229 research outputs found
Has the Covid-19 pandemic led to more informal and decentralised EU decision-making?
No full textCovid-19 has presented unprecedented challenges for the EU’s member states. Drawing on a new study, Rahel M. Schomaker, Marko Hack and Ann-Katrin Mandry take stock of the EU’s reaction to the first wave of the pandemic. They write the response was characterised by shifts between forms of centralisation and decentralisation, as well as formal and informal decision-making
Rahel Schomaker, Public Private Partnerships aus Sicht der Neuen Institutionenökonomik – Theoretische Überlegungen und empirische Evidenzen
No full textRahel Varnhagen von Ense Collection 1793-1974
No full textOriginal correspondence from Rahel Varnjagen as well as from her husband Karl August. Annotated handwritten transcripts of lost correspondence from and to Rahel Varnhagen, prepared before WW II. Also included are commentaries, essays, etc.digitizedBorn in Berlin on May 26, 1771, Rahel Levin was an author and salon hostess. She married Karl August Varnhagen von Ense in 1814 and died in Berlin on March 7, 1833.Erich Loewenthal prepared the transcripts of the correspondence between Rahel Varnhagen and her brother Ludwig Robert before WW II with the intention to have it published. The letters were held in Berlin’s Staatsarchiv Unter den Linden, before being moved to Silesia and destroyed in WW II. Erich Loewenthal was killed in Auschwitz.Behrend, Fritz. Bokelmann, Wilhelm. Brinkmann, Gustav. Friedländer, Rebecca
Außergewöhnliche Ereignisse und responsives Regieren : die Auswirkungen der Energiewende auf das Vertrauen in politische Institutionen
No full textRahel Varnhagen : the life of a Jewess /
No full text"She was, Hannah Arendt wrote, "my closest friend, though she has been dead for some hundred years." Born in Berlin in 1771 as the daughter of a Jewish merchant, Rahel Varnhagen would come to host one of the most prominent salons of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Arendt discovered her writings some time in the mid-1920s and soon began to reimagine Rahel's inner life and write her biography. Long unavailable and never before published as Arendt intended, Rahel Varnhagen: The Life of a Jewess returns to print in an extraordinary new edition." "For this first complete and critical edition of the book in any language, Liliane Weissberg reconstructs the notes Arendt planned for Rahel Varnhagen but never fully executed. She reveals the full extent to which Arendt wove the biography largely from the words of Rahel and her contemporaries. In her extended introduction, Weissberg reflects on Rahel's writings, on Arendt's reading of Rahel's work and life, and on the importance of this text in the development of Arendt's political theory. But the book was important to its author in other ways as well, Weissberg reveals, as she uncovers the hidden story of how Arendt manipulated documents relating to Rahel Varnhagen to claim for herself a university position and reparation payments from the postwar German state."--Jacket."Published in cooperation with the Leo Baeck Institute"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-380) and index."She was, Hannah Arendt wrote, "my closest friend, though she has been dead for some hundred years." Born in Berlin in 1771 as the daughter of a Jewish merchant, Rahel Varnhagen would come to host one of the most prominent salons of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Arendt discovered her writings some time in the mid-1920s and soon began to reimagine Rahel's inner life and write her biography. Long unavailable and never before published as Arendt intended, Rahel Varnhagen: The Life of a Jewess returns to print in an extraordinary new edition." "For this first complete and critical edition of the book in any language, Liliane Weissberg reconstructs the notes Arendt planned for Rahel Varnhagen but never fully executed. She reveals the full extent to which Arendt wove the biography largely from the words of Rahel and her contemporaries. In her extended introduction, Weissberg reflects on Rahel's writings, on Arendt's reading of Rahel's work and life, and on the importance of this text in the development of Arendt's political theory. But the book was important to its author in other ways as well, Weissberg reveals, as she uncovers the hidden story of how Arendt manipulated documents relating to Rahel Varnhagen to claim for herself a university position and reparation payments from the postwar German state."--Jacket
What is a (good) institution?
No full textLa autora del texto, Rahel Jaeggi, aborda la cuestión de la institución desde la filosofía
social. En primer lugar, investiga qué es una institución y qué es lo que hacen las instituciones.
