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Rampeltshammer, Luitpold. "Globalization and industrial relations the pharmaceutical industry in Germany and the United Kingdom." Frankfurt, M. New York, NY Campus-Verl, 2007. http://d-nb.info/988789558/04.
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Schmeisser, David Cyrus. "China and the changing structure of global production networks : an in-depth case study of a German multinational enterprise and its supply chains in Germany and China." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.648244.
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Gagum, Kyung Lee, and Kyung Lee Gagum. "The Manga Boom: The Recent Fairy-Tale Transculturation Between Germany and East Asia." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/624539.
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This dissertation critically investigates how German culture is transculturated in Japan and in South Korea and then reproduced in a new form of manga/manhwa. These visual representations are evidence of a long history of German literary transculturation amid Japanese and Korean reading culture. Beginning with moral education materials in the 1880s, I trace the widespread reception of Grimms' fairy tales in East Asia and argue that the success of the translations of the tales was due to the particularly successful fusion of Confucian values with the Western story form. German literature first entered the Japanese reading culture through the Grimms' fairytales as a moral education tool. The reading reception shifted from educational space to private space and Japanese reader began to enjoy the Grimms' fairytales outside of the classroom, which contributed to the spread of German literature. This led to a veritable Grimm boom at the end of the twentieth century, including a corpus of critical analysis by Asian scholars and fairy tale retellings from feminist perspectives that creatively fuse ideas of East and West. The globalization of manga, in turn, contributed to the scholarly discourse in the West, which nourished a rethinking and redeployment of complex borrowing practices between Asian and German literatures. From the impact of Grimms' fairy tales, I trace the reception of the German literature in the Japanese pop literature medium manga and analyze Grimms Manga by the Japanese manga artist Kei Isiyama. Grimms' fairy tales paved the way for the entry of German literature and I investigate Yoko Tawada's works, who writes in Japanese and in German and incorporates fairy tale tropes and the legacy of German romanticism in the age of transnational globalization through her visual descriptive writing. I examine the Japanese author Kouhei Kadono, whose works, I claim, display the romantic themes of the German Romantics and Richard Wagner's nationalistic ideological views of societal changes. I then shift from German literature' influence in Japan to South Korea and I juxtapose the manhwa The Tarot Café with Goethe's Faust to investigate gender roles. After displaying German transculturation in the selected works, I argue that manga contributes to the German classroom as part of a multiliteracies framework in a collegiate language classroom.
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Stockhammer, Engelbert, Eckhard Hein, and Lucas Grafl. "Globalization and the effects of changes in functional income distribution on aggregate demand in Germany." Inst. für Volkswirtschaftstheorie und -politik, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2007. http://epub.wu.ac.at/1104/1/document.pdf.
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Germany has experienced a period of extreme nominal and real wage moderation since the mid 1990s. Contrary to the expectations of liberal economists this has failed to improve Germany's mediocre economic performance. However, Germany is now running substantial current account surpluses. One possible explanation for Germany's disappointing performance is found in Kaleckian theory, which highlights that the domestic demand effect of a decline in the wage share will typically be contractionary, whereas net exports will increase (Blecker 1989). The size of the foreign demand effect will critically depend on the degree of openness of the economy. The paper aims at estimating the demand side of a Bhaduri-Marglin (1990) -type model empirically for Germany. The paper builds on the estimation strategy of Stockhammer, Onaran and Ederer (2007) and Hein and Vogel (2008a, 2008b). The main contribution lies in a careful analysis of the effects of globalization. Since Germany is a large open economy by now it is a particularly interesting case study. (author´s abstract)Series: Department of Economics Working Paper Series
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Burkel, Laurel M. "Cups, cowbells, medals, and flags sport and national identity in Germany, 1936-2006." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2006. http://www.oregonpdf.org.
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Walsh, Elka M. Gesink Jacek Henry J. "Policy change and higher education quality assurance: The role for policy networks, globalization and internationalization in Germany, Ontario & the UK." *McMaster only, 2007.
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Abrahamian, Karineh. "Global Marketing through Local Cultural Strategies : A Case Study of IKEA." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-211859.
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Kersting, Felix. "The Political Economy of Social Identity in 19th Century Germany." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/22246.
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Diese Dissertation besteht aus vier Kapiteln, die sich mit verschiedenen Aspekten sozialer Identität im Deutschland des 19. Jahrhunderts befassen.
Das erste Kapitel analysiert den Effekt früher Nationsbildung. Daten über die Vornamenswahl der Eltern in acht deutschen Städten und die Klassifizierung der Vornamen erlauben es, Veränderungen der nationalen Identität zu fassen. Anhand der Variation in Familien über die Zeit und des Vergleichs von Städten, die 1815 Teil Preußens werden, mit anderen Städten, die außerhalb Preußens blieben, wird der insgesamt positive Effekt ermittelt.
Das zweite Kapitel untersucht die Wirkung von Bismarcks Zuckerbrot-und-Peitsche-Politik auf den Wahlerfolg der Sozialdemokratie. Für die empirische Analyse nutze ich Varianz in bereits bestehenden Krankenversicherungen sowie Informationen zu verbotenen Vereinen in einem Differenz-in-Differenzen Ansatz. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass es Bismarck’s Politiken zu steigendem Erfolg für die Sozialdemokratie geführt haben.
Das dritte Kapitel untersucht die „Getreideinvasion“ der ersten Globalisierung. Die empirischen Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Handelsschocks in der Landwirtschaft die Wirtschaft der ländlichen Kreise in Preußen belasten. Entscheidend ist indes, dass dieser Handelsschock aufgrund starker Arbeitsmigration nicht zu einem entsprechenden Rückgang des Pro-Kopf-Einkommens oder einer Zunahme der politischen Polarisierung führte.
Im vierten Kapitel wird Max Webers Hypothese einer protestantischen Ethik überprüft. Die empirische Analyse zeigt, dass Protestantismus nach 1870 weder für das Einkommensniveau noch für die Ersparnisse oder die Alphabetisierungsraten in den preußischen Kreisen eine Rolle spielte. Stattdessen ist, so das Argument, Nationalismus sowohl für die Interpretation von Webers protestantischer Ethik als auch für deren empirische Überprüfung von entscheidender Bedeutung.This dissertation is composed of four chapters which deal with various aspects of social identity in 19th century Germany. The first chapter analyzes the effect of nation-building in cities that became part of Prussia in 1815. Data on first name choices by parents in eight German cities allow to elicit changes in national identity. Using within-family variation and comparing cities that become part of Prussia with other cities that stayed outside Prussia identifies the overall positive treatment effect. The second chapter investigates the effect of Bismarck’s carrot and stick policies on the electoral success of the socialist party. For identification, I exploit spatial and industry specific variation in treatment intensity due to ex-ante existing local health insurance. The results show that Bismarck failed in reducing the support for the socialist party. The third chapter studies the “grain invasion” – the “China shock” of the first globalization. The empirical results show that trade shocks in agriculture depress the economy of rural counties in Prussia. Crucially, there is no indication of a corresponding decline in income per capita or a rise in political polarization which is attributed to high levels of labor migration. The fourth chapter revisits Max Weber's hypothesis on the role of Protestantism for economic development in its contemporary context. The empirical analysis provides evidence that Protestantism neither mattered for income levels, nor savings, nor literacy rates across Prussian counties after 1870. Instead, the chapter argues that nationalism is crucial for both the interpretation of Weber’s Protestant Ethic and empirical tests thereof. While covering different contexts in 19th century Germany, these chapters are united in dealing with various aspects of social identity – either exploring potential political and economic causes of changes in social identities (chapter 1, 2, and 3) or possible consequences of social identity (chapter 4).
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Dzikus, Lars. "From violence to party a history of the presentation of American football in England and Germany /." Connect to resource, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1123873905.
