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The G20 states have made a commitment to drastically lower the gender differential in their labour markets. All G20 states, including India, will have great difficulty doing so, as the disparity is a consequence not of formal deficiencies, but of informal norms and value attitudes. It will take both time and holistic approaches on the domestic and international levels to change this.
Gender justice will feature more prominently at this year's G20 summit under the German presidency. At past summits, the issue was rather neglected. The 2014 Brisbane Declaration represented a watershed moment, as the G20 states committed to reduce the gender gap in the labour market participation rate by 25 per cent by the year 2025.
Women's employment rates in some countries are, however, stagnating – in India they have even dropped. Neither economic growth nor statutory requirements or strides in women's education have improved the situation. Given all this, the question arises of how the stated objective can be reached.
The Modi government has developed a new strategy to increase women's participation in the labour market that includes attracting textile and other manufacturing industries and promoting self-employment and professional qualifications.
It remains to be seen whether the measures will succeed; whether low-paying jobs in the textile industry will truly lead to good jobs; and whether this will increase women's levels of societal, political, and economic participation. A change in discriminatory value attitudes is particularly crucial.
The G20 states are in at least verbal agreement that gender justice is fundamental to sustainable and socially just economic growth. The increase in women's labour market participation should be seen as just one step in the right direction. To help create vital jobs in India, Germany should advocate for holistic political measures in the context of its G20 presidency, and the EU and the G20 should support India in its attempts to open markets and attract direct investment.

Main description: Die fundamentalen Probleme der Wirtschaftskrise in den späten 20er und frühen 30er Jahren des 20. Jahrhunderts bleiben nach wie vor eine intellektuelle Herausforderung. Wie kaum ein anderes Datum der jüngsten Weltgeschichte hat der "Schwarze Donnerstag" des 24. Oktober 1929 den Glauben an die Rationalität der Märkte erschüttert und deren Verwundbarkeit aufgezeigt. Die "Große Depression" des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts als - fatales - Ergebnis eines Versuchs zu werten, das Rad der Geschichte zurückzudrehen und mit Kontrolle, Protektionismus, Nationalismus und Autarkie dem freien Verkehr von Waren, Kapitalströmen und nicht zuletzt Menschen zu begegnen, ist eine der Botschaften dieses Bandes. Aus dem Inhalt: Harold James, Introduction: Interpreting the Great Depression Albrecht Ritschl, International Capital Movements and the Onset of the Great Depression: Some International Evidence Dietmar Rothermund, Currencies, Taxes and Credit. Asian Peasants in the Great Depression, 1930-1939 Monika Rosengarten Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich, Economic Policy Positions and Influence of the International Chamber of Commerce during the Great Depression Gerald D. Feldman, Insurance Company Collapses in the World Economic Crisis. The Frankfurter Allgemeine Versicherungs-AG (Fevag) and the Austrian Phönix Patricia Clavin, Explaining the Failure of the London World Economic Conference Robert Skidelsky, The Great Depression: Keynes´s Perspective Christoph Buchheim, The "Crisis befor the Crisis" - The Export Engine Out of Gear Forrest Capie, The International Depression and Trade Protection in the 1930s Solomos Solomou, Trade Protection in the 1930s

Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird als Beispiel für eine internationale Hochschulkooperation das von der Europäischen Union (EU) finanzierte Master of Arts Programme (MAP) in "Educational Research and Development", einen internationalen erziehungswissenschaftlichen Masterstudiengang in Afghanistan, vorgestellt. Ferner werden einige der Erfahrungen im Hinblick auf Umsetzung und Ertrag dieses Programms reflektiert. Das Projekt erstreckte sich insgesamt über einen Zeitraum von mehr als vier Jahren, gerechnet von der Antragstellung (Herbst 2006) bis zum Endbericht an die EU (April 2011); die Finanzierung durch die EU erfolgte von 2008 bis 2011. (DIPF/Orig.) ; This article introduces the Master of Arts Programme (MAP) "Educational Research and Development" in Afghanista, an educational Master degree programme fi nanced by the European Union (EU) as an example of international cooperation in Higher Education and reflects some of the experiences in terms of its realisation and results. The project covers a period of more than four years altogether – from the application to the EU (autumn 2006) till the final report to EU (April 2011); the financing of the project ran from 2008 till 2011. (DIPF/Orig.)

Aus Sicht der DDR

Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: Introduction: Understanding Riots -- The Endurance of the Irrationality Thesis of Crowd Behaviour -- Disorderly Criminals -- Depoliticising Collective Disorder -- Multivariate Explanations and the Political Significance of Riots -- 2: The Revised Flashpoints Model of Public Disorder -- The Rationality and Emotionality of Riots -- The Flashpoints Model of Public Disorder -- Related Theoretical Developments -- Introducing the Revised Flashpoints Model -- 3: 'France in Flames': The French Riots of 2005