TY - JOUR A1 - Zaklan, Aleksandar A1 - Cullmann, Astrid A1 - Neumann, Anne A1 - von Hirschhausen, Christian T1 - The globalization of steam coal markets and the role of logistics an empirical analysis JF - Energy economics N2 - In this paper, we provide a comprehensive multivariate cointegration analysis of three parts of the steam coal value chain - export, transport and import prices. The analysis is based on a rich dataset of international coal prices: in particular, we combine data on steam coal prices with freight rates, covering the period December 2001 until August 2009 at weekly frequency. We then test whether the demand and supply side components of steam coal trade are consistently integrated with one another. In addition, export and import prices as well as freight rates for individual trading routes, across regions and globally are combined. We find evidence of significant yet incomplete integration. We also find heterogeneous short-term dynamics of individual markets. Furthermore, we examine whether logistics enter coal price dynamics through transportation costs, which are mainly determined by oil prices. Our results suggest that this is generally not the case. KW - Steam coal KW - Market integration KW - Multivariate cointegration Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2011.03.001 SN - 0140-9883 VL - 34 IS - 1 SP - 105 EP - 116 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Yang, Ling A1 - Bao, Hongwei T1 - Queerly intimate friends, fans and affective communication in a Super Girl fan fiction community JF - Cultural studies : theorizing politics, politicizing theory N2 - This article examines the rise of the Girls' Love (GL) fan fiction community in contemporary China. More specifically, we focus on the 'Pink Super Girl Bar', an online fan fiction community devoted to the pairing of the contestants of the 2006 season of Super Girl, an entertainment program featured on Hunan Satellite TV that enjoys great popularity in the Sinophone world. Through an ethnographic account of the formation, convention and performativity of identities and socialities in this community, we demonstrate how Super Girl GL fans mobilize their emotional capital to create artworks, to have fun and to enrich their everyday lives. We argue that the GL fan fiction community has become a space of female homosociality, intimacy and affect in which a new generation of young Chinese women actively enact friendship and female subjectivity in a way that refuses the normalization of gender, sexuality and social relations. Moreover, by linking fan studies to affect studies and emotional geography, and by paying particular attention to indigenous concepts and cultural practices in mainland China's fan communities, we wish to contribute to fan studies with feminist, queer and transnational perspectives. KW - Super Girl KW - fan fiction KW - Girls' Love KW - emotional geography KW - affective communication KW - fan community Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/09502386.2012.679286 SN - 0950-2386 VL - 26 IS - 6 SP - 842 EP - 871 PB - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group CY - Abingdon ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wobbe, Theresa T1 - Making up People occupational classification patterns, gendered categorization, and economic inclusion around 1900 in Germany JF - Zeitschrift für Soziologie N2 - According to gender and labor market research, differentiation of male and female work is not primarily grounded in specific tasks but rather rooted in male and female features attributed to work. In this paper, the effects of classification patterns are related to the categories used in occupational statistics. According to this argument statistical patterns contribute to gradual processes of inclusion into society by categorizing people. Put more precisely, this process of "making up people" (Hacking 1986) is conflated with gendered views of persons. This conceptual conflation is examined in the historical context of emerging occupational statistics, social sciences, and law in Germany around 1900. Inasmuch as statistical observation differentiated between economically productive and non-productive work, gendered distinctions were deeply encoded in its categories. These distinctions were institutionalized by means of the social scientific definition of role models as well as legal codification. In the conclusion, the sociology of knowledge approach followed in this