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Thompson, Jay Arthur. "Greater flexibility, greater growth : a comparative study of labor and capitalist models in Japan, Germany, and the United States." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2007. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0002217.
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Grunow, Daniela. "Convergence, persistence and diversity in male and female careers - does context matter in an era of globalization? : a comparison of gendered employment mobility patterns in West Germany and Denmark /." Opladen Farmington Hills Ed. Recherche, 2006. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2827841&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.
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Li, Xiubo [Verfasser], Kurt [Akademischer Betreuer] Hammerich, and Lutz [Akademischer Betreuer] Ellrich. "Comparative study of youth culture in the context of globalization : a content analysis of teenage magazines in Germany and China (1995 vs. 2005) / Xiubo Li ; Kurt Hammerich, Lutz Ellrich." Aachen : Universitätsbibliothek der RWTH Aachen, 2015. http://d-nb.info/1127584995/34.
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Silva, Ana Cristina Barbosa Gomes da. "Alemanha e China : estudo comparativo da evolução económica (1980-2011) e análise das relações bilaterais de comércio e IDE." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/6205.
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Mestrado em Economia Internacional e Estudos EuropeusA economia mundial está em mutação, tendência resultante das dinâmicas impostas pela globalização que transformou um mundo bipolar em multipolar, onde emergem agora novos protagonistas e novas parcerias estratégicas. Neste enquadramento, a dissertação compara as evoluções económicas da Alemanha e da China entre 1980 e 2011 e analisa as relações bilaterais sino-alemãs de comércio e IDE, procedendo: (i) à revisão teórica dos conceitos de crescimento económico, convergência, globalização, relações económicas internacionais e competitividade; e (ii) à análise de indicadores, entre os quais, macroeconómicos, setoriais, demográficos, competitividade, comércio e IDE. A capacidade de adaptação às exigências da globalização e os fatores competitivos nacionais são a base do sucesso destas performances. Com diferentes maturidades económicas, a Alemanha (gigante histórico) e a China (gigante emergente) estão entre as maiores economias do mundo e partilham a apologia histórica da industrialização, a estabilidade macroeconómica, a liderança do comércio internacional e o estatuto de economias superavitárias. Distinguem-se, designadamente, pelos ritmos de crescimento, pela posição líquida de investimento no estrangeiro, pela política cambial, pela composição da procura interna e pelo perfil de comércio internacional. As relações bilaterais demonstram uma parceria estratégica no comércio e no IDE com lucros recíprocos, afigurando-se, contudo, novos desafios resultantes do surgimento de argumentos de concorrência mútua e da reconfiguração da economia mundial. O estudo assume particular interesse perante a ainda reduzida panóplia de análises comparativas entre as economias alemã e chinesa e face a possibilidade de outras economias retirarem lições destas experiências de crescimento e cooperação económica.
The world economy is changing. This is a tendency resulting from the dynamics imposed by globalization, which transformed a bipolar world into a multipolar one, where new protagonists and new strategic partnerships are now emerging. In this framework, the paper compares the German and Chinese economic evolutions between 1980 and 2011 and analyzes Sino-German trade and FDI bilateral relations, proceeding: (i) to the theoretical review of the concepts of economic growth, convergence, globalization, international economic relations and competitiveness; and (ii) to the analysis of indicators, including, macroeconomics, sectorial, demographic, competitiveness, trade and FDI. The capacity of adaptation to the globalization requirements and the competitive national factors are the basis to the success of these performances. Having different economic maturities, Germany (historic giant) and China (emergent giant) are among the biggest economies in the world and share the historic defense of industrialization, the macroeconomic stability, the international trade leadership and the surplus economy status. They differ, namely, by their economic rates growth, net outward investment, exchange rate policies, domestic demand composition and profile of international trade. The bilateral relationships demonstrate a strategic partnership in trade and FDI with reciprocal profits drawing, however, new challenges resulting from the emergence of arguments to mutual competition and from the reconfiguration of the world economy. This paper assumes particular interest facing the still reduced panoply of comparative analyses between German and Chinese economies and the possibility of other economies learn lessons from these experiences of economic growth and cooperation.
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Thore, Petra. ""wer bist du hier in dieser stadt, in diesem land, in dieser neuen welt" : Die Identitätsbalance in der Fremde in ausgewählten Werken der deutschsprachigen Migrantenliteratur." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala University, Department of German, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-4232.
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The central concern of this thesis is to investigate the development of the personal identity of the main characters in four novels, a novella, and a short-story, written in German by authors from different countries who have immigrated to post World War II Germany and Switzerland. Earlier research concerning these identity processes is reviewed with emphasis on the relevance of the different theoretical models of development of personal identity used. A model called “identity-balance”, first described by the German sociologist Lothar Krappmann, is used in analysing the changes in personal identity. This model is preferred because of Krappmann’s strong emphasis on interaction, process, and openness. Based upon the results of the interpretations a modification of Krappmann’s model is suggested in order to better shed light upon identity processes following migration. As languages are shown to play a great role in these processes, aspects concerned with multilingualism and the part languages play in the “identity-balance” are discussed throughout the thesis. The textual interpretations reveal the connection between three lines of change: changes in personal identity, changes in society following migration, and changes in the field of literature.
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Erling, E. J. "Globalization, English and the German university classroom." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.650037.
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This thesis surveys current theories of globalization and then inspects the effects of this phenomenon on the English language. Not only has the English language changed as a result of globalization, but discourse about English has changed. This thesis will thus test the relevance of contemporary theories of English to find if they match the reality of how English is being acquired, used and appropriated in the present age. Since globalization is appropriated differently by the various societies it affects, it is important to consider each individual place with its specific history, culture and politics to evaluate different outcomes. For this reason, this thesis examines of the presence of English in the specific national context of Germany, but focuses on a group who uses the language regularly for a variety of international purposes: students of English at the Freie Universität Berlin. Methods used in this analysis include a qualitative analysis of questionnaires, discourse analysis of ethnographic interviews with students and grammatical and stylistic analyses of student essays and assignments. The results of this study shed light on various student attitudes towards and motivations for learning English as well as their means of identifying with the language. Therefore, this work also gives insights into the complex outcomes of globalization. Finally, this work suggests important pedagogical implications for English language teaching as a result of these developments.
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Bittmann, Folker. "Internal investigations under German Law." Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2015. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-176443.
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Folker Bittmann is a chief prosecutor and has served as head of the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Dessau-Roßlau, Germany since 2005. Prior to his current position, he worked as a lawyer in Heidelberg, a prosecutor in Darmstadt and Frankfurt, and a chief prosecutor in Halle/Saale. He is the editor and author of a handbook on criminal insolvency law, as well as an author of various articles on property law, white-collar crime, and criminal procedure law. Additionally, he is an advisor to an association on white-collar crime (Wirtschaftsstrafrechtliche Vereinigung e.V.) and is a member of the practice group of the Center for Criminal Compliance at the University of Gießen.
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Baratier-Negri, Laurence. "Valéry Giscard d'Estaing et la Grande-Bretagne : le couple franco-britannique sur la scène internationale de 1974 à1981." Thesis, Paris 4, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015PA040048.
