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Mit dem Fokus »Tötungssinn« rücken die Beiträge des neuen Heftes die rahmenden, ermöglichenden oder reflexiven Sinnhorizonte kollektiver, vernichtender Gewalt in das Zentrum der Analysen. Dabei werden unter anderem Aspekte der ideologischweltanschaulichen Selbstermächtigung und Mobilisierung, Aspekte der zeitgenössischen wie historischen Deutung von Ereignissen kollektiver Gewalt oder Aspekte der Perpetuierung und Fortsetzung von systematischen Massentötungen unter den Bedingungen der Systemerosion und der sogenannten »Endphase« des Dritten Reichs in den Blick genommen. Ebenso wird die Bedeutung von Egodokumenten und autobiographischen Zeugnissen für die Erzeugung eines Wissens über Völkermorde oder die Reflexion von Holocaust und Genoziden in der politischen Bildung, der Toleranz- und der Menschenrechtserziehung diskutiert.Beiträge:Medardus Brehl: Die Welt-Anschauer. Politische Ästhetik und Selbstermächtigung in NS-Autonarrativen der >Kampfzeit

This book advances North Atlantic Treaty Organization (henceforth, NATO) burden analysis through a decomposition of the political, financial, social, and defense burdens members take on for the institution. The overemphasis of committing a minimum of 2% of member state Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to defense spending, as a proxy indicator of alliance commitment does not properly reflect how commitments reduce risks should Article V be invoked through attack (i.e., 2% is a political & symbolic target adopted by Defense Ministers in 2006 at Riga). Considering defense burdens multi-dimensionally explains why some members overcontribute, as well as, why burden sharing negotiations cause friction among 30 diverse members with differing threats and risks. In creating a comprehensive institutional burden management model and focusing on risks to members, the book explores the weaknesses of major theories on the study and division of collective burdens andinstitutional assets. It argues that member risks and threats are essential to understanding how burdens are distributed across a set of overlapping institutions within NATO¿s structure providing its central goods. The importance of the USA, as a defense underwriter for some, affects negotiations despite its absence from research empirically; new data permit testing the argument (Kavanaugh 2014). This book contributes conceptual innovation and theoretical analysis to advance student, researcher, and policymaker understanding of burden management, strategic bargaining, and defense cooperation. The contribution is a generalizable risk management model of IO burden sharing using NATO as the case for scientific study due to its prominence.

This peer-reviewed book provides detailed insights into how space and its applications are, and can be used to support the development of the full range and diversity of African societies, as encapsulated in the African Union's Agenda 2063. Following on from Part 1 and 2, which were highly acclaimed by the space community, it focuses on the role of space in supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals in Africa, but covers an even more extensive array of relevant and timely topics addressing all facets of African development. It demonstrates that, while there have been significant achievements in recent years in terms of economic and social development, which have lifted many of Africa's people out of poverty, there is still a great deal that needs to be done to fulfill the basic needs of Africa's citizens and afford them the dignity they deserve. To this end, space is already being employed in diverse fields of human endeavor to serve Africa's goals for its future, but there is much room for further incorporation of space systems and data. Providing a comprehensive overview of the role space is playing in helping Africa achieve its developmental aspirations, the book will appeal to both students and professionals in fields such as space studies, international relations, governance, and social and rural development.

Aufbauend auf den Untersuchungen des Projektes JUROP zu den Einstellungen Jugendlicher zu Europa und der EU wurden Bildungsformate für die schulische und außerschulische Europabildung konzipiert, durchgeführt und evaluiert. Diese werden nun in der Methodenhandreichung "Europa zeitgemäß unterrichten" vorgestellt. Die Methoden ermöglichen inhaltliche Diskussionen und orientieren sich an der Lebenswelt Jugendlicher. So werden beispielweise Social Media genutzt, um Wünsche, Fragen und Interessen der Jugendlichen aufzugreifen. Dies ist auch auf andere Inhalte übertragbar. Damit wird ein wesentlicher Teil der Lebenswelt vieler Jugendlicher für die politische Bildung nutzbar gemacht.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2023 im Fachbereich Organisation und Verwaltung - Öffentliche Verwaltung, Note: 1,7, Universität Kassel (Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften), Veranstaltung: Empirische Forschungsmethoden, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Hausarbeit stellt eine fundierte Untersuchung im Bereich der empirischen Forschung dar. Sie konzentriert sich auf den Social Desirability Bias (SDB), eine wesentliche Verzerrung in Umfragedaten, die auftritt, wenn Teilnehmende Antworten geben, die sie für sozial erwünscht halten. Dieser Bias ist besonders problematisch in Pretests, die für die Validierung und Verbesserung der Methodik in Hauptstudien unerlässlich sind.Die Arbeit beleuchtet verschiedene Methoden und deren Kombinationen, um den SDB in Pretests effektiv zu minimieren. Sie bietet eine umfassende Analyse von Ansätzen wie der Split-Ballot-Technik, Randomized Response Technique (RRT), dem Einsatz indirekter Fragen, Anonymisierung der Befragten, sowie der Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding (BIDR). Durch den Vergleich dieser Methoden und die Betrachtung ihrer Kombinationen eröffnet die Arbeit innovative Möglichkeiten, die Genauigkeit und Zuverlässigkeit von Umfragedaten zu steigern.Die Hausarbeit zeichnet sich durch eine gründliche methodische Analyse und hohe praktische Relevanz aus. Sie liefert wichtige Erkenntnisse für Forschende und Praktiker in der empirischen Sozialforschung, die sich mit der Herausforderung des SDB auseinandersetzen. Mit praxisnahen Beispielen und einer detaillierten Bewertung der einzelnen Methoden dient diese Arbeit als akademischer Beitrag und praktischer Leitfaden zur Verbesserung der Datenqualität in der Umfrageforschung.

