In der aktuellen kontroversen Debatte um Flüchtlinge in Deutschland stehen insbesondere Aufnahmelager der Länder sowie Unterkünfte in den einzelnen Kommunen im Mittelpunkt des Interesses von Medien, Politik und Aktivistengruppen. ......

Mega-events connect state agendas of image production with private sector's aspirations to valorise urban spaces. In the case of Rio de Janeiro mega-events may be scrutinised in the context of Brazil's rise to the league ...

Vor dem Hintergrund einer rasant zunehmenden Vernetzung der Welt bieten Programme wie etwa der internationale Freiwilligendienst die Möglichkeit, das Verständnis für andere als die eigenen Denk- und Handlungsmuster zu ...

The Afar society is undergoing a rapid socio-economic and environmental transformation process that is influencing the dominant livelihood in the region: pastoralism. A case study in Baadu, in the Afar Regional State in ...

Climate change adaptation (CCA) has emerged as a new paradigm of development politics. But as adaptation has turned out to be not as tangible as mitigation, controversies about the meaning and implementation have arisen ...

Diese Arbeit untersucht das Ausmaß der post-politischen Strukturen in der gegenwärtigen internationalen Klimapolitik anhand der Analyse der Arbeit der Nicht-Regierungsorganisation Climate Action Network International (CAN), ...

“It gives a feeling of security, when everyone is on board!” (Employee of NGO in Naivasha) Naivasha is known as an economic hub due to its flourish flower industry and divers landscape with the Lake Naivasha and several ...

In this thesis I apply SWYNGEDOUW’s argument of the postpolitical condition to the case of Fairtrade. I take a two-fold methodological approach. The visual and textual analysis of Fairtrade adverts complements a literature ...