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A Radical Bargain for Europe
During the last two decades, the European Union has come under increasing existential threat. Successive historic crises have called into question the EU’s ability to meet the needs of its citizens, and effectively navigate the emerging challenges of the 21st century. From sovereign debt, Mediterranean migration, and Brexit to climate change, the Covid-19 pandemic, and spiralling conflicts just beyond its borders, the EU has struggled to carve out a meaningful path forward. Worse, through action or inaction, it has often failed to live up to the lofty ideals of its foundation. In response, the EU has faced a growing tide of Europhobic dissent, driven by insurgent populism and nationalism. ...
Belief and Religion in Barbarian Europe c. 350-700
This ground-breaking study offers a new paradigm for understanding the beliefs and religions of the Goths, Burgundians, Sueves, Franks and Lombards as they converted from paganism to Christianity between c.350 and c.700 CE. Combining history and theology with approaches drawn from the cognitive science of religion, Belief and Religion in Barbarian Europe uses both written and archaeological evidence to challenge many older ideas. Beginning with a re-examination of our knowledge about the deities and rituals of their original religions, it goes on to question the assumption that the Germanic peoples were merely passive recipients of Christian doctrine, arguing that so-called 'Arianism' was fi...
Grundeinkommen braucht Europa - Europa braucht Grundeinkommen
Ohne eine Strategie des Ausgleichs zwischen reicheren und ärmeren Mitgliedsstaaten ist der soziale Zusammenhalt in der Europäischen Union gefährdet. Hier allein auf eine Angleichung der Wirtschaftskraft zu setzen, wird nicht funktionieren. Die EU braucht eine soziale Säule, um die Disparitäten bei der ökonomischen Leistungsfähigkeit ansatzweise auszugleichen. Die Einführung eines Grundeinkommens könnte diese Säule sein: als eine solidarische, möglichst unbürokratische Existenzsicherung für alle Europäerinnen und Europäer. Der 2013 von Philippe Van Parijs eingebrachte Vorschlag einer Euro-Dividende bildet den Startpunkt für diesen Debattenband. Das Freiburg Institute for Basic Income Studies (FRIBIS) ist ein interdisziplinärer Kompetenzverbund zum Thema Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen. Wissenschaftler aus Volkswirtschaft, Psychologie, Theologie, Ethnologie, Informatik und Erziehungswissenschaften sowie politische Aktivistinnen und Aktivisten forschen und debattieren in multithematischen Teams.
Public Policy
A comprehensive introduction to public policy and the policy cycle, the fully revised second edition of this popular textbook offers a practical guide to the topic while remaining underpinned by cutting-edge research. Bringing together analysis of classic works alongside the most recent developments in the field, this book is guided by the following three crucial questions: What is public policy? Who participates in making and putting public policy in practice as well as in assessing its success? And when and how does public policy change over time? In answering these questions, the book covers everything from the central institutions and actors of policy-making to implementation, evaluation...
Sicherheitsempfinden und bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen
Im Zentrum der Analysen stehen das subjektive Sicherheitsempfinden der Österreicherinnen und Österreicher in unterschiedlichen Bereichen, die Betroffenheit von der Corona-Pandemie samt ihren wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Folgen sowie in diesem Kontext die Haltung zu einem bedingungslosen Grundeinkommen. Die Ergebnisse zeigen eine zunehmend verunsicherte Gesellschaft, die die Notwendigkeit der Verbesserung und Weiterentwicklung unseres Sozialsystems erkennt, wobei die Haltung zu einem bedingungslosen Grundeinkommen ambivalent ist.
A European Social Union after the Crisis
Today, many people agree that the EU lacks solidarity and needs a social dimension. This debate is not new, but until now the notion of a 'social Europe' remained vague and elusive. To make progress, we need a coherent conception of the reasons behind, and the agenda for, not a 'social Europe', but a new idea: a European Social Union. We must motivate, define, and demarcate an appropriate notion of European solidarity. We must also understand the legal and political obstacles, and how these can be tacked. In short, we need unequivocal answers to questions of why, what, and how: on that basis, we can define a clear-cut normative and institutional concept. That is the remit of this book: it provides an in-depth interdisciplinary examination of the rationale and the feasibility of a European Social Union. Outstanding scholars and top-level practitioners reflect on obstacles and solutions, from an economic, social, philosophical, legal, and political perspective.
The Civic Minimum
Many governments today are engaged in far-reaching programs of 'welfare reform'. But what would a just program of welfare reform consist in? Is the current emphasis on linking welfare 'rights' to 'responsibilities' justifiable? In this book, Stuart White reconsiders the principles of economic citizenship appropriate to a democratic society, and explores the radical implications of these principles for public policy. According to White, justice demands that economic cooperation satisfy a standard of 'fair reciprocity'. Against a background of institutions that are sufficiently just in other respects, those citizens who share in the social product have an obligation to make a productive contri...
The European Social Question
Since the turn of the twenty-first century, it has become increasingly clear that the European Union is falling short of its promise to enhance social cohesion across the continent. In the face of rising financial capitalism, technological and demographic change, societies across Europe are experiencing old and new forms of poverty and the rise of social inequality. Throughout the EU, welfare state modernization has been at the centre of divisive debates over the redistribution of wealth, and imbalances between a wealthy European core and its peripheries persist. Today more than ever, the policies and governance structures of the EU are seen as part of the problem rather than the solution. T...
Global Investment Competitiveness Report 2017/2018
The Global Investment Competitiveness report presents new insights and evidence on drivers of foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries, and FDI’s role in development. The report’s survey of 750 executives of multinational corporations finds that a business-friendly legal and regulatory environment is a key driver of investment decisions in developing countries, along with political stability, security, and macroeconomic conditions. The report’s topic-specific chapters explore the potential of FDI to create new growth opportunities for local firms, assess the power of tax holidays and other fiscal incentives to attract FDI, analyze characteristics of FDI originating in de...
Profit Maximization
Primeaux and Stieber clearly articulate that good ethics maximize profits. The authors show that in the long run business must operate within the value systems of a society.
