Over the past 20 years European theatre underwent fundamental changes in terms of aesthetic focus, institutional structure and in its position in society. The impetus for these changes was provided by a new generation in the independent theatre scene. This book brings together studies on the state of independent theatre in different European countries, focusing on the fields of dance and performance, children and youth theatre, theatre and migration and post-migrant theatre. Additionally, it includes essays on experimental musical theatre and different cultural policies for independent theatre scenes in a range of European countries.

Traces the development of racial hygiene theory and eugenics research in Germany from the end of the 19th century through the Third Reich. Discusses particularly the work of Alfred Ploetz, a leading propagator of racial hygiene, and his anti-Jewish views. It was argued that German medical science had fallen prey to the "Jewish spirit" and was thus in need of reform. Argues that the biological, medical, and anthropological variants of racism were not only concerned with antisemitism but also influenced Nazi health and social policy. Eugenicists of Jewish origin became victims of the system they had helped to construct. Analyzes how racial hygiene theories were incorporated into Hitler's racial antisemitism and became the basis for the Nazi sterilization and euthanasia programs which, in turn, became the basis for the mass murder of the Jews.

Who, in 1945 and 1946, could have foreseen that the economic and social integration of the millions of Germans from the East expelled into West Germany after Wodd War II would largely be accomplished in a few years? And, who could have foreseen that many years after this accomplishment the political repercussions of the expulsions would go on? Yet, surprisingly enough, this is what has happened. In 1969, as usual, the major issues of the federal election campaign in West Germany hardly reflect any specific economic and social concerns of the expellees, not even those bruited about by the NPD (N ationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands). At the same time, how ever, all the political parties vying in the campaign, with the exception of the newly founded, less influentialDKP (the new German Commu nist Party), pay considerable deference to the political interests of the expellees in the German question. Whether these interests represent the opinion of most of the expellees and whether the expellee associ ations in fact speak for many voters is another matter. Why are these questions rarely posed? Why, despite the economic and social integration of the expellees, do the East German Home land Provincial Societies - the Landsmannschaften - retain much influence? The explanation of this phenomenon becomes increasingly clear if one reads the intelligent and superbly documented analysis by Hans Schoenberg.

Der Band der Fachwirt-Literatur für den Handlungsbereich „Produktmanagement für Versicherungs- und Finanzprodukte“ behandelt den Themenbereich „Kranken- und Unfallversicherungen“. Die 2. Auflage wurde neu überarbeitet und auf das Bedingungswerk Proximus 3 angepasst. Im Bereich Produktmanagement soll die Fähigkeit nachgewiesen werden, den Prozess der Produktentwicklung im Gesamtzusammenhang darlegen, Anstöße für die Produktentwicklung geben, Auswirkungen von Produktentwicklungen für den Unternehmenserfolg aufzeigen und in Produktentwicklungsprojekten mitwirken zu können. Dabei sind die rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen zu berücksichtigen und die vertraglichen Bestimmungen zu beurteilen. Diese Kompetenzen werden für die verschiedenen Tarife der privaten Kranken-, Pflege- und Unfallversicherung in fünf Stufen vermittelt. Dabei werden zugleich die Systemunterschiede zwischen gesetzlicher und privater Kranken- und Unfallversicherung sowie zwischen sozialer und privater Pflegeversicherung erläutert: 1. Ergebnisse von Marketingmaßnahmen im Prozess der Produktentwicklung 2. Kriterien der Produktgestaltung unter Berücksichtigung von rechtlichen und kalkulatorischen Rahmenbedingungen 3. Regeln der Annahmepolitik im Hinblick auf betriebswirtschaftliche und vertriebliche Auswirkungen 4. Auswirkungen der Entwicklung neuer Produkte auf betriebliche Leistungs- und Kernprozesse 5. Prozess der Markteinführung neuer Produkte, Mechanismen der Steuerung und des Controllings bei der Einführung neuer Produkte. Das Werk ist als Lehrbuch für die Fachwirt-Fortbildung konzipiert, ist darüber hinaus aber auch geeignet als Nachschlagewerk für Mitarbeiter in Versicherungsunternehmen, bei Maklern und in Agenturen, die sich in die Materie der Kranken- und Unfallversicherung einarbeiten wollen.

According to recent estimates, around 6,000 people – mostly children under five – die every day from diseases caused by inappropriate water and sanitation (WS) services. Much of the academic and political debate surrounding this issue has focused on private sector participation. By shifting the attention towards the influence of governance, Krause examines the political and sectoral institutions that are essential for the provision of WS services. Utilizing data from sixty-nine developing countries, Matthias Krause demonstrates that the level of democracy has a statistically significant positive impact on access to WS services and that low-quality governance of sub-national governments compromises the internal efficiency of providers and the widespread access to services. This book makes a critical contribution to the water and sanitation research and will help academics and policy-makers to rethink the way in which they deal with water issues.

Marc Jacob analyses in depth the most important justificatory and decision-making tool of one of the world's most powerful courts.