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Les années 70 voient l’émergence d’un monde multipolaire qui exige de nouvelles échelles de négociations. Quelle place le bilatéral peut-il jouer dans la réorganisation des relations internationales ? La question interpelle tout particulièrement deux puissances européennes « moyennes » aux ambitions mondiales : la France et la Grande-Bretagne. Les chocs monétaire, économique et énergétique dans un contexte de mondialisation accélérée, rendent indispensable la coordination entre les Etats et justifient des solutions régionales : Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, qui voit dans l’intégration européenne le moyen de préserver le poids de l’Europe et de la France dans le monde, doit composer avec les Britanniques qui adhèrent à la CEE en 1973. Aux défis économiques s’ajoutent des déséquilibres politiques : inconnues de la détente, divergences transatlantiques, recul du leadership américain, apparition de nouveaux acteurs sur l’échiquier mondial. Pour sauvegarder l’équilibre européen, le consensus est plus que jamais nécessaire. L’arrivée au pouvoir au milieu des années 70 en France, en Grande-Bretagne, en Allemagne et aux États-Unis, d’une nouvelle génération de dirigeants, favorise la restructuration des modes de concertation. La création par Valéry Giscard d’Estaing du Conseil européen et du G7 cristallise cette évolution et offre de nouvelles perspectives aux relations bilatérales. Celles-ci s’inscrivent de plus en plus dans le système des relations internationales par un jeu d’échelles qui permet de coordonner les stratégies. Le sommet franco-britannique créé en 1976 prend toute sa dimension en tant que relais entre gouvernance européenne et gouvernance mondialeThe 70’s see the emergence of a multipolar world that requires new scales of negotiations. What role can bilateralism play in the reorganization of global relations? The question especially calls out two medium-sized European powers with worldwide ambitions: France and Great Britain.The monetary, economical, and energy crises in a context of accelerated globalization make the coordination between states vital and justify regional solutions. Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, who sees in the European integration the mean to preserve the weight of Europe and France in the world, has to compose with the British who join the EEC in 1973. To the economic challenges are added political imbalances: the unknowns of Détente, transatlantic divergences, the decline of the American leadership, and the emergence of new key players on the world stage. In order to protect the European balance, the consensus is more necessary than ever. The coming to power, in the mid 70’s, of a new generation of political leaders in France, Great Britain, Germany, and the US promotes the restructuring of dialogue. The creation of the European Council and the G7 by Valéry Giscard d’Estaing crystallizes this evolution and offers new perspectives to bilateral relations. These fit more and more into the international relation system by an interplay of scales that allows the coordination of the strategies. The Franco-British summit introduced in 1976 comes into full view as a relay between the European governance and the worldwide governance
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Bachir-Loopuyt, Talia. "Une musique du monde faite en Allemagne?" Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/19652.
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Diese Arbeit untersucht das Beziehungsgeflecht zwischen musikalischen kreativen Prozessen, Identitätspolitik und Globalisierung im heutigen Deutschland anhand eines bestimmten Falls: dem Musikwettbewerb "Creole", der seit 2006 in unterschiedlichen Orten von Deutschland stattfindet. Laut Programmtext soll diese Veranstaltung die Kreolisierung der Musikwelt und die Vernetzungen zwischen unterschiedlichen Kulturen und Musikgattungen widerspiegeln. Bei einer genauen Untersuchung des Entstehungs- und Durchführungsprozess erweisen sich aber der Erwartungshorizont und die Erfahrungen der Teilnehmer als komplex und vielschichtig. Statt eine klar gewichtete Realität wiederzugeben, produzieren diese Festivals eine « Weltmusik aus Deutschland » (aus Berlin, aus Nordrhein-Westphalen, Bayern usw.), deren Formen die bestehenden musikalischen Kategorien und Erfahrungsmuster auf der Probe stellen.
Die ethnologische Untersuchung dieses Falls ist hier ein Mittel, um im Sinne der histoire croisée (Werner/Zimmermann 2003) einen Einblick in unterschiedliche Aspekte der deutschen Gesellschaft zu gewinnen : als "Einwanderungsland", das zwischen dem Ideal einer pluralistischen Gesellschaft und der Akzentuierung von ethnischen Grenzen hin-und hergerissen wird; als "Musikland", das für sein reiches, klassisches Erbe bekannt ist aber sich auch zu anderen Formen von populärer oder "globaler" Musik öffnet ; als Bundesrepublik, die heute sowohl mit den differenzierten Realitäten in den Ländern als auch mit internationalen Steuerungsinstanzen der Kulturpolitik umgehen muss.
So breit der Hintergrund ist, so genau ist hier der Blick auf die konkreten Interaktionsprozesse, um im Sinne einer « dichten Beschreibung » den Enstehungs- und Durchführungsprozess der Festivals in ihren jeweiligen Kontexten zu analysieren, die aufeinander folgenden Auswahletappen von der Ausschreibung bis hin zu den ritualisierten Preisverleihungen zu verfolgen und die Debatten zum „Wert“ der Musik sowie zum Sinn
und Zweck der Veranstaltung analysieren zu können.This work aims to show the relations between musical creation, identity politics and globalization in Germany today taken from one case: the creole competitions, a cycle of festivals leading every two years to a prize for “world music from Germany” (since 2010 “Global Music”). According to its accompanying text, this festival is intended to illustrate the “creolization” of music in Germany. When one investigates the genesis of the project and the mobilization of candidates, partners and experts, it turns out that the expectations are more complex and that these events, rather than illustrating an established reality, create plural versions of a “world music from Germany”. The crux of this work is to explain the tensions between the values which have currency within the intimacy of this professional sector (“die Nische Weltmusik”) and the public perception of the genre, tarnished with suspicion and controversy. This world of music cuts across questions that mark more generally German society today : as an “country of immigrants” (Einwanderungsland) torn between the idealization of cross-fertilization and the fear of diversity, as a “music country” (Musikland) known for the richness of its intellectual heritage, but desirous to promote examples of contemporary music and as a political system divided between local structures and globalized frameworks which define public culture. Just as the background of this work is large, so too the attention given to specific situations has to be precise : to show the organizing frameworks of the contests, the various criteria taken into account by the juries in their deliberations and the debates which emerge among the spectators on the “spirit” of this manifestation.
Ce travail vise à rendre compte des relations entre création musicale, politiques de la diversité et mondialisation dans l’Allemagne d’aujourd’hui en partant d’un cas : creole, un cycle de compétitions organisé selon un principe fédéral, qui donne lieu à des festivals dans différentes villes et débouche tous les deux ans sur un prix récompensant trois ensembles de « musiques du monde d’Allemagne ». Selon les textes des programmes, cette manifestation est censée illustrer la créolisation du monde et les connexions émergeant entre différentes cultures et genres musicaux présents en Allemagne. Lorsque l’on se penche sur le processus d’émergence de ce projet et les dynamiques de mobilisation des participants, il s’avère cependant que le spectre des attentes est plus complexe et que ces événements, plutôt qu’illustrer une réalité univoque, fabriquent en des versions plurielles tout un monde de musiques d’Allemagne. L’étude de ce cas n’est pas une fin en soi mais un moyen pour appréhender divers aspects de l’Allemagne contemporaine. Les débats qui ont cours dans l’intimité du secteur des « musiques du monde » manifestent plus largement des tensions traversant la société allemande d’aujourd’hui : en tant que terre d’immigration partagée entre l’idéalisation du métissage et la mise en avant de cultures distinctes, en tant que « pays de musique » connu pour la richesse de son patrimoine savant et en même temps désireux de promouvoir des artistes « populaires » ou « modernes », en tant que système politique fédéral devant composer avec les diverses instances locales et les cadres mondialisés du marché et de la politique culturelle. Autant l’arrière-plan considéré dans ce travail est large, autant l’attention portée aux situations d’interaction se veut précise : pour rendre compte du processus de fabrique des festivals et des environnements différenciés dans lesquels ils s’inscrivent, des logiques de sélection et des dynamiques de délibérations des jurys, des cadres organisant chaque épreuve ainsi que des débats qui surgissent parmi les spectateurs sur « l’esprit » des festivals creole.
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Ting, Tin-yuet, and 丁天悦. "The influence of globalization on foreign news: insights from German press coverage of China." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45985558.
