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Working paper
Mercosur–EU Agreement: Impact on Agriculture, Environment, and Consumers
(kassel university press, 2020-05-06)
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
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 ...
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Book Review: Qin, Yaqing. 2018. A Relational Theory of World Politics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-1316634257
(2019-11-25)
Book Review: Qin, Yaqing. 2018. A Relational Theory of World Politics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
A Relational Theory of World Politics by Qin Yaqing offers a significant and alternative theoretical perspective as well as timely and novel insights on international relations in a rapidly changing world. It makes an important contribution to IR theorizing by providing a new ontological foundation in which relationality plays a central role.
Buch
Competitive Pressures and Labour Rights
(Rainer Hampp Verlag, 2020)
While the link between trade liberalisation and labour rights has been mostly studied at a national level, this book analyses this relation at a sectoral level. It draws on case studies of oil palm plantations and the automobile sector in Indonesia. Two main research questions guide the book:
1. How do labour- and capital-intensive sectors in Indonesia respond to competitive pressures brought about by trade liberalisation?
2. What are the implications of such responses on labour rights in the two sectors?
Employing ...
Dissertation
Determinants of Financial Development and their Role Towards Financial Integration
(2019-10-17)
This thesis is composed of six chapters with four main chapters that encompasses three broad topics – Islamic financial development and economic growth, determinants of financial development, and financial integration. The existing literature mainly focuses on their impact on economic growth or their role towards macroeconomic stability/instability. If financial sector is important, then why do countries have underdeveloped financial markets? In this thesis therefore, we explore a more fundamental question that, what ...
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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 ...
Working paper
Labor Rights, Working Conditions, and Workers’ Power in the Emerging Textile and Apparel Industries in Ethiopia: The Case of Hawassa Industrial Park
(2019-11)
To be able to participate in the global production network and enhance its manufacturing sector, the government of Ethiopia has been building industrial zones (Export Processing Zones) in various parts of the country. These zones have already attracted substantial investments into the country in the light manufacturing sectors, particularly, textile and apparel industries, as a result of which the country is gradually gaining the potential to become a global textile and apparel sourcing hub. Despite the governments’ ...
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Assessing the Level of Self-Reliance and Livelihood of Encamped Refugees
(Rainer Hampp Verlag, 2020)
Achieving self-reliance among refugees is favoured by many international organisations, though hardly achieved for refugee camps. In many cases, deprived of their human rights, located in remote areas and without access to the local labour market, encamped refugees have no other opportunity than turning to negative coping mechanisms to survive, including sex work, child labour, crime and dangerous work in the informal sector. This book concentrates on measuring self-reliance and identifying factors influencing it in ...
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Occupational Safety and Health Challenges in Southern Agriculture
(Rainer Hampp Verlag, 2019)
Occupational safety and health (OSH) is a core element of the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda. Despite hazardous working conditions in agriculture, unfortunately, OSH issues in agriculture are frequently ignored. This volume’s contributions from Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Nicaragua, and Pakistan as well as from various disciplines highlight
- the prevalent patriarchal norms and practices which expose women to more health risks;
- the lack of training and education which leave smallholders and ...