Inhaltsverzeichnis Vorwort 8 Great Britain - Between Imperial Heritage and Modernity 10 Start-up Activity Mocking the Queen's Guard 14 Visit the Empire by Underground 14 Chips, Curry, Cappuccino - The Evolution of Pubs: Two Pints of Lager and a Decaf Latte 16 Being British Today What Being British Means 18 Exploring Britain Without Cliches 22 Great Britain and the EU - Great Britain and Europe 23 (Distant) Neighbours? A Storm-Tossed Island in Stryker McGuire: Forget the Great in Britain 26 the Sea: Challenges & Catherine Mayer: Defense of the Realm 27 Opportunities for Modern Small Island for Sale 27 Britain Jenni Russell: Britain’s Dirty Secret: Class Still Matters 33 Ruling Britannia? - O David Cameron: Acceptance Speech 35 Politicians and Royals O Queen Elizabeth II: Opening the Parliament Speech (2010) 38 Hugo Rifkind: My Week - David Cameron 40 / t Sue Townsend: The Queen and 1: A Breath of Air 41 Imperial Dreams and O Rudyard Kipling: The White Man’s Burden 46 Realities - The Raj Mahatma Gandhi: There Is No Salvation for India (1916) 50 O British Perspectives on the Raj 50 Alice Perrin: The Rise of Ram Din 52 O Jawaharlal Nehru: A Tryst with Destiny - Independence Day Speech of 1947 56 Manmohan Singh: Celebrating India’s 63rd Independence Day - Independence Day Speech of 2010 57 (Post-Colonial) India: India - Hitting the Headlines 60 Phoenix from the Ashes?! David Cameron: Natural Partners: India and Britain Coming Together 63 William Dalrymple: Business as Usual 67 Randeep Ramesh: India Will Pay Families to Have Girls to End Foeticide 69 Rhys Blakely: India’s Age of the Scooter Is Sputtering to a Halt 71 Laxman Khumbi: Living in Dharavi, Mumbai (India) 73 India Is ... Miles Ahead of Britain ... 75 O Tradition Meets Trend - Modern India 76 The Commonwealth: Daniel Howden: What Is the Commonwealth’s Role in Global Politics? 78 Common Wealth? - Post-Co­ Queen Elizabeth II: Address to the United Nations Assembly 82 lonial Bonds and Relations The "Crown Jewel” Returns: Ben Russel: One in Nine People Who Live in UK Born Abroad 84 Indian and Pakistani Com­ Many Asians ‘Do Not Feel British’ 86 munities in Multicultural Michael Hamburger: Brixton (1965) 89 Britain Ben Reynolds, Christine Haigh: Brixton (2008): Growing Round the Houses - Food Production on Housing Estates 89 feg Monica Ali: Brick Lane 91 O The Actors Tannishtha Chatterjee and Christopher Simpson About Their Roles as Nazneen and Karim 96 Copies 99 Klausuren 104 America - Still Dreaming? m Start-up Activity Lady Liberty 117 Langston Hughes: Let America Be America Again 117 America and the Americans David Lynch, Jason S., Austin Lynch: Interview Project 119 - Encountering a Nation O Arcade Fire: Sprawl II 124 John Steinbeck: America and Americans 127 J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur: The American Is a New Man 130 Shaping a Nation - O Presidents’ Views on Democracy 134 (Historical) Decisions and A Ronald D. Gerste: 1st Jefferson zu links? 139 Developments Henry R. Luce: The American Century (1941) 141 The American Dream: O Maya Angelou: On the Pulse of Morning 145 "Richer, Better, Fuller?” O Mark Helprin: Ellis Island 149 John Dos Passos: Manhattan Transfer 153 John Steinbeck: Cannery Row 156 A Klaus Brinkbäumer et al.: Is the American Dream Over? 160 Departing from the Col urn McCann: Let the Great World Spin 164 Dreamland Barbara Ehrenreich: Could You Afford to Be Poor? 168 Paul Auster: City of Glass 171 O Aloe Blacc: 1 Need a Dollar 174 Fighting for Freedom and US Withdrawal from Iraq - Mission Accomplished?! 178 Democracy: The USA at War 1W Gran Torino - Living with the Consequences of War 181 1 Want You for U. S. Army ... 183 Craig F. Walker: Ian Fisher - American Soldier 183 Living on the Dark Side O Robert F. Kennedy: Day of Affirmation Address 186 of the Dream - Martin Luther King: Letter from Birmingham Jail 190 Minorities in the USA African-American Encounters ... 193 Julia Baird: Blacks Are Getting Happier-W hites Are Not. Ask Your Mother Why 195 Europe and America: A Thomas Straubhaar: America Has Become Too European 199 Old Versus New World? Dear Spiegel Online ... 201 Stephen Clarke: European Views on America’s Fight for Independence 204 Gabor Steingart: Angela Merkels Rede vor dem US-Kongress - Bravo Kanzlerin! 208 Seeking a New Position and Thomas L. Friedmann: Superbroke, Superfrugal, Superpower? 209 (New) Partners - Christopher Dickey: America Turns Inward - And Why That’s Bad for the World 213 The USA in the 21st Century O Barack Obama: Address to the Parliament in India (Excerpt) 215 Copies 218 Klausur 225 Democracy in the21 st Century - Views and Values 229 Start-up Activity Democracy 230 O Leonard Cohen: Democracy 230 Democracy in Action: Political Parties in Post-War Europe 234 Parliaments, Parties, Politics O David Cameron: Speech to Students at Chonqing University, China (Excerpt) 236 Should Voting Be Compulsory? 