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Brauckhoff, Heiko. "The effects of globalization on strategy formulation in the German foundry industry : an empirical study." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2012. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/810916/.
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Strategy formulation is most critical in times of change and has long been a topic of great interest in the field of strategic management, because the effectiveness of formulating the right strategies determines whether companies are able to change and adapt to their environment, and therefore whether they are ultimately successful. Within the ongoing process of globalization, SMEs also recognize that the competition for market share is global, and that participating in the global economy is no longer a choice but a necessity. Therefore, globalization exposes SMEs to numerous strategic and organizational challenges emanating from a dramatic increase in diversity, complexity, and uncertainty - external as well as internal to the company. The thesis aims to provide an answer to the following research question: "Are there any effects of globalization on strategy formulation based on resource-orientation and/or market-orientation in the German foundry industry?" The thesis follows a positivistic approach because in the literature a large quantity of data is available about strategy and globalization, which allows the researcher to generate research questions that are tested mainly by the survey. Therefore, the author has used a deductive and quantitative approach, because the theory of strategy making, such as the REV and the MBV, is used deductively. We have three significant practical implications of this research. First, strategy formulation is a blend of resource-orientation and market-orientation. Second, the MBV elements of strategy are overall more significant than the REV elements of strategy. Especially the size of the firm seems to be important regarding the strategic orientation. Third, who makes strategy determines the firms response in times of globalization. Overall, the findings join proposals to combine both the market-based and resource-based view when formulating strategies. When employed as blend of these two approaches, it encourages managers to think and act in ways that are more entrepreneurial and creative. Following these suggestions can substantially influence the strategy formulation and improve the performance.
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Stengel, Julia. "Die ,globale Provinz' ? Der Globalisierungsdiskurs am Beispiel von Arnold Stadlers Roman Ein hinreissender Schrotthändler (1999) und Andreas Maiers Roman Klausen (2002)." Thesis, University of Waterloo, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/2815.
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This thesis demonstrates how two literary works ? Arnold Stadler's Ein hinreissender Schrotthändler (1999) and Andreas Maier's Klausen (2002) ? can be read as part of the globalization discourse. As a theoretical basis for the textual analysis the thesis first develops an understanding of the concept of globalization which forms a background against which the two literary works can be read. By embedding literature into the sociological theories of globalization it is possible to examine to what extent the two novels reflect and/or generate particular aspects of globalization. Both texts are set largely in provincial towns, and the regions themselves play commanding roles in the stories being told. This focus on the provincial takes on an ironic appearance in the era of globalization where one would assume that localities have lost meaning. It is therefore useful to look at theories that broach the issue of the tense relation between globality and locality. Since no universally accepted definition of globalization exists, it is necessary to establish the crucial aspects of the phenomenon to be applied in the analysis of the novels by examining the work of various theorists on the topic.
The prominent model of 'glocalization,' originated by the sociologist Roland Robertson to refer to 'global localization,' offers useful categories for the analysis of the provincial in the era of globalization. In this model the simultaneity of global and local processes is assumed and with it the alleged antagonism of the 'global' and the 'local' is overcome. Claiming those dynamics Robertson's model can serve as a confirmation of the arguments put forward in this thesis which looks at literature about the 'local' through the prism of globalization. Other theories relating to explicit local dynamics are presented to round out the model of 'glocalization. ' In addition, the thesis takes into account normative ideas regarding the province in the global era.
The textual analysis that follows the delineation of the model of 'glocalization' demonstrates how the novels illustrate the global and local processes postulated by the model. The investigation also explains how the literary texts themselves evaluate the provinces portrayed. The results of the examination show that selected aspects of the globalization discourse have found their way into two contemporary German-language novels and therefore into German literary discourse. Even though the two novels deal with different ideas from the discourse, and even reject to a certain extent some of these concepts, they each reveal a particular literary manner of echoing the processes of globalization. Finally, the thesis demonstrates that the globalization discourse is of use for the interpretation of literary texts.
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Stengel, Julia. "Die ,globale Provinz' ? Der Globalisierungsdiskurs am Beispiel von Arnold Stadlers Roman Ein hinreissender Schrotth??ndler (1999) und Andreas Maiers Roman Klausen (2002)." Thesis, University of Waterloo, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/2815.
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This thesis demonstrates how two literary works ? Arnold Stadler's Ein hinreissender Schrotth??ndler (1999) and Andreas Maier's Klausen (2002) ? can be read as part of the globalization discourse. As a theoretical basis for the textual analysis the thesis first develops an understanding of the concept of globalization which forms a background against which the two literary works can be read. By embedding literature into the sociological theories of globalization it is possible to examine to what extent the two novels reflect and/or generate particular aspects of globalization. Both texts are set largely in provincial towns, and the regions themselves play commanding roles in the stories being told. This focus on the provincial takes on an ironic appearance in the era of globalization where one would assume that localities have lost meaning. It is therefore useful to look at theories that broach the issue of the tense relation between globality and locality. Since no universally accepted definition of globalization exists, it is necessary to establish the crucial aspects of the phenomenon to be applied in the analysis of the novels by examining the work of various theorists on the topic.
The prominent model of 'glocalization,' originated by the sociologist Roland Robertson to refer to 'global localization,' offers useful categories for the analysis of the provincial in the era of globalization. In this model the simultaneity of global and local processes is assumed and with it the alleged antagonism of the 'global' and the 'local' is overcome. Claiming those dynamics Robertson's model can serve as a confirmation of the arguments put forward in this thesis which looks at literature about the 'local' through the prism of globalization. Other theories relating to explicit local dynamics are presented to round out the model of 'glocalization. ' In addition, the thesis takes into account normative ideas regarding the province in the global era.
The textual analysis that follows the delineation of the model of 'glocalization' demonstrates how the novels illustrate the global and local processes postulated by the model. The investigation also explains how the literary texts themselves evaluate the provinces portrayed. The results of the examination show that selected aspects of the globalization discourse have found their way into two contemporary German-language novels and therefore into German literary discourse. Even though the two novels deal with different ideas from the discourse, and even reject to a certain extent some of these concepts, they each reveal a particular literary manner of echoing the processes of globalization. Finally, the thesis demonstrates that the globalization discourse is of use for the interpretation of literary texts.
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Tůmová, Veronika. "Sociální politika EU včetně komparace systémů Německa a Švédska." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-18100.
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The thesis describes the historical evolution of the EU social policy, clarifies the concept of the European social model and deals with characteristics of the basic models of the European social policy. The essential part of the thesis is devoted to the comparison of the social systems in Germany and Sweden from the point of view of the amount of taxes and social contributions, the structure of receipts and expenditure on social policy, the systems of old age pension schemes, the family policy and the unemployment benefit. The comparison shows some typical elements of the social state model that these two countries represent. The attention is also devoted to the contemporary challenges which the European social model has to face, especially the demographic development and aspects of globalization. The attitude and responses of the European Union to these challenges are also mentioned here.
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Zahlmann, Rahel. "Foreign Journalism in the Era of Globalization : An Ethnographic Study of Foreign Correspondents of the German Broadcasting Network ARD in Europe." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Journalistik, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-36025.
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The aim of this master thesis is to figure out the role of foreign correspondents within Europe during today’s developments of globalization and digitalization, in the view of professional foreign journalists. The continent becomes closer in terms of politics, currencies and cultures, and a growing infrastructure simplifies travelling and communication. Therefore, the role and function of foreign journalists are more and more questioned. The main focus of this thesis is thereby the case of the foreign correspondence offices of the German public broadcasting network ARD. An auto-ethnographic study was used to base the analysis of this thesis on own perspectives. In a further step interviews with five foreign journalists examine the experiences of professionals in this field. The analysis is based, besides these two qualitative methods, on the theories of Siemes (2000), Cole and Hamilton (2008), and Archetti (2013).The researches’results demonstrate strong arguments for the relevance of the maintenance of foreign correspondences within Europe as the role of public broadcasters in particular is to inform, explain and classify happenings within the own country as well as in foreign areas to the audience. The nearby countries play thereby an important role due to many points of contact; for that reason professional journalists should further on hold the function to care for enlightenment.