paper is extended toward a discussion of broader questions of inclusion and gender inequality. In order to explain the persistence of gendered classifications in the organization of work in society, further gender inequality research needs to account for the enduring social evidence and symbolic relevance of sex classifications at the meso and macro levels. KW - Sociology of Knowledge KW - Historical Sociology KW - Occupational Statistics KW - Inclusion KW - Gendered Categorization KW - Belonging Y1 - 2012 SN - 0340-1804 VL - 41 IS - 1 SP - 41 EP - 57 PB - Lucius & Lucius CY - Stuttgart ER - TY - THES A1 - Tarvenkorn, Alexander T1 - Aufstiege aus der Mittelschicht : soziale Aufstiegsmobilität von Haushalten zwischen 1984 und 2010 T1 - The way up from middle class : social upward mobility of households between 1984 and 2010 N2 - Die Dissertation widmet sich den intragenerationalen Aufstiegsprozessen von Haushalten aus der Mittelschicht zu den Wohlhabenden. Intragenerationale Mobilitätsforschung wird bislang vor allem als arbeitsmarktbezogene Inidivualmobilität angesehen. Diese Dissertation erweitert den Ansatz auf die Ebene des Haushaltes. Dem liegt der Gedanke zugrunde, dass die soziale Position eines Individuums nicht allein durch sein Erwerbseinkommen determiniert wird. Ebenso entscheidend ist der Kontext des Haushaltes. Dieser bestimmt darüber, wie viele Personen zum Einkommen beitragen können und wie viele daran partizipieren. Weiterhin kommt der Haushaltsebene in Paar-Haushalten die Rolle des Aushandlungsortes zu. Hier wird über Familienplanung, Kinderwunsch und damit in Zusammenhang stehend auch über die Erwerbsbeteiligung der Partner entscheiden. Die vorliegende Dissertation untersucht diese Annahmen mithilfe von Daten des Sozioökonomischen Panels (SOEP) der Jahre 1984 bis 2010. Der Fokus liegt auf der Erwerbsbeteiligung und dem Bildungsniveau des Haushaltes, seiner Struktur, sowie dem Beruf des Haushaltsvorstandes. Es wird davon ausgegangen, dass dies die Hauptfaktoren sind, die über die finanziellen Möglichkeiten eines Haushaltes entscheiden. Ein weiterer Schwerpunkt der Arbeit liegt in der Berücksichtigung des historischen Kontextes, da anzunehmen ist, dass die oben benannten Faktoren sich und ihren Einfluss auf die Aufstiegsmöglichkeiten von Haushalten im historischen Verlauf verändert haben. N2 - This dissertation is about the intra-generational upward mobility of households from middle to upper class. Research on intra-generational mobility often only analyses individual mobility in the context of labour market. This dissertation takes an additional look on the context of households. This is done on the opinion that the social position of individuals is not only determined by its labour market income. Also the context of the household is very important. The structure of household decides about how many individuals can contribute income to the household income and how many people participate from this income. In a couple-household it is also the place to decide about family planning, children and related to this about labour participation of each individual. The dissertation analyses these hypotheses with the data of the socio-economic panel (SOEP) of the years 1984 to 2010. The focus of this analysis is on labour market participation, the level of education, the structure of households and the job of the head of household. It is assumend that these are the main criterias which determine the household income and so the chance to upward mobility. An additional focus of the dissertation is on the historical context. It is assumed that the mentioned criterias change their influences on the upward mobility of households over time. KW - Soziale Ungleichheit KW - Sozialstruktur KW - Haushalt KW - Aufstiegsmobilität KW - Social Unequality KW - Social Structure KW - Household KW - Upward Mobility Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-65331 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sutton, Katie T1 - "We too deserve a place in the sun" the politics of transvestiteidentity in Weimar Germany JF - German studies review N2 - Cross-dressing took on new political meanings in Germany's Weimar Republic, with the emergence of organizations and periodicals aimed at promoting the interests of self-identified "transvestites." This new sexological category, developed by Magnus Hirschfeld in 1910, formed the basis for a shared sense of identity and belonging among individuals who identified