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Working paper
Work and economic security in the 21st century
(ICDD, International Center for Development and Decent Work, University of Kassel, 2011-02)
In recent decades there has been a transformation of two central concepts of modernity – labour and the household. Ela Bhatt – the founder of the Self-Employed Women’s Association of India (SEWA), has made an important contribution to this transformation. Through the emergence of unions such as SEWA, the notion of who represents labour is being broadened; the marginalised are finding an institutional voice. Increasingly, the household is being recognised as a site of both production and reproduction. SEWA is not a ...
Dissertation
UEBERflow
(2012-03-15)
In der Dissertation wird der Frage nachgegangen, welche globalen bildungspolitischen Maßnahmen erforderlich sind, um auch bislang exkludierten Menschen den Kompetenzerwerb zu ermöglichen, der benötigt wird, eine positive User Experience in benutzergenerierten, digitalen Lernumgebungen auszubilden, damit sie an der modernen Weltgesellschaft selbstbestimmt teilhaben können. Zu diesem Zweck wurden Castells ‘Netzwerkgesellschaft’ und Csikszentmihalys ‘Theorie der optimalen Erfahrung’ als analytische Grundlagen zur ...
Working paper
Petropolitics
(2023)
• The dominant trend was that oil and natural gas were first and foremost a matter of market mechanisms and competition rules, even if they interacted with politics and geopolitics.
• The WTO persisted in treating hydrocarbons as commodities like any other, ignoring both their commons character and their impact on the environment and climate.
• The conflict in Ukraine has caused an upheaval. Within a few months, Europe faced a serious threat of energy shortages.
• In a few months, the rehabilitation of coal and ...
Dissertation
Community-Based Associations and Rural Development in Rwanda: A Local Perspective on the Contribution of Social Capital to Human Capabilities
(2022)
The post-World War II political discourse around development has stimulated academic debates in recent decades. While some of these debates simply aim to transform the development mainstream, many others among the post-colonial thinkers are more critical of and even reject mainstream development ideologies. Despite the valuable academic debates, most development practitioners seem to have remained unresponsive to some of the allegations. Their concept is incorporated in much of the contemporary political narratives ...
Working paper
¿Transformación o persistencia del modelo extractivista? Los desafíos del gobierno de Gabriel Boric
(2022-04)
• La transición energética influye en las decisiones políticas de Chile
• Presidente Boric busca transformar el sector minero y generar neutralidad climática
• Las materias primas de Chile son importantes para la industria europea y sus tecnologías sostenibles
• Tres posibles escenarios futuros del modelo extractivista esta analizado
Buch
Reforming Cooperative Credit Structure in India for Financial Inclusion
(Rainer Hampp Verlag, München, Mering, 2014)
In the drive for financial inclusion in India, cooperative banks assume prime importance as they are much more accessible to the rural poor than commercial banks. While more accessible, cooperative banks' financial health is rather poor and, therefore, might not be able to serve the needy in a sustained manner. A committee led by Prof. Vaidyanathan has outlined a revival package for cooperatives. Besides suggesting an infusion of funds, it called for the adherence to certain stringent norms to ensure the financial ...
Working paper
Core Labor Rights
(ICDD, International Center for Development and Decent Work, University of Kassel, 2012-01)
The working paper’s main objective is to explore the extent to which non-compliance to international labor rights is caused by global competition. From the perspective of institutional economics, compliance with core labor rights is beneficial for sustainable development. Nonetheless, violations of these rights occur on a massive scale. The violators usually blame competitive pressures. A number of studies have come to the conclusion that non-compliance does not provide for a competitive edge, thereby denying any ...
Dissertation
The Impact of Electricity Sector Privatisation on Employees in Argentina and Brazil
(Rainer Hampp Verlag, München, Mering, 2014)
This book investigates country-specific responses to privatisation by examining two of the most important Latin American examples of the 1990s, the Argentine and the Brazilian programmes, and one essential public service sector, electricity. In doing so, it aims to: identify the impact of privatisation on electricity sector employees in Argentina and Brazil during the 1990s; explore how the impact came about; and analyse the reasons for this impact. A multi-dimensional perspective provides a comparative analysis of ...
Working paper
Brazilian Development at a Standstill? Perspectives and Challenges for the New Lula Government.
(2022-12)
• Brazil has a standstill development syndrome as its development path swayed from extractivism to industrialization and back to extractivism.
• The prioritization of environmental protection and indigenous rights is the most significant novelty for Lula in 2022 compared to his previous governments.
• Lula's third mandate will not be a left-wing government due to the broadness of the coalition.
• Lula aims to improve people's livelihoods and reduce poverty by promoting industrialization. Therefore, international ...
Working paper
Energy Transition – Quo Vadis
(2023-02)
- Extractivism has shaped Ecuador for the last half century.
- The Yasuní initiative aimed at leaving about one fifth of Ecuador’s oil reserves underground
- Poor handling of the Ecuadorian government and the international community let it falter and finally fade
- Energy transition towards renewable energy sources might provide a new scenario in which supply side policies such
as leaving fossil fuels underground and fossil fuel non proliferation treaties might be (re --)tested