union (EU). Rather than concentrating on the relations between the incumbent authoritarian regimes and the opposition in the relevant countries, and on the degree to which these relations are affected by EU efforts at promoting democracy, human rights and the rule of law (an outside-in approach), this collection of articles inverts the focus of such relationships and attempts to look at them ‘inside-out’. While some contributions also emphasise the ‘outside-in’ axis, given that this continues to be analytically rewarding, the overarching thrust of this book is to provide some empirical substance for the claim that EU policy making is not unidirectional and is influenced by the perceptions and actions of its ‘targets’. Thus, the focus is on domestic political changes on the ground in the MENA and how they link into what the EU is attempting to achieve in the region. Finally, the self-representation of the EU and its (lack of a) clear regional role is discussed. This book was published as a special issue of Democratization.

The European Union's Democratization Agenda in the Mediterranean

Ud fra den overordnede problemstilling: Mellemøsten, migration og den europæiske forbindelse præsenteres migrationsbegrebet og teoridannelser på området. Bogens anden halvdel indeholder en række konkrete undersøgelser af nutidig mellemøstlig migration med analyser der skal belyse den overordnede problemstilling

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Migration og det moderne Mellemøsten

Dietrich Jung

Martin Beck

Since the early weeks of the so-called Arab Spring, high hopes for democratic, social, and political change in the Middle East have been met with varying degrees of frustration. In the sub-region of the Levant, regional uprisings have turned to violent conflict in places such as Syria, Iraq, and the Gaza Strip. In Syria, popular unrest has caused enormous human suffering in one of the most brutal civil wars the region ever has witnessed, yet the international community has shown an appalling inability to act. Taking the war in Syria as its central point of reference, this book raises the question of whether the developments in the Levant might lead not only to processes of regime change, but also to a fundamental alteration of its entire state system.

Syria, Palestine, and the Transformation of Middle Eastern Politics

The Levant in Turmoil

Eine Sammlung von Erzählungen, die einen spannenden Einblick in die menschliche Psyche geben!Eines haben alle Erzählungen und Parabeln in dieser Sammlung mit der psychologischen Titelnovelle gemeinsam: sie stellen vordergründig Menschen in Bedrängnis dar, die stille und verstörende Existenzen führen. Und auch wenn die Charaktere sich oft wunderlich verhalten, so bitter der Autor trotz allem um Nachsicht, damit ein besseres Verständnis entstehen kann. Eine Geschichtssammlung, die seinen Leser in ihren Bann zieht.-

Die Frau im Fluß

Mikkel Thorup

Det moderne demokrati befinder sig i en krise. Nye tendenser truer fundamentet for det liberale, repræsentative demokrati. De klassiske trusler imod demokratiet – statskup fra oven, revolution fra neden – er blevet sjældenheder. I dag er det ikke generaler i uniform, der proklamerer demokratiets afslutning, men politikere og andre i jakkesæt, der underminerer demokratiet i demokratiets navn. Krisen manifesterer sig som regel ikke i dramatiske øjeblikke, men snarere i længerevarende udviklinger, hvor balancen mellem det demokratiske og det ikke-demokratiske langsomt og skridtvis skubbes i retning af det ikke-demokratiske. I dag snydes der mindre på valgdagen, men snarere alle de andre dage, hvor pressefrihed indskrænkes, oppositionspolitikere chikaneres, embedsværket politiseres, korruption sikrer loyalitet, og domstolenes uafhængighed krænkes. Alt sammen i et sprog, der ligner demokratiets. Demokratier dør i dag ikke med et skrig, men med en stille hvisken. I denne bog tager danske forskere pulsen på det globale demokrati. De viser, at den demokratiske virkelighed af i dag er en mangfoldighed og undertiden en sammenblanding af demokratier og såkaldte autokratier, hvor magten er placeret hos én gruppe, der bruger og udhuler de demokratiske spilleregler til at sikre sig fortsat magt. Bogen sætter ord på de udviklinger, der truer med at kvæle det levedygtige demokrati.

Demokratiets krise og de nye autokratier

The Impostor is a searching account of the torment that besets Father C�nabre, historian of mysticism and controversial star of the Parisian clergy, when his faith suddenly deserts him. As the priest struggles to cope secretly, he crosses paths with associates on the complex margins of a Church facing modern politics in the early twentieth century. Georges Bernanos's compelling and dark portraits of that shadowy world's inhabitants throw into stark relief the determination of a humble priest, Father Chevance, who alone knows C�nabre's secret and struggles to save him. By turn touching and scathing, The Impostor explores the delicate balance between redemption and damnation and illuminates the fragility of our constructed selves. Georges Bernanos (1888-1948), one of the twentieth century's most powerful and idiosyncratic writers, was also the most original Roman Catholic writer of his time. The Impostor, the second of his novels published in French, is the last to be translated into English.

Peter Seeberg

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