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Politics of public policies in India
(kassel university press, 2016)
The focus on poverty and inequality in development discourse has generally been an acknowledgement of the gaps between the poor and the affluent. This is seen as an economic condition linked to livelihoods and employment deprivation, or a condition rooted in the broader socio-cultural moorings of the society creating entitlement and capability deprivations. However, the issue here is how inequality concerns impact and are reflected in public policies. What are the drivers that determine the interests and structural ...
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Hierachical and Cooperative Control of Complex Distributed Systems
(kassel university press, 2018)
In this thesis, a theory of hierarchical and cooperative feedback control for spatially distributed, physically interconnected systems is developed. A particular requirement is that the resulting control laws are suitable for a distributed implementation, meaning that the subsystems are equipped with local controllers and exchange information via a communication network. Distributed control schemes steadily gain practical significance, since an ever increasing number of technical systems, like power networks or ...
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Abfälle in deutschen Fließgewässern
(kassel university press, 2017)
Weltweit gelangen Abfälle in die Meere und Ozeane. Kunststoffe stehen aufgrund ihrer persistenten und ökotoxischen Eigenschaften im Fokus der mit dem Abfalleintrag entstehenden Umweltproblematiken.Im Rahmen der Promotion wurde untersucht, in welchem Ausmaß es in den Fließgewässern in Deutschland zu Einträgen von Abfällen kommt und in welchem Maße die Fließgewässer zur Vermüllung der Weltmeere beitragen. Dazu wurde in und an verschiedenen Fließgewässern das Abfallaufkommen erfasst und hinsichtlich der Zusammensetzungen ...
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Land Degradation, Small-Scale Farms’ Development, and Migratory Flows in Chiapas
(kassel university press, 2013)
This research evaluates the impacts of land degradation on rural development and migration, using a comparative-analysis platform and quantitative and qualitative approaches, based on data from empirical investigations in six rural communities of Tapachula, Chiapas. The results show that deforestation, heavy rains and extreme weather events are the main determinants of land degradation, and that land degradation, smallholder farms’ income and outmigration are highly correlated. In addition, they portray a new migration ...
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Narbe
(Kunsthochschule Kassel, 2016)
5 Fotos des Künstlerbuchs 75 Kun KBS 279
"narbe" ist eine fotokonzeptionelle, experimentelle Dokumentation über die schonungslose Suche nach Menschen mit ihren Narben und die Entstehung und Entwicklung einer künstlerischen Publikation. Es erzählt Geschichten von Verletzlichkeit und Stärke, Geschichten von Scham und Stolz, anmutig und abstoßend, intim und absurd, oberflächlich und tiefgründig. Zusammen erzählen sie die Geschichte von Schönheit in einer Welt, die von omnipräsenten Medien und dem Drang nach ...
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Like me
(2014)
9 Fotos des Künstlerbuchs 75 Kun KBS 272
Meine vielteilige Abschlussarbeit "like me" geht der Frage nach, wie visuelle Selbstpräsentationen bei Mädchen und Frauen in den sozialen Netzwerken wie facebook, twitter und instagram konstruert werden. Die Auswirkung des inflationären Umgangs mit Selbstbilder im Hinblick auf die Selbstwahrnehmung und Orientierung an of stark sexualisierten vorherrschenden Darstellungsmustern eurozentristisch geprägter Frauen, waren ausschlaggebend für meine künstlerische Arbeit.
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Can Decent Work and Export Oriented Growth Strategies go together?
(kassel university press, 2014-08)
The present research paper takes the Nicaraguan Export Processing Zones as an exemplary case to investigate in how far it is possible for countries in the Global South to take steps towards Decent Work despite the pressures caused by export competition. In Nicaragua, export processing zones had a negative reputation for paying low wages and incompliance with trade union and workers’ rights. However, a process of Social Dialogue that has resulted in tripartite agreements is seen as an important factor for the sector’s ...
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(Re)configuration of Water Resources Management in Mongolia
(kassel university press, 2014-11)
In Mongolia 'water' as a concept is constructed by local people based on the values and norms in which it was rooted in the past. Rivers and its resources are considered gifts from "Naga" who is believed to be the snake lord for pure water resources, lakes, springs, waterfalls and rivers. However, stress over water resource availability has gradually increased. Therefore, water resource management has been one critical theme in politics and policies in Mongolia with respect to climate conditions and socioeconomic ...
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Identifying Employment Creating Sectors in India
(kassel university press, 2014-05)
For a labour surplus economy like India employment generation remains a perennial concern. While growth of GDP is supposed to address this problem, not all sectors of the economy are equally employment intensive. This paper attempts to identify the relatively more employment generating sectors within the major sectors of the economy by considering both forward and backward linkages of the sectors. A linkage based analysis is considered useful as it shows the creation of employment within the sector concerned as well ...