as members of the "opposite" sex. Drawing on the experiences of the homosexual emancipation movement and discourses of bourgeois respectability, middle-class transvestites came together to demand legal and social recognition, including acknowledgement of "transsexual" desires. Their efforts represent a critical but forgotten moment in the history of transgender political activism. Y1 - 2012 SN - 0149-7952 VL - 35 IS - 2 SP - 335 EP - 354 PB - Johns Hopkins Univ. Press CY - Tempe ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stecker, Christian T1 - The role of governments in legislative agenda setting JF - Politische Vierteljahresschrift : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft Y1 - 2012 SN - 0032-3470 VL - 53 IS - 4 SP - 703 EP - 705 PB - Nomos CY - Hannover ER - TY - INPR A1 - Sprinz, Detlef F. T1 - Long-Term environmental policy challenges for research T2 - The journal of environment & development : a review of international policy N2 - Long-term policy issues are a particularly vexing class of environmental policy issues which merit increasing attention due to the long-time horizons involved, the incongruity with political cycles, and the challenges for collective action. Following the definition of long-term environmental policy challenges, I pose three questions as challenges for future research, namely 1. Are present democracies well suited to cope with long-term policy challenges? 2. Are top-down or bottom-up solutions to long-term environmental policy challenges advisable? 3. Will mitigation and adaptation of environmental challenges suffice? In concluding, the contribution raises the issue of credible commitment for long-term policy issues and potential design options. KW - anniversary issue KW - long-term policy KW - definition KW - design options KW - environmental policy Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/1070496511435667 SN - 1070-4965 VL - 21 IS - 1 SP - 67 EP - 70 PB - Sage Publ. CY - Thousand Oaks ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Speck, Karsten A1 - Backhaus-Maul, Holger A1 - Friedrich, Peter A1 - Krohn, Maud T1 - Freiwilligenagenturen in Deutschland : Potenziale und Herausforderunen einer vielversprechenden intermediären Organisation Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-3-531-18584-2 PB - Springer VS CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Seyfried, Markus T1 - Problems and methods of quality evaluation in different policy fields JF - Zeitschrift für Evaluation N2 - This article distinguishes methodological problems in quality evaluation and measurement in two policy fields, namely higher education and public broadcasting. Both are characterized by similar external and internal basic conditions and are thus suitable for comparative research. The difficulties of quality measurement and evaluation are discussed with respect to three main features: (1) definition of quality, (2) operationalization of quality and (3) interpretation of quality. Furthermore the identified difficulties in both areas are not always the same, because they depend on different research criteria. Thus the debates of quality measurement and evaluation in higher education and public broadcasting can learn from each other and increase the understanding of quality measurement in general. In addition the comparative design provides opportunities for the development of methods and perspectives. KW - Quality-Measurement KW - Evaluation KW - Higher Education KW - Public Broadcasters Y1 - 2012 SN - 1619-5515 VL - 11 IS - 2 SP - 209 EP - 232 PB - Waxmann CY - Münster ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Scholze, Nicole T1 - Aktuelle familienpolitische Entwicklungen BT - ein Vergleich von Schweden, Großbritannien und Deutschland N2 - Inhalt: 1 Einleitung 2 Familienpolitik 2.1 Was ist „Familie“? 2.2 Begriffsbestimmung - Familienpolitik 2.2.1 Kurzer Rückblick: Wandel der familialen Lebensform im Industriezeitalter 2.2.2 Warum Familienpolitik? Strukturelle Veränderungen der familialen Lebensform 2.2.3 Familienpolitische Wirkung auf die Bevölkerung 2.3 Wohlfahrtslogiken nach Gøsta Esping-Andersen 2.4 Familienpolitische Leistungen in Schweden, Großbritannien und Deutschland 2.4.1 Monetäre Leistungen und Fiskalpolitik 2.4.2 Zeitwerte Anrechte 2.4.3 Infrastrukturelle Angebote der Kinderbetreuung 3 Fazit und Ausblick T3 - Potsdamer Beiträge zur Sozialforschung - 33 Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-62722 ER -