En segundo lugar, expone los motivos que permiten denominar a una institución buena o mala.The author of the text, Rahel Jaeggi, analyses the question of the institution from the
point of view of social philosophy. Firstly, what is an institution (and what institutions do) is
studied. Secondly, the reasons that allow to distinguish good and bad institutions are explained
Między spotkaniem a mijaniem. Rahel Varnhagen, Hannah Arendt, Judith Butler
No full textThe article is an attempt at capturing the relationship between the lives and creative attitudes of Rahel Varnhagen, Hannah Arendt and Judith Butler. Starting with Varnhagen’s biography written by Arendt, the essay’s author wonders about the philosopher’s writing strategy. Instead of a classic reconstruction of life, the biographer offers a collage of excerpts from Rahel’s letters with extensive commentary. This form encourages one to read Rahel Varnhagen as a narration about the author and her own struggle with Jewish and female identity. The second relationship analysed in the essay is the impact of Hannah Arendt’s texts on Judith Butler’s writings. Despite the criticism of the philosopher’s writings, Arendt remains an unquestionable inspiration to Butler. The article also emphasises the differencebetween the theoreticians: Arendt uses the strategy of mimicry (writing about identity in the form of a German Jew’s biography), while Butler writes a politically-engaged text, exposing herself and her identity.The article is an attempt at capturing the relationship between the lives and creative attitudes of Rahel Varnhagen, Hannah Arendt and Judith Butler. Starting with Varnhagen’s biography written by Arendt, the essay’s author wonders about the philosopher’s writing strategy. Instead of a classic reconstruction of life, the biographer offers a collage of excerpts from Rahel’s letters with extensive commentary. This form encourages one to read Rahel Varnhagen as a narration about the author and her own struggle with Jewish and female identity. The second relationship analysed in the essay is the impact of Hannah Arendt’s texts on Judith Butler’s writings. Despite the criticism of the philosopher’s writings, Arendt remains an unquestionable inspiration to Butler. The article also emphasises the differencebetween the theoreticians: Arendt uses the strategy of mimicry (writing about identity in the form of a German Jew’s biography), while Butler writes a politically-engaged text, exposing herself and her identity
Roundtable: how do we connect public administration and human rights?
No full textGlobal recognition that there are universal human rights and that governments have a duty to respect them, was one of the most important developments of the 20th century. In this century, though, human rights are challenged in many places. What role do scholars and practitioners in public administration play in protecting human rights? This question has not received adequate attention in the field. In this roundtable, nine scholars explore the different ways in which public administration scholarship and practice may contribute to the advancement of fundamental human rights. A general theme is the need within our field for more systematic attention to the subject of human rights. Contributors identify topics that deserve particular attention, such as the protection of democracy, the provision of services essential to personal security and development, and the empowerment of Indigenous peoples
Institutional quality and private sector participation: theory and empirical findings
No full textThrough several conduits, sound institutional quality is pivotal for economic development, as there is evidence that stable democratic institutions, rule of law and sound governance structures in the administration are highly conducive to promote growth. Therefore, a high institutional quality is not only the end point, but also the starting point of a more sustainable development. In this paper we provide some theoretical considerations as well as empirical evidence, based on several regression analyses, that the quality of institutions in a wider sense, and governance, which includes not only the level of “politics” itself, but also the administrative level, is relevant not only for the macro-level of development (i.e. the increase of the national welfare and foreign investment), but also on a micro-level: A stronger participation of private enterprises in public service provision and the introduction of public-private part¬nerships depends to a high degree on the institutional quality. This is even more relevant as the improvement of public services and of core infrastructures can be seen as crucial multipliers for future growth
Hannah Arendt – Rahel Levin: duas biografias, sujeito e espelho
No full textEste artigo propõe uma reflexão sobre a biografia de Rahel Levin produzida por Hannah Arendt com o intuito de abordar a complexidade desse exercício que revela tanto aspectos metodológicos, quanto dimensões sócio-antropológicas e intelectuais da autora e de seu tema. A análise desse trabalho biográfico, somada a outras fontes conduziu à descoberta de aspectos dos usos adotados por Arendt para o método biográfico, questões relacionadas à identidade e ao surgimento da categoria “indivíduo” na Europa a partir do século XVIII, ao lado de aspectos sutis do pensamento da biógrafa bem como suas relações com a mulher cuja vida a fascinou.AbstractThis article proposes a reflection about Hannah Arendt’s biography on Rahel Levin aiming to approach this complexity that reveals methodological, social-anthropological and intellectual aspects of both the author and her theme. The analyses of this biographic work along with other sources has taken to the discovery of Arendt’s biographic method, of issues related to identity and the birth of the “individual” category in Europe since the 18th century, sided to subtle aspects of the writer as well as her relations with Levin’s fascinating life.Key-Words: Hanna Arendt. Rahel Levin. Biographic Method. Individual. Identity. Romanticis
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