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Czychon, Christoph. "Regional and Global Multinationals : an Examination of Theory and Empirical Evidence from European MNEs." Thesis, Lyon, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020LYSE3038.
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Les entreprises multinationales (EMN) sont les principaux moteurs des activités de commerce et d’investissement mondiales en raison de leur capacité à encourager les interdépendances (économiques) entre les marchés nationaux et régionaux. La communauté internationale en sciences de gestion a ainsi fourni un effort substantiel pour développer des cadres théoriques qui expliquent le raisonnement et évaluent le statut et les progrès de l’internationalité/ regionalité des EMN. Ce faisant, des recherches antérieures, par exemple Rugman and Verbeke (2004) ou Rosa et al. (2020), proposent que le concept de globalisation au niveau de l’entreprise, au sens de répartition géographique équilibrée des revenus à travers la triade, est vide de sens et est un cas particulier mais pas général.Le présent travail examine la littérature existante dans ce domaine de recherche spécifique et s’appuie sur des données longitudinales des EMN européennes pour une évaluation empirique. L’ensemble de la littérature définissant et conceptualisant les différents types de firmes (internationales) est ainsi passé en revue et analysé tout en étudiant plus de 100 travaux évalués par des pairs et monographiques. En outre, il est évalué comment la régionalité et la globalité des EMN sont opérationnalisées et mesurées. De même, un examen et une analyse détaillés des recherches prenant en compte les systèmes de classification des EMN et contribuant au débat régional et global sont proposés. Sur la base de 253 échantillons de données, il est ainsi démontré que 85.0%, soit 28,575 des 33,632 entreprises, sont classées comme EMN régionales. En conséquence, des recherches antérieures indiquent que ces EMN sont – malgré leurs interdépendances – essentiellement régionales.Par ailleurs, le présent travail contribue au débat existant sur les EMN régionales et globales sur la base de l’analyse des données longitudinales des EMN européennes. En utilisant les données sur les revenus et des employés, les EMN répertoriées dans le CAC40 et DAX30 sont en forte augmentation dans l’orientation interrégionale tout au long de la période 2005-2015. En conséquence et avec la disparition de l’orientation vers la région d’origine, la part des EMN orientées vers la région d’origine diminue de 32.8%, passant de 81.3% en 2005 à 48.4% en 2015. L’examen des données suggère que la croissance vers l’interrégionalité est progrès-sive, tandis que les cases sélectionnées illustrent que le développement est également complété par de grandes étapes. Ainsi, ces apports contrastent avec les travaux précédent, le présent travail offre alors une perspective complète et actualisée des EMN régionales et globalesMultinational enterprises (MNEs) act as the key drivers of world trade and investment activities due to their ability to facilitate (economic) interdependencies across national and regional markets. The international business and management research community has thereby shown a substantial effort to develop theoretical frameworks that explain the reasoning for and assess the status and progress of MNE internationality/regionality. In doing so, previous research, as original as by Rugman and Verbeke (2004a) and as recent as by Rosa et al. (2020), renders the concept of firm-level globalization, in terms of a balanced geographic distribution of sales across the triad, as meaningless and a special but not the general case.For the generation of a holistic view, the present work examines the existing literature from this specific research field and considers longitudinal data from European MNEs for an empirical assessment. The body of literature defining and conceptualizing the different kinds of (international) firms is thus reviewed and analyzed while accessing more than 100 excerpts from peer-reviewed and monographic works. In addition, it is assessed how MNE regionality and globality are operationalized and measured. Likewise, a detailed review and analysis of the research that considers MNE classification systems and contributes to the regional and global debate is provided. Based on 253 data samples, it is thereby shown that 85.0% or 28,575 of the 33,632 firms are classified as home region-oriented MNEs. In consequence, prior research indicates that these MNEs are – despite their interdependencies – dominantly (home-) regional.In extension, the present work contributes to the existing debate on regional and global MNEs based on the analysis of longitudinal data from European MNEs. Using sales and employee data, MNEs listed in CAC40 and DAX30 are substantially increasing in interregional orientation throughout the 2005-2015 period. In consequence and with home-region orientation fading, the stake of home region-oriented MNEs decreases by 32.8% from 81.3% in 2005 to 48.4% in 2015. The additional data review suggests that growth into interregional orientation is incremental while selected cases exemplify that the development is not only gradual but also complemented by big steps, such as connected with foreign M&A activities. While these insights are in contrast with the original narrative, the present work provides a comprehensive and updated perspective on regional and global MNEs
Multinationale Unternehmungen (MNU) sind die Haupttreiber der Welthandels- und Investi-tionstätigkeit, da sie (wirtschaftliche) Abhängigkeiten zwischen nationalen und regionalen Märkten fördern. Die internationale Forschungsgemeinschaft für Wirtschaft und Management hat daher erhebliche Anstrengungen unternommen, um einen theoretischen Bezugsrahmen zu entwickeln, der die Gründe für sowie den Status und die Entwicklung der Internationalität/ Regionalität von MNU erläutert und bewertet. Frühere Forschungsarbeiten, bspw. von Rugman and Verbeke (2004) und Rosa et al. (2020), ordnen dem Konzept der Globalisierung auf Unternehmensebene, d.h. eine geografische Verteilung von Umsätzen innerhalb der Triade, eine bedeutungslose Rolle zu, die einen besonderen und nicht den Regelfall wiederspiegelt.Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht die Forschung aus diesem spezifischen Bereich und berücksichtigt Längsschnittdaten von europäischen MNU für eine eigene Analyse. Die Literatur, welche die verschiedenen Arten von (internationalen) Unternehmungen definiert und konzeptualisiert, wird daraufhin analysiert, wobei auf mehr als 100 Auszüge aus von Experten begutachteten und monografischen Werke zurückgegriffen wird. Darüber hinaus wird bewertet, wie Regionalität und Globalität von MNU operationalisiert und gemessen wird. Ebenso wird eine detaillierte Überprüfung und Analyse der Forschung bereitgestellt, die innerhalb des Diskurses die Klassifikation von MNU berücksichtigt. Anhand von 253 Datenstichproben wird dabei verdeutlicht, dass 85.0% oder 28,575 der 33,632 Unternehmungen als Heimatregionen-orientierte MNU eingestuft werden. Somit zeigt die bestehende Forschung, dass MNU – trotz der bestehenden Abhängigkeiten – überwiegend (Heimatregionen-orientiert und) regional sind.Die vorliegende Arbeit trägt auf Basis der Erhebung und Analyse von Längsschnittdaten von europäischen MNU auch zur bestehenden Debatte über regionale und globale MNU bei. Die Auswertung von Umsatz- und Mitarbeiterdaten von CAC40 und DAX30 gelisteten MNU zeigt dabei, dass sich die interregionale Ausrichtung im Zeitraum von 2005 bis 2015 deutlich verstärkt. Mit abnehmender Heimatregionen-Orientierung sinkt dabei der Anteil der regionalen MNU um 32.8% von 81.3% im Jahre 2005 auf 48.4% im Jahr 2015. Die weitere Datenanalyse zeigt auch, dass die Veränderung zu einer interregionalen Orientierung graduell erfolgt, wäh-rend ausgewählte Fälle verdeutlichen, dass auch sog. „große Schritte“ möglich sind. Da diese Erkenntnisse im Gegensatz zur ursprünglichen Forschung stehen, bietet die vorliegende Arbeit eine übergreifende und aktualisierte Perspektive für regional- und global-orientierte MNU
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REISS, MICHEL WENCLAND. "THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBALIZATION OF LAW: ANALYSES OF THE ROME STATUTE BASED ON ANGLO-SAXON INSPIRATION CRIMINAL LAW, ROMAN-GERMANIC CRIMINAL LAW AND BRAZILIAN CRIMINAL LAW." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2017. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=36273@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIROO trabalho consiste na análise do processo de internacionalização dos Direitos Humanos com base no Direito Internacional Penal. Partindo de abordagens interdisciplinares na criação do Tribunal Penal Internacional, é feita uma leitura jurídico-penal do Estatuto de Roma a partir da aproximação dos conceitos oriundos do Common Law e do Civil Law em busca de um maior aprimoramento na construção de uma Parte Geral do Direito Internacional Penal. Assim, pretende-se contribuir para uma maior preocupação no tocante à responsabilização penal no plano internacional, sempre com o foco voltado para o incremento da proteção internacional dos Direitos Humanos.
