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Towards a Bangsamoro in Mindanao?

2017

Mindanao was already settled by Muslims when the Spanish colonization began. Today, the western part of the island and the Sulu archipelago are territories with a majority Muslim population, whereas the rest of the Philippines is predominantly Christian. Since the sixteenth century, the “Moros” of Mindanao have fought outsiders, Spaniards first, then the Americans, and throughout history the other Filipinos. The settlement migration policy of the Philippine government in the middle of the twentieth century has transformed the human landscape of the central and eastern parts of Mindanao, now predominantly Christian, and created a major area of commercial plantations. Political opposition to …

Comprehensive defence in Latvia – rebranding state defence and call for society's involvement

2020

Abstract This article explores how comprehensive defence has been introduced in Latvia, and focuses on society's involvement and tasks in the state defence. This approach envisages a significant change in society's relationship with the armed forces and state defence. Differently from many other countries, Latvia maintains its system without introducing conscription and instead puts efforts towards youth education in defence. Additionally, the Ministry of Defence involves different society groups and NGOs in defining their role in state defence. This article also discusses the concepts of resistance and non-collaboration as part of comprehensive defence.

Introduction: Research Interest and Research Questions

2017

This chapter explores the theoretical and empirical puzzles of regionalism in the Global South on the example of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The SADC is one of the most realistic and promising examples of the new regionalism and shows constant dynamics in a number of policy areas. The main research interest of this much-needed analysis is to explain the emergence, institutional design and performance of regionalism in the SADC from a political science perspective. In order to provide innovative research, the analytical focus is on the role and influence of regional key countries and, particularly, external actors. Moreover, this chapter offers a comprehensive overview…

Backlash against the procedural consensus

2020

While the politics of backlash is typically described as a reaction to policy decisions in favour of minority rights, immigration or globalisation, this essay focuses on the fact that backlash typically also involves a reaction against the procedural consensus liberal democracy is based upon. This challenge to democratic procedures and institutions may be even more dangerous in its effects than the substantial objectives of backlash. I use the composite definition of backlash suggested by Alter and Zürn to assess in how far the attacks on the institutions of liberal democracy have retrograde objectives in themselves or in how far they are merely instrumental to the pursuit of other retrogr…

The “Refugee Crisis,” Immigration Attitudes, and Euroscepticism

2019

Between 2015 and 2017, the European Union (EU) was confronted with a major crisis in its history, the so-called “European refugee crisis.” Since the multifaceted crisis has provoked many different responses, it is also likely to have influenced individuals’ assessments of immigrants and European integration. Using data from three waves of the European Social Survey (ESS) — the wave before the crisis in 2012, the wave at the beginning of the crisis in 2014, and the wave right after the (perceived) height of the crisis in 2016 — we test the degree to which the European refugee crisis increased Europeans’ anti-immigrant sentiment and Euroscepticism, as well as the influence of Europeans’ anti-…

From “Mano Dura” to “Enfrentamiento Directo”: swings of public policies in El Salvador

2019

RESUMEN Introduccion: El presente trabajo analiza las cuatro principales politicas publicas de seguridad contra las pandillas en El Salvador: Mano Dura (2003-2004), Super Mano Dura (2004-2009), Tregua entre pandillas (2012-2014) y Enfrentamiento Directo (2014-2019). El objetivo es identificar la influencia de estas politicas sobre la violencia. Materiales y Metodos: Se trata de una investigacion cualitativa apoyada en 12 entrevistas y el relato de vida con las que se explora la responsabilidad gubernamental frente al problema de la violencia en El Salvador. El trabajo de campo se efectuo durante 7 meses, entre septiembre de 2016 y marzo de 2017. El tratamiento de la informacion se efectuo m…

Überlegungen des Expertenbeirats zu Anträgen im Rahmen des Innovationsfonds

2018

Zusammenfassung Der Innovationsfonds schafft Anreize zur Entwicklung und Erprobung von Versorgungsinnovationen im Bereich der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung (GKV) mit dem Ziel einer qualitativen Weiterentwicklung der Versorgung in Deutschland. Uber einen Zeitraum von zunachst vier Jahren (2016-19) werden jahrlich 300 Millionen Euro fur Projekte zu „Neuen Versorgungsformen“ und zur „Versorgungsforschung“ bereitgestellt. Der vom Bundesministerium fur Gesundheit (BMG) berufene zehn-kopfige Expertenbeirat begutachtet in einem formalisierten Verfahren alle Antrage anhand verschiedener Kriterien auf wissenschaftliche Gute, Innovationsgehalt, Versorgungsrelevanz und Implementierbarkeit. Das vorl…

Mejorar la transparencia y la credibilidad de los análisis coste-efectividad de las intervenciones sanitarias

2016

Covid-19 in Deutschland – Erklärung, Prognose und Einfluss gesundheitspolitischer Maßnahmen

2020

Zusammenfassung Die Autoren erklären den bisherigen Verlauf von Covid-19 in Deutschland durch Regressionsanalysen und epidemiologische Modelle. Sie beschreiben und quantifizieren den Effekt der gesundheitspolitischen Maßnahmen (GPM), die bis zum 19. April in Kraft waren. Sie berechnen den erwarteten Verlauf der Covid-19-Epidemie in Deutschland, wenn es diese Maßnahmen nicht gegeben hätte, und zeigen, dass die GPM einen erheblichen Beitrag zur Reduktion der Infektionszahlen geleistet haben. Die seit 20. April gelockerten GPM sind zwischen den Bundesländern relativ heterogen, was ein Glücksfall für die Wissenschaft ist. Mittels einer Analyse dieser Heterogenität kann aufgedeckt werden, welche…

Essais cliniques institutionnels : quel monitoring ?

2013

Resume Objectif Les promoteurs assument la responsabilite de la qualite des essais cliniques. Ces methodes d’assurance qualite doivent etre les plus efficaces possible, et avoir un cout maitrise. Nous voulions decrire les erreurs les plus frequentes, a partir de la litterature, leur impact sur les resultats, et proposer les strategies de monitoring les plus efficientes. Resultats Les defauts rencontres concernent la conception, les procedures, la gestion des donnees et l’analyse. L’impact sur les resultats est presque toujours une surestimation de l’effet traitement. Aucune methode de monitoring n’ayant ete demontree superieure, un monitoring econome, cible sur les risques d’erreurs, avec d…