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Canongate is an independent publisher: since 1973 we’ve worked to unearth and amplify the most vital, exciting voices we can find, wherever they come from, and we’ve published all kinds of books – thoughtful, upsetting, gripping, beatific, vulgar, chaste, unrepentant, life-changing . . . Along the way there have been landmarks of fiction – including Alasdair Gray’s masterpiece Lanark, and Yann Martel’s Life of Pi, the best-ever-selling Booker winner – and non-fiction too. We’ve published an American president and a Guantanamo detainee; we’ve campaigned for causes we believe in and fought court cases to get our authors heard. And twice we’ve won Publisher of the Year. We’re still fiercely independent, and we’re as committed to unorthodox and innovative publishing as ever. Please find the link to our latest Rights Guide with digitial content here: Rights Guide and our Canons Guide here: Canons Guide
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Humanities & Social SciencesNovember 2009Has devolution worked?
The verdict from policy-makers and the public
by John Curtice, Bed Seyd
Devolution to Scotland and Wales represented the most fundamental reform of the British state for almost a century. Ten years on, how successful has the reform been? Drawing on the views of citizens, elected representatives and interest groups in Scotland and Wales, this book provides an answer. The book is based on a wide ranging programme of research, involving dedicated surveys and interviews across Scotland, Wales and England. The results provide important new evidence on how devolution has been seen to have performed. What are its perceived achievements? What are its shortcomings? Is the new devolution 'settlement' stable, or is there a demand for further reform? By bringing together perspectives from the public, members of the devolved legislatures and representatives of civil society, the book establishes a unique picture of where devolution in Britain stands today. The book is accessibly written, and contains a wide range of useful primary data. It is ideal for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying devolution in Britain, as well as for general readers with an interest in constitutional reform and territorial politics. ;
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Die rissige Brücke über den Bosporus
Ein Jahr Türkische Republik und der Westen
by Dündar, Can / Übersetzung: Adatepe, Sabine
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Ich traf meinen Mörder
Ein Journalist und die dunklen Seiten der Macht
by Dündar, Can / Übersetzt von Adatepe, Sabine
Ein Brief erreicht den Exil-Journalisten Can Dündar. Der Absender: Serkan Kurtuluş, ein türkischer Häftling in einem Gefängnis in Buenos Aires. Er gibt sich als jemand zu erkennen, der den Auftrag erhielt, ihn zu ermorden – und verspricht ihm brisante Informationen. Der Hintergrund: Mit einem Artikel über geheime Waffenlieferungen der Türkei an eine verbotene syrische Islamistenorganisation machte sich Can Dündar Staatspräsident Erdoğan zum Feind. Er wurde zu 27 Jahren Haft verurteilt – und es wurde ein Attentat auf ihn verübt, direkt vor dem Gerichtsgebäude. Dündar besucht den Mann, der ihn ermorden sollte, im Gefängnis. Dieser wiederum fürchtet wegen drohender Abschiebung in die Türkei jetzt selbst um sein Leben. Durch ihn und bei weiteren Recherchen stößt er auf ein Netzwerk von geheimen Deals zwischen demokratischen und autokratischen Regierungen und deren Verbindungen zum organisierten Verbrechen und zu Terrororganisationen. Eine unglaubliche Geschichte, spannend wie ein Thriller, aber leider real – ein erschreckender Blick in die Abgründe politischen Machtmissbrauchs.
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March 1980Vom Nutzen und Nachteil der Sozialwissenschaften für das Strafrecht
2 Bände
by Klaus Lüderssen, Fritz Sack, Klaus Lüderssen
Klaus Lüderssen, geboren 1932, war Professor für Strafrecht, Strafprozessrecht, Rechtsphilosophie und Rechtssoziologie und Mitglied der Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität in Frankfurt. Er starb am 4. Juni 2016. Klaus Lüderssen, geboren 1932, war Professor für Strafrecht, Strafprozessrecht, Rechtsphilosophie und Rechtssoziologie und Mitglied der Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität in Frankfurt. Er starb am 4. Juni 2016.
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August 1991Monismus oder Pluralismus der Rechtskulturen?
Anthropologische und ethnologische Grundlagen traditioneller und moderner Rechtssysteme / Monistic or Pluralistic Legal Culture? Anthropological and Ethnological Foundations of Traditional and Modern Legal Systems. Vorwort von / Preface by Ota Weinberger.
by Herausgegeben von Sack, Peter; Herausgegeben von Wellman, Carl P.; Herausgegeben von Yasaki, Mitsukuni
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December 1975Seminar: Abweichendes Verhalten II
Die gesellschaftliche Reaktion auf Kriminalität. Band 1. Strafgesetzgebung und Strafrechtsdogmatik
by Fritz Sack, Klaus Lüderssen, Gisela Schmitt-Klewer, Heinrich Geddert, Jörg Adrian Huber, Peter Frellesen, Annette Roellenbleck, Joachim Scherer
Die Isolierung der Rechtswissenschaft von (anderen) Sozialwissenschaften stößt zunehmend auf Kritik. Relativ weit vorgeschritten ist die sozialwissenschaftliche und praxisbezogene Arbeit auf dem Gebiet der Kriminalpolitik. Die Erklärungen, die für »abweichendes Verhalten« gegeben werden, und die Reaktionen darauf offenbaren zugleich besonders deutlich, welches Verhältnis eine Gesellschaft ganz allgemein zu den Normen hat, die sie hervorbringt und die sie beherrschen.
