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Renewable Energy Policy in Remote Rural Areas of Western China: Implementation and Socio-economic Benefits
(2010-06-01)
Electricity is essential for rural development. In 2005, 1.6 billion people, around a quarter of the world’s population, living mostly in rural areas of developing countries, had no access to electricity. In general, remote ...
'A watershed in watershed governance': democracy and (de) politicization of development projects in India
(2010-04-16)
This thesis studies the governance aspects (institutions and discourses) of donor-aided development programs in two integrated watershed development projects: 1) the Indo-German Watershed Development Program in Maharashtra ...
Der Lastenausgleich im Spiegel der zeitgenössischen deutschen Presse 1949 bis 1979
(2010-05-19)
Der Lastenausgleich für Flüchtlinge und Vertriebene in der Bundesrepublik nach 1945 war eine der umfagreichsten Umverteilungsakrtionen in der Wirtschaftsgeschichte. Die Arbeit untersucht, wie diese Umverteilung durch das ...
Die chinesische Kulturrevolution (1966-1976) im Spiegel der deutschen und chinesischen wissenschaftlichen Literatur (1966-2008)
(2010-01-25)
Über 40 Jahren brach in der Volksrepublik China eine politische Kampagne aus, die als „Große Proletarische Kulturrevolution“ in die Geschichte einging. Dieses in der Geschichte einmalige Ereignis brachte der Bevölkerung ...
Euroskeptizismusforschung und die Parteien Mittel- und Osteuropas
(2016-03-10)
Die Dissertation befasst sich mit dem Phänomen des sog. Euroskeptizismus der politischen Parteien. Die Grundzüge einer „dynamischen Theorie des Euroskeptizismus“ werden entwickelt, welche die Veränderungen der Parteienstandpunkte ...
Die Wahrnehmung der südafrikanischen Eliten gegenüber China: 2006 - 2016
(2021-06-23)
In den vergangenen 20 Jahren mit den intensiven chinesischen Aktivitäten dem afrikanischen Kontinent sind die Beziehungen zwischen China und Afrika zu einem wichtigen Forschungsgegenstand in der internationalen Politikwissenschaft ...
The unfinished business of decentralisation: political accountability of local government in Ghana: A case study of the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipality
(2012-08-16)
Debates about decentralisation have centered on political accountability of local governments so as to proffer restraint over the exercise of institutional power and authority. This has to do with institutions, procedures, ...
Forced Displacement and Development in Host Countries - Resilience as New Concept for Dealing with Situations of Forced Displacement?
(2021-03-17)
In light of increasing numbers of refugees worldwide, often resulting in protracted refugee situations that affect refugees as well as the development of the countries hosting them the thesis analyzes what contribution the ...
The Unbearable Lightness of International Relations: Technological Innovations, Creative Destruction and Assemblages
(2017-03-10)
How could one oversee the monumental modern landscape that has been created by over 250 years of continuous technological innovations? Notwithstanding a few students of international relations who have insisted in taking ...
Demystifying the (post-)politics of Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP): An analysis of the what, why, and how of GAP and the operation of development in Turkey from a critical perspective
(2017-07-20)
Turkey’s modernization process has been heavily influenced by the strong will and idealistic ambition of the Turkish state to ensure progress and development since the inception of the country in 1923, or even earlier, ...