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This book examines utopias in classical political economy and is based on the papers presented by leading scholars at the 22nd Heilbronn Symposium in the Economics and the Social Sciences. The book focuses on the tension between the State and utopia (the State as utopia vs. utopia instead of a state). The contributors also study the question of whether seafaring and landlocked states visualize the commonwealth differently and develop different utopias, and it is concluded they do not. The volume therefore follows the refutation of the Schumpeterian Hypothesis that more concentrated industries stimulate innovation. Though the hypothesis is refuted it still remains important, the chapters argue, because it charts out an entire research program, serves as a benchmark of definite public and private sector boundaries, and defines the grammar of discourse for constitutional economic policy in OECD states. These themes are explored in detail through contributions by economists, philosophers, and social historians. The contributors examine utopias hitherto never or rarely reviewed in the English language, making this book of interest to students and scholars in economics, political science and the history of economic thought.

"This book reassesses Putin's attempt to reverse the decentralization of power that characterised centre-regional relations in the 1990s, focusing on regional responses to Putin's federal reforms. It explains the decline of regionalism after 2000 in terms of the dynamics of regional boundaries, understood as the juridical boundaries which demarcate a region's territorial extent and its resources; institutional boundaries that sustain regional differences; and cultural boundaries that define the ethnic or technocratic principles on which a region could claim legitimate existence. The book questions the conventional wisdom regarding the success of Putin's regime. It shows how regional governors responded not by attempting to deflect the reforms with outright resistance, but by mimicking Putin's centralisation of power at the regional level. In turn, this facilitated the homogenisation of regional political regimes and regional mergers. The book demonstrates how the reordering of regions advanced sporadically, how pockets of resistance persist, and how the potential for the revival of regionalism continues"--

Preliminary Material /E. Peperkamp and M. Rajtar -- Introduction /Esther Peperkamp and Ma Gorzata Rajtar -- Chapter 1. Science As Religion: The Role Of Scientism In The Secularization Process In Eastern Germany /Thomas Schmidt-Lux -- Chapter 2. Secular Rituals And Political Commemorations In Eastern Germany, 1945-1956 /Nikolai Vukov -- Chapter 3. The Limits Of Politicization Of The Schools In The Sed State: The Catholic Eichsfeld Region And The Protestant Erzgebirge – A Comparison /Kirstin Wappler -- Chapter 4. Positions And Pathways Of Families Within The Religious Field Of East Germany: Three Catholic Case Studies /Uta Karstein -- Chapter 5. Between Menschlichkeit And Missionsbefehl: God, Work, And World Among Christians In Saxony /Esther Peperkamp -- Chapter 6. Religious Socialization In A Secular Environment: Jehovah's Witnesses In Eastern Germany /Ma Gorzata Rajtar -- Chapter 7. Young Eastern Germans And The Religious And Ideological Heritage Of Their Parents And Grandparents /Anja Frank -- Chapter 8. The Rehabilitation Of Ex-Offenders In Eastern Germany: A Religious-Secular Configuration /Irene Becci -- Chapter 9. Church Buildings In Eastern Germany: Houses Of God Or Tourist Attractions? /Anna Körs -- Conclusion: Dealing With Two Masters' Commands – Explorations Of The Complexities Of Religious Life Under A Dictatorial Regime /Monika Wohlrab-Sahr -- Index /E. Peperkamp and M. Rajtar.

The present volume encapsulates the contemporary scholarship on John Dewey and shows the place of Dewey's thought on the philosophical arena. The authors are among the leading specialists in the philosophy of John Dewey from universities across the US and in Europe

This book provides a multi-faceted picture of the many complex processes taking place in the field of contemporary Russian media and popular culture. Russian social and cultural life today is strongly individualised and consumers are offered innumerable alternatives; but at the same time options are limited by the new technologies of control which are a key feature of Russian capitalism. Based on extensive original research by scholars in both Russia itself and in Finland, the book discusses new developments in the media industry and assesses a wide range of social and cultural changes, many o