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    Uneingeschränkte Solidarität: Das neue strategische Konzept der NATO und die Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

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    This article focuses on the analysis of the new strategic concept of NATO (Lisbon 2010) and its effect on German foreign and security policy. During the Cold War, the (old) Federal Republic of Germany had done well to recognize its limited sovereignty while at the same time expanding its economic and political influence in NATO and the EC/EU. This approach has not fundamentally changed with the unification of Germany in 1990. Since then Germany has been developing its imperial ambitions cautiously, embedded in the aggressive NATO military pact and the militarization of the EU. The credo of the new Germany is the enforcement of both;, German economic and geo-strategic interests as a nation cannot be achieved alone, but only within the range of existing alliances

    Militärinterventionen : verheerend und völkerrechtswidrig. Möglichkeiten friedlicher Konfliktlösung

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    The overall aim with this thesis is to create a broader understanding of how the EMS tool works in local authorities. This means to study whether EMS is a useful tool for managing the environmental impact from the local authorities' activities and by highlighting its strengths and weaknesses as a tool. EMS is a tool that is used on a voluntary basis that aims at improving organisations' environmental performance. There are several standards for designing EMSs; however, this thesis focuses on EMSs designed according to the principles of the international standard ISO 14001 and the EU regulation Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS). The standards are based on a wide range of requirements. If these requirements are fulfilled, the organisation can choose to get its EMS certified by a third party. The EMS tool is frequently used in the private sector, and it is sometimes argued that it is designed for private (industrial) organisations. However, local authorities worldwide have shown an increased interest in EMSs since the mid 1990s. The EMS use in the private sector has been subject to some critique. For example, there is a risk that the tool is used only to get another certificate in order to increase their legitimacy, which means that there is a risk that the environmental issues are neglected. Until now, little academic research has been conducted concerning EMS use in local authorities. Therefore, it is interesting to study what approaches local authorities have to EMSs. Mainly Swedish local authorities have been studied for this thesis. Many Swedish local authorities have been using EMSs for a fairly long time, which means that they have a certain amount of experience from this using tool. The local authorities' approaches to EMS use have been studied from several perspectives using postal surveys, interviews, and case study methodology. This means that the research has a strong empirical foundation. The EMS use in Swedish local authorities is fairly common, since almost half of them are in the process of implementing EMSs in all or some of their departments. The main reason for implementing EMSs is to improve the structure of their environmental management. The local authorities often use ISO 14001 and/or EMAS as inspiration and design the EMSs according to their local conditions and ambitions, thus certification of the EMSs is seldom an aim. Although many local authorities seem to use EMSs in a reflective and sensible way, several barriers or difficulties - for example, maintaining continuity and ensuring follow-up of the environmental improvements - have been discovered. Furthermore, the EMSs that are being implemented often exclude environmental impact related to their exercise of authority since it is difficult and abstract. Including environmental impact related to these activities is often seen as a matter of maturity. To develop the organisations' EMSs, internal and external communication and interaction is experienced as very important. Such issues contribute to the EMS maturity processes, since the local authorities find new inspiration, knowledge, and motivation to further develop the EMS processes and, as a consequence, improve their environmental performance

    Militärinterventionen : verheerend und völkerrechtswidrig. Möglichkeiten friedlicher Konfliktlösung

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    Frieden schaffen ohne Waffen: Für nichtmilitärische Konfliktlösungen in und durch Europa: Beiträge zum Fünften Dresdner Friedenssymposium am 15. Februar 1997

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    Das Fünfte Dresdner Friedenssymposium zum Thema „Frieden schaffen ohne Waffen. Für nichtmilitärische Konfliktlösungen in und durch Europa“.:Verzeichnis des Inhalts und der Autoren. Symposiumbeiträge: - Wolfgang Scheler, Die Friedenskonzeption in veränderter Sicherheitslage. Konsistenz und Modifikation. - Gerda Zellentin, Gesellschaftliche Gruppen und nichtmilitärische Konfliktbearbeitung - Chancen und Risiken. - Hans-Jochen Vogel, Schalom und adé? Kirchliche Friedensbewegung und Konziliarer Prozess in der DDR wirken weiter. Mit einem Zeitzeugnis aus dem Jahre 1984. Aus der Diskussion: - Peter Strutinsky, Frieden durch Demokratie? - Wilfried Neumann, Unsere Aufgabe: Erziehung zu Frieden und Versöhnung. - Lorenz Knorr, Kriegsursachen und friedliche Konfliktregelung. - Peter Gerlinghoff, Frühzeitige Konfliktanalyse - eine Vorbedingung ziviler Konfliktbewältigung. - Gerd Hommel, Für nichtmilitärische Konfliktlösungen und Überwindung von Ausgrenzung aus Glaubens-, ethnischen und politischen Gründen. - Ingeborg Philipp, Kosmisches Zeitalter. - Jan Šumavsky, Die Beziehungen zwischen Deutschen und Tschechen und die 'Deklaration'

    Neue Herausforderungen fuer die Zulieferindustrie: Folgen einer schlanken Produktion fuer mittelstaendische Auto-Zulieferer ; Ergebnisse einer RKW-Untersuchung im Raum Suedniedersachsen/Nordhessen

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    SIGLEAvailable from Bibliothek des Instituts fuer Weltwirtschaft, ZBW, Duesternbrook Weg 120, D-24105 Kiel B 267323 / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekDEGerman

    Schlanke Produktion, Regionalentwicklung und Industriepolitik: Auswirkungen neuer Produktionskonzepte auf Arbeit, Umwelt und Verkehr

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    Includes 19 articlesAvailable from Bibliothek des Instituts fuer Weltwirtschaft, ZBW, Duesternbrook Weg 120, D-24105 Kiel A 198627 / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekSIGLEDEGerman

    A new approach to reducing road freight transport

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    Schlanke Produktion, Regionalentwicklung und Industriepolitik Auswirkungen neuer Produktionskonzepte auf Arbeit, Umwelt und Verkehr

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    Die Beitraege des Readers betrachten das Konzept der Lean Production aus betrieblicher wie aus gesamtwirtschaftlicher, arbeits-, regional- und umweltpolitischer Perspektive. In den einleitenden Referaten wird der Versuch unternommen, Anspruch und Wirklichkeit von lean production in bundesdeutschen Unternehmen einander gegenueberzustellen. Im zweiten Teil wird den Fragen einer weiteren Spaltung der Industrie (in Hersteller-Zulieferer; Kleinbetriebe-Grossbetriebe) und der Beschaeftigten (Qualifikationsanforderungen) nachgegangen. Teil III behandelt die ueberbetrieblichen Aspekte von lean production. Im Zentrum stehen Probleme, die sich aus der Umsetzung von just-in-time-Konzepten fuer die Regionen, die Umwelt und fuer die Entwicklung der Verkehrsinfrastrukturen und Verkehrsstroeme ergeben. (IAB)Available from IAB / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekSIGLEDEGerman

    Bedeutung, Probleme und Perspektiven der hessischen Automobilzulieferer

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    Available from Bibliothek des Instituts fuer Weltwirtschaft, ZBW, D-21400 Kiel B 291599 / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekSIGLEDEGerman
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