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Dissertation
Lehrende als ‘agents of change’ - Konzeptionelle Überlegungen zu einer kinderrechtlichen Annotation und Ausdeutung der Standards für die Lehrerbildung
(2016-08-09)
Die Dissertation geht von der Überlegung aus, dass ein Wandel im deutschen Bildungssystem aufgrund kinderrechtlicher und demokratischer Überlegungen eine essenzielle Zukunftsaufgabe ist. Dies geschieht im Besonderen vor dem Hintergrund kinderrechtlicher Forderungen, wie sie beispielsweise aus dem Status Deutschlands als Mitgliedsland der UN-Kinderrechtskonvention und des UN-Übereinkommens über die Rechte von Menschen mit Behinderung entstehen: Die Korrelation zwischen Herkunft und Bildungserfolg sowie die noch ...
Dissertation
Spaces of Resistance – Framing Crisis and Activism in Athens
(2018-04-03)
Spaces of Resistance – Framing Crisis and Activism in Athens
Zusammenfassung deutsch
Die vorliegende Dissertation thematisiert, ob soziale Krisensituationen Möglichkeitsraume für die Entstehung und Etablierung von progressiven Gegenhegemonien sein können. Zahlreiche theoretische Überlegungen und empirisch-historische Forschungen stützen diese Hypothese. Dieser Fragestellung gehe ich am Beispiel von Griechenland in den Jahren von 2008-2013 nach. Obwohl die Forschungen zu sozialen Bewegungen in Griechenland seit 2010 ...
Dissertation
The Global Unions in the System of Global Governance
(2015)
Im Jahr 2002 etablierten die internationalen Gewerkschaftsorganisationen (Global Unions) und die internationalen Finanzinstitutionen (IFIs) einen formalen Dialog. Die Global Unions setzen sich aus dem Internationalen Gewerkschaftsbund (IGB), den neun Globalen Gewerkschaftsföderationen (GUFs) und dem Gewerkschaftlichen Beratungsausschuss bei der OECD (TUAC) zusammen. Die internationalen Finanzinstitutionen, welche aufgrund ihrer Gründungsgeschichte auch als BrettonWoods Organisationen bezeichnet werden, umfassen die ...
Working paper
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 ...
Working paper
Social Inequality and Social Policy outside the OECD
(ICDD, International Center for Development and Decent Work, University of Kassel, 2012-01)
Almost all Latin American countries are still marked by extreme forms of social inequality – and to an extent, this seems to be the case regardless of national differences in the economic development model or the strength of democracy and the welfare state. Recent research highlights the fact that the heterogeneous labour markets in the region are a key source of inequality. At the same time, there is a strengthening of ‘exclusive’ social policy, which is located at the fault lines of the labour market and is constantly ...
Dissertation
Pursuing a Developmental State Trade Agenda in a Neo-Liberal Context
(Rainer Hampp Verlag, München, Mering, 2014)
This book explains why it was possible for the Worker’s Party (PT) in Brazil and the African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa to pursue a developmental state trade policy, in spite of neoliberal constraints. The major theoretical lenses are three-fold. It applies state theory (macrolevel), policy network analysis (meso-level) and theories on political parties with emphasis on factional politics (micro-level). This book highlights the socio-political relevance of comparatively progressive policy frameworks and ...
Dissertation
Eduard Wechssler (1869-1949): Im Dienste der deutschen Nation
(2010-07-15)
Der Berliner Professor Eduard Wechssler ist einer der wichtigsten und Vertreter der romanistischen „Kultur- und Wesenskunde“ Frankreichs in der Zeit von 1914 bis 1933. Die vorliegende Untersuchung rekonstruiert seine Biographie und Bibliographie und stellt sie in den politischen, intellektuellengeschichtlichen, bildungspolitischen und disziplingeschichtlichen Zusammenhang der Epoche. Sie fragt außerdem nach den Vorstellungen von Frankreich, die Wechssler verbreitete, nach dem Ziel seiner Bemühungen, das „Wesen des ...
Working paper
Together?
(ICDD, International Center for Development and Decent Work, University of Kassel, 2012-01)
This paper explores the relationship between migrant leaders and labour rights activists starting with the acknowledgment that this is often a source of frustration for all subjects involved. The collaboration between organisations of migrants and those of workers is not always smooth and truly collaborative, yet foreign workers have an increasing importance in the negotiation of better labour rights in Europe. The topic is discussed by taking the case of migrant domestic labour in Italy and the experience of Italian ...
Dissertation
Political Education in Plural Societies: Using the Anti-Bias Approach to Challenge Oppression in Bombay and Berlin
(2012-10-29)
This study addresses the effectivity of the Anti-Bias approach and training methodology as a pedagogical political strategy to challenge oppression among student groups in the cities of Bombay and Berlin. The Anti-Bias trainings conducted within the framework of this study also become the medium through which the perpetuation of oppressive structures by students within and outside the school is investigated.
Empirical data from predominantly qualitative investigations in four secondary schools, two each in Bombay ...