Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung: 222 books
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Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
The financial crash and lengthy economic recession have tested the institutions of the European Union as never before. Debate about the future of Europe has polarized: Some want no more integration; others campaign for disintegration. Those who believe in deeper unity and a stronger federal Europe...
Freedom, Equality, Solidarity
Thoughts on Europe's Future - from Germany, France and Poland
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
Although the principles of democracy are in abstract stable concepts, every generation must consider anew how best to apply them in society. What do the principles of freedom, equality and solidarity mean to today's Germans, French and Poles? Twelve authors and interview partners from Germany, France...
A Fair Deal on Talent - Fostering Just Migration Governance
Lessons from Around the Globe
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
If well managed, migration generates benefits for migrants, their countries of origin and the countries they settle in. For migrants, it can help them expand their skill sets and improve their standard of living. For destination countries, it can alleviate demographic pressures and foster cultural...
Prioritizing Integration
The Transatlantic Council on Migration
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
The global recession is having a major impact on immigrant integration. With cuts in public budgets and a rise in anti-immigrant sentiment across the Atlantic, many governments have made short-term decisions responding to the economic crisis that will have long-term implications for immigrants and...
Rethinking National Identity in the Age of Migration
The Transatlantic Council on Migration
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
Greater mobility and migration have brought about unprecedented levels of diversity that are transforming communities across the Atlantic in fundamental ways, sparking uncertainty over who the "we" is in a society. As publics fear loss of their national identity and values, the need is greater than...
Twelve Stars
Philosophers Chart a Course for Europe
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2019
Twelve Stars presents 24 though-provoking essays by leading European philosophers on the policy choices that the European Union now faces. Proposals include a European basic income scheme; financial regulation that puts people before banks; putting an end to factory farming; making Brexit reversible;...
Living Diversity – Shaping Society
The Opportunities and Challenges Posed by Cultural Difference in Germany
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
Religious, cultural and linguistic diversity has always been a reality in Germany. Yet determining what constitutes success in terms of dealing with diversity on a day-to-day basis is a matter often subject to debate. Demonstrating respect for each other while living together in diversity must be...
In Search of a Sustainable Future
Reflections on Economic Growth, Social Equity and Global Governance
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
How can politics, economy and society become more sustainable and socially just? To this end, what kind of political course has to be set at national and international level? The volume "In Search of a Sustainable Future" has experts from five continents and different disciplines giving answers to...
Winning Strategies for a Sustainable Future
Reinhard Mohn Prize 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Since the first Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, many states have been looking for a new concept of economic and social progress. The environmental crises of the last years, as well as the global economic and financial crisis, require an even more profound shift in thinking - toward a...
From Cooperation to Partnership: Moving Beyond the Russia-EU Deadlock
Europe in Dialogue 1/2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2013
Europeans can be proud as they look back on fifty years of peaceful integration. Nowadays many people worldwide see the European Union as a model of how states and their citizens can work together in peace and freedom. However, this achievement does not automatically mean that the EU has the ability...
Escaping the Escape
Toward Solutions for the Humanitarian Migration Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
Conflict and war, but most of all overwhelming despair are driving massive numbers of mostly young people from the Middle East and North Africa, Central Africa, the Balkan, Ukraine and Central Asia to leave their homes for Europe in search of safety. What do they need most in order to lead their lives...
by Sonja Sackmann
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2010
This report by Prof. Dr. Sonja Sackmann, University Bw, Munich, provides an overview of state-of-the-art knowledge with regard to the link between corporate culture and performance as well as approaches that have been used to assess and measure culture in organizations. It discusses different understandings...
Diplomacy, Development and Defense: A Paradigm for Policy Coherence
A Comparative Analysis of International Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2010
The end of the Cold War radically changed both classic policies of national and collective security and international strategies for conflict management and the stabilization of precarious states. The threat of Islamic extremism and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have shattered any illusions of...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2010
Regional integration and the organisation of cross-regional relations have been some of the most prominent features of international relations. By further strengthening the institutions of the European Union, Europe is taking steps to become a capable international actor. Only in few world regions,...