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Working paper
Zwischen Reichtum und Prekarität. Welchen Wohlfahrtsstaat benötigen Künstler_innen?
(2017-08)
Die Veranstaltung fand am 27. und 28. Juni 2017 in der Kunsthochschule Kassel sowie in der Evangelischen Studierendengemeinde in Kassel statt. Vor Ihnen liegt nun die Dokumentation dieser Tagung, die dazu beitragen soll, die wichtigsten Eckpunkte festzuhalten und die Diskussion um die Frage der sozialen Absicherung von Künstler_innen in eine hoffentlich breiter werdende Öffentlichkeit zu tragen. Die Dokumentation beruht auf Vortragsmanuskripten, berichthaften Protokollen, die die Mitarbeiter des Fachgebietes „Politisches ...
Working paper
"The city belongs to all of us!"
(2017-07-25)
Since the uprisings in Northern Africa and Arab regions, the global Occupy-movements and mass strikes in Southern Europe, protest and resistance have become again a much-debated topic. However, Germany seems to be rather untouched by such rebellious acts. Of course, it has not been subjected to the harsh austerity measures of “crisis management”, but neoliberal policies are for a long time at work here as well - widening the contradictions between social integrity, democracy and subjective wellbeing on the one side ...
Working paper
Anti-austerity movements and authoritarian statism in Portugal
(2017-08-28)
In the last decade, Portugal saw different forms of open class struggle. Since 2003, the ruling class has been attacking the tremendous achievements of the 500 days of the Portuguese Revolution of 1974-1975 (Raposo 2015: 6). Today, privatisation, wage cuts, de-industrialisation and other forms of neoliberal ‘reforms’ are being implemented. The working class, the poor and the youth did not silently stand by and watch the dismantling of the welfare state that they and their parents had gained by significant effort ...
Working paper
Trade Unions in Greece between Crisis and Revitalization: Rebuilding Workers´ Power from Below?
(2017-08-28)
Long before the economic crisis in Greece, its labor movement had been already in a crisis itself. Indicators of the crisis of trade unions are seen in low union density in the private sector, lack of union representation at the workplace level and the representation gap considering young, female, immigrant and precarious workers. The trade union bureaucracy is dominated by public sector unions and led by party-factions. Inner cohesion of the labor movement is shattered by the organizational divisions of public and ...
Dissertation
Natural Resource Management in Coastal Areas
(2017-03-16)
The management of natural resources has been - and will continue to be - one of the most essential tasks for human societies as they depend on the long-term maintenance of natural resources to ensure survival and well-being. Therefore, in this study, the management of natural resources is in the focus of the scientific discussion. The Greifswald Bay (in German: Greifswalder Bodden, GWB) and its coastal areas have been chosen as the case study for this research. The area covers highly vulnerable marine and terrestrial ...
Buch
Enforcement Instruments for Social Human Rights along supply Chains
(Rainer Hampp Verlag, Augsburg, München, 2017)
Dire working conditions are prevalent in the labor-intensive segments of global supply chains. Pronouncements by governments and corporations that claim to address the plight of workers are plentiful, but the enforcement of social and human rights is lacking. This volume explores the possibilities for better enforcement by: - providing a general overview of the currently considered enforcement instruments; - identifying governmental instruments that are yet to be employed; - assessing the effectiveness of social ...
Buch
Where have all the classes gone?
(Rainer Hampp Verlag, Augsburg, München, 2017)
Numerous uprisings and social movements in recent decades sprawled in seemingly disconnected political landscapes, from Turkey to Brazil, from South Africa to China, from Argentina to Portugal. These social protests centered on issues as varied as the right to affordable transportation, land dispossession or minority rights. The place of the working class in them seemed increasingly insignificant, and the framework of class analysis outdated. But did the concept of class really become obsolete? Are these social ...
Buch
The Ends of Union Solidarity: Undocumented Labor and German Trade Unions
(Rainer Hampp Verlag, Augsburg, München, 2017)
Unionists part ways when it comes to the practical meaning of solidarity with workers who lack work permits. To some union members, undocumented migrant workers ought to be included in the bonds of union solidarity by virtue of being workers. To others, undocumented migrant workers are primarily illegal and unfair competitors undermining existing institutions of solidarity. In this controversial context, six union centers for undocumented migrant workers called MigrAr (German "Migration & Arbeit", English "migration ...