The work analyses the process of internationalization of the Human Rights based upon International criminal law. Beginning with an interdisciplinary approach on the creation of the International Criminal Court, the Roman Statute is analyzed through a criminal law reading, that acknowledges an approach between Common Law and Civil Law traditional concepts. Therefore, the work seeks to contribute to an improvement on criminal law enforcement on the international level, always focusing on assuring the international protection of the Human Rights.
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Baller, Gisele Inês. "Espaços de memória e construção de identidades : estudo de dois casos na região de colonização alemã no RS." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/14927.
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Neste trabalho buscamos verificar de que maneira dois diferentes espaços, vistos como “lugares de memória”, podem colaborar no reforço e na legitimação da identidade étnica teuto-brasileira. Partindo do pressuposto que a atual importância que esses espaços possuem ou buscam possuir na sociedade está intimamente relacionada com as questões referentes à globalização e conseqüentemente, a relação dessa com a memória e a identidade. Os “lugares de memória” analisados nesta dissertação são o Museu e Arquivo Histórico e Geográfico Henrique Uebel, localizado na cidade de Teutônia e o Parque Histórico de Lajeado, ambos os espaços localizados em municípios de colonização alemã no Rio Grande do Sul.In this work, we attempt to verify how two different places, seen as "memory places", may collaborate in the reinforcement and legitimacy of the teuto-Brazilian ethnic identity.The current importance those places have our seek to have in society is intimately related to the subjects related to globalization and, consequently, its relation with the memory and identity. The "places of memory" analyzed in this work are Henrique Uebel Museum and its Historical and Geographical Archive, located in the town of Teutônia and the Historical Park of Lajeado, both located in towns of German colonization in Rio Grande do Sul.
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BORSCH, Alexander. "Restructuring corporate Germany? : global competition, shareholder value and business policy in the 1990s." Doctoral thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1814/5183.
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Examining Board: Prof. Friedrich Kratochwil (EUI) ; Prof. Mary O'Sullivan (INSEAD, Fontainebleau) ; Prof. Martin Rhodes (supervisor) (EUI) ; Prof. Winfried Ruigrok (University of St. Gallen, HSG)Defence date: 5 July 2003
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PAN, YUH-YING, and 潘玉瑛. "Flexible Employments in Sweden, Britain and Germany Under Globalization-A Perspective of Institutional Arrangements." Thesis, 2003. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/50234132805075231242.
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"Globalization and the effects of changes in functional income distribution on aggregate demand in Germany." Inst. für Volkswirtschaftstheorie und -politik, 2007. http://epub.wu-wien.ac.at/dyn/dl/wp/epub-wu-01_cc2.
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(8722203), Ricardo Quintana Vallejo. "CHILDREN OF GLOBALIZATION: DIASPORIC COMING-OF-AGE NOVELS IN GERMANY, ENGLAND, AND THE UNITED STATES." Thesis, 2020.
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Children of Globalization: Diasporic Coming-of-age Novels in Germany, England, and the United States is an exploration of contemporary Diasporic Coming-of-age Novels written in the context of globalized and de facto multicultural societies. Framed in the long tradition of Bildungsroman studies, this study illuminates the structural transformations that the coming-of-age genre has undergone in contemporary diasporic communities. Children of Globalization analyzes the complex identity formation of first- and subsequent-generation migrant protagonists in globalized rural and urban environments and dissects the implications that these diasporic formative processes have for the tercentennial genre. While the most traditional iteration of the Bildungsroman genre follows male middle-class heroes who forge their identities in a process of complex introspection to become citizens and workers, contemporary Diasporic Coming-of-age Novels represent formative processes that fit into, resist, or even disregard, narratives of nationhood. Recent changes in the global genre are the direct consequence of the intricacies of the formative processes of culturally-hybrid protagonists who must negotiate their access into adulthood and citizenship, and puzzle over sexuality and gender identity, in host societies that at times regard them with contempt and distrust. The study spans three centuries as it traces both perennial and volatile elements of the genre through its contemporary state. In doing so, it identifies thematic and structural seeds which, planted through the centuries in varied locations, have bloomed into nuanced explorations of the self in an interconnected world where regional and national definitions of identity are increasingly contested and in flux.
In order to contextualize the genre and provide evidence of its enduring malleability, the study begins in Germany, tracing what I term Proto-Bildungsromane, long medieval narrative poems that follow the formative processes of knights and heroes in grandiose style. Wolfram von Eschenbach’s thirteenth-century poem Parzival and the coeval Gottfried von Straßburg’s Die Geschichte der Liebe von Tristan und Isolde ponder the development of the self but too heavily rely on destiny to be considered Bildungsromane. Still in Germany, I illustrate the fundamental characteristics of the genre in Wolfgang von Goethe’s Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre. In order to showcase the flexibility of the genre, I analyze its early transformations in England in prominent works by Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and E. M. Forster. The last four chapters focus on the exciting development of Diasporic Coming-of-age Novels in England, the United States, and Germany. Despite the stark differences between these societies and the particular cultural wealth of diasporic groups that have migrated there, the Diasporic Coming-of-age Novel has enabled sophisticated explorations of identity and belonging in all three countries. As the chapter summaries show, contemporary writers have used the Diasporic Coming-of-age Novel to untangle complicated formative processes, understand the expectations of their social environments, and achieve different levels of belonging and maturity.
With Children of Globalization, I seek to deepen our understanding of the exciting influence that contemporary diasporic movements have on the coming-of-age genre in particular and literary studies in general. Additionally, it is my hope that the exploration of Diasporic Coming-of-age Novels contributes to a capacious understanding of the important role of literature in the study of migration.
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Huang, Shih-Yin, and 黃詩茵. "Competitive Strategies Of European Airlines From The Perspective Of Globalization- A Case Study Of England, France, And Germany." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/8nw5pg.
