Suchergebnisse

Die Untersuchung befasst sich mit dem Instrument der Tierschutz-Verbandsklage, das es ausgewählten Klägern zugunsten der Tiere ermöglicht, tierschutzrelevante Behördenentscheidungen von einem Verwaltungsgericht überprüfen zu lassen. Auf Bundesebene konnte sich dieses Instrument bislang nicht durchsetzen, auf Landesebene hingegen wurde die Tierschutz-Verbandsklage in der Hälfte der Bundesländer eingeführt. Der Autor beleuchtet Hintergründe, theoretische Grundlagen und die praktische Umsetzung des Instruments. Er ordnet die Tierschutz-Verbandsklage in einen sozialen, politischen und ethischen Kontext sowie vor dem Hintergrund der Geschichte und der Gegenwart des Tierschutzrechts ein. Daneben behandelt er verwaltungs- und verfassungsrechtliche Gesichtspunkte des Instruments und unterzieht die bestehenden landesrechtlichen Tierschutz-Verbandsklage-Gesetze einer näheren Betrachtung. Der Autor schließt mit einer Untersuchung zur verwaltungsgerichtlichen Rechtsprechung zu Tierschutz-Verbandsklagen. »The Instrument of the Animal Welfare Group Lawsuit«The book deals with the social, political and ethical context of the instrument of the animal welfare group lawsuit as well as the history and the presence of animal protection law. In addition, administrative and constitutional aspects of the animal welfare group lawsuit will be covered. Furthermore, the book expands on the existing laws about animal welfare group lawsuits and makes investigations about the administrative jurisdiction regarding the animal welfare group lawsuit

Are regions within a country really independent islands? Do economic relations and effects really have a homogenous, unique size across an entire country? These two assumptions are often imposed implicitly in empirical economic and social research. In his doctoral thesis, Norbert Schanne discusses how statistical methods can deviate from this unrealistic model structure through employing spatial patterns in both observable variables and presumed relations. Opportunities to improve our understanding of the economy as well as chances and perils in the application of such methods are demonstrated in a number of studies on aspects of regional labour market dynamics. Warum sollen Regionen innerhalb eines Landes unabhängige Inseln sein? Und warum sollen, über das gesamte Land hinweg, einheitlich starke ökonomische oder soziale Wirkungszusammenhänge bestehen? Diese zwei Annahmen werden in der angewandten empirischen Wirtschafts- und Sozialforschung üblicherweise implizit unterstellt. Wie in statistischen Verfahren von dieser unrealistischen Modellstruktur unter Ausnutzung der räumlichen Strukturen in beobachteten Variablen und unterstellten Zusammenhängen abgewichen werden kann, diskutiert Norbert Schanne im vorliegenden Band. Möglichkeiten, unser Verständnis der Ökonomie zu vertiefen, werden ebenso verdeutlicht, wie Chancen und Tücken beim Einsatz der Methoden in Studien zu verschiedenen Aspekten der Arbeitsmarktdynamik.

"On 25th-27th October 2007, after more than three years of CONNEX ('Connecting Excellence on European Governance'), Research Group 4, working on 'Civil society and interest representation in EU-Governance' and Research Group 5, working on 'Social capital as catalyst of civic engagement and quality of governance' met in Piran, Slovenia for a Wrapping-up Conference (WUC). The main aim of the conference was to bring together the state of the art knowledge of both Research Groups. The idea was to present new insights gained during CONNEX, to deduct new research questions for the last months of CONNEX, as well as for continued research after CONNEX, thus assuring sustainability. The conference focused on three aspects of civil society and European governance and a number of cross-cutting questions were discussed related to biased representation (Session I), participatory engineering (Session II) and civil society and democracy in the EU (Session III)." (excerpt)

"This chapter looks at gendered rhetoric of the peace movement of the early 1980s in West Germany, characterized as the largest social movement ever in that country and around the world. After reviewing the development of West German pacifism in the context of the Cold War in the preceding decades, the piece looks to the ways in which gendered rhetoric played a significant, positive role in bringing the range of feminists together, and in bringing enormous numbers of West Germans into activism. The article also traces some of the more negative aspects of this rhetoric, surprisingly consistent across the range of constituent organizations. On the one hand, the gendered language implies and perhaps reveals some problematic views of West German identity and history, particularly through notions of 'victimization'. On the other hand, this very language may also have contributed to the movement's ultimate lack of success in preventing missile deployment, also in part by emphasizing West German citizens' 'victim' role." (author's abstract)

This book provides a comprehensive review of the complex, growing mental health challenges faced by culturally diverse populations of children and adolescents. Suicide Among Diverse Youth: A Case-Based Guidebook is the first book of its kind, and is designed specifically to bridge the knowledge and skills gap encountered by most clinicians dealing with youth from diverse cultural backgrounds, particularly those different than that of the clinician. The title begins with two introductory chapters, which cover cultural aspects of suicidality among youth, culturally informed treatment of suicidality with diverse youth, and exampl es of preventative approaches. These are followed by population specific chapters which cover a broad spectrum of diverse populations, including underserved ethnic and racial populations in the United States, LGBTQ youth, as well as various immigrant populations from Eastern European and Middle Eastern countries. These case-based chapters are structured in a cohesive, easy-to-read format that promotes ease of reference, beginning with a clinical case report, review of literature, unique characteristics and risk factors associated with suicidality, and evidence-based practice provided by the authors from their considerable experience. The authors are often from the same ethnic, racial, or cultural group that they discuss in their writings; providing experiential knowledge where scientific knowledge is lacking. Suicide Among Diverse Youth: A Case-Based Guidebook is a unique resource that offers the clinical material needed to treat diverse adolescent patients with sensitive, intersectional, and culturally-informed care, and will provide an indispensable resource for medical professionals working with, and caring for these patients.

