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Am 22. Mai 1997 gründete das Land Brandenburg das Aktionsbündnis gegen Gewalt, Rechtsextremismus und Fremdenfeindlichkeit, nachdem in den Jahren nach der Wende besonders Brandenburg durch spektakuläre Aktionen von Rechtsextremisten und Fremdenfeinden bekannt geworden war. Der Autor beschreibt Entstehung, Tätigkeitsbereiche und die zukünftig geplanten Ziele des Aktionsbündnisses. Seit seiner Gründung konnte das Bündnis vor allem wichtige Themen in die öffentliche Diskussion einbringen und ein Netzwerk zwischen Regierung, Nichtregierungsorganisationen und lokalen Initiativen knüpfen. (ST)

In der derzeitigen medienwissenschaftlichen Diskussion wird gefragt, wie sich der Übergang in eine Informationsgesellschaft auf die Regulierungsansätze und instrumente auswirkt und inwieweit Alternativen innerhalb des Rechts und zum Recht denkbar sind. Auf einer Metaebene wird vom Verfasser untersucht, ob und wie die derzeitigen Rechtsordnungen und politischen Systeme die Veränderungen im Regelwerk angemessen aufgreifen können. An einem Fallbeispiel wird ein Vergleich zwischen der Entstehung der rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen für digitales Fernsehen in Großbritannien und der Bundesrepublik Deutschland gezogen. Dabei wird die Gesetzgebungsaktivität in beiden Ländern vom 22. Juni 1993 bis 31. Dezember 1998 bezüglich desselben, z.T. durch europäische Vorgaben definierten Regelungsbereichs betrachtet. Daraus werden Anregungen für eine Effektivierung der Regelformulierung abgeleitet. Insgesamt erweist sich eine den Normsetzungsprozess reflektierende Gesetzgebungslehre als nützlich für die mit der Informationsgesellschaft verbundenen Veränderungen. (BB)

Points out the irony in claims of poststructuralist theories of identity construction that omit a comparable genealogy of construction theories specifically conceptualized as white identity. This leads to a cultural studies proposition that, while gender & race of the Other are discursive constructions, whiteness is not. A similar void surrounding construction of white identity is noted in the work of critical feminists & postcolonial poststructuralists. Mutually reinforcing categories of Otherness & whiteness are drawn from the works of Franz Fanon (1967) & Toni Morrison (1989) to develop a different theoretical framework for studying whiteness, arguing that both white & Other are able to author the construction of whiteness. This framework is applied to three popular culture films that reflect whiteness in relation to Others in different cultural political contexts: David Lean's Passage to India; Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing; & Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves. How these films construct whiteness in the modalities of dialectics, synchronous, & syncretic identities is examined. 29 References. J. Lindroth

"Asylum policy making in the industrialised world is often described as a typical collective action problem. According to the common adage, states have an incentive to implement unilateral deterrence measures against refugees. The Prisoner's Dilemma analogy is, however, of limited analytical value and cannot account for restrictive, tough co-operative endeavours like the Schengen agreement that most member states of the European Union have signed. A non-cooperative asylum game tries to close the gap between theory and reality and shows that neighbouring states have a joint interest in establishing an exclusive asylum regime. Panel regressions support some of the hypotheses that are derived from the political economy framework. The statistical tests establish that asylum policies have converged to a considerable extent over the past decade. This is especially the case for Western Europe where economic factors such as unemployment and inflation rather than political variables seem to be the driving forces of the exclusionary policy. The statistical analysis is based on a new data set on immigration policies in the OECD area from 1980 to 1995." (author¿s abstract)

"The author argues that differences among European societies with regard to the participation of women in the labour market can not be adequately explained only by differences in the institutional frameworks established by their respective welfare states. The comparison of the development of women's employment participation in the Netherlands, West Germany and Finland has shown that it is necessary to revise the common understanding of the relation between welfare state policy and female labour participation. It is not the institutions per se that result in the employment behaviour of women. It is rather the interplay of gender culture, gender order and the behaviour of women within the framework of gender arrangements. Differences between countries in the development of the labour force participation of women and of the proportion of women working part-time can be primarily explained by differences in the cultural traditions between countries. It is moreover important to look at how the policies of the state, companies and collective actors relate to cultural change, for the degree and speed of actual change in social practice is to an important degree dependent on these policies." (author's abstract)

"The author argues that differences among European societies with regard to the participation of women in the labour market can not be adequately explained only by differences in the institutional frameworks established by their respective welfare states. The comparison of the development of women's employment participation in the Netherlands, West Germany and Finland has shown that it is necessary to revise the common understanding of the relation between welfare state policy and female labour participation. It is not the institutions per se that result in the employment behaviour of women. It is rather the interplay of gender culture, gender order and the behaviour of women within the framework of gender arrangements. Differences between countries in the development of the labour force participation of women and of the proportion of women working part-time can be primarily explained by differences in the cultural traditions between countries. It is moreover important to look at how the policies of the state, companies and collective actors relate to cultural change, for the degree and speed of actual change in social practice is to an important degree dependent on these policies." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))