Suchergebnisse

A Europe of States versus a Federal Europe, by Robert Toulemon
The Convention on the future of the European Union will try to establish a broad coalition of support for its proposals to have the best chance of them being accepted by the 2004 intergovernmental conférence. Rather than coming up with a compromise that would maintain the present division of the EU between the community pillars and the intergovernmental pillars, it would be desirable if the members of the convention were to synthesise the two approaches, which should complement, not compete with, each other. It is necessary to balance the attachment of each state to its sovereignty, a désire to be directly linked to the definition and putting in place of the EU's policies, on the one hand, with the need to abolish the veto in an enlarged Europe, to bring Europe closer to its citizens, and to assure internal and external openness, on the other. By progressively enlarging the areas of competence or the EU through a well-adapted and flexible process, especially taking into account the diversity of expectations and the capabilities of present and future members, it might be possible to corne up with a satisfactory proposal.

The book presents a unique combination of the study of contemporary and historical practices between Asia and Europe and brings forth some of the latest thinking on the subject. Recent debates have centered primarily on contemporary aspects of the Europe-Asia partnership in terms of international relations and economic linkages. The present volume complements this political and economic interest in Europe-Asia relationship by focusing on the academic, social and cultural connections between the two regions. The contributions in this volume have a contemporary focus but contextualize the themes

Lebenseinstellungen und Religiosität von Jugendlichen.

Themen: Einschätzung der Religiosität der eigenen Eltern;
Bedeutsamkeit der Übernahme des religiösen Glaubens durch die Kinder
aus Sicht der Eltern; elterlicher Wunsch der Teilnahme an religiösen
Veranstaltungen; Kirchgangshäufigkeit; Einstellung zu Heirat, Taufe und
Begräbnis im kirchlichem Rahmen; eigene Taufe, Konfirmation oder
heilige Kommunion; Mitgliedschaft in einer kirchlichen Organisation;
Selbsteinschätzung als religiös; Häufigkeit des Gebets und der
Meditation; Bibelverständnis; Einstellungen zu Gott, Sinn des Lebens
und Gefühl der Selbstbestimmung (Skala); Einstellungen zum Verhältnis
von Religion und moderner Welt, zu kultureller und religiöser
Diversität, zum Verhältnis der Religionen untereinander (Skala);
Zustimmung zu folgenden Aussagen: Religion als Sicherheit im Leben,
eigene Erfahrung mit Gottesnähe, konkrete Unterstützung durch Gott
erfahren, Glaube als Gefühl der Geborgenheit, Glaube als Beistand in
bestimmten Situationen, Sinnlosigkeit des Lebens ohne den Glauben;
Vorstellungen über den idealen Religionsunterricht (Skala);
Zufriedenheit im Gemeindeleben (Gottesdienste, Gemeindemitglieder,
besondere Aktivitäten, Angebote für den Nachwuchs, Räumlichkeiten und
Ausstattung); Lebensperspektiven (Zukunftspessimismus, eigene
Gegenwartsorientierung, Absicherung im Privatleben, zukünftige
Herausforderungen, strukturierte Lebensplanung, Nostalgie,
Beständigkeit), Wertorientierungen (Autonomie, Menschlichkeit,
Selbstkontrolle bzw. -disziplin, Attraktivität, Modernität,
Authentizität, Familienorientierung und Berufsorientierung),
Wichtigkeit von sozialen Beziehungen (Eltern, Geschwister, Freunde
etc.); Einstellungen zu Politik (Gleichgültigkeit, Distanziertheit,
Entfremdung, Anomie, Privatsphäre, Beständigkeit, Achtsamkeit,
Zukunftschancen der Jugend und Intergenerationen-Konflikt im
politischen Bereich); politische Partizipation; Institutionenvertrauen;
Einstellung zu Ausländern (Skala); psychologische
Selbstcharakterisierung; Einstellungen zu Europa (Skala).

Demographie: Alter (Geburtsjahr); Geschlecht; Schulbildung;
Religionszugehörigkeit.

Zusätzlich verkodet wurde: Schultyp; staatliche oder Privatschule;
Land.

Asia in Europe, Europe in Asia -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- Part I: Academic Discourses and Concepts -- 2. Civilizational Encounters: Europe in Asia -- 3. Locating Southeast Asia: Postcolonial Paradigms and Predicaments -- 4. The Meaning of Alternative Discourses: Illustrations from Southeast Asia -- 5. Redrawing Centre-Periphery Relations: Theoretical Challenges in the Study of Southeast Asian Modernity -- 6. Rethinking Assumptions on Asia and Europe: The Study of Entrepreneurship -- Part II: Linkages: Science, Society and Culture -- 7. Royal Antiquarianism, European Orientalism and the Production of Archaeological Knowledge in Modern Siam -- 8. Foreign Knowledge: Cultures of Western Science-making in Meiji Japan -- 9. British Colonial Rhetoric on 'Modern Medicine' and 'Health at Home': Realities of Health Conditions in 19th Century Britain -- 10. Poverty, Gender and Nation in Modern Vietnamese Literature During the French Colonial Period (1930s–40s) -- 11. Family Linkages between India and Britain: Views from Gujarat and London -- 12. Framing 'the Other': A Critical Review of Vietnam War Movies and their Representation of Asians and Vietnamese -- 13. Métis, Métisse and Métissage: Representations and Self-Representations -- About the Contributors.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Renewable Energy Community across Europe: Is Public Policy Helping or Not? -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Analysis of Relevant EU Legislation -- Last Decade -- Post-2020 -- Acknowledging Community Energy -- Final Legislation -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Biographical Sketches -- Chapter 2 -- A Review of the Cryptic Diversity of the Viviparous Lizard, Zootoca vivipara (Lichtenstein, 1823) (Squamata: Lacertidae) in Central Europe and Its Postglacial Re-Colonization Out of the Carpathian Basin: Chromosomal and Molecular Data -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Karyotype Characteristics -- Diversity in Central Europe -- Re-Colonization -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 3 -- European Countries and EU Politics: Does It Matter Who Governs? The Impact of Political Decisions in Europe -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical Framework -- 3. Methodological Framework -- 3.1. General Research Methodology -- 3.2. Data Collection and Analyses -- 3.3. Selection of Research Topic -- 3.4. Selection of Research Countries -- 3.5. Positioning of Party Political Preferences -- 4. The Evolution of Irregular Migrants' Access to Housing -- 4.1. The Evolution of Irregular Migrants' Access to Housing in Germany -- 4.2. The Evolution of Irregular Migrants' Access to Housing in the UK -- 4.3. The Evolution of Irregular Migrants' Access to Housing in the Netherlands -- 5. The Evolution of Facilitating Irregular Migrants' Access to Housing -- 5.1. The Evolution of Facilitating Irregular Migrants' Access to Housing in Germany -- 5.2. The Evolution of Facilitating Irregular Migrants' Access to Housing in the UK -- 5.3. The Evolution of Facilitating Irregular Migrants' Access to Housing in the Netherlands -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Biographical Sketch.

Intro -- Foreword: Social Progress around the Globe -- Introduction: Social Progress in Europe -- Chapter 1 Basic Human Needs -- Chapter 2 Foundations of Well-being -- Chapter 3 Opportunity -- Chapter 4 European Countries at a Glance -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Index -- Resources.