Der Forschungsbereich Globale Zivilgesellschaft ist Herzstück des IfS. Es geht um die zentrale Frage, in welcher Gesellschaft wir zusammen leben wollen. Denn unter Globale Zivilgesellschaft versteht das IfS: Alle Menschen und Organisationen, soweit sie nicht Akteure des Staates oder des organisierten Verbrechens sind. Dieses breite Verständnis spiegelt sich in den Beiträgen wider.
Kategorie: Globale Zivilgesellschaft
Was ist Wahrheit?
Abstract [en]: What is Truth? The world as a place capable of truth and the challenge of global ethics for living together in peace Especially in a time of hypes around fake news, we have to ask the question if there is something like "truth". There cannot be any reference to...
Violence in Bolivia in October and November 2019
Resumen [es]: Violentas protestas caracterizan Bolivia actualmente. Las razones parecen claras – todo esto es relacionado con la elección de octubre y la dimisión de Evo Morales. Pero esto solo describe la superficie, tenemos que mirar que estar detrás. Así podemos entender que la sociedad de Bolivia es dividida y que...
Kultur und Freiheit in einer digitalen Welt
Abstract [en]: The effects of digital communication on culture is a challenge of its own. As in many other cases, it is highly ambivalent: It creates better access and enlarges potential audiences for high-end culture such as paintings, music and others. On the other hand, digital experience is definitely different...
Protests, Publicity and Change
Abstract [en]: ‚Feminist‘ protests are currently moving Mexico, turning against sexism and femicides. But they are indeed a new form of ‘feminism’, a public face of a struggle against intersectional discrimination in a society that perpetuates violence. It is about questions of representation, reporting and perception, so as not to...
A Brexit view from the standpoint of an English person living in Germany
September 2019 A Brexit view from the standpoint of an English person living in Germany get pdf: A Brexit View from the standpoint of an English person living in Germany It is worrying and frustrating to be a witness to the chaos and divisive events and uncertain times as well...
Das Grundgesetz: veritable Referenzordnung in der Form westlich-atlantischer Verfassungen
Abstract [en]: Political and social upheavel such as the fall of the Iron Curtain often result in a new constitutional order. Having regained their liberty and national independence, Central and East European states - Poland and Hungary as example - required guidance for their deliberations and, therefore, turned to different...
Angst vor Kontrollverlust in einer veränderten Welt
Abstract [en]: In a world with an enormous speed of change, people are exposed to fears of losing control over their own lives. For the origins of populist movements, the feeling of “loss of control” shows better empirical evidence than some economic and political arguments such as a rising gap...
Sexuelle und Reproduktive Rechte als global ’neu entdeckte’ Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte. Teil 3
Abstract [en]: Sexual and Reproductive Rights developed since the 1980s on a global level as increasingly inclusive concept. Finally, they got the status of human rights. But at the same time, they have and had the character of minority rights, e.g. they protect minority sexual identities. But as far as...
Sexuelle und Reproduktive Rechte als global ’neu entdeckte’ Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte. Teil 2
Abstract [en]: Sexual and Reproductive Rights developed since the 1980s on a global level as increasingly inclusive concept. Finally, they got the status of human rights. But at the same time, they have and had the character of minority rights, e.g. they protect minority sexual identities. But as far as...
Sexuelle und Reproduktive Rechte als global ’neu entdeckte’ Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte. Teil 1
Die Studie "Sexuelle und Reproduktive Rechte als global 'neu entdeckte' Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte. Durchsetzung durch legale Rahmensetzung oder (vernetzte und global eingebundene) zivilgesellschaftliche Aktivitäten. Eine Untersuchung der Fälle Ecuador und Kolumbien mit einem Rekurs auf Venezuela" von Dr. Mario Faust-Scalisi wird durch das ifs in den folgenden Wochen digital in...