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Heinz Sunker
The dominant form of globalisation, i.e. financial globalisation, is the biggest challenge for employees and their representations of interest. If it remains largely unregulated, not only the natural resources will…
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This text sets out to challenge the reader by posing the question: can we learn from history? More particularly, can we learn from social history and the effects on people…
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Educators from the US, UK, Canada, Netherlands, FRG, Israel, and Sweden survey the current educational scene in the US and Western Europe, major policy debates, and possible solutions for current…
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Die Beitrage dieses Bandes fragen im Kontext gesellschaftsanalytischer und gesellschaftspolitischer Analysen nach den Voraussetzungen und Perspektiven Sozialer Arbeit in heutigen gesellschaftlichen Konflikten und Kampfen.
Uzi Rebhun,Dani Kranz,Heinz Sunker
Explores the delicate interplay between emigration of Jews from Israel to Germany and the construction of a new identity in the shadow of antisemitism both past and present in their…
This interdisciplinary book includes international contributions from the fields of political science, economy, sociology, social work, philosophy and education. The major topics deal with contemporary challenges in social analysis, social…
Serajul Hoque
Global trade liberalization with regard to the readymade garments industry is a topic of highest relevance for the Bangladeshi economy and linked very strongly to its changing social structure. Garment…
Given the catastrophic history of the ‘short 20th century’ (Hobsbawm), the crucial question facing the new millennium-all over the world-is that of the future social as well as political development…
Japan and Germany as the number two and three of the economic powers base their success more than others on their industries. These have created in the past heavy environmental…
Papers presented at the EU-Japan Workshop on Corporate Social Responsibility, held in Tokyo, November 26-27, 2004.
A selection of 23 papers from a June 2003 conference in Bologna examine whether there is a relationship between company strategies and the quality of working life, and if so…
The publication takes account of the fundamental developments transforming social work in Europe at the beginning of the 21st century. A European standard of social work has already emerged, but…
We are living in a time of resurgent global conflicts and imperialistic tensions-a time in which many children are being left behind by school systems that appear more concerned with…
Scholars from eight countries describe in this interdisciplinary and internationally oriented book trends in Democratization, Europeanization, and Globalization. The subjects covered include authoritarianism, political socialization and education as well as…
Das deutsche Bildungssystem befoerdert soziale Ungleichheit in einem erheblichen Masse. Geplante Veranderungen, die auf eine Vermarktung abzielen, verstarken dies noch. Gewerkschaften wie deren Mitglieder werden durch diese Entwicklungen noch mehr…
For a long time, scientific knowledge on children and childhood was almost exclusively produced by educationalists and developmental psychologists. In recent years, however, a new approach originating in Europe was…
Birgit Risse
Originally presented as the author’s thesis (doctoral)–Universiteat Wuppertal, 2003.
Anja Bastigkeit
Originally presented as the author’s thesis (doctoral)–Universiteat Wuppertal, 2006.
Christoph Sanger
Wie wichtig ist Literatur fur Bildung? Literatur, ehemals Bildungsmedium Nr. 1, droht zum Auslaufmodell zu werden, seitdem die neuen Medien ihren Siegeszug angetreten haben. In dieser Situation sind uberzeugende literaturpadagogische…
Uzi Rebhun, Dani Kranz, Heinz Suenker
Given the catastrophic history of the ‘short 20th century’ (Hobsbawm), the crucial question facing the new millennium - all over the world - is that of the future social as…
Since the 1990s, the emerging field of childhood studies has been catalyst for empirical research, for policy analysis, and for the development of professional practice. Which concepts and theories are…
