This open access collection is devoted to an in-depth, qualitative analysis of practices of cross-national solidarity in response to the current political and social crises, from citizens’ initiatives to networks of cooperation among civil society actors. The book analyses existing informal groups at the grassroots, furthering transnational solidarity in three thematic areas: disability, une…
This open access volume provides evidence-based knowledge on European solidarity and citizen responses in times of crisis. Does the crisis of European integration translate into a crisis of European solidarity, and if yes, what are the manifestations at the level of individual citizens? How strongly is solidarity rooted at the individual level, both in terms of attitudes and practices? And whic…
This Open Access book shows how expert consensus pervades all areas of science. It explores, in particular, the role of consensus in establishing scientific truth, in guiding professional practice and policy and agreeing on what are acceptable scientific methodologies. For some scientific issues, a consensus forms spontaneously among scientists working on a topic, while for others, where the is…
This open access book develops a deeper understanding of an increasingly applied term across policy cycles and academic discourses, ‘energy citizenship’. It provides the reader with five distinct chapters, with each in turn examining a specific aspect of the concept and how it has manifested in public discourses.
This open access book presents insights on the resiliency strategies of at-risk vocational education and training (VET) students in the field of learning, employment and social integration, in the Baltic countries and Norway. It investigates the ways in which vocational education and training (VET) can enhance the social inclusion of young people at-risk, both in terms of combating school dropo…
The Religious Identity of Young Muslim Women in Berlin offers an in-depth ethnographic account of Muslim youth’s religious identity formation and their engagement with Islam in everyday life. Focusing on Muslim women in the organisation MJD in Germany, it provides a deeper understanding of processes related to immigration, transnationalism, the transformation of identifications and the recons…
This open access book studies disability inclusion in humanitarian crises. It addresses the challenges of recognizing and including persons with disabilities and indicates the degree to which disability is being mainstreamed in international law and humanitarian action. Further, it explores how international organizations have promoted a rights-based understanding of disability in international…
The ‘open society’ has become a watchword of liberal democracy and the market system in the modern globalized world. Openness stands for individual opportunity and collective reason, as well as bottom-up empowerment and top-down transparency. It has become a cherished value, despite its vagueness and the connotation of vulnerability that surrounds it. Scandinavia has long considered itself …
Dieser Open-Access-Band präsentiert einen Digitalbaukasten für kompetenzorientiertes Lehren und Lernen, der sowohl Studierenden als auch Lehrenden Angebote zur Steigerung ihrer digitalen Kompetenzen bietet und Studierende beim Ausbau ihrer Selbstlernkompetenz und Studierfähigkeit unterstützt. Für Studierende gibt es digitale Selbstreflexionsinstrumente, für Lehrende gibt es eine Toolbox m…
In diesem Open-Access-Buch wird untersucht, wie Imame in der Schweiz mit den vielfältigen Anrufungen, Adressierungen, Zuschreibungen und Erwartungen in massenmedialen und politischen Debatten umgehen. Anhand einer empirischen Subjektivierungsanalyse wird die Machtwirkungen von Diskursen auf Selbst-Positionierungen von Imamen aufgezeigt. Herausgearbeitet wird, wie sich die spezifischen Debatten…