Schlagwort: Zivilgesellschaft
Unternehmensverantwortung in der Lieferkette
Abstract [en]: This pilot-study analyzes the human rights responsibilities of business in global supply chains, in particular binding legal regulation. The adoption of a supply chain law in Germany does not simply mark the end point of a longer development, it also signals the beginning of a new dynamic. Against...
Tagungsbericht: „Wissenschaft als Teil der Zivilgesellschaft“
Abstract [en]: Recent epochal events, such as the pandemic, natural disasters, climate change, global migration movements motivated by hunger, scarcity of resources, lack of life prospects and, last but not least, a terrible war of aggression, have disproved previous certainties in a devastating way. What can science and civil society...
Eine europäische Zivilgesellschaft?
Abstract [en]: Based on different institutional formats for international youth exchanges, this contribution develops the idea of a "European Youth Foundation" to bundle and promote different civil society initiatives in the field of youth exchange programs and youth participation. The argument aims that for an active and sustainable Europe there...
Companies as Part of Civil Society
Abstract [en]: As societal expectations towards company values increased over time, there is an ongoing discussion about the role of companies in civil society. Therefore, this paper briefly defines basic concepts like values, ethics and civil society and analyzes Merck’s actions, their code of conduct and corporate responsibility report. Conducting a small-scale ethical evaluation rating according...
Rezension: Die Transnationalisierung der sozialen Welt (Ludger Pries)
Dieser Beitrag ist Teil unserer Literaturecke: Dort veröffentlichen wir Kurzrezensionen und Literaturtipps unserer Mitarbeiter_innen und Verbundenen. Anne Häseker rezensiert die Monographie von Ludger Pries. Die Transnationalisierung der sozialen Welt. Sozialräume jenseits von Nationalgesellschaften. get pdf: Rezension Anne Häseker über Ludger Pries Pries, Ludger (2015). Die Transnationalisierung der sozialen Welt. Sozialräume...
Rezensionen: Globale Zivilgesellschaft (Sammlung)
Dieser Beitrag ist Teil unserer Literaturecke: Dort veröffentlichen wir Kurzrezensionen und Literaturtipps unserer Mitarbeiter_innen und Verbundenen. Sonja Knobbe stellt hier eine Sammlung an Literatur vor: Dieter Gosewinkel, Dieter Rucht, Wolfgang van den Daele, Jürgen Kocka (Hrsg.): Zivilgesellschaft - national und transnational. WZB-Jahrbuch, Berlin 2004. [Deutsch]Manfred Hildermeier / Jürgen Kocka / Christoph...
Gesellschaftliche und politische Polarisierung
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...
Eine Brücke von beiden Seiten, die alle Beteiligten zur Veränderung führt
Abstract [de]: Am 29. Juli 2016 fand in der Geschäftsstelle des Instituts für Sozialstrategie in Bad Wimpfen ein Dialogsymposium zum Thema Flüchtlinge, Bildung und Arbeitswelt statt. Eingefunden hatten sich Personen aus der Zivilgesellschaft, weiterhin Vertreterinnen und Vertreter des Weinbauverbands Baden-Württemberg, der Handwerkskammer, der Steinbeis University, des KIT und anderer Institutionen....
Proteste zum Staudammbau „Belo Monte“ in Brasilien
Abstract [en]: Brazil is a leading country in renewable energies. Hydropower occupies the main part of the energy supply of the country. Nevertheless, it is precisely the construction of large dam project, as is exemplified by the hydroelectric power plant Belo Monte, which is accompanied by massive socio-ecological conflicts. The...
Die Bedeutung der Familie in der Zivilgesellschaft
Abstract [en]: On the Importance of Family in Civil Society All over the world, families continue to be driving forces for the development of each individual person. Families, however, cannot exist without a surrounding civil society which gains familiar influence by prohibiting familiar violence, by demanding school attendance and by offering...