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Agricultural landscapes safeguard ecosystem services (ES) and biodiversity upon which human well-being depends. However, only a fraction of these services are generally considered in land management decisions, resulting in trade-offs and societally inefficient solutions. The TEEB Study (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity) spearheaded the development of assessments of the economic significance of ES and biodiversity. Several national TEEB follow-ups have compiled case studies and derived targeted policy advice. By synthesizing insights from "Natural Capital Germany - TEEB DE" and focusing on rural areas, the objectives of this study were (i) to explore causes of the continued decline of ES and biodiversity, (ii) to introduce case studies exemplifying the economic significance of ES and biodiversity in land use decisions, and (iii) to synthesize key recommendations for policy, planning and management. Our findings indicate that the continued decrease of ES and biodiversity in Germany can be explained by implementation deficits within a well-established nature conservation system. Three case studies on grassland protection, the establishment of riverbank buffer zones and water-sensitive farming illustrate that an economic perspective can convey recognition of the values of ES and biodiversity. We conclude with suggestions for enhanced consideration, improved conservation and sustainable use of ES and biodiversity. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Klassiker der Soziologie
(1997)
Beik, W., Urban protest in seventeenth century France; Cambridge, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1997
(1998)
Kulturelle Hegemonie ohne Machtpolitik : über die Repräsentativität der französischen Salonkultur
(1999)
Die intellektuelle Gründung der Bundesrepublik : eine Wirkungsgeschichte der Frankfurter Schule
(1999)
Das Konkurrenzfeld Universität als Ort der "Normalisierung" feministischer Forschungsinteressen
(2004)
Gender-Mainstreaming : Herausforderung für eine eingreifende Genderforschung und Frauenpolitik
(2002)
Fundraising interdisziplinär : ein Beitrag zur Erneuerung der Kultur gemeinwohlbezogenen Gebens
(2011)
Moving Forces
(2017)
Throughout a large part of the twentieth century, the body was interpreted as a field of signs, the meaning of which pointed to an unconscious dimension. At the height of the popularity of structuralism, Jacques Lacan deemed the unconscious to be “structured like a language.” Starting in the early 1990s, however, a deep shift occurred in the way the body was interpreted. A new movement cast tremendous doubt on the hegemony of language and instead advocated a performative, pictorial, and affective approach — the so-called material turn — which encompassed all of these. In the words of Karen Barad, this turn inquired as to why meaning, history, and truth are assigned to language only, whereas the movements of materiality are given less prominence: “How did language come to be more trustworthy than matter? Why are language and culture granted their own agency and historicity while matter is figured as passive and immutable?” With this shift toward the material, bodies began to be seen in a different light and their materiality understood as something that follows its own laws and movements, which cannot be understood exclusively in terms of social-cultural codes. Instead, these laws and movements call into question the very dichotomies of nature/culture and body/spirit.
Intensive bondage
(2018)
Ecology of Affect
(2017)
The way we conceive the human today is particularly affected by the shifts in media technology during the 20th century. Affect emerges as the new liminal concept that renders the body compatible in novel ways with the technology and politics of media. By ways of a relational reorganization the organic end technological life is condensed in a new, intense way to an ecology of affects.
In a recent article in this journal, Ahrne, Brunsson, and Seidl (2016) suggest a definition of organization as a ‘decided social order’ composed of five elements (membership, rules, hierarchies, monitoring, and sanctions) which rest on decisions. ‘Partial organization’ uses only one or a few of these decidable elements while ‘complete organization’ uses them all. Such decided orders may also occur outside formal organizations, as the authors observe. Although we appreciate the idea of improving our understanding of organization(s) in modern society, we believe that Ahrne, Brunsson, and Seidl's suggestion jeopardizes the concept of organization by blurring its specific meaning. As the authors already draw on the work of Niklas Luhmann, we propose taking this exploration a step further and the potential of systems theory more seriously. Organizational analysis would then be able to retain a distinctive notion of formal organization on the one hand while benefiting from an encompassing theory of modern society on the other. With this extended conceptual framework, we would expect to gain a deeper understanding of how organizations implement and shape different societal realms as well as mediate between their particular logics, and, not least, how they are related to non-organizational social forms (e.g. families).
Kompetenzentwicklung im universitären Studienfach Personal für das Berufsfeld Personalmanagement
(2003)
Georg Büchner: Woyzeck
(2016)
Responding to the global call for a "sustainable economy" requires meaningful insights into sustainability-conscious consumers and their actual buying behaviors. Sustainable consumption is not an all-or-nothing phenomenon because it encompasses several distinct behavioral patterns and consumption types. Therefore, companies are well advised to recognize multiple types of sustainability-conscious consumers with different expectations, attitudes, and values and to implement targeting strategies that do not rest on the assumption of homogeneity. Thus, the objective of this study is to provide a more fine-grained picture of (un)sustainable consumer segments and their differentiated effects in different product markets. Based on three large datasets, we create a robust six-segment typology of consumer consciousness regarding sustainable consumption. By using panel data on actual purchases, the results show not only that sustainability concerns significantly positively influence actual sustainable purchases, as expected, but also that sustainable buying can occur independently of sustainability concerns.