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Nowadays, globalization has become a familiar word. In addition to the growth of a fast-paced global economy, one of the largest factors in globalization is the air transport industry and it is an indispensable factor in accelerating globalization today. The air transport industry is a highly competitive industry muddled with barriers to entry. In the early stages of the air transportation industry, aside from government-run air transport industries the market for private air transport corporations was greatly restricted. It was not until 1978, when American President Jimmy Carter signed the “Airline Deregulation Act”, which removed some of the governmental control of United States inner aviation market. Furthermore, America signed the EU-US “Open Skies Agreement” in 1997 to give even more rights to private sectors. After that, the number of airline companies and scheduled flights rapidly increased. In order to react this trend, the airline companies started to form airline alliances to minimize costs and company risks while at the same time maximizing profits, market share and customer loyalty. Since the formation of the European Union on, it has focused on eliminating differences and unifying the European marketplace. The European air transport markets are no different. Under this competitive environment, coupled with the impact of the EU-US “Open Air Agreement”, European airline companies not only needed to form alliances, but also faced entirely different situations all together. The most obvious of these are merger acquisitions. The most famous example of a European airline merger was in 2005, when Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines merged becoming “Air France-KLM”. The merger worked well because the two airline’s target markets were different; KLM Royal Dutch Airlines was based in Northern Europe while Air France was based in the south. Since the merger, Air France-KLM has become one of the leading European airlines, while each airline has retained its individual identity, trade name and brand. The three core businesses are passenger transport, cargo and engineering/maintenance. Both airlines run their own operations from their respective hub airports (Charles de Gaulle, Paris and Schiphol, Amsterdam) and their hubs make the aviation whole. Due to the financial crisis and the oil prices rising in recent years, there are other strategies for airline companies to deal with this critical situation, such as low-cost carriers and the airline code-sharing strategy. The low-cost carrier in the European Union began running in 1985 under the name Ryanair. Today, Ryanair has become the biggest low-cost airline in the EU, with around 4,325 million Euro revenue in 2012. Moreover, the airline code-sharing strategy is also frequently used in European airline market as it raises the number of passengers and lowers the cost of service and maintenance. Under the EU-US Open Skies Agreement, the market is freed and national carriers can run the trans-atlantics as well as private carriers. In addition, the deregulation of the European aviation market prevented the intervention by governments in the European Union which created a beneficial and diverse investment circumstance. In the era of neoliberalism, the airline business has more different strategies to face these harsh situations. This thesis will focus on the airline business strategies exercised in cases among England, Germany and France.
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Chang, Chia-Chi, and 張家齊. "The Policy Responses of the European Nations to the Refugee Crisis under Globalization : the Cases of the United Kingdom and Germany , 2014-2018." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/b45545.
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Providing protection to people fleeing in search of refuge is one of humanity’s most longstanding traditions – a shared value embedded in many religious and cultural traditions, and now part of international law. This research focuses on the responses of EU, Germany and the United kingdom from 2014-2018, when the UK is heading towards Brexit, and Germany rises as the core value and the engine of EU. How and why are these two nations are so different from each other? From small individuals to larger regional or global networks, there are pragmatic and inward-looking approach to influence the policy making. Finally, this research derives into the comparison of the asylum systems, and the EU''s efforts to integrate the member states, and concludes with the emphasis on the importance of caring for humanity. It is imperative for us to look at international politics as a whole when asking why the Refugee Crisis took place is happening. The story goes back to the Arab Spring (2011), the Syrian Civil War, and the rise of the Islamic State. All of these factors contributed and influenced policy making in Europe. Based on the relationship between the themes of this study and these connections, we should analyze, deconstruct and explain the context of applying of the theory “Mobilization of Bias ”, to rebuild the passage back of the policy-making framework. Many European countries take a more pragmatic approach and are more inward-looking, from individuals, regional to global networks, their policies were influenced for various reasons. This study conducts 3 aspects of analysis framework in the global level, regional level and nation level. The "global level" discuss how the United States and Russia use proxy-war to influence the geopolitical game in the post-Cold War period. The "regional level" looks into how EU as the center, integrates the different policy of the member states, and lastly, "national level" at the UK and Germany responded to the refugee crisis. The conclusion of this study is that the cause of the Refugee Crisis is due to the occurrence of war. If we’re not going to stop the war, the crisis will continue. In addition, the rise of right-wing political forces has led to the phenomenon of democracy being challenged. In the other hand, terrorism still threatens us even if the Islamic State was “demolished”, because it was changing to another form of existence. Also, whether the EU is going to integrated well or break away depends on the interests of the member states who are taking care of the refugees. Therefore, the gap between time and distance under the globalization is diminishing and the influence in the regions are bound to become greater. In the end, this research wishes to stress that humanity and human dignity will be the final recommendations. These are also suggestion to instill democratic values in an era where challenges to the mobilization of bias, and ultimately achieve the peace we long look forward to.
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Weber, Peter C. "The Praxis of Civil Society: Associational Life, the Politics of Civility, and Public Affairs in the Weimar Republic." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/5603.
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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)This dissertation analyzes the efforts to develop a pluralistic political culture and democratic practices of governance through the training of democratic leaders in Germany's first school of public affairs, the German School of Politics. The investigation of the thought-leaders that formed this school illustrates two main points. First, through the prism of the School, I detail the efforts to develop a conception of civil society that, by being grounded in civility, could retie social bonds and counter the brutalization of politics characteristic of the post-World War One years. By providing practical knowledge, courses in public affairs could not only free Germans from the blinders of ideologies, but also instill in them an ethos that would help viewing the political enemy as an opponent with an equal right to participate in the political process. Secondly, I point to the limits of trans-national philanthropy in supporting the development of civil society in young democracies. By analyzing the relationship between U.S. foundations and the School, I focus on the asymmetry that existed between American ideals of democracy and the realities of the German political system. This study thus focuses on the dynamics between the actions of institutions and organizations, and the broader social behaviors that constitute public life.
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WU, MEI-LING, and 吳美玲. "The Challenges and Responses of German Welfare State to Economic Globalization." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/22381678421408280640.
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After the Second World War, the European countries underwent heavy fall. Many governments in the postwar regarded Keynesism as their doctrine and this influenced the national economic policy. And under the Bretton Woods Agreement, every country had greater power to control his domestic economy. At this period, many states chose the welfare system and from 1945 to 1970''s was called the golden age of the welfare state. In the early 70''s broke the oil crisis and world economy growth was stagnant. International factors let welfare states face new challenges and the coming globalization in 90''s brought the bigger shock to them. Under the influences of economic globalization, the government gradually has less power to control its economic policy. The exodus of industries from developed countries, the free flow of capital across borders, and the decreases in public revenue make welfare states have huge deficit. The increasing unemployment rate even let these states understand that they have to innovate as soon as possible. This paper in the above-mentioned historic background addresses the challenges and problems of German welfare state to economic globalization and the responses and innovation of Germany against this international change. Germany is also one of the welfare states and she faces the same problems like other welfare states, but compared with the United Kingdom and Sweden, the innovation of Germany started quite late. In March of 2003, German chancellor — Schröder administration presented Agenda 2010 and intended to innovate and to build new Germany. Until now, it is still hard to judge whether this innovation plan succeeds or not, but the protest march in the summer of 2004 was a signal to Schröder. The continued process of German innovation is worthy to further observe and work.
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Sung, Po-Ling, and 松柏陵. "The Reforms and Their Assessments of German Gerhard Schröder Government under Economic Globalization." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/18793889251613479591.
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Germany’s economy was devastated during World War Ⅱ. However, with the adoption of “social market economy”, Germany not only created a world famous “economic miracle”, but also constructed a featured German Capitalism. Due to its difference from Anglo-Saxon model, French Economist Michel Albert proposed a perspective of “the other capitalism model”, and that is “Rhine model”. The constituent elements of Rhine model are the institutions and competition order of social market economy, a well-constructed social state, a partly regulated labour market, and a highly centralized industrial negotiations. It is not only a successful hybrid of economic efficiency and social democracy, but builds “the middle way” of economic and social policy. Two oil shocks and the collapse of Bretton Woods system during 1970s caused the crisis of Western welfare states. After 1990s, Germany has had to face the changes and challenges to Rhine model itself that has come with reunification, deepening and widening of European Integration, and economic globalization. Besides, constitutional regime and the demographic structure are also concerned by many. Internal and external circumstances have caused German economic laggard, high unemployment rate, serious fiscal deficit and decline of international competitiveness. Chancellor Gerhard Schröder of Social Democratic Party came to power in 1998. He accepted the concept of “the Third Way” proposed by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, and announced “die Neue Mitte” to Germany’s need, which aimed at addressing the adaptation to economic globalization through social and economic reforms. “Agenda 2010” and a series of “Hartz Gesetze” made to modernize German social welfare system and labour market attract people’s eyes during this process. Despite the defeat in Bundestag’s election in 2005, succeeding Chancellor Angela Merkel of Christian Democratic Union basically follow the reform path of her predecessor.