This volume considers how women are shaping the global economic landscape through their labor, activism, and multiple discourses about work. Bringing together an interdisciplinary group of international scholars, the book offers a gendered examination of work in the global economy and analyses the effects of the 2008 downturn on women's labor force participation and workplace activism. The book addresses three key themes: exploitation versus opportunity; women's agency within the context of changing economic options; and women's negotiations and renegotiations of unpaid social reproductive labor. This uniquely interdisciplinary and comparative analysis will be crucial reading for anyone with an interest in gender and the post-crisis world.

Introduction : vulnerable minds in Charlottesville -- A battle over reality : pitching the social contract anew -- Unlocking the black box : social neuroscience's political power -- Shared vulnerabilities : we all have dehumanizing brains -- Humanization duties at Home : neuropolitical strategies for liberal democracies -- Humanization duties abroad : the other in a Postcolonial world -- Conclusion : toward a neuromaterialist idea of our political selves.

"Resilience has become a central concept in government policy understandings over the last decade. In our complex, global and interconnected world, resilience appears to be the policy 'buzzword' of choice, alleged to be the solution to a wide and ever-growing range of policy issues. This book analyses the key aspects of resilience-thinking and highlights how resilience impacts upon traditional conceptions of governance. This concise and accessible book investigates how resilience-thinking adds new insights into how politics (both domestically and internationally) is understood to work and how problems are perceived and addressed; from educational training in schools to global ethics and from responses to shock events and natural disasters to long-term international policies to promote peace and development. This book also raises searching questions about how resilience-thinking influences the types of knowledge and understanding we value and challenges traditional conceptions of social and political processes.It sets forward a new and clear conceptualisation of resilience, of use to students, academics and policy-makers, emphasising the links between the rise of resilience and awareness of the complex nature of problems and policy-making"--

Although sexual minorities in Africa continue to face harsh penalties for same-sex relationships, strong anti-homophobic resistance exists across the continent. This book systematically charts the emergence and effects of politicized homophobia in Malawi and shows how it has been used as a strategy by political elites to consolidate their moral and political authority, through punishing LGBT people and dividing social movements. Here, Ashley Currier pays particular attention to the impact of politicized homophobia on different social movements, specifically HIV/AIDS, human rights, LGBT rights, and women's rights movements. Her timely account intervenes in Afro-pessimist portrayals of the African continent as a hotbed of homophobia and unravels the tensions and contradictions underlying Western perceptions of Malawi. It shows that, in reality, many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people happily call Malawi home, in spite of heightened antigay vitriol that has generated unwanted visibility for them

In 1989 news broadcasts all over the world were dominated for weeks by images of East Germans crossing the Berlin Wall to West Germany. But what did the East Germans expect to find when they excitedly broke through the Wall? And what did they actually find when they made it over to the other side? This study draws on fifteen months of research into both the lives of East Germans before the fall of communism and their fast-changing world after they embraced capitalism. Grounded in powerful anthropological insights, Milena Veenis argues persuasively that national identifications and the bond between state and citizenry in both East and West Germany over the past twenty years has been shaped by the far-fetched, socialist and capitalist promises of consumption as the road to ultimate well-being. These promises also functioned as a way to cover up the more shameful and dirty aspects of both countries' history and social life.

This book provides comprehensive information needed to assist with all aspects of designing, delivering, or evaluating transportation systems for use by older adults, and presents the necessary background on aging and human factors issues as well as practical guidelines needed to accommodate older adult transport users. Features Presents clear design guidance aimed at improving usability among older adults, a too often neglected but fast-growing segment of the transportation system population Includes comprehensive coverage of transportation systems, including the notably important issue of older drivers, but also additional transportation forms including public transportation via bus and subway, air transport, rail, bicycle, and even pedestrians Offers numerous examples throughout of best practices based on both the scientific literature and the content expertise of the authors Discusses practical implications of incorporating the recommended design principles for both older adults and other transport system users Provides useful background about normal age-related changes in sensory, cognitive, and physical abilities that impact older adults and how they interact with transportation systems

The present paper analyzes some aspects of the population ageing and its im-portant consequences for particular societies and the whole world. Basing on this analysis, we can draw a conclusion that the future technological break-through is likely to take place in the 2030s (which we define as the final phase of the Cybernetic Revolution). In the 2020s – 2030s we will expect the upswing of the forthcoming sixth Kondratieff wave, which will introduce the sixth tech-nological paradigm (system). All those revolutionary technological changes will be connected, first of all, with breakthroughs in medicine and related tech-nologies. We also present our ideas about the financial instruments that can help to solve the problem of pension provision for an increasing elderly popula-tion in the developed countries. We think that a more purposeful use of pension funds' assets together with an allocation (with necessary guarantees) of the lat-ter into education and upgrading skills of young people in developing countries, perhaps, can partially solve the indicated problem in the developed states.

Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Introduction; PART I Semiperipheries in the World-System; 1 World-System Zones in the 21st Century: Beyond Core and Periphery, Who Fits Where?; 2 World-Systems Analysis and Political Economy; 3 The Semiperipheral Abandonat and the Unmaking of the Capitalist Geoculture; PART II Global Stratification and the State; 4 Statehood at the End of the Rainbow? Agonistics of Potentiality in the World-System; 5 Migration as a Response to Global Inequality; 6 Long Waves and Changes in the Structure of the Capitalist World System.