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With Fridays for Future, the climate protests have gained such a social scope and political attention they never had before. But who is actually participating in this social movement, what motivates people to protest, and what are the attitudes of those involved? Several surveys among protesters from 2019 form the starting point of the analysis by Sebastian Haunss, Moritz Sommer and 26 other authors of this book. In twelve chapters, they provide insights into decision-making and mobilization structures of local Fridays for Future groups, analyse reactions to the protests in media, politics and society, and examine the attitudes of the youth and young adults towards climate change issues. The individual chapters are written to provide a broader audience with access to the initial research findings on Fridays for Future.

Ob Stress, Erschöpfung, Armut, Klimawandel oder Neoautoritarismus: Die Krisenförmigkeit des Gegenwartskapitalismus ist unübersehbar. Mit 'Resilienz' wird vor diesem Hintergrund nicht zufällig eine Norm der Selbst- und Menschenführung populär, die die flexible Anpassungsfähigkeit von Subjekten und Systemen an eine prinzipiell krisenförmige Umwelt propagiert. Wer resilient ist, so die Botschaft, bleibt auch in unsicheren Zeiten erfolgreich, glücklich und gesund. Gesellschaftliche Strukturbedingungen werden dabei tendenziell unsichtbar.Stefanie Graefe unterzieht die aktuelle Konjunktur der Resilienz einer kritischen Überprüfung und fragt nach dem Preis, den wir für das Lob der Krisenfestigkeit zahlen müssen.

Does the protection of children in Germany really fail with 'cruel regularity', as is often claimed in popular debates? How is the German child protection system structured anyhow? And: What are its strong points and what are its weaknesses? This paper critically explores the thesis of 'the failure of the system' in child protection and informs about its faults as well as its successes. It explains statistics, includes scandals and takes a stand concerning the current state of the German child protection system. Contradictory to sensational claims that characterize public debates, one thing becomes apparent: Germany does protect its children though there is still room for improvements. Therefore this book provides an urgently needed objectification of a debate that worries our society.