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BOSCH, Reinoud. "Bringing Nuance into the Globalization Debate: Changes in US, Japanese, and German Management, with Special Reference to the Impact of International Finance." Doctoral thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1814/9987.
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Defence date: 11 February 2008Examining Board: Prof. Colin Crouch, University of Warwick (EUI Supervisor) ; Prof. Geoffrey Hodgson, University of Hertfordshire ; Prof. David Marsden, London School of Economics ; Prof. Peter Wagner, University of Trento
This study presents the results of an application of an extended version of grounded theory to bring nuance into the globalization debate by looking at changes in US, Japanese, and German management, with special reference to the impact of international finance. It starts out by presenting the core of the preconceptions with which I started my research, represented by reconstructions of three perspectives that were highly popular and influential in the financial globalization debate at the end of the 1980s and during the 1990s. Next, well-substantiated, systematized, and synthesized empirical and theoretical material from many different sources is presented with which the three perspectives are compared. On the basis of the findings, the study concludes that the three perspectives cannot reasonably be upheld. More generally, the study indicates different sources of causality that more or less contradict each other and that lead to some kind of transformation. The main channels through which financial globalization is hypothesized to impact on management practices are the possibility of offshore outsourcing, financial deregulation, foreign shareholdings, the way attempts to improve global competitiveness have been affected by international finance, and management practices of MNCs. The pressures resulting from financial globalization are interpreted to be to some extent resisted by domestic power constellations, while for many changes the relation to financial globalization is unclear. In all three countries, a number of ‘neo-liberal’ practices has become more common. But some cultural adaptation appears to have occurred, while certain practices may already have been common in Japan and Germany. In addition, elements of Japanese management have been introduced in the US and Germany while universal banking has been introduced in the US and Japan. For management practices of MNCs, a mixture of home- and host-country practices is found together with some cultural adaptation. A case study of management practices in Japanese MNCs in the US also finds a mixture of home- and host-country practices.
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Ehmann, Matthias. "Reverse mission? : Einführung in afrikanische Perspektiven und die Rezeption in Deutschland." Diss., 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22259.
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Text in German, summaries in German and EnglishDie Arbeit beschreibt und reflektiert aus missionswissenschaftlicher Perspektive das häufig mit „reverse mission“ bezeichnete Phänomen afrikanischer Mission in Europa. Dafür beschreibt und vergleicht sie drei relevante Perspektiven afrikanischen Ursprungs, um das noch wenig untersuchte Phänomen wissenschaftlich zu fassen. Anschließend wer-den die Ergebnisse missionswissenschaftlich gedeutet und die Rezeption des Phänomens in der deutschsprachigen Theologie und in der deutschen kirchlichen Landschaft unter-sucht. So wird identifiziert, welche Aspekte des internationalen Diskurses in Deutschland besondere Beachtung finden und welche missionstheologischen Positionen dazu vertre-ten werden. Davon ausgehend werden Perspektiven und Desiderate auf dem Weg zu einer multikulturellen Missionsbewegung benannt.
The study describes and reflects a phenomenon of African Missions to Europe, which is often called “reverse mission”, from a missiological perspective. For this purpose it describes and compares three relevant Africanrooted perspectives in order to catch this not jet well researched phenomenon. The results are interpreted missiological and the reception of the phenomenon in German speaking theology and in German churches is researched in order to identify, which aspects of the international discourse are attracting special interest in Germany and which missiological views are advanced. On that basis perspectives and desiderata for the future discourse on the way to a multicultural mission movement are named.
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Schlitz, Nicolas. "At the Margins – Economic Geographies of Waste & Recycling." Doctoral thesis, 2020. https://repositorium.ub.uni-osnabrueck.de/handle/urn:nbn:de:gbv:700-202009253584.
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This cumulative dissertation presents an environmental economic geography approach to the study of waste and recycling. Thereby, it introduces the notion of ‘waste economies’, which describes the conjunction of the production of waste with the societal handling as well as the valorisation of waste. Two distinct regional case studies serve to illustrate different aspects of waste economies. The first case investigates the valorisation of surplus manure from intensive livestock farming through biogas production in a highly industrialized rural region in north-western Germany – the example of manure and digestate in the Oldenburger Münsterland. The second case focuses on the recovery and revalorisation of wasted materials in the labour-intensive urban informal economy of a metropolitan area in eastern India – the example of informal plastic recycling networks in Kolkata. On a theoretical level, the conceptualization of waste economies is located at the intersection of environmental economic geography and the interdisciplinary field of waste studies. It draws on the global production networks approach, social metabolism and Marxist political economy to analyse waste as a form of ‘hybrid’ socio-nature. Following a qualitative research methodology, the analysis of the two cases depicts the close entanglement of economic and environmental processes in the production, societal handling and economic valorisation of waste, and reveals how this intersection is conducive for capital accumulation. Three different economic processes and dynamics serve as central analytical dimensions to delineate the characteristics of waste economies with regard to the expanded reproduction of capital accumulation, that is, the continued growth of capitalist economies: processes of externalisation as well as dynamics of expansion and intensification. Through the combined up-scaled analysis of two empirical cases on a higher level of theoretical abstraction, this dissertation offers a better understanding of the economic function of waste in growth-oriented capitalist economies. In this way, it contributes to the global recycling network and global destruction network approaches within economic geography and relates them to scholarly concerns about global environmental change.
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Hügler, Rebecca Octavia. "BETWEEN HEIMAT AND FREMDE: NEW CONFIGURATIONS OF HAPPINESS IN CONTEMPORARY GERMAN LITERATURE AND FILM." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1974/8060.
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This thesis investigates representations of happiness in recent German literature and film. The interpretations focus on how happiness is negotiated in the context of home and travel, of Heimat and Fremde, in order to understand happiness, not only insofar as it contributes to “the good life”, but also as an element that shapes public discourses. My readings of works of fiction take into account how notions of happiness have shifted since the turn of the millennium. One reason for this shift is the heightened interest in happiness research, one of the most thriving interdisciplinary research fields of the last decade, which includes disciplines such as psychology, neurosciences, political science, sociology and economics.
The following texts and films are examined in this context: Sommerhaus, später (1998) and Nichts als Gespenster (2003) by Judith Hermann, Transfer Lounge (2003) by Gregor Hens, Die Habenichtse (2006) by Katharina Hacker, Head-On (German: Gegen die Wand, 2004) by Fatih Akın, When We Leave (German: Die Fremde, 2010) by Feo Aladağ, Der Blick hinab (2007) by Shirin Kumm, Unveiled (German: Fremde Haut, 2005) by Angelina Maccarone, Cherry Blossoms (German: Kirschblüten – Hanami, 2008) by Doris Dörrie and Zehn (2010) by Franka Potente.
My theoretical framework is informed in part by Sara Ahmed’s 2010 influential study, The Promise of Happiness, which takes a critical view toward recent happiness research from a cultural studies perspective. My analysis is directed at the ways in which concepts of happiness are narrated, negotiated and challenged within the context of transnational stories, which are inscribed with the effects of “supermodernity” (Augé) in a globalized world. I show how these works subvert themes and motifs that are associated with happiness, such as home and Heimat and travel or migration into the West. Finally, my readings show how these works mediate and reflect public dialogues and traditional notions about what makes us happy or unhappy, and I demonstrate how new configurations of happiness arise from these narratives.Thesis (Ph.D, German) -- Queen's University, 2013-05-30 17:42:26.632