Die Populärkultur hat mit der Sitcom ein eigentümliches Genre im Fernsehen etabliert. Während Fernsehserien oft hinausblicken in jene Bereiche, die sich zum Teil drastisch von der Lebenswelt des Zuschauers unterscheiden, widersetzt sich die Sitcom seit über einem
halben Jahrhundert dieser Blickrichtung. Stattdessen lenkt sie die populärkulturelle Aufmerksamkeit auf Themen, die diesseits unseres
lebensweltlichen Horizonts verortet sind und liefert Alltagsbeschreibungen in pointierter Form. Damit bündelt sie eine Fülle von gesellschaftlichen Relevanzen und situiert sie dort, wo sie zugleich ihr Publikum findet: zu Hause, in den eigenen vier Wänden.
Situation Comedies erweisen sich nicht nur deswegen als soziologische Erkenntnismittel, die – gerade weil es sich bei ihnen um Wirklichkeitskonstruktionen zweiter Ordnung handelt – normativ aufgeladene Bilder des Alltags zeigen. Im Genre der Sitcom wird dem Alltag als Sujet gleichsam ein medialer Ort innerhalb der Populärkultur zugewiesen.
Die damit einhergehenden soziologischen und medialen Facetten ergründet die vorliegende Studie – als erste deutschsprachige Monografie zu dem Thema – im Hinblick auf verschiedene Topoi wissenssoziologisch und hermeneutisch am Beispiel ausgewählter Sitcoms der zurückliegenden 20 Jahre. Als beeindruckend erweisen sich hierbei die tiefgreifenden und bildhaften Analysen der Sitcoms und ihre Rückbindungen an wissens-, kultur- und allgemeinsoziologische Erkenntnisse. Die Sitcom erscheint als Unter-haltungsformat, das nicht nur Alltagsgeschichten erzählt, sondern die Produktions- und Rezeptionsbedingungen dieser Geschichten immer auch miterzählt. Es handelt sich mithin um mediale Artefakte, die gleichsam als unterhaltsame Mittel gesellschaftlicher Wahrnehmung und medialer Selbstwahrnehmung auftreten.
Angelegt als qualitative Studie an der Schnittstelle von Medien- und Sozialwis-senschaften, fügt das Buch dem gegenwärtigen Diskurs um Populärkultur, Fernsehserien und Kulturwissenschaften eine soziologisch fundierte Perspektive hinzu, die für Sozial- und Medienwissenschaftler ebenso anregend ist wie für jene, die mit besonderem Augenmerk auf die gegenwärtige akademische Rezeption von TV-Serien schauen – kenntnisreich dargelegt in einer klaren und zugänglichen Sprache
Neue Haushaltssteuerung
(2011)
Schwerpunkte bilden folgende Themen: Warum eine Verwaltungsreform? Wie soll die neue Führungsstruktur aussehen? Ist Dezentralisierung die richtige Lösung? Wie wird die moderne Verwaltung gesteuert? Die Budgetierung als zentrales Steuerungsverfahren Wie werden Gemeinkosten und Vorleistungen gesteuert? Verknüpfung von Ressourcen- und Produktmanagement Warum brauchen wir ein neues Haushalts- und Rechnungskonzept? Wieviel Kostenrechnung braucht die neue Verwaltung?
Schwerpunkte bilden folgende Themen: Warum eine Verwaltungsreform? Wie soll die neue Führungsstruktur aussehen? Ist Dezentralisierung die richtige Lösung? Wie wird die moderne Verwaltung gesteuert? Die Budgetierung als zentrales Steuerungsverfahren Wie werden Gemeinkosten und Vorleistungen gesteuert? Verknüpfung von Ressourcen- und Produktmanagement Warum brauchen wir ein neues Haushalts- und Rechnungskonzept? Wieviel Kostenrechnung braucht die neue Verwaltung?
Whereas the US President signed the Kyoto Protocol, the failure of the US Congress to ratify it seriously hampered subsequent international climate cooperation. This recent US trend, of signing environmental treaties but failing to ratify them, could thwart attempts to come to a future climate agreement. Two complementary explanations of this trend are proposed. First, the political system of the US has distinct institutional features that make it difficult for presidents to predict whether the Senate will give its advice and consent to multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) and whether Congress will pass the required enabling legislation. Second, elected for a fixed term, US presidents might benefit politically from supporting MEAs even when knowing that legislative support is not forthcoming. Four policy implications are explored, concerning the scope for unilateral presidential action, the potential for bipartisan congressional support, the effectiveness of a treaty without the US, and the prospects for a deep, new climate treaty.
Policy relevance
Why does the failure of US ratification of multilateral environmental treaties occur? This article analyses the domestic political mechanisms involved in cases of failed US ratification. US non-participation in global environmental institutions often has serious ramifications. For example, it sharply limited Kyoto's effectiveness and seriously hampered international climate negotiations for years. Although at COP 17 in Durban the parties agreed to negotiate a new agreement by 2015, a new global climate treaty may well trigger a situation resembling the one President Clinton faced in 1997 when he signed Kyoto but never obtained support for it in the Senate. US failure to ratify could thwart future climate agreements.