This book provides an in-depth insight into the ecological perspective on a number of ongoing issues pertaining to security, the economy, the state, global environmental governance, development, and the environment. The chapters critically compare and analyze the role of global eco-politics in understanding and sorting out issues linked with climate change. Furthermore, it presents a contemporary and accessible description of why we need to embrace eco-politics in order to address the various ecological challenges that we face in the current changing climate scenario.

Es febrero de 1987. Centro América continúa siendo el ajedrez en el que Estados Unidos y a Unión Soviética mueven las piezas de la Guerra Fría. En medio de esa coyuntura, organizaciones de derechos humanos norteamericanas denuncian que la administración Reagan "corrompe al gobierno y al proceso democrático de Honduras".El presidente José Azcona, que no se anda por las ramas, responde. "Ese tipo de acusaciones son totalmente descabelladas y puras tonterías". Apenas unas horas después, el mandatario hondureño llamó visiblemente molesto a la embajada estadounidense acreditada en Tegucigalpa, para reclamar sobre las declaraciones de varios congresistas del Partido Demócrata en relación a la presencia de los Contras en Honduras.

Sison Reader Series Book 21, People's Rights, Justice and Peace clarifies the relationship between the struggle for national sovereignty and civil rights. This involves understanding the structure of political relations and of political power in a given society. We learn that national freedom necessitates recognition and assertion of the fact of classes and organized groups within our society and within which conscious individuals exist and operate. These classes and organized groups mediate or bridge without exception the individual with the nation.

This book explores the ethical problems of algorithmic bias and its potential impact on populations that experience health disparities by examining the historical underpinnings of explicit and implicit bias, the influence of the social determinants of health, and the inclusion of racial and ethnic minorities in data. Over the last twenty-five years, the diagnosis and treatment of disease have advanced at breakneck speeds. Currently, we have technologies that have revolutionized the practice of medicine, such as telemedicine, precision medicine, big data, and AI. These technologies, especially AI, promise to improve the quality of patient care, lower health care costs, improve patient treatment outcomes, and decrease patient mortality. AI may also be a tool that reduces health disparities; however, algorithmic bias may impede its success. This book explores the risks of using AI in the context of health disparities. It is of interest to health services researchers,ethicists, policy analysts, social scientists, health disparities researchers, and AI policy makers.

The Sun, Energy, and Climate Change conveys one central idea ¿ that we can utilize energy without continuing to harm the planet by increasing our reliance on energy from the sun. This accessible guide stresses the sun¿s importance as our ultimate energy source by focusing on climate change from an energy perspective and explains the naturally balanced energy transfer from the sun to the earth and society¿s consumption of this energy. This book is for anyone worried about environmental damage from our reliance on fossil fuels and the global fight against climate change. The key message being we do not have to accept the inevitable and can work to prevent the worst.

This book answers why anti-trade forces in developing countries sometimes fail to effectively exert pressure on their governments. The backlash against globalization spread across several Latin American countries in the 2000s, yet a few countries such as Peru doubled down on their bets on free trade by signing bilateral agreements with the US and the EU. This study uses evidence from three Latin American countries (Peru, Argentina, and Bolivia) to suggest that geography can play a significant role in shaping trade preferences and undermining the formation and clout of distributional coalitions that seek protectionism. Because trade liberalization can have uneven distributional impacts along regional lines, trade liberalization losers can find themselves in unfavorable conditions to associate and engage in collective action. Under these circumstances, few coalitions emerge to battle for protection in the policy arena, and when they do, geographic distance from decision-makers in the capital city can be a significant barrier to realizing their interests. As a result, even where a majority of the population living in regions that have not benefitted from trade elect a leftist president, trade reform reversal will not occur unless protectionist interests are close to the capital city. The contrast between Peru, on one side, and Argentina and Bolivia, on the other, highlights the powerful influence geography can have on reversing trade policy or preserving the status quo.

This proceedings book addresses the main issues of contemporary political geography and international relations, providing a platform for discussion and collaboration of experts in the fields of Political Geography, Geopolitics, International Relations, etc. Participants from all over the world consider the controversies and challenges posed by globalization, focusing, in particular, on the ideologies of globalization and regionalism, migration crises, prevention of ethnic conflicts, and measures to promote sustainable development. The content of the book may be interesting to expert community, academics and popular audience.

This book provides a comprehensive account of EU's renewable energy policy development as it traces the agenda-shaping, policy formulation and decision-making phases of the EU's secondary legislation on renewable energy ¿ that is the three successive directives of 2001 (RES-E), 2009 (RED), and 2018 (RED II). It also explores the EU's energy policymaking dynamics and assess integration outcomes of these three policymaking instances in the renewable energy field from a comparative perspective. Enriched with elite interviews with the Brussels policy community, and drawing on European integration and public policy literature, the proposed book will resonate with and offer relevant insights to students, scholars, stakeholders, and policymakers interested in EU energy policy, in particular, and European integration, in general.