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Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen für die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfügung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden müssen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.

For many years, suggestions to 'geoengineer' the climate occupied a marginal role in climate change science and politics. Today, visions of massive carbon drawdown and sunlight reflection have become reasonable additions to conventional mitigation and adaptation. Why did researchers start engaging with ideas that were, for a long time, considered highly controversial? And how did some of these ideas come to be perceived worthy of research funding and in need of international governance? This Element provides an analysis of the recent history and evolution of geoengineering as a governance object. It explains how geoengineering evolved from a thought shared by a small network into a governance object that is likely to shape the future of climate politics. In the process, it generates a theory on the earliest phase of the policy cycle and sheds light on the question why we govern the things we govern in the first place.

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Foundation & -- Hypotheses -- 2.1 Conceptual Framework -- 2.2 Crises & -- Countermeasures -- 2.3 Hypotheses -- 3 Data & -- Variables -- 3.1 Dependent Variable: Euroskepticism -- 3.2 Explanatory Variables -- 3.2.1 Eurocrisis: Austerity -- 3.2.2 Migration Crisis: Net Migration -- 3.2.3 Corona Crisis: Infections & -- Casualties -- 3.3 Control Variables -- 4 Econometric Methods -- 4.1 Identification Strategy -- 4.2 Composition of the Regressions -- 5 Regression Results -- 5.1 Single Crisis Exposure Regressions -- 5.1.1 Baseline Regressions (Single Crisis) -- 5.1.2 Placebo Tests (Single Crisis) -- 5.1.3 Robustness Checks & -- Driver Tests (Single Crisis) -- 5.2 Repeated Crisis Exposure Regressions -- 5.2.1 Baseline & -- Placebo Regressions (Repeated Exposure) -- 5.2.2 Driver Tests (Repeated Exposure) -- 6 Discussion -- 6.1 Fulfillment of the Hypotheses -- 6.2 Potential Limitations -- 7 Conclusion -- References.

Die deutsche Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts ist geprägt von Zerrissenheit: In das 20. Jahrhundert fallen zwei Weltkriege, die nationalsozialistische Schreckensherrschaft und der Holocaust, die Teilung Deutschlands nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg und seine Wiedervereinigung 45 Jahre später. Gleichzeitig ist es die Zeit der Gründung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und der längsten Friedensperiode der europäischen Geschichte. Der renommierte Historiker Horst Möller zeichnet in diesem Werk das 20. Jahrhundert in all seiner Widersprüchihckeit nach und wagt auch einen Ausblick in das 21. Jahrhundert.

The second edition of this book presents the fundamentals of chemistry in light of their importance for the environment and environmental processes. The new edition includes updated references and a more practical approach to the topic. The comprehensive discussion is structured in three parts: introducing the theory of physical chemistry, evaluating elements and compounds, and presenting principles of environmental chemistry

In Europe, the last decade has been shaped by euro crisis, migration crisis and corona crisis. Studies have analyzed how citizens react to crises in their voting behavior. This political economy analysis examines the research gap to what extent repeated crisis exposure within a short period of time can deepen existing Euroskepticism. It is defined as an index consisting of the individual identification as European, the view on the EU and on own country's benefits of EU membership. Survey results of the Eurobarometer of all 28 EU member states, including the United Kingdom, in combination with macroeconomic data are analyzed using modern econometric methods. Bootstrapping and entropy balancing ensure conservative estimates. We find that a single crisis exposure increases existing Euroskepticism, but that the temporal distance between the crises matters. The impact of a crisis on the current situation marginalizes with its temporal distance. Furthermore, a hysteresis-like effect occurs: After the crisis ends, the Euroskepticism level does not go back to its pre-crisis level. Especially today, when (Western) democracy is under attack from many sides, this work extends the understanding of the influence of crises on political behavior aiming to derive recommendations how to act in the future.