Schlagwort: connosco
Dezentralisierung
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...
Entwicklung der deutsch-lateinamerikanischen Wirtschaftsbeziehungen
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...
Gerechtigkeit und Frieden für Kolumbien?
Abstract [en]: After decades of armed conflict the Colombian government and the major guerilla Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) started peace negotiation in November 2012. In Colombian history various efforts to end armed conflict by means of negotiations were made, some of them concluding in demobilization of smaller guerilla groups....
Fokus Lateinamerika: 6th Cologne Latin America Symposium 2016
PRESSEMITTEILUNG: März 2017 März 2017 Fokus Lateinamerika: 6th Cologne Latin America Symposium 2016 IfS und connosco e.V. veröffentlichen Publikationsreihe Seit dem Sommer 2015 kooperieren das Institut für Sozialstrategie (ifs) und connosco e.V. – ein studenti- sches Beratungs- und Dienstleis- tungsunternehmen mit Lateinameri- ka-Fokus. Im Rahmen dieser Koope- ration sind bereits eine Reihe...
Gentrifizierung und ‚Recht auf Stadt’ in Salvador de Bahía
Abstract [en]: After the boom of tourism beginning in the 1960s, people regarded the historic Old Town of Brazil's metropolis Salvador de Bahía as an ideal means for making massive profits. The following redevelopment measures led to a boom as desired but at the expense of the local society from...
Gendergerechtigkeit in Nicaragua
Abstract [en]: Today's situation of women's rights projects in the civil society of Nicaragua is expansive and well structured. They fight continuously against the huge rates of femicides and other forms of sexual and gender based violence. They target quotidian expression ways of structural and gender discriminating violence. These NGOs...
Brasiliens Herausforderungen im Lichte struktureller Sackgassen
Abstract [en]: Brazil’s Lava Jato scandal is more than just a mere corruption scandal involving alleged kickbacks at oil giant Petrobras. It has snowballed into a social crisis; an economic crisis as the scandal’s impact on investment drags Brazil deeper into stagflation; and a political crisis for President Dilma Rousseff. The...
Kolumbien zwischen Staatszerfall und Demokratisierung
Abstract [en]: Since decades Colombia has been embroiled in a spiral of violence from leftist guerilla, righist paramilitary organizations and state security forces. The everday violence has been led in a dramatic fragile statehood. Drug trafficking, repressive measures against civil society, violence and insecurity, weaken political institutions and a high...
Gated Communities in Brasilien
Abstract [en]: More than 70% of the Brazilian population lives in cities, the centres of Brazilian society. Cities are the reflection of society, of processes and structures of social circumstances. The socio-spatial separation is remarkable: On the one hand, there are the often discussed poor districts (‘favelas’), on the other...