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Re-reading Amartya Sen from the Andes: Exploring the Ethical contributions of Indigenous Philosophies
(2015)
Over the last decade, the calls for Buen Vivir (BV)/ Sumak Kawsay (SK) that have emerged from the Andes have prompted a revival of interest in the indigenous philosophies of the region and their contributions to alternative development thinking. Both in academic and policy discussions, there is an emphasis on recovering Indigenous forms of knowledge to devise alternative paths to development. Yet, given the conceptual ambiguity of discussions of development, these efforts often appear to have ‘blended’ with more ...
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The contribution of discourse analysis to development studies
(2015)
Reviewing the contribution of discourse analysis in development studies, the paper first engages with the critique of the approach that has been voiced repeatedly. In this regard, it discusses the reproaches of losing sight of materiality, homogenizing different perspectives in development studies, denying the agency of subjects and being unable to provide political alternatives. By using different examples, the paper shows that these points of criticism are no inherent features of discourse analysis in development ...
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The World Bank Inspection Panel and civil society protest: Glocalization of accountability? The case of the Kwabenya landfill project in Ghana
(2015)
20 years ago, the Inspection Panel was founded as a mechanism of accountability for people negatively affected by projects funded by the World Bank. It allows them to call for an investigation if social and environmental standards of the World Bank have not been adhered to and. Its origin can be traced back to pressure exerted by a transnational NGO campaign on US congress in the wake of the Narmada Valley Development Project. While the Panel’s history since then shows that it usually does not have the power to ...
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Greece: Austerity's unexpected allies
(2018-04)
Contrary to pre-electoral proclamations and the recent optimism of the government and its European allies, the situation since 2015 has only gotten worse. Pensions have been cut twice more (with additional cuts promised in future). More than 1 million Greeks have already suffered some form of appropriation due to debt, with another 1.7 million waiting in line - a number that represents only 70% of those indebted to the tax office. One in three face material and social deprivation (Eurostat, 2016), placing Greece third ...
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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 ...
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Familienpolitik 2000-2013
(2015)
Unstrittig ist der hohe Stellenwert einer erfolgreichen Familienpolitik für die Lebensqualität der Bevölkerung. Es geht schlicht um die "lebensweltliche Mitte" unserer Gesellschaft. Dass Wohlstand und Wachstum des Landes nicht unwesentlich von Art und Intensität der Familienpolitik abhängen, sollte mittlerweile zumindest im wissenschaftlichen Diskurs ebenfalls Allgemeingut sein. Gleichwohl wird die Bedeutung des Politikfeldes in der öffentlichen Wahrnehmung latent unterschätzt und immer wieder gering geachtet. Eine ...
Buch
The Implementation of International and European Occupational Safety and Health Standards into the National Legislation of Ukraine
(Rainer Hampp Verlag, 2018)
In this book, Kateryna Yarmolyuk-Kröck examines the implementation and application of international law in Ukraine. In particular, the analysis is centered on the occupational safety and health (OSH) instruments of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) as well as the European Union (EU) OSH directives and their conformity with national legal provisions. The book offers a thorough assessment of the ongoing legal reforms in Ukraine in the process of European integration and the legal nature of the EU-Ukraine ...
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The Dairy Value Chain
(2013-07)
By tradition dairy farming has been a prestigious occupation in the fertile lands of the Indus basin. In Pakistan, the practice of rearing dairy animals remained a complementary activity to crop production. Deeply embedded in the rural life, dairy farming still is a sign of prestige within the agriculture sector; it forms an integral part of the socio-economic activities in rural areas and plays a supportive role in mitigating the effects of poverty by providing essential food items of daily use, family income, and ...
Dissertation
EU Crisis Management and its Influence on the German Savings Banks
(2018)
European financial architecture has been rapidly changing since the outburst of the global financial crisis in 2008. On one hand, it sparked academic discussions about the European Union (EU) integration and the future of the EU project, on the other hand, it urged the EU member states and policymakers to deal with the consequences of the crisis. The eurozone crisis has also left its imprint on the European regulatory landscape. Since 2012, the European Commission (EC) has resumed its single financial market agenda ...
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SPD-Stammland Hessen – der Verlust einer Vormachtstellung
(2014-11)
In diesem Beitrag geht es darum, ebenso die lange Zeit währende Vormachtstellung der hessischen SPD zu erklären wie auch ihren Abstieg: Wie konnte die SPD in Hessen nach 1945 zu dieser ein-drucksvollen Vorherrschaft kommen, wann bekam die Fassade erste Risse und wie kam es zum freien Fall?