240 Jose Saramago: Seeing 242 O Barack Obama: 106-Year-Old Vater Ann Nixon Cooper 247 David von Drehle: Tea Party America 250 Steve Tuttle: The Coffee Party Heats Up 252 The United Nations at Work O Ban Ki-Moon: Message on Human Rights Day 2010 255 Democracy: Blessing Eric Hobsbawm: Spreading Democracy 257 or Burden? Calvin and Hobbes - Playing War 261 Copies 263 Africa: The Dark Continent - A Beacon of Hope? 266 Start-up Activity Commuting in Africa 267 Imperialism in Africa 267 The Aftermath o f Coloni­ O Ben Okri: An African Elegy 269 zation: Hopes & Hardships Akua Djanie: A Continent of Beggars? 271 M The Looting Machinery 273 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Imitation 274 Joint Efforts - Opportunities David Smith: Change Beckons for Billionth African 278 & Changes for a Billion O Kofi Annan: Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) - Interview 281 People? Nicholas D. Kristof: A Boy and a Bicycle 283 Media & Modern Life: Chika Unigwe: Growing My Hair Again 286 Making Dreams Come True Juliet Highet: Inside Nollywood 289 Africa's Economic Revolu­ Jerry Guo: How Africa Is Becoming the New Asia 291 tion: A Better Life at Last? Tony Blair: What Aid Can’t Buy 293 Copies 296 Society - Living Together in a Small World 298 Start-up Activity How People Live 299 World Urban Forum: We Now Live in an Urban World 299 How People Live Today - Rasna Warah et al.: Harmonious Urbanization 301 Societal Structures and /H An nett Heide: Das Glück der späten Hippies 303 Human Needs in an Urban Nicolai OuroussofF: Seeking a Desert Utopia 305 World Ernest Callenbach: Ecotopia 307 Banning the Veil? - Western Thomas Hammarberg: European Views on (Banning) the V eil... 311 Values Between Stereotypes & Individuality Economy, Energy, Efficiency - The World Going Global315 Start-up Activity / t Bansky: Save or Delete Jungle Book/Deutsche Bank Advert 316 Michael Elliott et al.: A Changed Global Reality 316 Globalisation: Turning the David E. Sanger: Globalization’s New Rules 318 World Upside Down? Angela Köckritz: Herr Wand rebelliert 321 Thomas C. Schelling: The Economics of Global Warming - Melting Glaciers, Rising Incomes, and Food 322 It's a Material World ... - Susanne Amann, Janko Tietz: The ‘Aldization’ of the World 325 Global Trade and Louisa Schaefer: World’s Biggest Retailer Wal-Mart Closes up Shop in Germany 326 Consumption ter Annie Leonard: The Story of Stuff - The Heart of the System: Consumption 327 The Materials Econom y-A Jigsaw Puzzle 330 A World on the Move: Jason DeParle: Global Migration: A World Ever More on the Move 331 Global Migration and Outsourcing Services - Call Centers in India 333 Outsourcing l£y John & Jane- Indian Call Agents 335 Copies 337 Klausur 339 Sciene (Fiction) & Technology - The Modern Hydra343 Start-up Activity Andreas Gursky: Dubai World III 344 Richard Spencer: The World Is Sinking 344 Utopia Sign 345 Margaret Atwood: Oryx and Crake 346 O Kate Yanai: Summer Dreaming 345 Biotechnology & Genetic Steve Sternberg: The Genome: Big Advances, Many Questions 346 Engineering: Man's Ian Scoones: GM Crops Ten Years on: Hope, Hype and Reality 350 Interference in Creation Utopia & Dystopia - Resorts P. D. James: The Children of Men 353 and Refuges o f Imagination Alfonso Cuarön, Timothy J. Sexton: Children of Men 356 Copy 360 Klausur 361 English, Englishes ... Globish - English Around the World364 Start-up Activity Globish Globe 365 Signs ... Signs ... Making Yourself Understood ... 366 Robert Me Crum: Globish 367 A Mark Spörrle: Das verstehe wer will 369 O Varieties of English Around the World 371 Paul Roberts: Set Us Free from Standard English 375 Sapphire: Push 378 Copies 380 Culture & A rt- Ways of Expressing Oneself384 Start-up Activity Dancing Auschwitz 384 Vanessa Gera: Who Gets to Dance and Laugh at Auschwitz? 386 John Irving: The Death of Representational Painting 386 Paul Auster: How to Look at a Painting ... 389 John Steinbeck: Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech 391 The Mass Media - Perils, Promises & Podcasts 394 Start-up Activity WikiLeaks 395 Kevin Kelly: Network Landscape 396 Kevin Kelly: The Power of Decentralization 396 O Kevin Macdonald: Life in a Day 397 Cyberwar 399 A Andrea Böhm et al.: Die Welt läuft aus 402 Matt Richtel: Attached to Technology and Paying a Mental Price 404 Alan Ayckbourn: Comic Potential 406 Klausur 410 Shakespeare - Cult and Culture?!m Start-up Activity Shakespeare Merchandising 415 Comedy or Tragedy 415 f ) Immortal Love and Beauty ...? 416 O Who Am I? - Shakespeare Goes Psychic ... 421 O Wise Guys: Hamlet 424 Got Rhythm? 427 Copies 429 Bildnachweis 431.