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August 1975Seminar: Abweichendes Verhalten I
Die selektiven Normen der Gesellschaft
by Fritz Sack, Klaus Lüderssen, Edelgard Posern, Wolfgang Köberer, Ellinor Lüderssen, Heinrich Geddert, Peter Höhmann, Jörg Adrian Huber, Peter Frellesen
Die Isolierung der Rechtswissenschaft von (anderen) Sozialwissenschaften stößt zunehmend auf Kritik. Relativ weit vorgeschritten ist die sozialwissenschaftliche und praxisbezogene Arbeit auf dem Gebiet der Kriminalpolitik. Die Erklärungen, die für »abweichendes Verhalten« gegeben werden, und die Reaktionen darauf offenbaren zugleich besonders deutlich, welches Verhältnis eine Gesellschaft ganz allgemein zu den Normen hat, die sie hervorbringt und die sie beherrschen.
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Geography & the EnvironmentSeptember 2020We Can Do Better
by Arvay, Clemens G.
How Environmental Destruction Caused the Corona Pandemic and Why Ecological Medicine Can Save Us The corona crisis can repeat itself at any time. A book about the disease-causing mechanisms of environmental pollution, and an innovative guide out of the health crisis Clemens Arvay is an expert in the field of medical ecology. In WE CAN DO BETTER, he takes the current corona crisis as an opportunity to look far beyond and work out exactly why negative environmental factors are responsible for an increasing deterioration of public health. Yet the author also points the way out of the calamity, explaining how we ourselves and future generations can improve our health through a different approach to nature.It was only because of environmental factors that COVID-19 was able to become a pandemic. Thus, for Clemens Arvay the corona crisis represents a symptom of a much larger problem, namely, a natural habitat that is making humans sick. It is already known today that fine particulate matter intensifies not only corona but also influenza infections, thereby killing hundreds of thousands of people worldwide every year. Light pollution leads to a rapid increase in cancer, and even the abrasion of automobile tires inhibits our immune system. Clemens Arvay makes himself clear: this is our last chance to take control of the situation. After the corona crisis, we must never allow things to return to the way they were before. Arvay therefore calls for nothing less than an eco-medical revolution in healthcare; a different, less global and industrialized lifestyle. And he shows each and every one of us how we can utilize factors in our environment to protect our health, strengthen our immune system, and stay well. For readers of shinrin-yoku by Annette Lavrijsen
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Humanities & Social SciencesJanuary 2026The trouble with freedom
Love, hate and America's future
by Melissa Butcher
An illuminating account of how Americans have been divided by the very value that unites them. America today is being torn apart by the struggle over a single concept, deeply rooted in the country's sense of self: freedom. Battered by wave after wave of crises, ordinary people of all political persuasions have come to feel that their freedom is under threat - and with it, nothing less than the soul of the nation. In The trouble with freedom, journalist and researcher Melissa Butcher takes a trip into the ferociously polarised world of American politics, hoping to find out what's going on beneath the surface. Criss-crossing the country, she talks to a wide range of people: Democrat and Republican, gay and straight, urban and rural, immigrants, First Nations, Black, white, the incarcerated. What she discovers is that political conflict is often the outcome of very personal experiences of managing cultural change. Exploring the different ways freedom has been used to define what it means to be American, Butcher encounters anger and distrust, but also untapped possibilities for empathy and care.
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The ArtsSeptember 2024The renewal of post-war Manchester
Planning, architecture and the state
by Richard Brook
A compelling account of the project to transform post-war Manchester, revealing the clash between utopian vision and compromised reality. Urban renewal in Britain was thrilling in its vision, yet partial and incomplete in its implementation. For the first time, this deep study of a renewal city reveals the complex networks of actors behind physical change and stagnation in post-war Britain. Using the nested scales of region, city and case-study sites, the book explores the relationships between Whitehall legislation, its interpretation by local government planning officers and the on-the-ground impact through urban architectural projects. Each chapter highlights the connections between policy goals, global narratives and the design and construction of cities. The Cold War, decolonialisation, rising consumerism and the oil crisis all feature in a richly illustrated account of architecture and planning in post-war Manchester.
