Kategorie: Globale Zivilgesellschaft
Abstract [de]: Die Mehrzahl der Entwicklungsländer hat in den letzten Jahrzehnten verfassungsrechtliche Schritte zur Dezentralisierung der politischen und administrativen Strukturen unternommen. Allein in den 1990er Jahren wurden in etwa 70 Ländern Dezentralisierungsgesetze verabschiedet (H. FUHR 1999). Auch dies war eine Konsequenz der Krise des Zentralstaats. Mittlerweile hat sich die anfängliche – vor allem in EZ-Kreisen verbreitete – Dezentralisierungseuphorie etwas gelegt....
Abstract [en]: Since 2004, Latin America’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an above average pace. This has also led to intensified economic relations between Germany and Latin America. In particular, foreign direct investments (FDI) developed positively. In 2004, Latin America hold a share of 2.0% in total German outward FDI stocks; regarding the number of employees abroad, the quota...
Abstract [en]: We found polarization both a threat and a chance for civil society, depending how it is taken. But this is linked to one of the core questions about civil society, especially global society – the question of its unity. Thinking about increasing polarization it is a challenge to even talk about one civil society within state borders,...
Abstract [en] Polarization isn’t just a challenge for politics, it is a challenge for many democratic societies. And it is a topic that questions much we hoped about civil society, within state borders and on a global scope. There are referenda and elections with results many thought would never happen. Taken as such polarization seems one of the biggest threats we...
