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Natural Resources, Raw Materials, and Extractivism: The Dark Side of Sustainability
(2022)
• Extractivism is the dark side of sustainability
• raw materials and primary commodities are the backbones of the global economy
• extraction and export of raw materials lead to Extractivism understood as a development model
• Extractivism is persistent, prone to crisis, and affects domestic and international constellations
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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 ...
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Colombia and the Coalition of the Pacto Histórico: From Extractivism to a Productive Economy?
(2022-07)
• The new Colombian president Gustavo Petro pushes for a transition from an extractivist to a productive economy.
• He needs to address the country’s enormous inequalities to achieve long-term peace.
• Agrarian reform and tax reform are urgent and part of the government’s plan.
• Mining will continue to be a strategic economic sector and a potential source of social conflicts that can weaken the action of
the new government if a dialogue with the affected groups is not established.
• With the new commodity boom ...
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¿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
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Is the Mafia a State Apparatus?
(2021-12)
Starting from the relations of production, this paper examines the role of mafia for the preservation of social power and class relations in Sicily. To this end, the concept of the informal state apparatus is introduced. Following the approach of Critical Grounded Theory, this paper proposes to fill explanatory gaps in conventional mafia research by means of Nicos Poulantzas’ historical materialist state theory. In-depth field research confirms the systematic generation of irregularity through conditions in which it ...
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Mercosur–EU Agreement: Impact on Agriculture, Environment, and Consumers
(kassel university press, 2020-05-06)
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Dualer Ausbildungsmarkt in der Corona-Pandemie und benachteiligte Gruppen
(2021-05)
Bevor wir uns im zweiten Abschnitt den Folgen der Corona-Pandemie widmen, möchten wir zunächst herausarbeiten, wie sich der duale Ausbildungsmarkt generell in den vergangenen Jahren entwickelt hat. Für das Zustandekommen von neu abgeschlossenen Ausbildungsverträgen spielt neben der wirtschaftlichen Gesamtentwicklung das Interesse junger Menschen an einem Ausbildungsplatz sowie die Ausbildungsbereitschaft von Betrieben eine zentrale Rolle.
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Striking for the Common Good
(2022-08)
The re-emergence of massive strikes in the public education sector, predominantly in the more conservative, union-weak American South, has brought seismic change to the industry and its workers. Solving the puzzle as to why these strikes were so successful against massive obstacles could beget better methods for organizing strikes in a period when neo-liberal reforms threaten public services around the world. Furthermore, an understanding of why these strikes were successful can contribute to the contemporary discourse ...
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How can the concept of gender knowledge explain the gendered nature of the European Recovery Fund “NextGenerationEU”?
(2022-08)
The Covid-19-pandemic reproduced many long-existing gender inequalities and created new ones: women are over-represented in underpaid sectors such as the health care sector and were faced with the double burden of paid and reproductive work in the household, when kindergartens closed. As an answer to the global pandemic, the European Union (EU) implemented a recovery package, the #NextGenerationEU (NGEU) Fund. However, this fund reproduces existing gender inequalities, as most of the money is directed to male-dominated ...
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Langzeitpflege in Deutschland
(2022-08)
Deutschland ist eine der am schnellsten alternden Gesellschaften der Welt. Bereits im Jahr 2020 waren 24,1 Millionen Deutsche 60 Jahre oder älter (Statistisches Bundesamt 2022) und es wird prognostiziert, dass diese Gruppe bis 2030 auf 30 Millionen anwachsen könnte. Allein die Bevölkerung ab 80 Jahren wird sich im gleichen Zeitraum von 5,4 Millionen auf rund 10,5 Millionen verdoppeln. Im Jahr 2050 könnten in der Bundesrepublik somit fast doppelt so viele Ältere Menschen wie Kinder und Jugendliche leben (Statistisches ...