Manipuri women are much adulated and glorified by various sections of society. The media also report their active participation in economic, civil and political life. This however represents only a slice of their lives. The larger picture that is woven around their private lives, which play out...

Umweltprobleme sind nicht einfach objektiv gegebene Phänomene, die mittels rational ausgewählter Instrumente effektiv gelöst werden können. Themen wie Klimawandel, Biodiversitätsverlust, Entwaldung, Wüstenbildung und ähnliches sind von Machtbeziehungen aber auch von widerstreitenden...

Symbolic representation is a specific, uniquely human form of objectification of the real world, a powerful means of communication activity of its reflectivity. Understanding of the phenomenon of sign representation, its modeling and the definition of the sign and its meaning depends on the sign...

Over the last 20 years, multi-stakeholder processes have developed into a kind of new blueprint of transnational coordination. Somewhat antithetic to its rise as a role model for legitimate governance arrangements, however, empirical case studies have found little evidence in support of this...

The article analyses the role of economists in public discourse with regard to the financial crisis. Specifically, it focuses on the prevailing rhetorical strategies and the economic convictions of leading German-speaking economists as they appear in seven leading newspapers and magazines in the...